In message <[email protected]>, singhals via <[email protected]> writes: >Jenny M Benson via wrote: > >> I'm not LDS and frankly I think their "one big FamilyTree" is an >> impossible pipe dream, but I do contribute data to FamilyTree and do > >I think ANYONE's "one big FamilyTree" is an impossible pipe-dream -- >LDS', Ancestry's, WorldConnect, the old FTM one. > >Since it is possible for two people to look at the same thing and >interpret it differently there's always going to be conflict. > >Cheryl On the other hand, I think the potential for a lot of reduction of effort - especially in the more recent records and/or where there's little room for different interpretation - definitely exists. It's a pity more rigo(u)r hasn't been applied in many cases, making this less practical than it might have been, but I think the potential is still there. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)[email protected]+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The early worm gets the bird.