Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-15 Thread Syble Glasscock
Yes, Family Search is now free, and I've greatly benefited by their website and work, I've volunteered some, but, I too am frustrated with their trees, just as I am with ancestry.com trees, so many duplications and so many errors, it's a daunting task trying to get the corrections made.  Many

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-15 Thread Larry Lee
Syble, I agree with everything you said, except I don't think Family Search Trees will be sold since they are produced by the LDS church. Larry Lee ldlee...@gmail.com On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Syble Glasscock syble_...@yahoo.comwrote: *Yes, Family Search is now free, and I've

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-15 Thread Orinda Spence
I'm sure that Family Search won't be sold. It would be more likely in a far stretch they FS buy Ancestry.com than they would sell FS. FS is cumbersome that is for sure. On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Larry Lee ldlee...@gmail.com wrote: Syble, I agree with everything you said, except I

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-15 Thread John B. Lisle
Syble, I am a bit dismayed about you or anyone stopping to contribute to FindaGrave just because it was sold to Ancestry.com. FaG has built in funding sources but it has outgrown its owners probably limited resources. Ancestry is probably acting in a White Knight capacity as anything else.

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-15 Thread William Boswell
of a subscription to access it. Bill Boswell From: Syble Glasscock [mailto:syble_...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:04 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy Yes, Family Search is now free, and I've greatly benefited by their website

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-15 Thread Carl Cox
Glasscock [mailto:syble_...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:04 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy . . . My fear is that Family Search will also be sold, so I've decided it's not worth the effort and I've added very little

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search and Legacy

2013-12-14 Thread Paul Gray
Bryan, I sometimes get frustrated with the quality of FS Family Tree data, but it is what it is. It will only get cleaned up if we do it, no one else will. The main reason I correct and merge records of my ancestors is that I want the data on my ancestors to be correct and widely available