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