tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post4958586799865903070..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Where are the results of indexing projects?The Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-17678706885969751032008-03-15T14:35:00.000-06:002008-03-15T14:35:00.000-06:00I have already made use of the labs search facilit...I have already made use of the labs search facility to find one of my ancestral records - it looks like it's going to be a tremendous facility, eclipsing anything else that is out there by a significant margin. As a non-LDS person who is contributing to the indexing project (9000 names thus far), I am a bit concerned about the possibility that this search facility will migrate to newfamilysearch at some point in time. My understanding is that newfamilysearch is only accessible to LDS members. Do I understand this correctly?<BR/><BR/>I might be persuaded to become LDS, so that I can get my hands on the search facility!<BR/><BR/>RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-9895667305554561232008-03-12T19:08:00.000-06:002008-03-12T19:08:00.000-06:00Dear Mike and Jud,Tim announced the indexing effor...Dear Mike and Jud,<BR/><BR/>Tim announced the indexing effort in our January company meeting, but we weren't told much more than <A HREF="http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2321" REL="nofollow">you were</A>. At least now I can mention the program and give you my insider's speculation.<BR/><BR/>You can <A HREF="http://landing.ancestry.com/keyingtool/notify.aspx" REL="nofollow">signup here</A> to receive more information when it becomes available. The page mentions that "the indexes created through our new volunteer indexing program will be available free for everyone."<BR/><BR/>-- The Ancestry InsiderThe Ancestry Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-25521874540591649452008-03-06T20:53:00.000-07:002008-03-06T20:53:00.000-07:00Anonymous has a good point, will volunteer work be...Anonymous has a good point, will volunteer work be rewarded by Ancestry? What say ye Ancestry Insider?Jud Wootershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019619379193977558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-518995284759868492008-03-06T07:17:00.000-07:002008-03-06T07:17:00.000-07:00Insider,Thank you for the thorough reply. I had n...Insider,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the thorough reply. I had never checked out Record Search as I was under the impression that it only allowed one to access images which were waiting in the index queue and had no idea the completed projects were available there.<BR/><BR/>Regarding your last comment, yes it is very good to volunteer for indexing and other sharing efforts from which we all benefit. And as a non-Mormon I am glad to have the LDS around to direct much of this.<BR/><BR/>The timing of your post and discussion of volunteer efforts is of course timely given the latest blurb on the FHC blog. The Ancestry marketing team breathlessly announces a new volunteer indexing program. Just like other volunteer efforts one supposes. Well of course apart from the fact that Ancestry is not a non-profit.<BR/><BR/>I for one do not mind correcting census indexing errors I run across, but working for a commercial entity, and to help produce an index that you would presumably have no access to unless you kept up your subscription, seems a bit much to expect *unless* there is something in it for the volunteer, and I don't mean 10% off one's next purchase at the Ancestry store. I mean working off next year's subscription price.<BR/><BR/>Now I grant that I wrote all the above not knowing all the details, and that perhaps this could all look different as in a case where Ancestry ran this project and then gave the results gratis to FamilySearch, in which case it would be a true volunteer effort. In that case I think it would fly. But without any such indications, one assumes that "volunteers" are in fact being requested to work for free for a commercial entity with nothing tangible for one's efforts. And whatever Ancestry does offer for indexing, I think it is safe to assume subscribers are mainly only going to be interested in working off their subscriptions.<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com