YouTube playlists for FamilySearch are GONE... Can they be restored???
Last week I bookmarked 108 FamilySearch tutorial playlists on YouTube. This week all of those playlists are GONE. Can those be restored, please?
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@Perry Trost are the tutorials missing? Or just your playlist? If it is your YouTube playlist, you will need to contact YouTube support.
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Over 600 of 883 videos are gone, and all but one playlist is also gone. 108 playlists were listed on the YouTube channel a week ago, and now only ONE playlist remains. The other 107 are GONE. These were not "my" playlists, they were created by FamilySearch. All I did was bookmark all of them. And now they are GONE. 😢
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I am not connected with FamilySearch.
In view of my past experience with RootTech videos being withdrawn after a certain time, I suspect the withdrawal of YouTube videos is a deliberate decision also.
I enquired and was told that the RootsTech videos were withdrawn after a certain time (from memory it is 2 or 3 years) because it was considered that technology was evolving and they were now considered out of date. This in my view, is a very shortsighted view, as it ignores the fact that some presentations have nothing to do with technology and are timeless, and depending on the content worth retaining indefinitely. It would seem that rather than consider the value of a particular video, it is easier/cheaper/ be more up to date, to scrap the lot.
I wouldn't be surprised if this same logic has been applied to the YouTube videos
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@Perry Trost Thank you so very much for using FamikySearch Community to ask your question. In following up on what @Rhonda Budvarson’s comment, please check YouTube and see if the missing videos are still available. That would narrow the scope of this discussion. The reply from @MaureenE123 would also lead to the same conclusion since your entire playlist is not missing.
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