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Some folks worry about linking wiki pages to professional genealogists. But the wiki already has thousands of links to commercial offerings -- most of them digitized records available for a fee. Professional genealogists provide the same kinds of information these fee-based digital record sites do -- they just do it in a more customized way. If genealogy were the food industry, the big companies that offer digital records might be likened to a McDonald's or a Stauffer's, whereas the professional researcher might be a mom-and-pop restaurant. If the wiki's Ohio Vital Records page can link to a Website of a company offering digitized records for a fee, why should it not also link to Websites of professionals offering to find similar records for a fee? | Some folks worry about linking wiki pages to professional genealogists. But the wiki already has thousands of links to commercial offerings -- most of them digitized records available for a fee. Professional genealogists provide the same kinds of information these fee-based digital record sites do -- they just do it in a more customized way. If genealogy were the food industry, the big companies that offer digital records might be likened to a McDonald's or a Stauffer's, whereas the professional researcher might be a mom-and-pop restaurant. If the wiki's Ohio Vital Records page can link to a Website of a company offering digitized records for a fee, why should it not also link to Websites of professionals offering to find similar records for a fee? | ||
== Your input is welcome below == | |||
As FamilySearch embarks on this project, we welcome your input as to how we might do it best. Please leave your comments below, thanks for sharing, and remember to "sign" your comments with four tildes [nowiki] [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[/nowiki]! [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | As FamilySearch embarks on this project, we welcome your input as to how we might do it best. Please leave your comments below, thanks for sharing, and remember to "sign" your comments with four tildes [nowiki] [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[/nowiki]! [[User:RitcheyMT|RitcheyMT]] 12:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC) | ||