JD wrote: > Until we find out what the LDS is brewing, I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly disappointing. What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found there are sparse and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their site as a resource. -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.

clifto wrote: > JD wrote: > >> Until we find out what the LDS is brewing, >> > > I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly disappointing. > What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found there are sparse > and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their site as a resource. > It is not a resource per se, it is a guide. If you only look at the Ancestry File it is will often be incorrect. I have an error I am trying to correct because someone submitted wrong information. However, if you consult the IGI it is going to be a lot more accurate, alsi Census are more accurate. Do not use the Ancestry File, it will only mislead. It was compiled as an experiment by the LDS Church to get their members to submit 4 generations of their families. Much of it was done from memory by those families, not from accurate records. Repeat: DO NOT TRUST ANCESTRY FILE! Other than that the IGI data is very helpful. It is always being added to so don't give up. Go back and check again. Lorna

the LDS just required them to bring back names not proof On 1/5/08, clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote: > > JD wrote: > > Until we find out what the LDS is brewing, > > I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly > disappointing. > What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found there are sparse > and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their site as a resource. > > -- > Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, > Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause > as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALT-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Proud member of IBSSG

clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote: > JD wrote: >> Until we find out what the LDS is brewing, > > I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly > disappointing. What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found > there are sparse and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their > site as a resource. > Thanks for all of the warnings everyone! But I've been there and I know what you mean. I'm also an Ancestry.com subsriber and the biggest waste of time & effort are the trees (any of them). I try only to use Fed, State, Local records and publications that have some merit, and I know they all have limitations as well. The problem with ALL trees now is that you have big trees that are built from a lot of bad smaller trees, so unless they have credible sources I won't use any of them. What I think the LDS is "brewing", is an expansion of their repository of records (not just trees) for use on the familysearch.org site. I say that because of what I've been reading on the blog at http://labs.familysearch.org/. I don't know what it takes to get an account while they are testing/"brewing" but I applied although haven't heard back yet.

clifto wrote: > JD wrote: >> Until we find out what the LDS is brewing, > > I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly disappointing. > What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found there are sparse > and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their site as a resource. > well then you better contribute what you know for the general good Hugh W

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:20:46 -0600, clifto wrote: > I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly disappointing. > What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found there are sparse > and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their site as a resource. The IGI and their associated Pedigree and Ancestral files are a waste of time because of the inaccuracies and outright fantasy entries. It's a resource I rarely ever use now either. It is only one part of their holdings though, albeit the best known. -- http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/

In article <47849254$0$47162$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net>, Charani <SGBNOSPAM@ mail2genes.invalid> writes: > On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:20:46 -0600, clifto wrote: > >> I hate to say it, but what I've seen of LDS so far is highly disappointing. >> What little tiny fragments of my family tree I've found there are sparse >> and inaccurate. I've pretty much stopped using their site as a resource. > > The IGI and their associated Pedigree and Ancestral files are a waste > of time because of the inaccuracies and outright fantasy entries. > It's a resource I rarely ever use now either. > > It is only one part of their holdings though, albeit the best known. But why criticize the LDS/familysearch for the same problem one finds on RootsWeb and/or Ancestry? Author Theodore Sturgeon (Phillip Klass) famously said, "90% of everything is crap." Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it. -- Henry Ford