tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post211939810967418966..comments2024-03-26T21:29:07.190-07:00Comments on Rejoice, and be exceeding glad...: Where do your FamilySearch Family Tree lines actually end?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-11985196742678947622016-09-27T15:53:01.456-07:002016-09-27T15:53:01.456-07:00I feel that there is a division of opinion in chur...I feel that there is a division of opinion in church leadership as to the importance of ACCURATELY doing family history vs. at least doing SOMETHING. In other words, given that so few church members do anything at all related to family history, for the second camp, members doing SOMETHING is better than members procastinating, even if what is done is resubmitting for temple ordinances names that already have had their work done numerous times before. For those leaders, requiring accuracy or training can only lead to even more dismall rates of participation in family history by members.<br /><br />And perhaps that camp feels that members going to the temple for what the members perceive to be essential ordinances for their own ancestors will improve those members' spirituality and thus it is not really that important whether the particular ordinances were duplicative -- the members will get blessed for at least having tried. And since FS Family Tree is a wiki, that camp may feel that eventually whatever was done that shouldn't have been or not done that should have been will all get sorted out in the wash down the road, and thus, sooner or later, that book "worthy of all acceptation" will be produced in spite of members' well-meant but imperfect "research".Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217841938660671388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-10674895072274192182016-09-27T11:31:26.766-07:002016-09-27T11:31:26.766-07:00I agree, I do a lot of cleaning up of other people...I agree, I do a lot of cleaning up of other people's sections of the Family Tree but only if they know I am doing so since my name shows up on all the changes. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-71412677358415514672016-09-27T11:20:24.284-07:002016-09-27T11:20:24.284-07:00I am a guy that likes to have "success"....I am a guy that likes to have "success". I don't worry as much as most people as to whether a given line is really "my line" or not. If I am finding real sources, and attaching them with real family relationships into the Family Tree, I am helping the tree become more accurate with each submission. This is good enough for me. Eventually using this method I find that many of the people are indeed my relatives but I didn't every hit the preverbal "brick wall". This way I am always contributing. Most often I do this by sorting out people with similar names and making sure each is well-sourced so they don't become mis-merged in the future. I feed good about my efforts. PS: But I don't submit them for temple work, unless I find a reasonable relationship.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01306426012863134302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-72869328317852215622016-09-27T00:09:50.382-07:002016-09-27T00:09:50.382-07:00I agree with you. The FT should be a tool to creat...I agree with you. The FT should be a tool to create a record "worthy of all acceptance" above all things. For me, that implies collaborative work thriving for accuracy. There is room to grow and improve still.PDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820125893140854961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-18911126829823315812016-09-26T21:19:48.623-07:002016-09-26T21:19:48.623-07:00Actually, I think that Find, Take, Teach is a good...Actually, I think that Find, Take, Teach is a good idea. But perhaps the teaching needs to come before the finding?James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-30214061730024791292016-09-26T16:03:24.044-07:002016-09-26T16:03:24.044-07:00I was also disturbed by the Where to Find Green Te...I was also disturbed by the Where to Find Green Temple fs blog. And I whole heartedly feel the same way about unreliable records, non-related ancestors, and so on. Why do you think FamilySearch continues to ignore these problems? I can only assume that those creating the blogs don't really do their own family history, or else they would uncover the same things you outline. Pity. I assume these same folks may be advising those higher ups who make policies and slogans such as Find Take Teach.<br />Cathy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461484882494138496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-42240268073079946762016-09-25T07:00:02.794-07:002016-09-25T07:00:02.794-07:00It's sad that family history has now been redu...It's sad that family history has now been reduced to searching for green temple icons. And, what I find difficult to understand is that the instructions from FamilySearch are to walk through the tree name-by-name searching for a green icon. That seems silly since apps like Find-A-Record will search automatically for available ordinances. It's hard to understand why family history now seems to be defined as "busy work" searching endlessly for green icons and that the work of the serious, committed genealogists is being completely dismissed.Ted Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09810743230086342147noreply@blogger.com