Why so many duplicate ordinances performed?
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garysturn
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nFS combining problems
What we really need is a comment Icon similar to the Dispute Icon that can be attached to a name where we can leave short notes back and forth to others to read before they merge or make changes to that name. I think this ability to communicate with each other about a name in the system would really help. It would also help if the dispute Icons followed the name into the combining screens.
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scion-p40
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JamesAnderson
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Someone mentioned this earlier, but I didn't see it until later.
The question was where were the promised research helps and forums? Well, there's already a start and I think most know about it who have been on these forums in the last six months.
The first one is the research helps, it is the wiki.
http://wiki.familysearch.org/
That is eventually to replace the research guidance as I understand it. It's slowly beginning to take off. It eventually will contain loads of information on any given locality. Eventually multiple languages will be supported too, but that is still some time off. It's nto for specific surnames or family histories, it's for information on localities and research methodology
And about the forums, there's a Research Advice Forums site now.
http://forums.familysearchsupport.org/
That is where you ask questions about doing actual research, and I've also seen queries that have led to very good research advice being given in the responses to the queries.
The wiki has just under 3,300 registered users, and the forums have about 520 registered users now.
The question was where were the promised research helps and forums? Well, there's already a start and I think most know about it who have been on these forums in the last six months.
The first one is the research helps, it is the wiki.
http://wiki.familysearch.org/
That is eventually to replace the research guidance as I understand it. It's slowly beginning to take off. It eventually will contain loads of information on any given locality. Eventually multiple languages will be supported too, but that is still some time off. It's nto for specific surnames or family histories, it's for information on localities and research methodology
And about the forums, there's a Research Advice Forums site now.
http://forums.familysearchsupport.org/
That is where you ask questions about doing actual research, and I've also seen queries that have led to very good research advice being given in the responses to the queries.
The wiki has just under 3,300 registered users, and the forums have about 520 registered users now.
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scion-p40
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russellhltn
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Unfortunately that requires someone from the inside, and they don't hang out here.scion wrote:Does anyone know the policy on this? No one responded to this question yet.
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jrcrin001
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Re: Why so many duplicate ordinances performed?
It is now June 2025 and the issue of too many duplicate ordinances continue.
Some things change and some things do not.
Some things change and some things do not.
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aebrown
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Re: Why so many duplicate ordinances performed?
FamilySearch has dramatically reduced the number of duplicate ordinances in the 16 years since the posts you are replying to. Before ordinances can be submitted, FamilySearch checks to make sure that the person has no duplicate in Family Tree; if there are duplicates, it will not allow the ordinances to be submitted.
Is the duplicate checking perfect? No. There is a delicate balance between detecting actual duplicates and making the mistake of considering two distinct similar people to be duplicates (such as twins with similar names). If the duplicate detection were tuned too tightly in favor of avoiding duplicates, there would be many false positives. That would result in the system disallowing ordinance submissions for people who happen to be similar to others, when they are actually distinct individuals who need the ordinances. But overall, the number of duplicate ordinances performed is significantly less than it was in years past.