I really like the link to the numbers of records held in Guild indexes that has now appeared on our profile pages. However, as these pages are public pages, I wonder if it would be possible to have a further listing: "number of Sennett references submitted to Guild indexes by the Sennett study". Right now, the information is only really useful to me in showing how many other studies have a crossover with mine, and I think it may give a false impression to the public that my study is very limited if a viewer thinks there are only the 14 references that it currently shows. I also wonder whether the search facility that fails to show up references submitted in your study name is now outmoded? It would be great to be able to do both types of searches. I've completely lost track of what I have submitted, and while I know I could ask for a listing, that just makes it that one step more difficult to keep an eye on my submissions. I'd also like to be able to submit material to indexes on other surnames that may not be registered, and I'm not sure if this is allowed? Is it just me, or do others think this way? Corinne Curtis #5579 (Sennett ONS)

You bring up an interesting question/point. WHen the index results were all behind the paywall - Study owners really only wanted to see 'new' results - ones they didn't have- so searching on just spouses made sense. ANd it still does for members. I don't want to sift through all the marriages I have submitted to find the four or five 'new' ones. BUt now that the number of returns is in front of the paywall, it makes sense for members to want the 'braggin rights' that indicate how big their study is. Remember that number is only for that spelling of your study name the numbers change for different variants. Try a few different names and see what happens. Names like Jones ( which is not a study) now show up with results where before all you got was - there is no study for that name- . The searcher still gets that message but to it is added that our studies do have some information on that name. I think this is good - encouraging - showing the Guild has very diverse information. Some ideas for solutions 1. IF you want people to know the size of your study - ***PUT the number on the profile page yourself*** - You know best what that number is. You control it and as your study grows - change the number. 2. Number of submissions to indexes - this is a bit different and really may not be indicative of your study size - I know one individual submitted a list of 65K to the Worldwide index but only 5K were complete enough to be included. So including it on the public display may not be a good idea. Again it may be better for one to put the number on from their own count ------- Study size 140K, number of marriages 50K Really those numbers at the bottom of your profile page do not reflect your study - they show other resources that the GUild has that include the name. Perhaps they should be headed - "More resources" afterall the searcher has already found your page and the bona fide expert. But it is helpful for members to know how many submissions they have made to an index - so asking ANNe - at least as far as the WWM goes - could a member when signed in get a count of how many submissions had been made by their member number? 3. Finally, going way out on a limb, perhaps it would be an idea to allow the results of a search to be available to the general public - that is outside the paywall. I would suggest the WWM and the personal archives for this. The first because I have made sure that all the contributors to this are willing to share information if contacted, the second because in setting up a personal archives, one indicates the degree of privacy desired - so only those that said 'public' would be available. Marie (GOONS 5318) Bringing the world together one surname at a time. 'A Pepler Name' http://pepler.tribalpages.com 'Hedgerow - the Ancestors' http://cranberry.tribalpages.com Pepler DNA Study http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pepler-ow/ 'Scroops, Scropes and Scroopes' http://dentonlk.tribalpages.com ________________________________ From: Corinne Curtis via <goons@rootsweb.com> To: goons@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: [G] profile page references to Index records I really like the link to the numbers of records held in Guild indexes that has now appeared on our profile pages. However, as these pages are public pages, I wonder if it would be possible to have a further listing: "number of Sennett references submitted to Guild indexes by the Sennett study". Right now, the information is only really useful to me in showing how many other studies have a crossover with mine, and I think it may give a false impression to the public that my study is very limited if a viewer thinks there are only the 14 references that it currently shows. I also wonder whether the search facility that fails to show up references submitted in your study name is now outmoded? It would be great to be able to do both types of searches. I've completely lost track of what I have submitted, and while I know I could ask for a listing, that just makes it that one step more difficult to keep an eye on my submissions. I'd also like to be able to submit material to indexes on other surnames that may not be registered, and I'm not sure if this is allowed? Is it just me, or do others think this way? Corinne Curtis #5579 (Sennett ONS) _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message