“Find A Grave is very problematic “
Not much different than many census records. J Or for that matter, death records, which are filled out by those that were still living and not the person that died. And what I mean by that is that sometimes the info on death records was merely a guess by the informant or what he thought to be true. But you are correct in that Find-A-Grave can be misleading or incorrect with difficulty in getting info corrected. As I’ve heard of some rumors that ever since Ancestry took over ownership, there could be some good changes coming to the database. The bad news is that it may no longer be free. We’ll have to wait and see. Brian in California From: CE WOOD [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington Find A Grave is very problematic. Just for starters: Some contributors refuse to make changes even when supplied with primary documentary evidence. Many people are linked inaccurately. Many are listed as buried in the wrong cemetery. Too many birth and death dates and places are wrong. Too many cemeteries are wrong - some people buried in churches not built until years after their deaths. Some contributors use maiden names and arcane spellings for names. An index using alternate names is MUCH NEEDED. Cemeteries cannot be search by town, only by name, so you have to slog through 20 or 30 pages of "St. Mary's", paying close attention to the unalphabetized locations. Because of the lack of alternate names and difficulty of searching for a cemetery, there are scads of duplicates - most with conflicting data. Find A grave COULD be great, but they grew too fast and do not have programmers who are able to make it more useful. Such a shame! CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the > World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:04:16 -0400 > > Geoff Rasmussen wrote: > > Explore Find-A-Grave, the largest cemetery database in the > > world and a must-have tool in your genealogy toolbox. In > > Wednesday's webinar, Russ Worthington will share insights > > and methodologies into best using the site for family > > history research. He will also provide suggestions about > > contributing your own photographs. > > I hope he mentions something I tripped across this week : > revisiting some Memorials at FaG that I had already saved, I > discovered information missing, added, or changed from my > previous visit! That means, I'm going to have to through > several thousand names that have a FaG citation. It is, at > best, irksome. > > Cheryl-the-grumpy 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
