tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post4853589894479080763..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Monday Mailbox: Insider UnfairThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-59880883755038589482012-04-09T23:34:08.529-06:002012-04-09T23:34:08.529-06:00It seems more important to be correct than fast, w...It seems more important to be correct than fast, whoever's doing it.Pam S530https://www.blogger.com/profile/03121517389053600306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-71699806088205504512012-04-09T21:06:20.886-06:002012-04-09T21:06:20.886-06:00Wow, I am surprised to learn that Ancestry.com did...Wow, I am surprised to learn that Ancestry.com didn't bid on the hosting contract for the 1940 Census -- and I apologize for assuming in my previous comment that they had done so. I had gotten that impression from this in-depth article about Archives.com/Inflection in Pando Daily that ran in February:<br /><br />*With Millions Of New Records, Inflection Delivers One-Two Punch To Ancestry.com*<br />"...This is the second in a recent one-two punch at Ancestry.com. In addition to an limited-time exclusive on this data, the National Archives & Records Administration picked Inflection to develop the official US Government website displaying all the information from the 1940 census, scheduled to be released in April 2012. This is a very big deal in genealogical circles and will vaunt Archives.com in name recognition and credibility in the community. “We were sort of like, ‘We won? Really?’” says Monahan."<br /><br />(The full article, which is very interesting reading, is here http://pandodaily.com/2012/02/13/with-millions-of-new-records-inflection-delivers-one-two-punch-to-ancestry-com/ )<br /><br />So if even the CEO was, according to this, surprised to have beaten out other companies for the contract (and the only real "other company" mentioned in the entire article was Ancestry.com), the obvious conclusion one gets from the Pando article is that Ancestry was bidding on the contract. But...I guess that was a false assumption, and as the old saying goes, when you "assume" you make an...<br /><br />Anyway. Any insider info on why Ancestry chose not to bid this time? Did they just not want to deal with the tech headaches -- or the probably-massive-by-now bandwidth bill?Asparagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251238650076131241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-30507034356295586542012-04-09T16:22:20.839-06:002012-04-09T16:22:20.839-06:00I just tried the 1940 census on Ancestry for the f...I just tried the 1940 census on Ancestry for the first time. I found the family I was looking for (one of the few I have in Nevada). The index page doesn't include the basic location description the way it used to. I had to get the page number from the image. And then I tried to view the image. The image was OK. I would be much happier if I could go back to the old viewer. Getting the image large enough for my old eyes took a while, instead of a drop down menu where I could go directly to the size I needed. Next was navigating. No handy slide bar. It took forever to get to the top to see the page number (the number they give is an image number, not the page no.) And then to the bottom to see the family. And then all the way across the bottom to see the occupation and other items not indexed. And then I tried to copy the index information - it wouldn't work. I'm not happy.Grandma Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826836436719529255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-9901670388878989632012-04-09T13:35:32.254-06:002012-04-09T13:35:32.254-06:00Come on people - get real. Does it really matter ...Come on people - get real. Does it really matter who finishes first? There are increasing choices out there for everyone. Use the source you prefer. Quite belly-aching!Lynne Carothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560436495937924150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-18470690611139836442012-04-09T12:53:59.625-06:002012-04-09T12:53:59.625-06:00Although all parties have the same base image set,...Although all parties have the same base image set, that does not preclude any of them from applying any image enhancement techniques they choose to apply to the images to improve quality, readability, contrast, etc... Post-release image enhancement techniques possibly applied by some of the organizations may be the source of the variant experiences of the readers here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694688428917974294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-25253467293551246302012-04-09T11:27:40.456-06:002012-04-09T11:27:40.456-06:00How about slow and steady wins the race? FamilySea...How about slow and steady wins the race? FamilySearch will get there eventually :)MindiMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353503044785196572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-78705009105631895222012-04-09T10:08:47.772-06:002012-04-09T10:08:47.772-06:00LOL, I have both a My Heritage account and an Ance...LOL, I have both a My Heritage account and an Ancestry account. Between the two I prefer My Heritage. And by the way everyone, My Heritage was the first to get the 1940 Census up and working. Kudos to their staff.betsmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196006080431766581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-8981848615341004702012-04-09T10:05:04.733-06:002012-04-09T10:05:04.733-06:00I have no personal idea how Ancestry can have infi...I have no personal idea how Ancestry can have infinitely better images than Archives but all you have to do is look. Starting with the same digitized image set Ancestry's images have better quality/ readability, load time, within page navigation and I could go on and on and on. And,,,, Ancestry didn't demonstrate publically to the world the meaning of global catastrophic crash.ldave45https://www.blogger.com/profile/01093870979901228548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-88922014005818865672012-04-09T09:34:54.443-06:002012-04-09T09:34:54.443-06:00Personally, I checked Ancestry Insider for updates...Personally, I checked Ancestry Insider for updates before I even went to any of the 1940 census websites, so kudos to him for keeping the genealogy world abreast with his time-saving updates. I don't see anything wrong with tracking who was doing the best.Boss Gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994122170193771929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-11103617534842246242012-04-09T06:07:03.787-06:002012-04-09T06:07:03.787-06:00Contention is contention regardless of why it is g...Contention is contention regardless of why it is generated; so why did you choose to generate contention?dnheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05956225212954331687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-42216201700838692622012-04-09T05:35:40.325-06:002012-04-09T05:35:40.325-06:00Family Search has been great! I found my first im...Family Search has been great! I found my first images there, but I was also looking in states they published first.Celtic Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722841959389221214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-73415403139207109632012-04-09T04:17:34.458-06:002012-04-09T04:17:34.458-06:00To the best of my knowledge, based on conversation...To the best of my knowledge, based on conversations with several friends who work at Ancestry, Ancestry never intended to bid on the NARA hosting contract for the 1940 census.<br /><br />Andy Hatchett<br />www.fhiso.orgAndrew Hatchetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791173665435280734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-85451362023174012252012-04-09T01:36:49.323-06:002012-04-09T01:36:49.323-06:00This isn't a sprint. Let's wait and see wh...This isn't a sprint. Let's wait and see what the final products are, and how accurate the various indexes are rated to be. Marathons aren't won at the start line. Releasing an index for one county might be regarded as nothing more than a desire to say that "We were the first to release an index". In the end we all win when there is competition.Sloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538925405138981127noreply@blogger.com