Is anyone as concerned as I am about the delete button? We should be merging first before deleting as I believe ordinances could well be lost. Plus there is so much disagreement in some families, particularly non-LDS lines, about research. Frankly Family Tree is embarrassing to me when I look at what a mess they and others have made of simple pure, well documented families. Like others, I am waiting until they straighten out more before I spend any great amount of time fixing things. It is so frustrating and we only have half the tools. Uncombining is sure more important than delete!! Michele In a message dated 5/30/2013 2:49:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dsam52@sampubco.com writes: do not hold off from Family Tree. Do it there now. Family History Centers already shut off instant access to nFS for at least 2 months. Many features are not working in nFS now. You can not separate any record in nFS. This feature was shut off. There are many reasons to do in Family Tree now rather than in nFS. Non-LDS has access now to Family Tree, while can not have access to nFS And in Family Tree, there are far more duplicate records you can NOT find in nFS but are there. Family Tree, you can make quick fixes. Watch List is now linked to Family Tree, no longer linked to nFS. There are many more reasons to do it in Family Tree. David Samuelsen On 5/30/2013 2:33 PM, Gay Davis wrote: > Thanks, Miles. I will enter the basic data in NFS today and then redo the sources, etc. in Family Tree as I get a chance. I am holding off working with Family Tree very much because it is so problematic and I am hoping more of the bugs will be worked out soon. Also, I guess I have just resisted learning a whole new software when I feel competent in NFS. I am getting old (78) and don't have time for this (but I guess I will have to make time). > > Gay Davis 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

read the fine print about use of delete button. It won't delete right away. It will pop up the caution first. You need to get in! I am NOT keen on cleaning up the mess on your lines because you won't. Even the General authorities are getting in to do their cleaning up in FT rather than waiting for others. I should know because I have been in contact with one of them who share lines with me. David Samuelsen On 5/30/2013 5:21 PM, JCBrooks@aol.com wrote: > Is anyone as concerned as I am about the delete button? We should be > merging first before deleting as I believe ordinances could well be lost. Plus > there is so much disagreement in some families, particularly non-LDS lines, > about research. Frankly Family Tree is embarrassing to me when I look at > what a mess they and others have made of simple pure, well documented > families. > > Like others, I am waiting until they straighten out more before I spend any > great amount of time fixing things. It is so frustrating and we only have > half the tools. Uncombining is sure more important than delete!! > > Michele > > > In a message dated 5/30/2013 2:49:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > dsam52@sampubco.com writes: > > do not hold off from Family Tree. Do it there now. > > Family History Centers already shut off instant access to nFS for at > least 2 months. > > Many features are not working in nFS now. > > You can not separate any record in nFS. This feature was shut off. > > There are many reasons to do in Family Tree now rather than in nFS. > > Non-LDS has access now to Family Tree, while can not have access to nFS > > And in Family Tree, there are far more duplicate records you can NOT > find in nFS but are there. > > Family Tree, you can make quick fixes. > > Watch List is now linked to Family Tree, no longer linked to nFS. > > There are many more reasons to do it in Family Tree. > > David Samuelsen > > > On 5/30/2013 2:33 PM, Gay Davis wrote: >> Thanks, Miles. I will enter the basic data in NFS today and then redo > the sources, etc. in Family Tree as I get a chance. I am holding off > working with Family Tree very much because it is so problematic and I am hoping > more of the bugs will be worked out soon. Also, I guess I have just > resisted learning a whole new software when I feel competent in NFS. I am getting > old (78) and don't have time for this (but I guess I will have to make > time). >> >> Gay Davis > > 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 >

David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right on target.   The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah.   Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in a newly published book.   The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of his daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner.   I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to my husband.   As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there.   For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to Joseph Smith) needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his third wife and many of his children did.)   John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected immediately and appropriate explanations added.)   The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination and correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of correcting these relationships.   As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many family members.   My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these changes who will? If not now, when?   Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be interested? It might not happen.   I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are able to do so.   As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, than we can move to another family.   Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer insights or feedback.   Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you.   Mary Scott Aurora, Illinois