tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post3960816212328776982..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: NFS Rollout News: St. George and Idaho FallsThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-4717201636500141172009-08-03T07:58:45.932-06:002009-08-03T07:58:45.932-06:00Dear Gran2Boys,
That's an excellent question....Dear Gran2Boys,<br /><br />That's an excellent question. We are at the mercy of the FamilySearch product managers. I've yet to figure out what went wrong with New FamilySearch. There's rumors that it is a stripped-down version of the product manager's vision, emasculated by production delays. There are also rumors that product managers ignore genealogists to some degree because they are thought to make genealogy harder than necessary.<br /><br />An early outside tester of New FamilySearch told me recently of the shock using NFS for the first time. Meeting with a group of product managers, this person asked how many were genealogists. Only one raised a hand.<br /><br />Record Search has followed the same path.<br /><br />Not that I'm saying genealogists are always right. Watch for my report of David Rencher's BYU keynote. Times are changing and genealogists have to keep up. <br /><br />Was it Rencher or another speaker that made the point that the Internet is one, eternal beta. FamilySearch is iterating towards better and better solutions. I have faith. Do I have patience?<br /><br />-- The InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-61414327808054564022009-08-03T07:11:36.178-06:002009-08-03T07:11:36.178-06:00Dear Just Commenting,
Not to worry on those two p...Dear Just Commenting,<br /><br />Not to worry on those two points. <br /><br />The conclusionary tree data has already been fully loaded into NFS (although access to the submitters' sources is non-existent). If you don't have personal access, the staff of a local family history center would be happy to assist you in searching this valuable resource.<br /><br />And extracted evidentiary data is either already on the Record Search Pilot, or is somewhere in the publication pipeline. I assume FamilySearch is wise enough to leave the IGI up until all its extracted records make their way through the pipeline.<br /><br />-- The InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-58177566127183640112009-08-01T13:09:39.579-06:002009-08-01T13:09:39.579-06:00I was concerned at the Family History Expo in St G...I was concerned at the Family History Expo in St George that some of the people from NFS had never considered the unfathomable loss to the research community if the extracted data were to be taken down from the church website. Those of us who on a daily basis use the Hugh Wallis IGI index to batch numbers and therefore the IGI online as a quick search index would be severely crippled in our efforts. It is a marvelous tool for finding additional children in a family after one has been identified. <br /><br />Even the "conclusionary information" from member submissions can be of value as a starting point. It often names a child that might otherwise be missed for which we can then search in reliable source material.<br /><br />Please use whatever influence you may have to help the people at FamilySearch.org to recognize the value of the IGI (especially the extracted data) to all of us. This must not be discarded, but made available in some manner on an ongoing basis.just-commentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13787703966793845788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-41878243385158797562009-07-30T18:10:53.252-06:002009-07-30T18:10:53.252-06:00Ooooh, I never thought about what would be missing...Ooooh, I never thought about what would be missing if the IGI were not available. I like to browse batch numbers to see who else had temple work done at the same time and who performed the work.<br /><br />What will I be missing?gran2boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078318091230056750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-58569316608421088232009-07-30T13:29:04.099-06:002009-07-30T13:29:04.099-06:00John,
No doubt you are thinking about the Ancestr...John,<br /><br />No doubt you are thinking about the <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=af/search_AF.asp&clear_form=true" rel="nofollow">Ancestral File</a> and the <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=prf/search_PRF.asp&clear_form=true" rel="nofollow">Pedigree Resource File</a>. The general public made many wonderful contributions to these collections.<br /><br />Conclusionary information in the International Genealogical Index is supplied exclusively by members of the Church. This is easily verified by searching for any name in the <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true" rel="nofollow">IGI</a>. Click on any of the results, scroll to the bottom of the page and look under Messages or Sources.<br /><br />-- The InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-49100632156843468622009-07-30T11:51:07.676-06:002009-07-30T11:51:07.676-06:00You describe three types of data.
One is "c...You describe three types of data. <br /><br />One is "conclusionary information supplied by members of the Church".<br /><br />Surely you mean "...supplied by members of the Church and participating genealogists around the world."?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485141903344987984noreply@blogger.com