Roy, Whereas I may differ from you regarding the value of the the old Family Group Sheets, as far as I know, it is correct to say that they were user submitted and (like all extracted data) need to be treated with some caution. In fact all extracted data should be verified from as many sources as possible.
The IGI is, however, different in that it specified whether the data was extracted by their members, in which case it is likely to be more accurate than data extracted by others. It is also my understanding that the IGI, which was still available when I last looked, is separate from the indexing which was done by volunteers such as myself. I am unsure as to whether or not FS will ever attach the original images to the extracted data and as somebody else said (Kathy?) one indexing is compared with that compiled by another indexer of the same sheet and any variances resolved by an adjudicator. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available Ron, Since all the info from the old IGI is going into the new Family Search it has a direct connection to it. the NFS should *only* contain extracted data-period. User submitted Family Group Sheets simply are not evidence, and thus have no place in a Database of genealogical records. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:45:08 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7..5 is now available Whilst the old IGI may be still be available, I suspect that it has little or no connection with the new Family Search. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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
