Leveraging the Power of FS Memories
People in the community often point to the drawback of the collaborative paradigmn of FamilySearch where someone else can change or modify what they have entered into FamilySearch Family Tree and how no one really has a private tree (other than for the living records in their private space)
I totally understand that there are indeed pain points and challenges in this area.
But I also think many people totally miss some of the basic tenants of why a collaboratuve system can indeed have some significant strengths.
One of my favorite videos on the subject is this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwRSRZ9amlM
It is rather long - so before you watch it and before you ensure you have enough free time to watch it before you initiate the link – please continue down with the below:
I do understand the pain points of collaboration as it is currently in FamilySearch - and I do look forward to FamilySearch continuing to make changes that allow for people having more confidence that the work they do won’t be undone by someone else.
I had written various posts on the subject of the matter in the old community - but they were lost in the upgrade conversion (grrrrrrrrr)
I will try to resurrect some of my thoughts and analysis on the matter with this and other subsequent posts
BUT one thing that I again and again go back to - is how much we can all so often leverage FamilySearch Memories - to not only preserve our own research - but preserve it in a way that even 10 years from now - it will still be in the same exact format that we left it.
In other words - how to upload versions of our research and documents - in ways that we don’t have to worry about others totally destroying or wreaking havoc on our documents - our research – our compilations - our family histories.
Here are just a FEW of hundreds of examples of items that I have uploaded to FamilySearch - so as to preserve such research in tact - - - whether it was my own - or someone else’s.
Ive uploaded more than 30,000 Items to FS Memories - I dont say that to brag - but simply to put in context that of that 30,000 files - I don't think Ive lost a single one to the system deleting it or because someone else deleted it - or because FS decided not to support something . FS seems to be FULLY behind keeping people's Memories for the foreseeable long term.
Pedigree charts in pdf format from a person's own local database - based on what they consider to be correct:
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/56940175?cid=mem_copy
Family Group sheets in pdf format
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/59341074?cid=mem_copy
Descendants Charts
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/56940129?cid=mem_copy
Research Notes
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/80263033?cid=mem_copy
Life Histories
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/60676275?cid=mem_copy
Family Bibles
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/59354074?cid=mem_copy
Digital Community Histories
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/59341078?cid=mem_copy
Discussion of Fraudulant or erroneous info
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/gallery/album/703092
Discussion of common errors and myths
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/105655021?cid=mem_copy
Discussions of theories as to Family Origins
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/78243294?cid=mem_copy
Newspaper Accounts:
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/60350121?cid=mem_copy
Digital Books
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/24694652?cid=mem_copy
Copies of entire books that are in the public domain (245 pages on a simgle pdf)
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/104009807?cid=mem_copy
Family Photo Albums
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/67120918?cid=mem_copy
Oral Interviews (audio)
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/52597429?cid=mem_copy
Music Recordings
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/52679766?cid=mem_copy
Recorded news accounts (audio)
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/107025974?cid=mem_copy
Poetry (audio)
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/76061763?cid=mem_copy
Funeral Recordings (audio)
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/94142327?cid=mem_copy
School Year Book data
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/88850987?cid=mem_copy
Speeches (audio)
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/99949447?cid=mem_copy
Funeral Cards
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/129281073?cid=mem_copy
Needlework Samplers with Family info
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/64400184?cid=mem_copy
Family Registers
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/103371876?cid=mem_copy
Fraktur
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/97903654?cid=mem_copy
and even links to online VIDEO
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/128545977?cid=mem_copy
Answers
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To put this in perspective
FamilySearch currently has over 50 million searchable FamilySearch Memories items
and over 1 BILLION images from digital imaging projects
and has heavily invested to be able to keep pace with the ever increasing rate of continued submissions.
They are clearly in it for the long run and things like FS Memories are at the very core and heart - both literally and symbolically of what FS stands for.
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