Once the images are available it will be better. At least then you can compare what they have to the document. Penny > From: mike@saintclair.org > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:51:04 -0700 > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > > I'll do some exploring and let you know what I think. The big downside > right now is the images are not available, so it's harder to evaluate, but I > believe they should be later. I'm also interested in what others have > experienced. > > MIke > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "PENNY CASEY" <penny_randy@msn.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:39 PM > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > > > > > Have very many of you used the FamilySearch Pilot Death Index? > > > > > > > > I am curious as to what others have to say about the accuracy of it. > > > > I have searched for my ancestors in it and have found that almost all of > > them have names misspelled, towns missspelled and some of the last names > > they have come up with don't even make sense. > > > > > > > > Example: last name should be Livingston - they have it as Sumiplin. Not > > sure how they came up with that one! > > > > > > > > I have transcribed documents for years and know the challenges of > > handwriting, but it sure looks like they may have some problems in that > > area. > > > > > > > > Perhaps it is just me. . . > > > > > > > > Penny > > > > Idaho County > > > > > > > > > >> From: mike@saintclair.org > >> To: idgen@rootsweb.com > >> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:42:50 -0700 > >> Subject: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > >> > >> Here are a few fairly recent additions to our stable of information. > >> > >> > >> IDGENWEB Gazetteer - > >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_gazetteer.php > >> > >> A lot of work yet to go, but here is a start. I started with a limited > >> list of communities and am now working my way through the alphabet to add > >> a lot more from a large set of gazetteer-like publications to pick up > >> smaller and former communities. I'm on B now. Then I will go back and add > >> information like Township-Range-Section, GPS coordinates, Altitude, > >> population, when created, etc., whereever that information is available. > >> > >> > >> > >> Oregon Trail in Idaho - http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_trail.php > >> > >> This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but > >> has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ethnic Groups in Idaho - > >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_ethnic.php > >> > >> This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but > >> has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. The link updating hasn't yet > >> been finished. > >> > >> > >> > >> FamilySearch Pilot Index - Idaho Death Certificates - > >> http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1546448 > >> > >> A fairly new rich index of Idaho Death Certificates from 1911-1937. > >> Includes much information not available in other Idaho death indexes, > >> like parents names. > >> > >> > >> > >> Bancroft's History of Idaho (from Judy White) - > >> http://www.accessgenealogy.com/idaho/history_of_idaho.htm > >> > >> Mike St. Clair > >> State Coordinator - IDGENWEB > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message