Show record hints from partner websites
Is it possible to show record hints on the family search person page from other websites such as Ancestry or MyHeritage? It might save a lot of time by suggesting possible hints from multiple partner sites instead of going individually to every one and searching for them. It could also give a general idea for how much information is available on other partner websites.
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Please don't. Paywalled hints like the GenealogyBank obituaries are beyond annoying, and I really don't want more. And besides, neither Ancestry nor MyHeritage have any records relevant to my ancestors that they didn't get from FamilySearch in the first place (and then cheerfully offer to sell to me).
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@EnochTruscott If you ignore the hints and switch to direct research, you will find all the tools you need right on the person page. There are links to Ancestry, My Heritage and many other sites. There is also a direct link to the FamilySearch search feature. Please remember that not all sources are indexed, and some that have been indexed were so badly done that they won't return in search results. Thus you need to make FREQUENT use of the catalog and images to look for related collections in locations your ancestors lived in order to find these hidden sources. Just because a marriage record doesn't show up in hints or search results doesn't mean it isn't there. This applies to Ancestry as well (and probably all genealogy sites with record collections). Both Ancestry and FamilySearch have billions of records not yet indexed, and while Julia's ancestors may have lived in a location not adequately sourced in Ancestry, she is a minority. Most of us will find certain types of collections in Ancestry far more robust than in FamilySearch. Finally, there are collections of records that do not exist in FamilySearch, Ancestry or anywhere else. Use the internet to look for some collections. Some countries have retained their archived images and will not allow them to be accessed through any other portal. There are tons of newspaper collections that are in state and county libraries as well as local collections. Some Maryland vital records, for example, are currently found only at archive.org and Michigan, another example, has its own web site for free access.
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