FamilySearch is promoting incorrect genealogy in their FamilySearch promotional advertising. Wrong

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Don M Thomas said: Because this information is now on the internet it can't be change. Written in Stone so to speak and can't be corrected.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en...



These two Pritchett families have been corrected and Bobby R Pritchett born 1930 and Henry Vernett Pritchett are not brothers. Wrong parents for Bobby Ray Pritchett born 1930.



STOP promoting FamilySearch this way, unless you have correct genealogy and family history.

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A van Helsdingen said: These webpages, in theory could be archived by organisations such as the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, and then, yes, they would be available "for ever".

But I would presume/hope that as changes are made to the FSFT, the webpages that non-FS accountholders see would also change. This would eventually be reflected in changes in search engine results.

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Brett said: Don

Wow ...

What is this https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/ all about?



I cannot recall ever, seeing; or, hearing, about it before ...

I selected "Sign In", thinking that it would be associated with my "FamilySearch" Account; and, nothing happens!

Is this something different to "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"?

As we all know, you learn something new every day ...

Brett

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LegacyUser

A van Helsdingen said: You would only see it if you did a google search for an ancestor. It is usually one of the first results.

It appears to be linked to the FSFT. It is basically a limited version that non-accountholders can view. If they want to see more or make edits they have to make a FS account.

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Brett said: A van Helsdingen

'Thank You' for that.
Interesting thing is that the "Sign In" seems to go nowhere.
Again, 'Thank You'.

Brett

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JimGreene said: Dear all:
Let me see if I can clear things up a little. First, a few months (it may be as long as a year ago) we allowed Google to crawl a part of our tree as an experiment to see if we could raise our SEO and actually attract people who use search engines to our site more. We did this to allow those who were curious about their family to see that we had something (on those who Google found). If you do a Google search with your ancestor's name, and they have been crawled/discovered then a page like the one Don showed us will appear--if you click the link in the search results. To check and see if your ancestors have been crawled and discovered we have the URL ancestors.familysearch.org.
This has proven very successful for us, particularly in Latin America where WhatsApp and social media are so big. We can present the URL of a famous person, known to that culture, in a meme, and they can click and see this logged-out person page and some other facts and hopefully they will want to see more and set up an account and come join us. For those everywhere who use Google to search for ancestors we would hope to have the same result. We are also now allowing Google to see more of our tree (deceased only) and add more people to the list of those who have been discovered.
Don has rightly pointed out a possible negative, as the person page formed is done by using what is in the tree when you query google and go to the search result URL. If the information in the tree is wrong, so is this public person page. Change the information in the tree and the next time the information on that page will show that change. As A van Helsdingen rightly pointed out the chances of it being there forever are Infinitesimally small, and unlikely. The good that comes from bringing more people to the Family Tree is that more participants means a more full tree and a higher likelihood of more people finding relatives there. It is truly a win/win for everyone. I recognize the downside, that the page is only as good as the data on the person in the tree, and that is also a general risk of a shared global tree. The upside is that with so many participants, especially those with good knowledge, the likelihood of it being corrected quickly is high. And it can be used to draw others in and accelerate that process. That is why we chose a shared global tree model, to expose as much data as possible in the hopes that with higher participation we would get more growth and a higher degree of correctness. It does take time, but it is a model that has been proven to work.
I hope this clarifies things a bit and helps alleviate some of the concerns.

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Don M Thomas said: Yes, it does help. Thank you for your above explanation. Thank you also for your time, in that I know you are all very busy.

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JimGreene said: thank you!!