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Dennis J Yancey
Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
August 19, 2021 in General Questions

In the GROUPS section - there are various categories (sub sections)

including the following:

General Groups

Rootstech Groups

Volunteer Groups

Research Groups

Latterday Saint Groups

FamilySearch Products and Tools


these groupings seem to be rather haphazard

i.e. 

"Rootstech" only has one subgroup

"General" - is rather vague and seems to be applied inconsistently

"FamilySearch Products and Tools"  - doesn't refer to a single FS product or tool

and it seems like certain categories that should exist don't - such as "Geographic based categories"


also some groups seem to be very stale and no longer used - shouldnt they be removed at some point if not used?


What support group maintains this area? How many different type of support teams are there? I figured it would all be under one umbrella.

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  • PMLynch
    PMLynch mod
    August 19, 2021

    Thank you for your comments and you are right some of the groups are not used to their full capacity. This is a new platform and will take time to get established. I am sure your comments will be noted. i will find the answer to the second part of your question shortly.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 19, 2021

    Im not so much saying that they are not used to their full capacity - but rather that some of them were set up for a certain purpose and goal - and that purpose or goal no longer exists.

    In the previous community version - it was pretty easy for people to request that a group be created and that they be the group admin - but later on when they realized it didn't work exactly as they wished - many of those people who originally requested the group - gave up on its use.

    Im referring to groups that were set up for a very unique special purpose and intent - for which such purpose no longer exists -

    such as these two - for which the person or group - that originally requested it - literally gave up on its use:

    https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/18-cass-case-family-group

    https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/112-kendall-one-name-study-dna-project

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  • NidaFL
    NidaFL ✭✭✭
    September 14, 2021


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