The advantage to signing in is that some of their databases have images attached to them. Some of those require that you sign in to see the actual record image.
Not all of them do ask for a sign in - but there are some where it is an advantage. Cheers - Jackie On 3/9/2012 9:50 PM, Carl Cox wrote: > When I go to <familysearch.org/> (no WWW or new.), I do not sign in, I > just begin searching. It has no idea who I am, and I do not know of > any advantage of signing in. So everyone can search there. > I used to go to the old site to search the IGI and batch numbers, but > now the new site has all those data easily searchable. Also, when you > find an extracted record, you can note the batch number and search > that batch. On the opening search screen is a place to enter the > batch, but it disappears when you search without it, and the only way > I have found to get it back is to click on the home screen again. So I > no longer need the old screen. This is a recent enhancement, and I > like it. > Carl > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
