Kathy, You said: "New Family Search takes all of this information and more and puts it in a more up to date format and aims to link those individuals and trees like never before. Over time, the database gathered loads of duplicated records; one person might have submitted an ancestor and only had their DOB, another might have only had the death date, still another may have had a different name spelling. As these records are combined, it becomes an even more valuable resource for every researcher out there."
It only becomes more valuable if actual source documents are attached to those records. All that matching means nothing if they haven't check actual sources- and by sources I do *not* mean member submitted group sheets. The LDS got is all wrong years ago when they didn't require actual sources be attached to those- and they are still getting it wrong today- That new "tree" thing they are doing is nothing more than Ancestry's old "OneWorldTree" on steroids- and any half way reputable genealogist knows what a disaster that was. It was probably the single worst thing every to befall the field of online genealogy. The LDS has some great extracted records and tons of actual records that they should concentrate on getting online and should quit foisting those undocumented User submitted group sheets on unsuspecting newbies. 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
