tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post8783014768439737913..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Can Computers Create and Maintain an Accurate Family Tree?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-33256730639199228182016-06-29T04:53:17.934-07:002016-06-29T04:53:17.934-07:00Pay-for-access is keeping me away from a lot of di...Pay-for-access is keeping me away from a lot of digital offerings. Happily there is a huge amount of information available via Google Books and Internet Archive. Any "little leaves" in the pay sites that suggest connections between my tree and someone else's tree, usually, 9 times out of 10, winds up being a connection with my own information that I uploaded a long time ago and incorporated in the databases of others. (I can't source myself. But I am a little concerned that I'm the only person with my information. But, then again, we're a small family.) The 1 in 10 with new information usually winds up being 1) an exciting discovery, and 2) wrong.<br /><br />But I do imagine a wonderful future where all the good records (vital records, censuses, etc.) are digitally, and semi-autonomously organized for genealogical use. What is just a list of names on "paper" now are actually family after family. Crosswalk the census records and the vital records and the adoption/foster records and the probate records, and tie all that information together (based on names, dates, places)and it would be like 1,000,000 genealogists working on all genealogies, using the best (reasonably available records) at the same time.<br /><br />Rather than spending endless hours find each marriage, probate, appearance in a census on my own, I'd just like to connect to an "official" family tree (not the other fantasies that otherwise populate the online systems).<br /><br />Computer technology used right (records based) would be great. (I may even agree to pay a little if the information is going to be as good as it's going to be. Don't sell me, however, my own information back to me.) <br /><br />Computer technology used wrong (disseminating fantasy family trees) is a disaster.<br /><br />I think professional genealogists would still be required to track down the difficult cases.Robert B. Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020860807394548777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-29947667334126918102016-06-28T13:54:43.055-07:002016-06-28T13:54:43.055-07:00Agree with BonnieAgree with BonnieCathy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461484882494138496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-7327705867108729762016-06-28T12:32:13.988-07:002016-06-28T12:32:13.988-07:00Thank you for your kind comment. Thank you for your kind comment. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-37245517859135079952016-06-28T11:26:24.238-07:002016-06-28T11:26:24.238-07:00I always enjoy your posts! You do a marvelous job...I always enjoy your posts! You do a marvelous job of keeping many many people up to date and thinking in innovative ways. Thank you so much for the endless hours you spend on behalf of thousands. I wish more people would comment and say thank you! Bonnie MattsonBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059667593315041564noreply@blogger.com