tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post6155377537034355029..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Waiting to Merge -- an assessment of the status of Family TreeJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-35715019742547053042012-08-16T13:36:30.813-07:002012-08-16T13:36:30.813-07:00James, Is the family tree not yet open for non LDS...James, Is the family tree not yet open for non LDS members. I managed to enter my name but could not enter any family members or ancestors of mine?Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-61378602609078638782012-08-16T12:51:49.289-07:002012-08-16T12:51:49.289-07:00James, you are so right about need for a 'merg...James, you are so right about need for a 'merge' function ASAP.<br /><br />There is also need for "delete" - such as where a purported child of a couple, with only a birth year (say, decades after death of supposed parents) or no date at all and no other connections, who did not exist as their child or as a child of any near relative, and with no other connection such as spouse or child. There is no way to reconstruct ~who~ the original submitter to, say, IGI, meant this child to be (no life-path can be determined), so there is no point maintaining the name in the database. Same for persons entered as "Mrs. Whoever" with no other connection when the database already includes two or a score more identifiable versions of the wife of Mr. Charles Whoever. It is quite pointless to 'merge' that PID with the other versions of the spouse.<br /><br />Ron Tanner recently has stated in one of the GetSatisfaction threads that GEDCOM files will not be uploadable wholesale, but that the would-be contributor will be required to go through a routine intended to determine whether each individual in the file is already in the database. Given the mess in the database at present, there is no telling how effective such filtering will be, but the intention sounds good.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.com