The indexing website. I got the following from there: June 8, 2009: Indexing Update The FamilySearch indexing system is back online, open the indexing application by following these steps: 1.. Go to the FamilySearch indexing Web site at indexing.familysearch.org. 2.. Click Start Indexing. If you start the application from the icon on your desktop and then encounter any issues or errors, please close the application, and then follow the two steps above. To see the list of features that will be released during this update, click here. For further assistance, contact Indexing Support toll-free at 1-866-406-1830 in the U.S. and Canada (for international calls, click here), or by e-mail at indexing@familysearch.org. From: Peter F. Thorne Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:24 PM To: LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT@rootsweb.com Subject: [LDS-WC] Problem logging on to FamilySearch indexing Hi! I'm still unsuccessful at logging into FamilySearch Indexing. Brother Todeschini suggested I log on through "the web site" but didn't say which web site. I did not receive a notice about the update to indexing so I don't know what the instructions were about logging into indexing after the update. I tried the Church web site, but it didn't work. Pete Thorne Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A friend of mine has done extensive research there and have pointed your email out to her. Karen In a message dated 6/14/2009 8:27:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Phantomblt@aol.com writes: Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home from his mission in Sicily. Cindy M Columbus **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents available at ditech.com (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 1%2F) Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents available at ditech.com (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 1%2F)

Pete, I sent you an email offline with the Announcement at FamilySearch Indexing re the above since the group does not allow pasting. Let me know if you do not receive it. Nancy Scott Cincinnati, Ohio -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter F. Thorne Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 09:25 PM To: LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT@rootsweb.com Subject: [LDS-WC] Problem logging on to FamilySearch indexing Hi! I'm still unsuccessful at logging into FamilySearch Indexing. Brother Todeschini suggested I log on through "the web site" but didn't say which web site. I did not receive a notice about the update to indexing so I don't know what the instructions were about logging into indexing after the update. I tried the Church web site, but it didn't work. Pete Thorne Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

These Danish sites for research are wonderful and FREE, i.e. www.ddd.dda.dk www.arkivalieronline.dk as well as the Denmark list at rootsweb. There are a number of other sites as well. Also when comparing 2 individuals have you used this? Check to see if there is a child listed and if the birthdate And birthplace do not show, double click on the child and it Will bring up another screen where you can resize and see the Summary for that child. If just a couple you can click on one Of them and go to the family screen to see their marriage date And place. This helps considerably. I personally believe the preference on combining individuals Is that if there is any doubt, DO NOT COMBINE. I have separated quite a number of bad combinations on my Many Danish names. Steve Kelsey

Group Members Please can we change the subject line. It makes it difficult to search with this type of subject. And there could just be many that are really interested in Sicily research. Janet Utah -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of W. David Samuelsen Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:31 PM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] (no subject) That depends, what town? David Samuelsen Phantomblt@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a > friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home from > his mission in Sicily. > > Cindy M > Columbus Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

_Italy, Finding Your Ancestors_ (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Glo ss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=36580_Italy_Finding_Ancestor.asp) _[Description]_ (javascript:openauthor('Research/TitleI/TitleI46.asp');) _[Color PDF]_ (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor_color.pdf', 'RH');) _[PDF]_ (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor.pdf', 'RH');) _36580_ (http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10151&searchTerm=36580) On _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) under Research Guidance...this version of Italian Research was produced just a couple of years ago and is excellent. The good news is that the Church has begun microfilming the Civil records in Italy. The bad news is..not in Sicily...yet...as far as I can tell on the Family History Library Catalog. The Civil records are quite easy to use....with the research guide and the Italian word list, you can figure out what these boilerplate (on forms or in a similar format each time) records say. The guide gives examples of real records and how to use them. Michele In a message dated 6/14/2009 6:26:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Phantomblt@aol.com writes: Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home from his mission in Sicily. Cindy M Columbus **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents available at ditech.com (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 1%2F) Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents available at ditech.com (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 1%2F)

Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home from his mission in Sicily. Cindy M Columbus **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents available at ditech.com (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 1%2F)

Hi! I'm still unsuccessful at logging into FamilySearch Indexing. Brother Todeschini suggested I log on through "the web site" but didn't say which web site. I did not receive a notice about the update to indexing so I don't know what the instructions were about logging into indexing after the update. I tried the Church web site, but it didn't work. Pete Thorne

Karen, When I'm checking those extracted marriages with no other data showing, I've learned a trick which may help with your Scandanavian names. I bring up the potential matches. Click on the name (it's a hot link). Go to the left of the window and click on Spouses and Children. Look at the marriage date and place. Sometimes there are children listed with a birth date. I find many matches that way and eliminate even more. I wonder if it would be useful to return to the search template and search by the marriage date itself? Of course if you don't have the marriage date or the children, that's another problem. Hope it helps! Jerry ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:37:59 EDT From: Sahara346@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Company's Coming ..... To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <ce3.4edfedde.37668167@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Has anyone with Scandinvavian descent figured out what we can do with duplicate names when there isn't enough information in the matches that show up to have a realistic clue as to whether they really ARE duplicates or not? Some have so little information, it's hard to know if they were intended to be "mine" or somebody else's match. Too many Ols Olesson's I guess with no dates or places attached, and I am sure the problem is very similar in Denmark and Norway. And as a convert, I have to go quite a way back to find a common ancestor with someone else who's in the Church on any of my lines. Karen

BTW the guidelines are really OLD! This matter had been discussed in last few weeks in the FSWiki group meeting. The primary concern is that these guidelines are very very old and need massive update. David Samuelsen JCBrooks@aol.com wrote: > _Italy, Finding Your Ancestors_ > (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Glo > ss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=36580_Italy_Finding_Ancestor.asp) > _[Description]_ (javascript:openauthor('Research/TitleI/TitleI46.asp');) _[Color > PDF]_ > (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor_color.pdf', 'RH');) _[PDF]_ > (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor.pdf', 'RH');) _36580_ > (http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10151&searchTerm=36580) > > On _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) under Research > Guidance...this version of Italian Research was produced just a couple of > years ago and is excellent. > > The good news is that the Church has begun microfilming the Civil records > in Italy. The bad news is..not in Sicily...yet...as far as I can tell on > the Family History Library Catalog. > > The Civil records are quite easy to use....with the research guide and the > Italian word list, you can figure out what these boilerplate (on forms or > in a similar format each time) records say. > > The guide gives examples of real records and how to use them. > > Michele > > > In a message dated 6/14/2009 6:26:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > Phantomblt@aol.com writes: > > Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a > friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home > from > his mission in Sicily. > > Cindy M > Columbus > **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents > available at ditech.com > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=htt > p:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 > 1%2F) > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents > available at ditech.com > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 > 1%2F) > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

A great deal had been microfilmed in the island of Sicily. The island is divided into many towns and parishes, pretty much covered from 1800 to 1910. David Samuelsen JCBrooks@aol.com wrote: > _Italy, Finding Your Ancestors_ > (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Glo > ss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=36580_Italy_Finding_Ancestor.asp) > _[Description]_ (javascript:openauthor('Research/TitleI/TitleI46.asp');) _[Color > PDF]_ > (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor_color.pdf', 'RH');) _[PDF]_ > (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor.pdf', 'RH');) _36580_ > (http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10151&searchTerm=36580) > > On _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) under Research > Guidance...this version of Italian Research was produced just a couple of > years ago and is excellent. > > The good news is that the Church has begun microfilming the Civil records > in Italy. The bad news is..not in Sicily...yet...as far as I can tell on > the Family History Library Catalog. > > The Civil records are quite easy to use....with the research guide and the > Italian word list, you can figure out what these boilerplate (on forms or > in a similar format each time) records say. > > The guide gives examples of real records and how to use them. > > Michele > > > In a message dated 6/14/2009 6:26:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > Phantomblt@aol.com writes: > > Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a > friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home > from > his mission in Sicily. > > Cindy M > Columbus > **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents > available at ditech.com > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=htt > p:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 > 1%2F) > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents > available at ditech.com > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 > 1%2F) > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

That depends, what town? David Samuelsen Phantomblt@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone have experience working with Sicilian records? I have a > friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home from > his mission in Sicily. > > Cindy M > Columbus

When it was time for us to learn the nFS here in Washington State, we would look up the "help" sections, both of them, and read the directions, then ask each other. When we worked together on our one day a week, (it's a very small FHC) we would bring the questions we had about the program and help each other find the solution.. I can't emphasize enough to read the directions & research the help sections. Over time, as we and others reported bugs to the programers in Salt Lake, they fixed them. They are very helpful, listen and respond to every legitimate question, suggestions & will reply to emails. They gladly welcome suggestions from IT people who aren't involved daily with nFS, as they may be able to see quickly how a problem can be solved. As we anticipated the crowds rushing in to learn this new program, we became nervous about learning it well enough ourselves. No need to fear; not one person showed up on our Family History Center doorstep, or called when nFS was released to everyone in the stake! Gradually there was the transition of people coming in with their disks and temple ready wanting to know how to transfer all that information and take it to the temple as they come across the cards they still have. We had someone with cards from 1979 wanting to know if the temple would take them & they wouldn't. By searching on nFS, we were able to find those people and print off a nFS sheet to take to temple complete with barcodes - the barcodes are impressive. I did recieve some calls at home for help and was able to help them without leaving my house. Many people will go online from home and use the program and never ask the consultants a thing, but they in turn help others. As the nFS is an ever changing program, it would behove us to be patient and continue to read the help sections and the FAQs, which can be very enlightening. Only by doing one's own work in cleaning up one's family and helping other consultants one works with can one learn the program. I am in constant awe at the complexity of this project from it's inception a few years ago and I know this work is guided from above because this project was enormous to begin with and it has continued to move forward, expand and evolve. It is a living, breathing thing! There are also the other Family History Projects being put online and are very helpful while also working in nFS. SMorgan

I am Sicilian, and have done extensive research there.  The amount of microfilms available depends on the parish and city.  One city that my ancestors come from have parish records dating back to the late 1500's.  Yet, in another city, I'm hard pressed to get anything beyond 1800.  You will find that most civil records began being kept in 1820.  Depending on your locale, you may find parish records prior to that date.   You may also consider hiring a professional Italian researcher once you hit a brick wall. Many of the cities do have church records there, however, they may not be microfilmed.  As stated by someone else here, start with the Family History catalog and see what is available.  Also try "googling" your Sicilian town. --- On Sun, 6/14/09, W. David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com> wrote: From: W. David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com> Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Italian research To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 7:32 PM A great deal had been microfilmed in the island of Sicily. The island is divided into many towns and parishes, pretty much covered from 1800 to 1910. David Samuelsen JCBrooks@aol.com wrote: >     _Italy, Finding Your Ancestors_ > (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Glo > ss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=36580_Italy_Finding_Ancestor.asp)    > _[Description]_ (javascript:openauthor('Research/TitleI/TitleI46.asp');)    _[Color  > PDF]_ > (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor_color.pdf', 'RH');)   _[PDF]_ > (javascript:openPDFRequest('images/36580_italy_finding_ancestor.pdf', 'RH');)    _36580_ > (http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10151&searchTerm=36580) >  > On _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org)    under  Research > Guidance...this version of Italian Research was produced just a couple  of > years ago and is excellent. >  > The good news is that the Church has begun microfilming the Civil records  > in Italy.  The bad news is..not in Sicily...yet...as far as I can tell on  > the Family History Library Catalog. >  > The Civil records are quite easy to use....with the research guide and the  > Italian word list, you can figure out what these boilerplate (on forms or > in a  similar format each time) records say. >  > The guide gives examples of real records and how to use them. >  > Michele >  >  > In a message dated 6/14/2009 6:26:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  > Phantomblt@aol.com writes: > > Does  anyone have experience working with Sicilian records?  I have a    > friend who is trying to get some info over there before her son comes home  > from  > his mission in Sicily.  > > Cindy  M > Columbus > **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most  $$$. Agents > available at ditech.com  > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=htt > p:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 > 1%2F) > > Please  send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to  > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please  send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word  'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the  message > > > **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. Agents > available at ditech.com > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221374924x1201371434/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F153724534%2Fdirect%2F0 > 1%2F) > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Go to https://www.familysearchindexing.org/home.jsf click on Start Indexing and it should work for you. Shanna Jones St. George -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter F. Thorne Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:25 PM To: LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT@rootsweb.com Subject: [LDS-WC] Problem logging on to FamilySearch indexing Hi! I'm still unsuccessful at logging into FamilySearch Indexing. Brother Todeschini suggested I log on through "the web site" but didn't say which web site. I did not receive a notice about the update to indexing so I don't know what the instructions were about logging into indexing after the update. I tried the Church web site, but it didn't work. Pete Thorne Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Peter F. Thorne wrote: > Hi! > I'm still unsuccessful at logging into FamilySearch Indexing. Brother > Todeschini suggested I log on through "the web site" but didn't say which > web site. I did not receive a notice about the update to indexing so I don't > know what the instructions were about logging into indexing after the > update. I tried the Church web site, but it didn't work. > Pete Thorne Pete, http://www.familysearchindexing.org/home.jsf and clicking on "Start Indexing" works fine for me. There also was an update for Java earlier this week. Just wondering if this might be related. Don't forget either to delete cookies and temp files. Hope this will help? -- Groetjes Peter http://familyrecordfinder.com/ Dear IRS, I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list

I have a lot of scandinavian ancestors and one other big problem is that many of them were combined erroneously in Ancestral File. Those can only be separated by contacting the help folks, and some of mine are still partially erroneously combined despite numerous conversations with the help desk. On those, I've just decided to give up for awhile. Paula On Jun 14, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Jill N. Crandell wrote: > Karen wrote: > Has anyone with Scandinavian descent figured out what we can do with > duplicate names when there isn't enough information in the matches > that show > up to have a realistic clue as to whether they really ARE duplicates > or not? > > Some have so little information, it's hard to know if they were > intended to > be "mine" or somebody else's match. > > Karen, > As mentioned by Jorge, the first thing would be to contact the > submitter and > see if you can determine from their records if they are talking > about the > same person. Frequently, the vague/incomplete information is coming > from a > temple submission. If that is the case, I would find the entry in > the IGI > and see if it was patron submitted or if there is a microfilmed > record it is > coming from. If it is a record source, go to the film and determine > like you > would in research, if it is the same person. If it is coming from an > old > temple recorder's book, I would recommend having someone take a look > at that > record for you. Frequently, there is a proxy name with their > relationship to > the person for whom they are doing the work. That would also let you > know > more about the identity of the person. I have merged some identities > that > nobody would merge, except that I have seen the recorder's book, and > the > proxy and relationship information that was not extracted into the > IGI makes > it clear who the person was. > > Unfortunately, none of these solutions is easy. Cleaning up nFS is > going to > take some time and effort. I wish for us all . . . great > patience! :-) > > Enjoy your Sabbath, > Jill Crandell > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Peter Thorne wrote: I'm still unsuccessful at logging into FamilySearch Indexing. Brother Todeschini suggested I log on through "the web site" but didn't say which web site. I did not receive a notice about the update to indexing so I don't know what the instructions were about logging into indexing after the update. I tried the Church web site, but it didn't work. ************** Go to www.familysearch.org and choose the tab for Indexing. Another page will open and you will be able to sign on. FamilySearch Indexing support announced that our desk top icons may not work after the shut down last week. They said to use the other connection through www.familysearch.org. If that doesn't work, telephone 1-866-406-1830 (FamilySearch Support) and ask to speak to someone with FamilySearch Indexing. Please let us know how you are able to eventually access Indexing. I am sure that it can be easily rectified with some assistance from the support staff. Mary Scott Northville Ward Westland Michigan Stake Detroit Michigan Temple District

The instructions in the e-mail stated that after last week's Indexing update, you should log onto the site using the url - www.familysearchindexing.org - and not by using any icon or shortcut you may have on your computer.  This is what I instructed my Indexers to do and no one has reported a problem yet. Hope this helps.  Carol Everett  Cary, NC

Sahara346@aol.com wrote: > Has anyone with Scandinvavian descent figured out what we can do with > duplicate names when there isn't enough information in the matches that show up > to have a realistic clue as to whether they really ARE duplicates or not? > Some have so little information, it's hard to know if they were intended to > be "mine" or somebody else's match. Too many Ols Olesson's I guess with > no dates or places attached, and I am sure the problem is very similar in > Denmark and Norway. Do tell!. I have enough problems with the Danish as it is. > And as a convert, I have to go quite a way back to find a common ancestor > with someone else who's in the Church on any of my lines. I wonder.... because just last week I discovered quite a number of 2nd and 3rd cousins while helping a friend of mine last week. She never heard of those on her mother's side. Her mother was an agnostic non-LDS. Never know the surprises might be much closer than you think. David Samuelsen