Highlight the text you want to add as a note.Select either the person icon to add a person note or the notepad icon to add a research note (the padlock icon will privatize the note this is not a separate type of note).If you want to link the note to a person in your tree who is different from the currently selected individual, click the Select a different person button in the Person from Your Tree section.Access the online text you want to add to your tree as a note.Click the merge button to merge the images into your tree.Repeat steps 7 and 8 to select any additional images you want to add to your tree.A thumbnail of the image will be displayed in the Search result detail section.

Click on the image that you would like to add to your tree.When you move the mouse over an image in the browser, the image will be outlined in a green dashed line.Access the online images you want to add to your tree.A message tells you when the Web Search result has been successfully merged into your tree.

(The default source citation added by Family Tree Maker is the URL where the information was located.)

If necessary, click Edit to enter a source citation for the information.

Click Summary to see how the information will be added to your tree.

(You can also enter the source information yourself on the Summary page.) Click the Keep sources checkbox if you want to keep the source information (the URL where the information was located) but not the fact. Do not merge the information into your tree. Enter the information as an alternate fact for the individual. Enter the information as the preferred fact for the individual.

In the Person from Web Search column, choose how you want the information to be merged into your tree:.

When you have selected all the information you want from the website, click Merge.

Repeat steps 5 and 6 to select any additional facts you want to add to your tree.

The information now appears in the Search Result Detail section. For example, you can choose the birth date fact.

Choose a fact from the Insert Fact drop-down list.

The Insert Fact drop-down list appears.

Highlight the text you want to add to an individual.

When you move the mouse over text in the browser, the pointer will turn into a cursor.

On the Search Result Detail toolbar, click the Enable web clipping button.

An Index of Individuals will be displayed.

If you want to link the facts to a person in your tree who is different from the currently selected individual, click the Select a different person button in the Person from Your Tree section.

Access the online facts you want to add to your tree.

Note: The Merged Result section was removed in Family Tree Maker 2014. Note: In Family Tree Maker 2014, the Enable web clipping button resembles a pair of scissors.

Using the Web Clipping Tool to be Added as a Note.

Using the Web Clipping Tool for Text Information.

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