Hi folks, if a new patron jumps into Family Tree, finds and submits to the Temple great Grandpa based on a few notes on a scrap of paper, I'd guess we just created yet another duplicate record... If they have great grandpa in some kind of a database, (even family group sheets), we might have some hope that great grandpa is actually the real/right great grandpa. I see no way Family Tree can be used or useful to someone who does not have their own genealogy database.. How do you check for duplicates and evaluate dupes without knowing dates and places and relationships? And how can you know that unless you have that data (including living people) organized and accessible? Family Tree might be useful in having youth (whose family info is likely already in the database) find their ancestors, but without a working database that links everyone together, and puts the right info in the right place, I can't even imagine using it to submit Temple work... Regards, Fred

So has PAF completely gone away for ever now? IF so, that's sad. I usually refer newby's to that program because 1. cost (none), and 2. why spend lots of money if you don't know if you're going to get hooked on this fascinating hobby. You can always buy something with more bells & whistles later. If it hasn't gone away for good--where is it? Karen On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Fred <unclefvp@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi folks, if a new patron jumps into Family Tree, finds and submits to the > Temple great Grandpa based on a few notes on a scrap of paper, I'd guess we > just created yet another duplicate record... If they have great grandpa in > some kind of a database, (even family group sheets), we might have some > hope > that great grandpa is actually the real/right great grandpa. I see no way > Family Tree can be used or useful to someone who does not have their own > genealogy database.. How do you check for duplicates and evaluate dupes > without knowing dates and places and relationships? And how can you know > that unless you have that data (including living people) organized and > accessible? > Family Tree might be useful in having youth (whose family info is likely > already in the database) find their ancestors, but without a working > database that links everyone together, and puts the right info in the right > place, I can't even imagine using it to submit Temple work... > > > Regards, Fred > > > > > 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!