Michael Erichsen wrote:
> Hej
>
> Der løber en diskussion i øjeblikket på diskussionsgruppen omkring
> PAFInsight-produktet, hvor en har fortalt følgende:
>
> > In the opening session of October 2005 General Conference, President
> Gordon B. Hinckley said:
>
> > "One of the most troublesome aspects of our temple activity is that
> as we get more and more temples scattered across the earth there is
> duplication of effort in proxy work. People in various nations
> simultaneously work on the same family lines and come up with the
> same names. They do not know that those in other areas are doing the
> same thing. We, therefore, have been engaged for some time in a very
> difficult undertaking. To avoid such duplication, the solution lies in
> complex computer technology. Preliminary indications are that it will
> work, and if this is so, it will be a truly remarkable thing with
> worldwide implications."
>
> En anden svarer:
>
> > I know quite a bit about the things that the Church is
> planning, but cannot talk about most of them due to
> NDAs. However, I can say that an article was in one of
> the newspapers in Salt Lake City that indicated that
> millions of microfilm were going to be made available
> online in the future and a plan existed to get much of
> this indexed as well. Sorry I cannot be more specific.
> Beyond that, many rumors exist which some have some
> level of truth. The Church does keep many of these
> type of things quiet to keep expectations at least
> somewhat under control. However, the rumors do fly and
> I would treat them just as that . . . rumors.
>
> En tredie skriver:
>
> > The Beta testing of the new Temple Ready is about ready to begin.
> More will be known about that in the near future I am sure. As to the
> other things that are happening in Salt Lake just go to
>
www.familysearch.org and click on News & Events . FGS Presentations then
> on A Sneak Peak at the Near Future (pdf file - 6mb)David E. Rencher,
> Genealogical Society of Utah. Since this is at the Church site they
> must be supportive of what is found in the PowerPoint presentation. You
> don't get all the detail found in his talk but it is easy to see where
> Salt Lake is headed. Nothing is that secret.
>
> Denne præsentation findes på:
>
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/Education/sneak_peak_David_E_Rencher.pdf
>
>
> Her beskrives FamilySearch Indexing, som åbenbart gøres tilgængelig i
> 2006. Den vil indeholde en kombination af indscannede mikrofilm og
> indscannede udgivne slægtsbøger, som vil blive automatisk eller
> semiautomatisk indexeret.
>
> De har primært amerikansk, canadisk og engelsk materiale på plan, men
> måske kunne deres teknologi være interessant for DDA???
>
> I hvert fald interessant læsning.
keep up with
http://www.ancestry.com/
and
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
those people work in close co-operation with the Family History Library
in Utah
any LDS Family History center in the world is entitled to a free
subscription to these pay sites if they have internet access
I have a contact if you need help with obtaining an ID and password for this
hugh W