David: I have exactly the same experience as you with familysearch. It was better 3-5 years ago than it is today with no access. I was told about 2 yrs ago the new system would be open to the public is a few months - it has been about 2 hrs and no access.
They seem to have all these volunteers duplicating what is already available commercially and placing that data into a restricted set of databases. They appear to be heading toward a fee based system with all their limited access restrictions. For me, as a non- LDS person, familysearch has very limited utility. Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman [email protected] On Aug 2, 2011, at 3:50 PM, "David C Abernathy" <[email protected]> wrote: > I signed up when it was first announced and gave the impression that EVERYONE > would have access. It has been almost 2 years since this announcement and the > NON members still do not have a working login. > It has been a lot of hype and no production. There are many family research > programs that now have the tools, but not access, it has been a waste of my > time trying to use Legacy as it is designed to interface with Family Search. > A real let down by Legacy and LDS church. > > I have found that most of the IGI are based on the membership of the church > submitting their family data that was "approved" by the local Ward Clerk. My > father was this person for while. They were just a rubber stamp, as a GOOD > Mormon would not provide false information. It was the word from SL that all > submittals were to be approved as the information was needed good or bad. > > After digging into what my mother had, and had submitted it was a nightmare > to clean and figure out where she was going with here data. None of her data > was on a computer but it is ALL at Family Search and is still a mess. She > could not even spell correctly her own surname of her line. > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file organization > > 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. >> >> Thanks, >> David C Abernathy > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
