How is the FamilySearch "Our Tree" doing on accomplishing its GOALS?
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Robert Wren said: After reading the recent posts to the voluminous GEDCOM topic on its one year anniversary, with 658 replies and still being "under consideration" (whatever that might mean); I raise the above question yet again:
2011 THE CASE FOR MOVING TO “OUR TREE”
"THE GOALS
The new FamilySearch website has made great progress in decreasing duplicate temple work and increasing the number of members participating in family history.
However, it has not yet met the goal of reducing duplicate research, which requires an accurate, source-based family tree whose data endures longer than any of the researchers who contribute to it.
THE CHALLENGE
To achieve this goal, new.familysearch.org needs to solve these problems:
• A lack of meaningful sources. The consistent use of sources prevents errors and minimizes contention among researchers working on the same lines.
• The inability to correct errors. The database contains a lot of information that has been submitted over the last several decades. When you find errors, you probably cannot make the required corrections because:
- You cannot correct others’ errors.
- Others can mess up your own work by combining the wrong records together.
- Until a recent fix, some records contained disputes, which prevent all corrections.
- Many key individuals in a family tree have so much bad information that correcting them seems impossible.
THE SOLUTION
To improve the data in the family tree, information will be divided into three types:
• Sources show where information in the tree came from.
• Conclusions are the best available facts about each individual in the tree. Sources strengthen conclusions.
• Opinions are variations of the conclusions, such as theories, variations, or contradictions found in various sources.
The genealogical information from the Pedigree Resource File, Ancestral File, Church membership records, and Church temple records will not automatically become conclusions, as they are now. Instead, they will be large resources of “opinion” data that you can search and use to create conclusions.
To allow a community of interested researchers to identify, record, and maintain an accurate set of conclusions in the family tree, the family tree feature will be modified to:
• Remove features that prevent you from correcting other contributors’ data.
• Add new collaboration, monitoring, and rollback features to help control this more open environment."
http://broadcast.lds.org/eLearning/fh...
Perhaps a thorough 'return and report' might be appropriate - right AFTER stopping the addition of GED individuals into “OUR TREE” - placing them appropriately in "Genealogies" ONLY!
2011 THE CASE FOR MOVING TO “OUR TREE”
"THE GOALS
The new FamilySearch website has made great progress in decreasing duplicate temple work and increasing the number of members participating in family history.
However, it has not yet met the goal of reducing duplicate research, which requires an accurate, source-based family tree whose data endures longer than any of the researchers who contribute to it.
THE CHALLENGE
To achieve this goal, new.familysearch.org needs to solve these problems:
• A lack of meaningful sources. The consistent use of sources prevents errors and minimizes contention among researchers working on the same lines.
• The inability to correct errors. The database contains a lot of information that has been submitted over the last several decades. When you find errors, you probably cannot make the required corrections because:
- You cannot correct others’ errors.
- Others can mess up your own work by combining the wrong records together.
- Until a recent fix, some records contained disputes, which prevent all corrections.
- Many key individuals in a family tree have so much bad information that correcting them seems impossible.
THE SOLUTION
To improve the data in the family tree, information will be divided into three types:
• Sources show where information in the tree came from.
• Conclusions are the best available facts about each individual in the tree. Sources strengthen conclusions.
• Opinions are variations of the conclusions, such as theories, variations, or contradictions found in various sources.
The genealogical information from the Pedigree Resource File, Ancestral File, Church membership records, and Church temple records will not automatically become conclusions, as they are now. Instead, they will be large resources of “opinion” data that you can search and use to create conclusions.
To allow a community of interested researchers to identify, record, and maintain an accurate set of conclusions in the family tree, the family tree feature will be modified to:
• Remove features that prevent you from correcting other contributors’ data.
• Add new collaboration, monitoring, and rollback features to help control this more open environment."
http://broadcast.lds.org/eLearning/fh...
Perhaps a thorough 'return and report' might be appropriate - right AFTER stopping the addition of GED individuals into “OUR TREE” - placing them appropriately in "Genealogies" ONLY!
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S. said: Shout let it all out. I could sing or hum that song all day, In my thoughts the family search really need to improve in many areas!0
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Robert Wren said: 2020, A great year for FOCUS:
I would like to suggest, once again, FOR THIS NEW YEAR, we FS participants, (including users, employees and managers) should individually, collectively, and collaboratively add a 20/20 focus on the intended, proposed (and somewhat inactive goals) mentioned above: Decreasing Duplication, Increasing Sourcing, and Encouraging (actual) Collaboration.
As the forum Code of Conduct does "not permit the following behavior: "Conjecture, gossip, or debate about the priorities, motives, processes, policies, or competence of FamilySearch or its personnel;" I hope this will not be seen as the introduction of 'debate about FamilySearch's priorities, motives, processes, policies, or competence' which it easily could be construed to be!!!
It's is merely a SUGGESTION FOR A NEW RESOLUTION to implement, review and/or update those goals in concert with D&C 128.
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joe martel said: Great timing Robert. As with any organization and its products, focus and message can evolve. This link will give you a sense of the accomplishments for 2019 https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/familysearch-2019-year-in-review/0
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Robert Wren said: Thanks for the reminder, Joe, I guess I should work on my 2019 overview of the annual review :
https://getsatisfaction.com/familysea...
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Robert Wren said: Joe,
As you have noted above that "products, focus and message can evolve" (and I assume, goals, too), could you direct me as to where one might find the current goals of FamilySearch, if they have changed?
Those outlined in the White Paper seemed like good ones!! I also liked "records worthy of all acceptation" too.0 -
David Newton said: Oh dear, oh dear. It's "speculation" again. This thread needs to be deleted for violation of the forum policy.0
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joe martel said: I think those past aspects are still important. I can't predict what the leadership and organization will choose to focus at any given time.
I like reading job posts to see what kind of people a company is looking to hire. This is in many of the job postings. "... We create inspiring experiences that bring joy to all people as they discover, gather, and connect their family - past, present, and future.
Our Quality Standards: Inspiration, Trust, Kindness, Effectiveness, Simplicity
All workers at FamilySearch learn to find their ancestors and help others do the same."
I'd like to think these could be good guidance in how we collaborate with each other in these forums and the tree.
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TManning said: Excellent thought Joe.0
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