Contents of FamilySearch Web Site: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:45, 9 October 2016

Our website contains a small fraction of the original records and information available to researchers. FamilySearch consists of three types of records:

Information submitted to us by patrons: This includes such records as the Ancestral File and the Pedigree Resource File.
1. The Ancestral File was our first attempt to create a way for families to submit family history information. Then, with other submitted family information, link their ancestors to other family groups, finding common ancestors. The Ancestral File was discontinued in 2003.
2. The Pedigree Resource File began in 1999. The information in this file cannot be changed. Updates and new family information can be added to this file by sending a new submission through the “share” process.
Information extracted from civil and church records.
1. Civil records of many types have been extracted from a wide variety of areas (state, county, city).
2. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is a database that contains primarily births/christenings, although in a few cases, deaths or other events appear on the records.
3. Many religions have allowed us to extract records from their holdings. These records usually predate civil records.
United States Government records.
1. 1880 Federal Census records have been transcripted and indexed.
2. The Social Security Death Index (SSDI). This database contains some vital record information since 1962. It was compiled by the Social Security Records Administration and we have permission to add it to our site.

If your family does not appear on our Web site it is because:

No one has submitted your family information to us.
Your ancestors did not live in an area where the records have been extracted.
Your family members are still living. Living people do not appear on our site.

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-Our website has just a tiny fraction of the information available to researchers in original records and consists of three types of records:
+Our website contains a small fraction of the original records and information available to researchers. FamilySearch consists of three types of records:
-#Information submitted to us by patrons.
+#Information submitted to us by patrons: This includes such records as the Ancestral File and the Pedigree Resource File.
-#Information extracted from civil and church records and
+##The Ancestral File was our first attempt to create a way for families to submit family history information. Then, with other submitted family information, link their ancestors to other family groups, finding common ancestors. The Ancestral File was discontinued in 2003.
-#governmental sources such as census and the SSDI.
+##The Pedigree Resource File began in 1999. The information in this file cannot be changed. Updates and new family information can be added to this file by sending a new submission through the “share” process.
+#Information extracted from civil and church records.
+##Civil records of many types have been extracted from a wide variety of areas (state, county, city).
+##The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is a database that contains primarily births/christenings, although in a few cases, deaths or other events appear on the records.
+##Many religions have allowed us to extract records from their holdings. These records usually predate civil records.
+#United States Government records.
+##1880 Federal Census records have been transcripted and indexed.
+##The Social Security Death Index (SSDI). This database contains some vital record information since 1962. It was compiled by the Social Security Records Administration and we have permission to add it to our site.
-If your family does not appear on our website it is because no one has submitted the information to us, your ancestors did not live in an area where the records have been extracted, or they are living (no living people appear on our site)
+If your family does not appear on our Web site it is because:
+#No one has submitted your family information to us.
+#Your ancestors did not live in an area where the records have been extracted.
+#Your family members are still living. Living people do not appear on our site.
-.&nbsp; Information submitted to us by patrons.
+[[Category:FamilySearch]]
-This includes such records as the Ancestral File, and the Pedigree Resource File. The Ancestral File was the first attempt to create a way for families to submit information and link up to other trees as people found common ancestors.&nbsp; It was discontinued in 2003.
-The Pedigree Resource File was begun in 1999 and is now up to 139 CDs and DVDs.&nbsp; Probably over 180 million names now although there is a good amount of duplication, and that because it preservess a 'snapshot' of all the entries added at a different time.&nbsp; To update the file, one had to send in a new submission, although some are so substantially similar, many are simply duplicates at times.
-.&nbsp; Information extracted from civil and church records.
-This is more commonly known as the 'IGI' or 'International Genealogical Index.&nbsp; While some is the result of LDS member submissions for religious reasons, much of it is extracted from a wide variety of church and civil records.&nbsp; This includes primarily births and christenings, although in a few cases, deaths or other events appear as the dates on this.
-.&nbsp; Governmental records, such as the census records and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
-This last category is a combination of extracted records and Government-provided databases.&nbsp; Census records have been extracted and more are being extracted via the FamilySearch Indexing software program, where volunteers spend as little as 30 minutes extracting an entire batch.&nbsp; The government-provided databases like the SSDI are updated by FamilySearch approximately twice a year with the latest information, and contain vital records information for more recent deaths.&nbsp; One may find the information for deceased parents, grandparents, and on occasion, siblings in these records.&nbsp;
-Category:FamilySearch