tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post1822186408757848422..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Taking Those HintsJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-50935426522721627012017-06-21T22:54:17.441-07:002017-06-21T22:54:17.441-07:00Oh, Far Side, I hope your cool 74 is a sign of goo...Oh, Far Side, I hope your cool 74 is a sign of good things to come!<br /><br />We still have one more day of increasing temps before the thermometer thinks of heading back down to the 90s. Looks like a good run of more excuses to stay put at my computer. I should spruce up a <i>lot</i> of my Ancestry trees by the end of this heat wave!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-22085635726335985892017-06-21T22:51:51.408-07:002017-06-21T22:51:51.408-07:00It is frustrating to see a device which was origin...It is frustrating to see a device which was originally intended to be useful morphing into the realm of the annoying. Still, I really hesitate to give it all up and silence hints. Besides, I think the curiosity would get the best of me--what am I missing?--but more importantly, with an ever-expanding universe of resources, how else to keep up with the newly added digitized material? It would be nice if Ancestry could at least flag their hint material as "user generated" versus "Ancestry-added" and allow customers to choose which type of hints they'd like to receive.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-51741457242123109252017-06-21T22:48:12.362-07:002017-06-21T22:48:12.362-07:00While I may sound irked about these inconveniences...While I may sound irked about these inconveniences of Ancestry hints, Gayle, I do have to summon up my best level of patience when it comes to that example. Yes, it may be annoying to receive a photo hint, only to discover it is of a record already provided by Ancestry...but sometimes, it is a death record <i>not</i> included in Ancestry's holdings. In a rare case like that--admittedly, part of a fast-shrinking sample--it turns out I'm quite glad someone thought to post that document.<br /><br />But for the most part, yes, it is tedious to go through what are, at best, redundant entries. Delete, delete, delete. Or ignore...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-18264849988848843492017-06-21T19:04:38.599-07:002017-06-21T19:04:38.599-07:00Sounds like boring work, too bad there isn't s...Sounds like boring work, too bad there isn't some great software that would recognize duplicates of the deleted . Probably too big of a wish! I hope you are staying cool! :) We were about 74 today Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-5863086130610522742017-06-21T04:08:26.550-07:002017-06-21T04:08:26.550-07:00Although I haven't changed my hints settings, ...Although I haven't changed my hints settings, I might have to--I'm barraged by "photos" like flags, heraldry banners, etc. that don't add anything to my research. Thanks for the "hint" about hints.Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-45403019400189233972017-06-21T03:41:35.144-07:002017-06-21T03:41:35.144-07:00It seems photo hints have been on the rise. I thou...It seems photo hints have been on the rise. I thought I was the only one frustrated with all the 'photo' hints. Especially photos of records that will come up as 'cited' sources provided by Ancestry and worthy of saving. Death certificates as an example.<br />I haven't taken the step of changing my settings - just in case; but it's coming.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922307680021666290noreply@blogger.com