Dear Paul - I just registered a fictitious name and it went through fine.... BUT I do know that for some reason the opening of accounts is regional, and not everyone, even members, can sign on unless that part of the country/world is open yet. This is still a new system for the Church, and they have been beta testing it for several years. Almost all of the bugs are worked out, but not all. I live in Tacoma, WA, and we got it in this area only last year after others had it for a year, and obviously from what I hear around the globe, there are still areas not open. Not being a tech junky I cannot say why, but it has everything to do with technical issues and nothing to do with membership in the church, OR non members generally not having access.
So by the message you are getting, it looks like is not even open for church members in your area yet. Where are you, by the by? Since you have the Family Search, THAT is the tool you need for research and the best one. Of the two, I prefer Family Search to find people, since the newfamilysearch is information submitted and on file ever since the church started collecting family-submitted records. It is loaded with duplications, guesses, junk and unsubstantiated data. Not a good source for proper documentation. I love Family Search because it reflects actual records, not family guesswork. So keep up the good work, and of course you already know what good helpers you have at your local FH Library! Sincerely, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Gray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:17 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy file organization Karen, I am non LDS, and I have a 'Family Search' account. Maybe it isn't a 'New' Family search account, it's the one I use to access family search, and particularly to order microfilms for shipping to my local FHC. When I go to the URL for new family search and sign on with that account, I get the following message. Your account is not ready for new.familysearch.org. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You will be informed by your priesthood leaders when your area can use the system. Members should use their LDS Account. Volunteers who previously used new.familysearch.org. Click here to combine your previous and new accounts. General public. Look for a future announcement when you will have access to new.familysearch.org. So, it appears that I cannot access new.familysearch.org yet as I am a member of the general public. Paul Gray From: Karen Dixon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: August-02-11 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file organization THE CORRECT URL FOR NEW FAMILY SEARCH IS https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome Then Register for the new FamilySearch then complete the information for non members. EVERYTHING is available to members and non members alike, except ordinance information, available to members of the church only. One new tool is the "Discussion" box for any person listed on this site where you can open up a dialogue with members and non members alike. https://www.familysearch.org/ is the excellent site for ALL records ever collected, digitized, filmed, etc. and indexed! I am a subscriber to Ancestry.com and I am seeing more and more of the records there available on familysearch.org. Census records now available are a treasure trove of data; along with many other records from other countries, digitized or indexed and available on familysearch. Karen Dixon On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: The New Familiy Search is just trees contributed by members... It's much like the old IGI and best used for "clues", IMHO. If you go to new.FamiliySearch.org, you can sign up to get on the list for a non-member log-in. The only thing you'll not see once you get your log-in is the ordinance data for church members. The www.FamilySearch.org site is the one with all the really good stuff like scans and transcriptions! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:21 AM, David C Abernathy <[email protected]> wrote: Tim, That is true, but if one can NOT access the NewFamilySearch what good does it do me? The OLD Family Search has some good information, but the real stuff is in the NEW area. 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