Comments for Collaborative Family History

Comment on Upload Photos and Documents on Family Pursuit by admin

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:34:50 +0000

That limit is for the entire private tree. As we just released the feature, no one has hit their limit yet. When that starts happening, we will have options to upgrade the account for more space.

Comment on Upload Photos and Documents on Family Pursuit by Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:34:17 +0000

I saw 1,000MB referenced in another part of the website. Does that limit apply to each attachment?

Comment on A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words by Michael Martineau

Michael Martineau — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:02:48 +0000

Eventually, but not yet.

Comment on A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words by Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:23:38 +0000

Sounds good! I agree on the importance of being able to incorporate attachments.

I was curious if the new functionality will eventually also be made available in the community tree.

Thanks.

Comment on Family Pursuit Announces the Release of Private Family Trees by Mark

Mark — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:54:43 +0000

I personally prefer the videos over just the static screenshots and hope that new ones relating to other topics will soon be produced. They’ve been quite helpful.

With respect to the comments made to screenshots in the posts above, however, I’d be very interested to see a video tutorial (or alternatively, screenshots) regarding screens/features that apply strictly to private family trees. It might also help those who are considering upgrading to determine exactly what extra features/benefits would apply.

Thanks.

Comment on Family Pursuit Announces the Release of Private Family Trees by Michael Martineau

Michael Martineau — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:31:14 +0000

@Bernard - Thanks for the encouragement!

We don’t expect (or want) you to give up your desktop programs to use Family Pursuit. We’ve designed the GEDCOM import so that you can upload multiple GEDCOM files. You can even upload a GEDCOM file, then make some updates and upload it again. The import process will import the additional information found in the GEDCOM file.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the GEDCOM export complete yet, so you don’t currently have a way to move data back to your desktop software. We hope to have it completed soon.

The Family Pursuit Community tree and private trees work like a wiki. They are designed to have multiple people working in the database in such a way that if a mistake is made you can undo it. You can also see all changes made by all users. If they do enter “questionable” information, it is easy to communicate with them to have them explain why they entered it and if necessary the information can be reverted to a previous revision. Family Pursuit makes it easy to collaborate in this way. Because of the wiki-based technology we’ve built into the system, we have not put any way to lock a tree down so that users can only make suggestions. Allowing a private tree owner the option of “locking” his/her private tree is something we may consider adding in the future.

Regarding screenshots, we’ve actually had another request for that. We’re going to add some as soon as we can. However, you are welcome to sign up for the free Community tree account. You can then see all the screens directly. The community tree is almost identical to a private tree, with the exception that in a private tree, we add some additional tools for communicating with the entire family and allow you to invite living family members right into the tree.

Comment on Family Pursuit Announces the Release of Private Family Trees by Bernard Doddema, Jr.

Bernard Doddema, Jr. — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:08:34 +0000

To be honest, it’s nothing short of amazing. What took me years to get as far as I have, you’ve done in a short time. Do researchers have to give up using their desktop programs like Legacy when using this?

Currently, I use Legacy Family Tree and then TNG to display the results on the web. The thing I like TNG is that while it can be used for a collaboration tool, I can also lock that feature and just make “suggestions” available to preserve the integrity of my work. All changes therefore are made by me.

My only complaint with your site, no screenshots. I know you have videos but a picture is worth a million words. I may not have the time at that “moment” to watch all videos. In the future, is there a possibility of adding screenshots of the different areas?

I hope this takes off.

Comment on BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference by Beverly Markham

Beverly Markham — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:48:01 +0000

I received a note entitled “Beta Tester Announcement” on Jun 6, 2007 with the notation that I would be contacted in July regarding the beta test.
So far I have heard nothing - are you still going to have the Beta Test as outlined in your note Jun 6?
just wondering
Beverly.

Comment on Revision Based Collaboration by Sounds interesting

Sounds interesting — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:42:09 +0000

Hi,
Once again - sounds interesting.
Any new software on this subject is welcome. I’m now having a 1,500,000 individual database on-line and as you may understand I’m always looking for even better solutions. Our database is a joint venture between an increasing number of researchers - everybody contributing to the “common good”.
So - if you are interested in how it could work with a rather big mass of material - drop a line!

Comment on Revision Based Collaboration by Malcolm A. Young

Malcolm A. Young — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:15:00 +0000

Re: #13 - Yes, CJ, and that “gentle expert oversight” model is sometimes called a “benevolent dictatorship”, but I prefer your version. BTW I’m very interested in the collaborative project you refer to, if it fits the Citizendium model. If that project is available to look at, please email me the contact at m.a.young@ieee.org so I may consider it. Thanks.