tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post6686732886667593085..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Ancestry.com Opens and FamilySearch ClosesThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-21022987700432252252012-12-18T19:22:10.063-07:002012-12-18T19:22:10.063-07:00A good place to go now for Genealogy Questions and...A good place to go now for Genealogy Questions and Answers is the Genealogy and Family History stackexcahnge site at <a href="http://genealogy.stackexchange.com" rel="nofollow">genealogy.stackexchange.com</a>Louis Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704667321407909489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-55888942702504581612012-12-18T13:24:37.919-07:002012-12-18T13:24:37.919-07:00Elfy, to answer your question about indexing and F...Elfy, to answer your question about indexing and FSI forums, many indexers relied on them as a place where they could go to ask fellow indexers and arbitrators questions about various projects they were indexing/arbitrating, to use the share batch feature so that others could take a look at a batch they may have been struggling with the handwriting on, and to run some of the more confusing/contradictory project instructions by each other and so on. I found them to be an invaluable tool when I first began indexing for FamilySearch and continued to frequent them until recently. Many indexers where quite disappointed at the news of FS taking down their forums. <br /><br />Luckily an indexer has kindly established a new forum (free of charge) that indexers and arbitrators can visit, using it the same way they were on the FSI forums. It has all the various projects and their instructions listed in it and areas for project updates and much more. I'll include the link here if you, or anyone else would like to visit or join. Some indexers are LDS many are not (including myself) and it is not on Facebook, so none of the privacy issues that many people were concerned about exist here.<br /><br />http://libraryoffamilysearchindexinfo.freeforums.org/index.phpScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12039846107045637394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-57268778906981310562012-12-18T11:19:43.505-07:002012-12-18T11:19:43.505-07:00The list of groups in the Forums where you can do ...The list of groups in the Forums where you can do searches is<br />https://www.familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/group.php?do=grouplist Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-25634295794217338162012-12-18T09:31:36.417-07:002012-12-18T09:31:36.417-07:00I didn't even know the FamilySearch Forums eve...I didn't even know the FamilySearch Forums even existed, and I've been doing indexing and arbitrating (non-LDS). What is the connection between indexing and the forums? Were they only or primarily for indexers? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249636502689041753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-21028280538009147962012-12-18T08:15:34.810-07:002012-12-18T08:15:34.810-07:00Given how many clicks it took me to find the annou...Given how many clicks it took me to find the announcement, I'm not surprised. Of all the forums, FamilySearch manage to hide theirs down and deep. Fine if you're a FS Jedi with your links to hand. Useless (to the newcomer) if not. <br /><br />Adrian BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com