FamilySearch Evaluation Survey: Difference between revisions

Q. Will this project need to be arbitrated? <br>A. No. This project will only be indexed once and not arbitrated.

Q. My stake (or group) has an indexing goal that we are working toward. Will my work on this project count toward that goal? <br>A. Yes.  

Q. Will the search query ever tell me if the researcher asked for exact results? <br>A. Yes. If “exact” was specified, then the term “Pref’d” in the search query will be replaced with “Exact” wherever it was specified.

Q. What are we searching for? Birth? Marriage? Residence? It doesn’t indicate what the preferred event is. <br>A. Most of the time the search query will not specify an event. It will simply say, “Pref’d Event Date” or “Pref’d Event Place.” In these cases, the search is for any recorded events. There will be times though that the search will be for a specific event. In these cases, the query will state something like “Pref’d Birth Place” or “Pref’d Birth Date.” Change your opinions/answers based on this additional information.  

Q. What type of record did the search result come from? My opinion of the quality of the result would change if I knew what record type was being referenced. <br>A. We don’t have this information for the evaluation survey. Consider yourself in the position of a new researcher entering the search query and not knowing that one record type should be more reliable than another. You may not know that a marriage record usually has more accurate information than a census. However, some of you are more advanced researchers and you may be able to determine from the information provided (and not provided) in the search result what record type is being referenced. [For example, if the principal’s spouse is listed, I can assume I’m not looking at a birth certificate for the principal.] Feel free to use your knowledge and previous experience to help justify your final opinion.