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   XPost: free.uk.genealogy, soc.genealogy.misc   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 08:51:00 +0200, Steve Hayes   
    wrote:   
      
   >For the last few years I've been using FamilySearch a lot, comparing   
   >our records with ones on their family tree, and trying to verify   
   >everything.   
   >   
   >But they recently seem to have acquired a new source, "Cumbria Parish   
   >Records", which they are showing in their "Hints". It actually seems   
   >to be an index rather than a transcription, and has far less   
   >information than their "English Birth and Christenings" resource,   
   >which is a transcription rather than an index, and often has a link to   
   >images of the actual parish records where you can check the accuracy   
   >of the transcription.   
      
   I've now incorporated some warnings about this in a blog post on   
   "Getting the best out of FamilySearch"   
      
      
   or   
   https://t.co/XRQDD6SXDf?amp=1   
      
   It was also prompted by complaints on a Facebook genealogy group from   
   people who said they had started "my tree" on FamilySearch, and were   
   enraged when people merged people on "my tree" without their   
   permission.   
      
   If you have any good hints and tips on using FamilySearch, please   
   write them here, and possibly in comments on the blog post.   
      
      
      
      
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   Steve Hayes   
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