I love this idea that default is to submit to the general file! I didn't mean to offend late last night with the word "deadbeat" (sorry) but reading further you will find that I gave most of your reasons for people not completing the names except the one about computer inability....which is a very real problem. I concur.. Michele In a message dated 4/26/2013 5:29:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, thomas.j.kemp@gmail.com writes: The default should be that all names are set as 'submitted' to the general Temple - with an opt out to reserve only the few names that you can realistically do.

If we have people in our wards who have computer problems (no computer, no knowledge of working a computer, physical difficulties in using a computer & not able to find appropriate adaptive equipment/software), perhaps we can enlist youth that may need service hours, or a family history consultant (we're the most underused people in our ward, despite efforst to let people know we are available to help in a variety of ways. Asking folks if they can use some help seems to irritate them...does it make them feel guilty? or just annoyed to be reminded? who knows.) I have two people who do not have computers, are older & not likely to be able to learn the skills needed to do their own FH research due to physical & financial constraints. They do what they can to gather family info (write letters & make calls), and I computerize it for them, and get it into the system for them when appropriate. In the meantime, I have separate files in the genealogy program on my home computer for their families. I rarely do anything research-wise for them, if they're not sitting beside me, or if they're not at least making phone calls to family, or writing letters. One just handed me 8 letters he got back containing obits & news stories about some of his extended family: Wonderful stuff that doesn't show up in Ancestry or Family search! Ancestry has been doing photos in family tree links that are now showing up at the top of their screens when they match names on the requested individual. If I can confirm it's the same family, I copy their information (especially the pictures, as the individuals I've been helping don't have pictures of a lot of their family), but don't add this stuff to their family tree without serious confirmation work...most of the names are the same, but there's often discrepancies in dates or places. It means further research. (And many people can use Ancestry at their public library for free, except copy costs.) Has anybody noticed lately that many of the family history centers are NOT accessible if someone doesn't have a car? They just moved one that could be gotten to by bus & a couple blocks walk to a place way off the bus lines, and the other one in the other stake is also way off the bus lines. This is unfortunate because it limits the accessibility to a lot of people that may also not have their own computers. (Using the clerk's office for access to familysearch.org/newfamilysearch/familytree--as has occasionally been suggested as a possibility--doesn't work in our building, because it seems like there's always brethren using the equipment who have higher priority claim when the meetings aren't in session.) But, hate to say it: I still do not like Family Tree. I keep going back, but have trouble with what I need to do to uncombine, and fix things that are wrong. Karen On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:46 AM, <JCBrooks@aol.com> wrote: > I love this idea that default is to submit to the general file! > > I didn't mean to offend late last night with the word "deadbeat" (sorry) > but reading further you will find that I gave most of your reasons for > people > not completing the names except the one about computer inability....which > is a very real problem. I concur.. > > Michele > > > In a message dated 4/26/2013 5:29:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > thomas.j.kemp@gmail.com writes: > > The default should be that all names are set as 'submitted' to the > general > Temple - with an opt out to reserve only the few names that you can > realistically do. > > 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 > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one!