tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.comments2024-03-18T00:46:07.896-07:00Rejoice, and be exceeding glad...James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-27590176972420140222021-03-24T11:41:05.361-07:002021-03-24T11:41:05.361-07:00Your experiences are unique to you. My experience...Your experiences are unique to you. My experiences have been quite the opposite. I have spent hours cleaning up after others have merged or changed my family line despite all my sources and/or photos. I am not being ego centric. I have tried communicating, redirecting, and teaching only to be ignored. I have learned that it is best to use familysearch for submitting names for ordinance work, and to utilize the primary source digitized documents for research to provide sources to document the family. Every thing else is subject to change and revision. <br />notjustanotherdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981026135382706249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-11991707745194961472021-02-25T09:08:06.542-08:002021-02-25T09:08:06.542-08:00Thank you for the article. This was my first day ...Thank you for the article. This was my first day at my first RootsTech and finding this was incredible.Andy Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028363846253332505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-30083825387989275872021-02-25T09:06:46.771-08:002021-02-25T09:06:46.771-08:00Thanks for the article. I am excited to use this ...Thanks for the article. I am excited to use this newly found resource.<br />Andy Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028363846253332505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-40219872297330418242021-02-07T09:12:46.994-08:002021-02-07T09:12:46.994-08:00How to I change a ggrandfathers name entered on th...How to I change a ggrandfathers name entered on the on the parental side instead of the maternal side of my tree.Thomas P Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332383694330016043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-34355491222042812202021-01-09T20:14:55.257-08:002021-01-09T20:14:55.257-08:00One of the advantages of family history is that it...One of the advantages of family history is that it enlarges our sympathies and reminds us that races are not airtight categories. My son-in-law just learned that his great-great grandfather was a freed slave who, after the Civil War, enlisted in the cavalry as a buffalo soldier to fight the plains Indians.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954925063025809060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-5527733103507937122021-01-01T12:21:23.039-08:002021-01-01T12:21:23.039-08:00Apparently you do not understand either the temple...Apparently you do not understand either the temple ordinance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or how the FamilySearch.org Family Tree works. We are not "stealing souls. See https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/sealing?lang=eng for an explanation of the sealing ordinance. All of our ancestors now live as spirits in the spirit world and they all have their own agency to accept or reject the ordinances vicariously performed here on earth for them in the temples. Perhaps before becoming upset with both the Church and the Family Tree you should know something about the subject you are writing about. If you have any questions I am happy to respond. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-18818095553542229032021-01-01T08:58:08.249-08:002021-01-01T08:58:08.249-08:00Why does a religion’s practice of sealing override...Why does a religion’s practice of sealing override a descendants right to create their own individual trees most representative of their knowledge?<br /><br />Would they like it if we took Brigham Young and baptized him as Catholic and stole him from his descendants? Fake baptisms do not give them the right to commandeer our ancestry!<br /><br />I’ll just download the data into a third party software and take back control. I appreciate the hard work creating the system; I don’t appreciate the “kidnappings” of our ancestors souls!Lady Chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09173483745665831014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-53633941125989453972020-11-21T10:26:34.804-08:002020-11-21T10:26:34.804-08:00The only way I know how to do this is with the Rel...The only way I know how to do this is with the Relative Finder app. See https://relativefinder.org/#/mainJames Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-60328001938751591482020-11-07T18:41:50.586-08:002020-11-07T18:41:50.586-08:00Both my mother and father have the same common 14t...Both my mother and father have the same common 14th great grandfather. How can I see this on the "view my relationship"? I saw it once side by side by can't get it to do it again. thxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763240919648120618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-88768951916027402762020-10-12T08:23:36.221-07:002020-10-12T08:23:36.221-07:00Thank you for thisThank you for thisJohn Taberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394390356470692831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-6893249918972727462020-09-10T16:07:26.819-07:002020-09-10T16:07:26.819-07:00Which is exactly what the author did by only consu...Which is exactly what the author did by only consulting those outside the Church. The information in the article is biased, incomplete, lacks valid sources and is a travesty of scholarship. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-33807419407691970382020-09-05T15:27:58.379-07:002020-09-05T15:27:58.379-07:00You complain about the author not citing LDS sourc...You complain about the author not citing LDS sources for his article thus making his statements inaccurate. That's baloney. If I want to interview hens in the hen-house the person I don't want to consult is the wolf guarding it. flanneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00815411228774777039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-58854700596248655752020-08-03T13:34:18.232-07:002020-08-03T13:34:18.232-07:00Then the program has changed because I was seeing ...Then the program has changed because I was seeing the original disappear. Now, I see that the original is preserved. Good work around, still a problem for those who think the standard place is "correct." I just looked carefully at what the program was doing. It is "standardizing" place names taken from record sources listed in the other information section. Why are we standardizing places as mentioned in a census record? The standard loses the information in the original but apparently does not replace it. Strange.James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-66899144539301726592020-08-01T18:30:17.265-07:002020-08-01T18:30:17.265-07:00Examine the volunteer opportunity more closely. Ad...Examine the volunteer opportunity more closely. Adding the standard there does not change the displayed place name in Family Tree at all. It just adds the standard.<br /><br />And standardizing a place name in Family Tree itself does not need to, and often should not, change the displayed place name. If the displayed place name is more complete and accurate than the only available standard value, the displayed place name needs to be preserved and not changed when standardizing.Gordon Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501621351412089615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-70889921106441562682020-07-27T06:20:19.819-07:002020-07-27T06:20:19.819-07:00Your comment would be exactly correct except that ...Your comment would be exactly correct except that standardizing a place name on the Family Tree changes the existing place name. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-7483434517819243482020-07-26T18:00:02.542-07:002020-07-26T18:00:02.542-07:00Once again the confusion between a correct place n...Once again the confusion between a correct place name and a standardized value for that place name raises it head. <br /><br />In this volunteer opportunity, we are not changing the entered place name at all. We are just trying to point out where on the map this place is and associating that latitude and longitude of the point on the map with the place name that is given. Many getsatisfaction posts from the FamilySearch people behind this task state that they just need some type of value entered that will give the Family Tree program something to work on. <br /><br />A place name without an associated standardized value is not a place name at all as far as the program is concerned. If in the example above for Denmark, someone entered the standardized value of at least Denmark, that would give the program a start at presenting the above name to researchers who might be looking for it through the Find, Hint, or Possible duplicate routines.<br /><br />Entering "Denmark" in the above example does not make any change to the existing place name at all.Gordon Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501621351412089615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-13744718861501100372020-07-08T12:38:56.739-07:002020-07-08T12:38:56.739-07:00James, that Native American example is great becau...James, that Native American example is great because it really made me cringe. The tribal information in the original entry is much more important than forcing a low-level place name in regards to finding records. Thus, if a user inexperienced in Native American research "corrects" the entry, there's a high risk of the most important data being lost. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034622038933942046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-54820199729582432462020-07-08T11:35:27.633-07:002020-07-08T11:35:27.633-07:00I agree.I agree.James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-5841529930192698922020-07-08T11:35:09.886-07:002020-07-08T11:35:09.886-07:00Actually, none of the suggested standard locations...Actually, none of the suggested standard locations in either example are even close to being right. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-28368630523269187982020-07-08T03:36:13.930-07:002020-07-08T03:36:13.930-07:00I saw the place name volunteer opportunity a few d...I saw the place name volunteer opportunity a few days ago and after one attempt realized I would do more than harm than good trying to correct locations for strangers. The burial place was Lutheran so I blithely thought that was a mistake and added religious affiliation Lutheran. Then I went to the source (I know I should have done that first) and Lutheran was not a mistake. It was all that was written on the record - and there are a lot of cemeteries with Lutheran in the title. I quickly changed everything back with a big mea culpa in the reasons. I will not being try to "fix" locations except with persons I am researching - and then very carefully. I would rather be as accurate as possible than "fix" Family Search place names.Janet Keating McNaughtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350160330496207655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-70307448880074433132020-07-07T16:11:51.687-07:002020-07-07T16:11:51.687-07:00It would be the first location.It would be the first location.MCChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341511101405894656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-14927029285517477902020-06-28T17:34:01.820-07:002020-06-28T17:34:01.820-07:00I have to make the same answer I made to the last ...I have to make the same answer I made to the last comment, I would need to know a lot more information before I could answer this type of question. What operating system are you using? How much memory do you have on your computer? What is the speed of your internet connection? and a lot more questions. You are welcome to email me and then I can contact you further if you still need help. genealogyarizona@gmail.comJames Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-19199650310175987352020-06-27T11:44:24.503-07:002020-06-27T11:44:24.503-07:00I would need to know a lot more information before...I would need to know a lot more information before I could answer this type of question. What operating system are you using? How much memory do you have on your computer? What is the speed of your internet connection? and a lot more questions. You are welcome to email me and then I can contact you further if you still need help. genealogyarizona@gmail.comJames Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-66234977059802410162020-06-27T07:11:35.432-07:002020-06-27T07:11:35.432-07:00my sync never finishes, it gets stuck on 20% or 90...my sync never finishes, it gets stuck on 20% or 90% and never completes. How do I fix this?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344120972299926846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793782800729950147.post-84949607527149634242020-06-19T04:23:59.558-07:002020-06-19T04:23:59.558-07:00I suspect the emphasis on online resources and app...I suspect the emphasis on online resources and apps to take the "pain" out of doing family history are discouraging members from actually engaging with research and learning.Alison Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559342272682222112noreply@blogger.com