IGI Marriage Guide using PAFWiz and PAF 5
Remember: You should be already connected to the Internet and have already signed onto the famiysearch.org website. To review these steps, go back to the Individual Search Guide
Step 1) Click on PAFWiz in the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Step 2) Locate the couple you wish to search for and single click the “Marriage” button. This will bring up the Marriage screen.
Step 3) Click on the IGI Button in the Marriage Screen to bring up the “Search Family Search.org” screen again.
Step 4) Click on “Search IGI”. This will bring you into the “Search Family Search.org” screen. Click “Search IGI”.
· Note that if you wish a broader time search; change the “Year Range” by using the drop-down arrow.
Step 5) This will bring you right into the “Search Results” so that you can check the information against your own PAF family files. To compare the search results, you need to get back to the PAFWiz screen. To do this, click the “Close” button on the “familysearch.org” screen.
Step 6) Then click “Close” on the “Marriage” screen.
Step 7) This will bring you back to your individual in PAFWiz screen where you will be able to match up your search results and your family file information. Since you have found a match, it will be necessary to go into your PAF family file and add this new information. Make note of the MRIN # 25 so that you can locate this individual in your PAF program. Click on the (1) Binoculars with the # sign in your PAF program, (2) enter in the MRIN # and (3) click on the “OK” button.
Step 8) This will bring in your PAF program and to the individual you are updating.
Click the Marriage Entry that matches the information as closely as possible.
Step 9) It looks like a match! You can now check to see if the family files now need to be updated.
Double click the highlighted Marriage Button in PAF so
you can update the file by opening up the “Marriage” screen.
Step 10) If the “Edit Individual” Screen is covering the ordinance information, put the cursor in the title bar “Edit Individual”, holding the left mouse button down and move this screen to the right so that you can still see the results of the Ordinance Record. Now you can update any ordinance information by typing it or by copying and pasting from the Ordinance Record.
Step 11) Click “Save” to save your changes.
Congratulations! You have just completed your first IGI Marriage update.
If you have more to do, get ready to repeat these easy steps. To conduct another marriage search:
1. Click on PAFWiz in the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Choose another marriage and go back to step # 1.
Click here to go to the Individual Search Guide.
Click here to go to the Children’s search guide.
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