tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post3085039939439393505..comments2024-03-18T07:38:53.380-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Day 3 in SLC - the TGN Dinner and FTM 2009Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-80948615414765088712009-01-12T14:01:00.000-08:002009-01-12T14:01:00.000-08:00Randy,You've done a great job of summarizing the e...Randy,<BR/><BR/>You've done a great job of summarizing the events Ancestry sponsored last weekend. May I quibble, though, over one point drawn from my sermon (er, presentation :), "Software's Next Generation"? <BR/><BR/>In recounting three of the six needs I discussed, you wrote, "Genealogy software should permit standardized source citations using templates such as those provided in the book Evidence Explained."<BR/><BR/>Given the adage "We tend to hear what we are already thinking" (smile, please), I thank you for that plug. However, it's not one I would have made myself. To the contrary, my prelude to Need No. 1 was: "It's an accepted fact today that good genealogists document every name, place, date, or whatever they assert; and family group sheets in almost every program now do this."<BR/><BR/>The need I then pointed to came in the form of a question: "Why in the bejibbers are we still forced to circulate **ancestor charts** with no documentation at all?"<BR/><BR/>The latest versions of several software programs are doing a superb job of "standardizing" citations, so that our identification of sources will transfer smoothly between the programs. But we have not yet ousted the old (and irrational) assumption that pedigree charts need no supporting evidence at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-80135994134137056582009-01-11T11:32:00.000-08:002009-01-11T11:32:00.000-08:00Seaver - all those stars and no photos? How can I...Seaver - all those stars and no photos? How can I live vicariously through you without photos???? LOLSheri Fenleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com