Marilyn, I don't know what you signed up for but if you were included the the 'test group' as David calls it, they would have given you a way to sign up and get a username/password to access the system. What he's saying (I think) is that it is actually a 'beta test' and the testers are not allowed to discuss it other than through feedback directly to NFS programmers. NFS itself is not a secret; they just don't want the actual functions discussed that have not been released to the general public. This is customary with any beta.
If you used FamilySearch before, you know that there were millions of records on individuals that were either extracted from records (birth, death, marriage, church records, etc) or submitted by LDS members in the form of family pedigrees or family group sheets. There were a couple of different collections you could search such as the IGI or the Ancestral File. Maybe those terms sound familiar. It was a great help to a lot of researchers to find research that had already been done on a family line, for instance. It is not a primary resource by any means. You might compare it to trees you would find on Rootsweb or Ancestry.com The NFS has the information in a brand new format with functions built in so that relationships can be managed, duplicates can be combined, additional information and sources can be added, conflicts can be discussed and you can contact others who have submitted information on a shared ancestor. You can upload and download new data all without affecting any of the original records. If a record is combined and shouldn't have, the action can be reversed. You will build your own tree there by connecting relations that are already there and adding the new ones that are not. Your tree may connect into others, extending it all that much further. It's an exciting new concept! Don't confuse NFS with the regular familysearch site which has a lot more to offer, including the wiki and ability to search the FHLs catalog of microfilm, books and other holdings. There is also the Pilot Record Search (may not be called that anymore) and there are millions of searchable records and indexes there with more being added all of the time. Many have the images attached! Everything is free on all FS sites. Some of the record indexes will not give you the images for free because they are held on a subscription site like Ancestry.com but the index is still free. Not bad! Hope that helps! Kathy On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:52 AM, marilyn E B <[email protected]> wrote: > I have meant to ask this question for a long time and now seems to be a > good time. What is available on the "New Family Search" that is not > available to others. > > I think I have the NEW version because I signed up at the FGS Conference in > Knoxville last year. I was told this would give me full access just like LDS > members. 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