Dang, I didn't realize how addictive the Drouin was until I couldn't access it yesterday.....It is a lifeline to our ancestors.    Do they mean the lack of indexing as meaning the different unique ways the Chinease spell the names?   Sharlene ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a response to the problem as posted in the Quebec-Research list: "As you might all know, the Institut généalogique Drouin took The Generation Network Inc. into arbitration over the lack of full and proper indexation of the Drouin Collection put on-line by Ancestry. > > On the 12th of August 2009, the juge(sic) name to arbitrate this case sided with Drouin, and declared that Ancestry has failed in its contractual obligation to properly and fully index the database prior to publication and since publication. The decision grants 60 (days) to TGN to remedy the situation. > > Should they fail to do so, the license granted by the Institut Drouin will lapse. > >

The Chinese? They probably mean the horrible job Ancestry did of indexing Drouin....Ancestry's indexing has never been great in English, but in French it's even worse. And they don't bother to actually read the entries...most Drouin records have an abbreviated form of the person's name in the margin & the full name in the entry, but Ancestry only indexes the abbreviated form, & frequently gets it wrong. Among other things, I've seen "Marg.," short for Marguerite, indexed as "Mary" over & over. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharlene Bell-Haussmann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Drouin Collection & Ancestry problems Dang, I didn't realize how addictive the Drouin was until I couldn't access it yesterday.....It is a lifeline to our ancestors. Do they mean the lack of indexing as meaning the different unique ways the Chinease spell the names? Sharlene ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a response to the problem as posted in the Quebec-Research list: "As you might all know, the Institut généalogique Drouin took The Generation Network Inc. into arbitration over the lack of full and proper indexation of the Drouin Collection put on-line by Ancestry. > > On the 12th of August 2009, the juge(sic) name to arbitrate this case > sided with Drouin, and declared that Ancestry has failed in its > contractual obligation to properly and fully index the database prior to publication and since publication. The decision grants 60 (days) to TGN to remedy the situation. > > Should they fail to do so, the license granted by the Institut Drouin will > lapse. > > ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ancestry farmed the Drouin out to the Chinese to index......With their unique way of talking English, no wonder the index is flawed.......   Shar --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Colleen Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: From: Colleen Andrews <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Drouin Collection & Ancestry problems To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 10:45 AM The Chinese? They probably mean the horrible job Ancestry did of indexing Drouin....Ancestry's indexing has never been great in English, but in French it's even worse. And they don't bother to actually read the entries...most Drouin records have an abbreviated form of the person's name in the margin & the full name in the entry, but Ancestry only indexes the abbreviated form, & frequently gets it wrong. Among other things, I've seen "Marg.," short for Marguerite, indexed as "Mary" over & over. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharlene Bell-Haussmann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Drouin Collection & Ancestry problems Dang, I didn't realize how addictive the Drouin was until I couldn't access it yesterday.....It is a lifeline to our ancestors. Do they mean the lack of indexing as meaning the different unique ways the Chinease spell the names? Sharlene ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a response to the problem as posted in the Quebec-Research list: "As you might all know, the Institut généalogique Drouin took The Generation Network Inc. into arbitration over the lack of full and proper indexation of the Drouin Collection put on-line by Ancestry. > > On the 12th of August 2009, the juge(sic) name to arbitrate this case > sided with Drouin, and declared that Ancestry has failed in its > contractual obligation to properly and fully index the database prior to publication and since publication. The decision grants 60 (days) to TGN to remedy the situation. > > Should they fail to do so, the license granted by the Institut Drouin will > lapse. > > ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message