Comments on Genea-Musings: Questions for FamilySearch at RootsTech - Updated!...

When are they going to start providing more inform...

2012-01-28T08:38:32.390-08:00

When are they going to start providing more information about whose fault it is that access to images of the digitised microfilm and microfiche of many of their collections is restricted?

That way genealogists can contact those organisations and lobby them to stop being so restrictive.

When are they going to acknowledge that a great deal of the "genealogy" undertaken by members of the LDS church is complete garbage and consequently tighten up the standards of documentary proof required before information appears in the Familysearch tree?

One question I would ask is, have mistakes in the ...

2012-01-28T07:28:55.996-08:00

One question I would ask is, have mistakes in the Family History Library Catalog listings on FamilySearch.org ever been fixed, and to whom should mistakes be addressed?

I like being able to start broadly and whittle dow...

2012-01-27T19:42:18.277-08:00

I like being able to start broadly and whittle down the results of the search! Especially when I'm not sure where a person might have lived or when their date of birth was, etc.

That being said, the one burning question for me is ... when is New FamilySearch going to be open to the public?

I'm surprised someone hasn't already menti...

2012-01-27T18:45:02.226-08:00

I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned this one -

When are they going to fix the search so you don't have to keep clicking and pointing, and pointing and clicking. I used to be able to search (and find!) a lot of helpful info...now I get tired trying to whittle results down to a manageable number. I just don't use the site much anymore.

FamilySearch is such a good company when it comes ...

2012-01-27T14:47:57.257-08:00

FamilySearch is such a good company when it comes to affordable genealogy.

Ron Tanner, product manager, new.familysearch.org,...

2012-01-27T14:47:49.261-08:00

Ron Tanner, product manager, new.familysearch.org, addressed the question about GEDCOM uploads to what is now being called "Our Tree" on new.FamilySearch.org.

Uploads will be permitted to the Pediree Resource File (PRF) and a software tool will allow evaluating whether individuals in the PRF upload duplicate "records" (individuals) in "Our Tree," then permit adding non-duplicates.

http://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/eliminate_gedcom_imports

Affiliate programs also enable synchronizing between one's home computer and the newFamilySearch tree, or to ceate a 'private project' within newFamilySearch from which "records" (individuals) can be exported to 'Our Tree':

http://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/master_gedcom_file_to_import_to_user_profile_without_publishing_all_records_at_once

All great questions, Randy. I'll be watching f...

2012-01-27T14:29:46.115-08:00

All great questions, Randy. I'll be watching for answers!!!

Nice list of questions. I would add to Brooke'...

2012-01-27T13:33:26.202-08:00

Nice list of questions.

I would add to Brooke's comment to include an API for searching the indexed records too.

Will the FamilySearch catalog ever have an open AP...

2012-01-27T13:19:49.575-08:00

Will the FamilySearch catalog ever have an open API so that third party websites may query it for a list of record collections available for specified towns?