Topics appropriate for discussion include staff training, collection development, film/fiche management, equipment maintenance, FamilySearch, patron services,...
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James W Anderson
genealogy248
Sep 6, 2012 3:29 am
FamilySearch has announced a series of webinars on how to use Family Tree and the first of four for the first one is this Friday. To find these webinars, one...
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Joan Raney
joanie13r
Sep 6, 2012 2:55 pm
I tried to follow your directions to get to the list of webinars but I kept getting the runaround with IE. I had to sign in, then I would get the list, then...
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Paul Walworth
pdgjw1936
Sep 6, 2012 2:59 pm
Yes! it pays to watch the webinar but it would not hurt to read the directions first then read the directions afterwards to refresh our memory every...
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Venita Roylance
roylancevenita
Sep 6, 2012 5:33 pm
For those within a reasonable distance of Orem, Utah, please be aware that the FHTC offers day-long classes in using Family Tree. Recently we had a...
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L. L. Scott
llscott_2000
Sep 7, 2012 3:38 am
I have found IE does not do FS well. I also now FireFox, free program. IE would not let me cut and paste and FireFox does. I still use both. ... From: Joan...
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Miles Meyer
milesmeyer
Sep 9, 2012 12:41 am
Has anyone noticed that FamilySearch.org is slow? It takes several seconds between the time I click on a field and the cursor shows up and several more seconds...
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James W Anderson
genealogy248
Sep 9, 2012 12:50 am
Probably is a server-side issue, or may be problems back east with getting it from there to where you are at, because there were some bad storms north of where...
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Wayne
orkiwi2001
Sep 9, 2012 12:58 am
Hi Miles, at 5:55 pm PDT today - I logged into Familysearch.org, familysearch.org/tree and new.familysearch.org succesively. Accessed fields in each area and...
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Tom Kemp
thomas.j.kemp@...
Sep 9, 2012 5:37 am
Challenge: If I stopped submitting names and went to the Temple for just one session a week - it would take 179 years to finish just the names already sitting...
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Rebecca Read
rebecca-read@...
Sep 9, 2012 8:18 am
Tom, according to Document 102940, it seems that individuals or records contributed by the Extraction program are at the end of the line. Here is an excerpt...
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Tom Kemp
thomas.j.kemp@...
Sep 9, 2012 9:52 am
I know - I hear that too. So why do Temples have equal stacks of "patron submitted" and "extraction" names - and make an effort to work through them equally - ...
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Paul Walworth
pdgjw1936
Sep 9, 2012 10:35 am
It is the practice of our Stake to have a box kept at the records desk. Members of our Stake can select a name if they chose but do not have to do so. Our...
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Paul Walworth
pdgjw1936
Sep 9, 2012 10:49 am
It is my understanding that each Temple President has those decisions to make, but I also do not know by what guide lines they have to follow. So it is my...
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Robert
robertstrange26
Sep 9, 2012 12:04 pm
Maybe it is because there is some actual documentation to back up the name! How do "patrons" manage to get just a name w/o anything else into the hopper? I...
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kgrant100@...
kathryngz
Sep 9, 2012 12:47 pm
Tom, Thanks for your post! I'm facing a similar issue (though by doing one session a week--which is what I do--my nFS queue would only take me a few years, not...
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Paul Walworth
pdgjw1936
Sep 9, 2012 1:25 pm
From what I have seen they do the parents without documentation as everyone knows they had to have parents. At least this has been my experience when doing...
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Paul Walworth
pdgjw1936
Sep 9, 2012 1:30 pm
Thanks for your service, it is hard when trying to help members do their own work. Strange as if any of them have ever do work for any of their ancestors...
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singhals
singhals@...
Sep 9, 2012 1:53 pm
I had Miles' problem before the storm came thru the DC area...I was on between noon and 2 EDT; storm took out my electricity about 4:30 -- I gathered from my...
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singhals
singhals@...
Sep 9, 2012 2:12 pm
... Well, ummm, maybe the Extractors need to see "progress"; too? ... Which won't solve the problem, it just changes who it affects. Right now it affects those...
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thelmersmith@...
smiththelmer
Sep 9, 2012 3:22 pm
I dunno. . The names I have transferred to the temple have taken at time several months to do but once the temple prints them they are done pretty quickly. ...
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Tom Kemp
thomas.j.kemp@...
Sep 9, 2012 3:43 pm
The name stacks I am referring to are printed out by the Temples - from the reservoir held by SLC - not cards/names brought to the Temples by patrons. If nFS -...
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James W Anderson
genealogy248
Sep 9, 2012 4:02 pm
I've heard, even here, over the years that the prioritization is as follows: 1. Member submitted names they bring into the temple with them when they come to...
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Tom Kemp
thomas.j.kemp@...
Sep 9, 2012 4:20 pm
I agree Jim - so I don't understand why names - submitted by members - placed into "Temple (assigned) File" - sit for years. We should see those names zipping...
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Shanna Jones
fhc_1993
Sep 9, 2012 4:29 pm
How do you know they aren't? The small slips are patron submitted names that have been reassigned to the temple. Very few extracted names are being sent to...
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James W Anderson
genealogy248
Sep 9, 2012 4:44 pm
You can't really tell anymore. Before nFS, you could. Often it was the way the name and data was shown on the slips that indicated if it was extracted or...
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Leslie Vaughn
leslievaughn2nd
Sep 9, 2012 5:24 pm
I agree with you. The problem isn't the cards created for the patron from his/her FOR. The problem is the patron submitted names that the patron assigned to...
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Leslie Vaughn
leslievaughn2nd
Sep 9, 2012 5:27 pm
Actually, on the slips in the initiatory and the baptism and sealings show the word extracted or patron. I haven't seen it on endowment, probably because they...
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Miles Meyer
milesmeyer
Sep 9, 2012 5:41 pm
It just seemed strange that the rest of the site was working fine except for filling in the search fields. It seems to be working fine today though. Miles...
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Tom Kemp
thomas.j.kemp@...
Sep 9, 2012 7:03 pm
Jim - You can clearly see which is which at the top of the printed "page" that a Temple receives for the week. These pages are labeled "Patron Submitted" or...
