This website has changed alot since I last used it. I am careful about what I use and do not use. I like the site the other way better. Now to get use to trying to look at this site is going to be challenging to me. Joyce Ann > Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:36:27 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > 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