tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post4558055120307913448..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Pruning my Ancestry Member Tree HintsRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-9459485169201880432012-11-24T08:31:37.691-08:002012-11-24T08:31:37.691-08:00The hints feature of ancestry.com are great, but t...The hints feature of ancestry.com are great, but they do demand a lot of work. I wish there was a way to eliminate all the the "family collections" data which are useless, since there isn't any source.<br />Also, the member family trees are of marginal value.<br />If I could suppress those two data types, it would make it a lot easier to troll those shaky leaves.Desta Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824367275025962472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-22147493381234416362012-11-24T07:18:38.155-08:002012-11-24T07:18:38.155-08:00I've used "Ignore Hint" extensively....I've used "Ignore Hint" extensively. It's particularly helpful in those instances where the Member Tree Hints are not actually a match. But I am with Diane B. Some serious upgrades to the hint functionality would be great.<br /><br />Taco, I do attach indexes as sources. But I like your suggestion alot. I've found the To-Do and Shoebox features becomes unwieldy over time. And I'm trying to decide how to incorporate them into my new database.<br /><br />I'm moving my primary database to RootsMagic from Ancestry. Attaching an index as a source allows me to pull up a list of all references to that source. That way, when I go to the original, I have a list of everyone I'm looking for in that record set. I realize indexes are not quality sources and weight them accordingly in my database, but they are sources until the original record is obtained. For my paying clients, where time is limited, these sources are frequently in the Research Recommendations portion of my reports.<br /><br />Since I'm in clean up mode right now, re-writing all my Ancestry citations to EE, I haven't been researching as much. But you've reminded me that I really should be using either the To Do or Research Log function of RM as I work with each individual to log my ideas/leads to pursue. So thanks for that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541316737018192375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-68057453975077419072012-11-24T05:15:08.256-08:002012-11-24T05:15:08.256-08:00You can choose to hide all of the hints from Ances...You can choose to hide all of the hints from Ancestry member trees, just leaving the hints from record collections or indexes. If I find an index, and don't already have the original record, I add that item in my to do list in my software.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313679144556957397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-10181251334679488812012-11-23T22:54:44.569-08:002012-11-23T22:54:44.569-08:00Doors=Does (auto correct issue)Doors=Does (auto correct issue)Tacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059717877562427778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-35539768290632759032012-11-23T22:52:38.590-08:002012-11-23T22:52:38.590-08:00Hi Randy, even though I never add the Ancestry.com...Hi Randy, even though I never add the Ancestry.com indexes as a source, they do let you know there is material out there that could provide more insight. I don't accept them as sources, and the same goes for the user trees, but they do contain a wealth of information; whether it's accurate or not is something to be researched. That brings me to this point: wouldn't it be nice if you could somehow store that information directly in your to-do list, or in some other way connect it to someone in your tree without adding it as a source straight away? In that way, you could create a sort of research aid set of records to go with each individual, family and/or event, and keep that separate from your actual source list. Doors that make sense, or is it just the ramblings of someone that wake up too early and needs to go back to bed?Tacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059717877562427778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-23000580231656395592012-11-23T18:24:38.302-08:002012-11-23T18:24:38.302-08:00Randy, how I wish we could sort the Ancestry.com h...Randy, how I wish we could sort the Ancestry.com hints by Record Collection. That would be so helpful to me. In fact, there are several sorting capabilities that I would like - for instance, pulling the hints up, sorted by birth date of the person - that would be great. Another wonderful option would be if we could just eliminate certain Record Collections from the hints entirely. Well, we can dream!Diane Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651983086274990288noreply@blogger.com