A large number of entries on Family Search Family Tree are ones created by Family Search through its initial imports from various other sources and have not yet been edited or modified by anybody.
The long term goal is to have just one entry for any given individual – hence the Merge functions – with multiple submitters contributing to continually improve the quantity and quality of the information regarding the individual. This is the same philosophy as Wikipedia, where it has worked very well, and Wikitree. Family Search Family Tree, and Wikitree, are both still in their infancy, and have a long way to go to reach their goals. The hardest part is attracting contributors who have the information, are willing to make the effort to post it, and make the effort to clean up the duplicate and erroneous material. The Legacy Family Tree interface to Family Search Family Tree is a tool to help make the job easier. WikiTree and Family Search Family Tree are Collaborative Community Trees, not just places for posting Your tree. I use Rootsweb to post my family tree. For myself, I’ve dabbled with WikiTree and Family Search Family Tree, but was kind of waiting for Legacy8, though what I was really waiting for was the additional functionality of Plus level certification, which is still pending. I intend to do more. One thing I do, is after I link an individual in my database to one on FSFT, I add the FSFT individual to my FSFT Watch List so that I’ll get email if anyone edits anything regarding that individual on FSTFT. If you are going to be a contributor, start with your closest deceased ancestors and work back from there. You probably have the best info on your parents and grandparents and there will be few collaborators that you don’t know. From: Terry L. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Integration [was: E mail test and customer number] Good description John. I would like to add to what you said. Once you open the link to FS you will see arrows beside the information on your family file and FS family file. If you click on those arrows you can either add information you have from your file or can do add from the FS file to your file. You will also see in the left hand pane at the top of the FS information the ID number to/from which information would be shared. I ALWAYS click on that to see who the person is and who the contributor is. If I have contributed the information to/fromFS then I will exchange updated information. If it someone else FS tree I do not. Terry > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Integration [was: E mail test and > customer number] > Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 00:30:27 -0500 > > Bill, > > Let me start out by saying that I am not a FS expert, but I have > played with it and done a bit of testing. > > I think I can give some guidance. > > 1/ As far as I know, there is going to be little printed > documentation on the Family Search module. There is a limited amount > in Help. Geoff's strategy for training this has been short videos. > You will notice that the Help menu and the top line of FS have links > to watch videos. These should be your first line of understanding the module. > > 2/ When you set Option 1.11 in Legacy to integrate with FamilySearch, > you are only enabling the ability to link your Family File to the > FamilySearch Tree database. At this point no information has been exchanged. > > 3/ When you link a person in the Family Search DB with your Family > File, what you are doing is adding the FS ID of the person in the FS > DB to the Family Search ID field for person in your Family File. I > consider this fairly innocuous, as no data is exchanges either way. > The arrows go from gray-gray to become red-red because no information > has been exchanged. > > 4/ Once you have made a link, you can now add information to the > Family Search tree. As you had to login to use the tree, any > information that you add is now in the tree and credited to you, no > matter if you break the link or not. It is now available for everyone. > > 5/ If you add information from FS into your Family File, it is added > and does not go away because you broke the link. > > 6/ There is much more that is done and some of the activities need to > be done on the Family Search web site. > > Family Search can be a very powerful addition to your research. And > contributing your information is going to make the FS tree all the > more potent as a research tool. > > As I said in a previous message, many serious researchers - I know of > many from the Guild of One Name Studies (London) - who are using > Family Search tree as the place they archive their research. > > AND, if you are an LDS member, FM is the site through which you > organize your Temple work. > > Please note that Legacy Family Search on L7.5 and L8 is identical. > Major updates to both versions have been released in the last 30 > days. And this module is awaiting the next level of certification > which will mean that users will be able to access more functionality > from the Legacy module. > > john. > > > At 08:11 PM 12/1/2013, William Boswell wrote: > >I've done some experimenting with Family Search (not knowing what I > >was doing) by linking and transferring data from Legacy 8 to > >FS. After I decided I should learn more about it, I deleted all > >those links and noticed the information I added was still on the FS > >website along with my name as the submitter. I don't mind that, but > >I would think once the link is broken the information I linked to FS > >would disappear. I prefer to not link and just add, but I am going > >to wait until I learn more. > > > >The FS website doesn't give any information about consequences or > >what linking is all about, or the pitfalls involved. > > > >Bill Boswell > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: grayscot2 [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 7:58 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] E mail test and customer number > > > > > > The Help File for 7.5 does very little to explain how to > > use Family Search with or without Legacy 7.5. You learn nothing > > about the consequences of matching, registering/contributing your > > tree, avoiding fostering duplicates, the detailed procedures for > > using it from Legacy, the rationale and pitfalls of the whole thing. > > > > Sorry to complain but these are issues. Not sure why we > > had lesser priority than new buyers but glad to know we are still > > somewhere in the queue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >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). 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