I agree. I only use the main URL for the website such as https://familysearch.org or http://www.ancestry.com
Michele Technical Support <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com> www.legacyfamilytree.com From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 12:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet > database Just one word (or paragraph) of caution about trying to supply specific URLs to these records that are part of a larger database collection. I have seen many such repositories occasionally change their internal file location structure so that while the URL to the home page which typically contains a “search the database” utility tends to not change, the specific URLs to the records themselves can and usually does change. In other words, you might be better served if you only reference the URL to the repository itself and let future researchers that want to view a specific record within that repository then use whatever search mechanisms are available to them at that future date. I suppose this can all be summed in in Murphy’s 7th Law of the Universe: two things will change in the future, your looks and Internet URLs. Brian in CA 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
