I'm not sure just how pertinent this is to Legacy's links to FamilySearch or to the LegacyFS Group, but many of us are probably now aware that the LDS church has now begun to pull many census images and other image documents off the servers that were called www.pilot.familysearch.org and are in the process of migrating them over to new servers at www.fsbeta.familysearch.org.
This means at least two things that I can think of: 1. Anyone who created Master Sources in Legacy referencing the URL of any images from the "pilot" servers, have or will have dead links. 2. The days of viewing census images for free from the LDS church are almost over. Well, actually they'll still be "free" but it will cost you some time and effort. As mentioned previously on this group, the new FamilySearch beta servers where the images are now at are up and running and open the LDS church members and anyone from the public. But there is a catch. In order to view any image, you have to be a "premiere member". In order to be a premiere member, you have to be a member of the church, or you can index records to accumulate a certain number of points. The indexing of records (typing in names, dates, etc) is done from images that you download from them. I don't want to go into more detail on this as it is not germane to Legacy but certainly can affect many Legacy users who want to view census images. Full info at http://indexing.fsbeta.familysearch.org/ One interesting thing: I already have indexed more than enough names and records from FamilySearch so I can view images from their new server as a premiere member. When I try this through the Legacy icon link, I'm logging in with my usual premiere member name but the page then goes dead. Not sure if the Legacy program link is an old one or if the problem still lies in the fact that these new FamilySearch servers are BETA where there are still a multitude of problems to be sorted out. It's all being worked on every day. Brian in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] test > > LegacyFS is a mailing list for our Legacy FamilySearch users to share > ideas and to help each other with items related to Legacy's > FamilySearch feature. > > At this time only LDS members can access the FamilySearch feature. If > you have questions about this feature, the LegacyFS group is the one > to post to. You can sign up for it by going to our website at > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com. Under Help Center, select Email Lists. > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:32 PM, smwc64 tds.net <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul, > > What is the LegacyFS group? > > Judi > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:51 PM, PAUL KEELEY <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> Just testing to see if I am receiving messages. I subscribed this > morning > >> because of messages on the LegacyFS group but have not seen > anything. No > >> need for anyone to reply. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Paul Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
