---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [TWWFA]: Fwd: [GM] New Family Search? From: "Bill" <wmwillis@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, March 29, 2008 17:12 To: "Wigton-Walker" <TWWFA@googlegroups.com> Cc: "WalkerShortList" <WalkerShortList@googlegroups.com> CowanShortList@googlegroups.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From another list, the following may be of interest to some of you: >> What is new about Family Search? > > I'm not a spokesman or expert, but I am a **very** happy user of > FamilySearch's newish beta-test site, which is up and running, and > open to the public through free registration. They are trying to > work on the 'next generation' of web genealogy research and > searches, and it is already amazing! The search capabilities, and > flexibility, are incredible! > > I have already found a great many documents that I haven't found > before, even in searches within very similar databases, and I have > not explored all sections of the site yet, by a long shot. They > are testing out the new systems, and finetuning. > > Go to http://labs.familysearch.org . There are several subsections > that you can register for individually. > > But at http://search.labs.familysearch.org are the currently > available databases..... I have spent a lot of time here, and it > has been very well-spent. > > So far, they have the 1850, 1880 and 1900 censuses, with > trancriptions and images, and a number of other more specific > databases, beautifully searchable and with images, there as well. > More in the future. > > For an antique system like mine, it can be *very slow* downloading > on dial-up, and I still have big problems saving images, although > all the view manipulations and print functions work fine. I really > look forward to the progress they are making! And be patient. > They're testing things out. And sometimes the site, or portions of > it, is down, while they upload changes and improvements. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wigton Walker Family" group. To post to this group, send email to TWWFA@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to TWWFA-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TWWFA?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---