Better education for newcomers is one area in which local genealogical societies have an opportunity to shine, if they choose to take advantage of it. A local society is often a point of first contact for those new to genealogy, and the example set by the society as a whole, through its educational policies and policies on good practice, and by individual members, has a key role to play. As for how newcomers might be criticized and are criticized by some in the field, they should just be glad they are not in academia. Some of the catfights in academia could curl your hair! Karen Packard Rhodes Middleburg, Clay County, Florida On 11/23/2012 3:21 PM, Bonnie Kohler wrote: > Thomas McEntee wrote: > > [snipped] >> I do think there are issues as to how we as a community of genealogists >> welcomes newcomers. > One of the issues is criticism of beginning genealogists' work, as when they > post a family tree containing erroneous information. Better education of > beginners could curtail the criticism. > > Genealogy information providers, like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, > should place a statement at the beginning of their education pages to the > effect that proof is a fundamental concept in family (genealogical) > research. In order not to alienate potential researchers (customers, in the > case of Ancestry), the providers could follow the statement by saying many > of the sources of proof are available at their website. > > Bonnie Dunphy Kohler > South Florida >

Nurses are known for devouring new grads. I guess it is like this across all professions. Michele (30 year registered nurse) -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Rhodes Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 6:47 PM To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TGF] Was Bad Karma, Now Treatment of Newcomers Better education for newcomers is one area in which local genealogical societies have an opportunity to shine, if they choose to take advantage of it. A local society is often a point of first contact for those new to genealogy, and the example set by the society as a whole, through its educational policies and policies on good practice, and by individual members, has a key role to play. As for how newcomers might be criticized and are criticized by some in the field, they should just be glad they are not in academia. Some of the catfights in academia could curl your hair! Karen Packard Rhodes Middleburg, Clay County, Florida On 11/23/2012 3:21 PM, Bonnie Kohler wrote: > Thomas McEntee wrote: > > [snipped] >> I do think there are issues as to how we as a community of >> genealogists welcomes newcomers. > One of the issues is criticism of beginning genealogists' work, as > when they post a family tree containing erroneous information. Better > education of beginners could curtail the criticism. > > Genealogy information providers, like Ancestry.com and > FamilySearch.org, should place a statement at the beginning of their > education pages to the effect that proof is a fundamental concept in > family (genealogical) research. In order not to alienate potential > researchers (customers, in the case of Ancestry), the providers could > follow the statement by saying many of the sources of proof are available at their website. > > Bonnie Dunphy Kohler > South Florida > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message