tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post8987569317655652093..comments2024-03-26T21:29:07.190-07:00Comments on Rejoice, and be exceeding glad...: Let all the records be had in order...James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-33075612681678472732016-01-05T18:23:02.948-08:002016-01-05T18:23:02.948-08:00This is excellent stuff!This is excellent stuff!Cathy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461484882494138496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-86256146708295393052015-12-30T20:42:23.679-08:002015-12-30T20:42:23.679-08:00grandfather who was merged with several other peop...grandfather who was merged with several other people with the same name (I'm still working up the courage to work on that one). My guess is that most people have never even logged into Family Tree and so they don't know how much needs to be done. I think it would help a lot if we had more practical classes about how to do good family history rather than motivational talks.RT and Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869535583945601736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-43533359905484653452015-12-30T20:37:13.259-08:002015-12-30T20:37:13.259-08:00This is one of the things that motivated me to sta...This is one of the things that motivated me to start working on family history. I had always heard it was all done, but what I have found is that there is a lot of cleanup to do, and I only had to go three or four generations back to find errors, including a Danish great greatRT and Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869535583945601736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-44094400874615809782015-12-30T03:06:03.048-08:002015-12-30T03:06:03.048-08:00Yes I agree
I went to a family history consultants...Yes I agree<br />I went to a family history consultants meeting where leaders encouraged youth to find take and teach, but nothing on training them how to record correctly. I felt as an experienced family history consultant that we were no longer needed and let the youth carry on the work. No mention about needing to source everything and keeping records accurate. Many felt the same. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13499143683310952610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-27237001940544016342015-12-28T17:44:03.611-08:002015-12-28T17:44:03.611-08:00That is a conundrum. That is a conundrum. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-53948831075427743092015-12-28T17:43:24.650-08:002015-12-28T17:43:24.650-08:00Oops. Thanks for the correction. Oops. Thanks for the correction. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-71164606606474546282015-12-28T13:49:40.638-08:002015-12-28T13:49:40.638-08:00"Yet I see very little said or done about inc..."Yet I see very little said or done about increasing the accuracy and orderliness of the records." I couldn't agree more! It puzzles me why FS keeps talking about how "easy and fun" family history is when they should be reaching out to the dedicated and committed genealogists and encouraging them to help clean up the tree.Ted Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09810743230086342147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-6196396436273690582015-12-28T11:33:49.266-08:002015-12-28T11:33:49.266-08:00"Squalor" - I really detest auto spell c..."Squalor" - I really detest auto spell check.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230436754902585388noreply@blogger.com