Hi As this discussion seems to have off the original topic that I posted, I reiterate points 2 and 3 (particularly point 3)
2. It IS finding all sorts of spurious hints from the USA even though all my entries are UK based. 3. If I "Reject" Hints (e.g. the US ones) the little orange hint icon quantity doesn't change and next time I run the hints all the Rejects have reappeared. Ian Beach College Grove, Western Australia On 21/04/17 10:25 PM, Philip Solida wrote: > This is indeed good news Brian... I see it as a full answer to any remaining > need for ancestry other than the images being shared to family search by tree > owners as they have to ancestry in the past... word of mouth folks... we need > to get out there and talk this up at local meetings of genealogical societies > ect. The program far exceeds Ancestry in what it can do, so why hold on to it > after the recent problems... They will have to come out with something truely > compete and new features for me to consider upgrading Family tree 2014... > > On Apr 21, 2017 10:12 AM, "Brian Kelly" <exma...@gmail.com > <mailto:exma...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I am a beta tester and there are many sources I found via the hints which > include a link to an image which can be viewed (and downloaded if you > choose). It is not a "one click" solution where the image is automatically > added to your file along with the source but except for some FamilySearch > images which are not downloadable due to restrictions placed on the images > by the provider I was able to download and attach source images obtained > via the Hints at Find My Past, MyHeritage and FamilySearch. > > Images I found via this method included: Census pages from England and > Wales, Canada and the United States, Images for birth Death and marriage > registrations from various jurisdictions, Parish record images with > baptism, marriage and death details. > > Not all hints included images because some are based only on indexes which > have no image. > > Brian Kelly > > On 21-Apr-17 9:59 AM, Philip Solida wrote: > > The current hinting I see as a start... and a good start at a > competitive > hinting system to ancestry. Hinting has been to this point one of > ancestry > '72 biggest advantages, and I like the ability to use multiple hinting > sources... that said another advantage to ancestry has been attached > images > of the actual cited documents so you can download your own copy. That > ability is also needed. As it has been use family search to search or > expand tree without charge, you still seam to need Ancestry to > document > beyond a citation... actual image of a primary source document... so > true > competition will need to include those features at some point in the > national databases. That is to say while the program as I see it is > far and > away the best, the free databases have some catching up to do. The > ability > to see and save a source document as part of a hint is primary as > opposed > to what may be a guess as to date from someone else's undocumented > guess on > their tree... goes to what is the quality and source of the > information in > a hint. > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > <http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com> > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/> > > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
