Ha. Prodigy - maybe - not sure now. There were several gen sites in those days. Onward, Tom On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Then you must be back to Adam and Eve. :-) > > All the best to you too, > > Janet > > p.s. Were you ever on Prodigy? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Jay Kemp <[email protected]> > To: gen-newbie <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 2:50 pm > Subject: Re: [GN] familysearh website > > > Me too. > I started my research 50 years ago - this July. > > All the best. > Tom > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Tom, >> >> It was a new word to me. I am a very old researcher, before computers, so it > was new to me. I learned a whole different way to do genealogy. When computers > began we had genealogy mail lists that were very active with everyone helping > each other, many people posting information from books and records to help > others as well as connecting online with someone following your line, then we > sent records to each other. I am sure there are many of us left. I am still > learning something new everyday. >> >> Janet >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Thomas Jay Kemp <[email protected]> >> To: gen-newbie <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 1:14 pm >> Subject: Re: [GN] familysearh website >> >> >> Crowdsourced/crowdsourcing - means that 'the crowd' - all of us >> genealogists - are working on the online family tree together. With >> everyone adding information, source citations, photographs etc. we are >> jointly and cooperatively creating the documentation on our ancestors. >> The old model was the lone genealogist compiling the family history - >> the new model is the 'crowd' working cooperatively to build the tree. >> The scale is enormous. >> >> Crowdsourcing on FamilySearch.org is adding over 1 million indexing >> documents (birth, marriage, probate records etc.) - every day - 365 >> days a year. Wow. It's a new world. >> >> It is a new term coined to describe the online world of information. >> Wikipedia is a good example of crowdsourcing. >> >> With millions of genealogists working on the Family Tree at >> FamilySearch.org - that is also an example of crowdsourcing - sharing >> - cooperative work to pull together the best information about our >> ancestors. >> >> It gets the records online, preserved and shared for the rising generation >> >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Tom, >>> >>> What does your word "crowdsourced" mean? That is a new word for me. >>> >>> Janet >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Thomas Jay Kemp <[email protected]> >>> To: gen-newbie <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:37 am >>> Subject: Re: [GN] familysearh website >>> >>> >>> Sure. >>> Online trees are a group effort - today we'd say they're crowdsourced. >>> So - everyone puts up what they know. >>> You might know that the mother's name was: Mary >>> Someone else might know that it was: Mary Alice Starbird >>> Great - with data and updates flowing in we can get each person >>> accurately entered - what a great approach. >>> >>> Best of all it is free at: https://familysearch.org/ >>> >>> When you see your family on there - improve it. >>> Add more details and especially add the source citations and if >>> possible links so that others can see the rationale for your >>> conclusions. >>> >>> Notice too that you can add photos - what a great way to preserve and >>> share those. >>> >>> Many hands make light work - so let's all pitch in to get our data >>> online, shared and preserved. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:26 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Joyce, >>>> >>>> Be careful and use the information just for clues to find your ancestors. > It >>> is a great site for finding clues and some records but do your own research >> and >>> find the original records for yourself. >>>> >>>> I looked at my family tree on there and it is full of mistakes, both names >> and >>> dates and some not complete information. I have all my original records and >>> some of the records on family search were copied wrong with both names and >>> dates. >>>> >>>> Best of luck with your research >>>> >>>> janet >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Joyce Ann Junkin <[email protected]> >>>> To: gen-newbie <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:55 am >>>> Subject: [GN] familysearh website >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I was wondering what is the website address for finding research of families >>>> that you use to get from the Morman site. I do not want the index >>>> familysearch.org. People use to put the research of their families o line > to >>>> the Mormon site. This is what I used to trace back my ancestors to the >> 1600's. >>>> (just to get an idea). >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Joyce Ann >>>> >>> >>> ******************** >>> >>> Gen-Newbie's website: >>> >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ******************** >>> >>> Gen-Newbie's website: >>> >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > 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