It seems that many genealogy websites have been striving to
create a “world pedigree”, a family tree linking the world together. The site
that comes closest to this is The New.Familysearch website. It is really cool,
I could write a lot about it but I would recommend for everyone to check it out
for themselves and register. I have had and continue to have success with this
program and I love it.
Several years ago I was a stake family history consultant
and attended a meeting where this program was first introduced. A lot of work
and planning went into this program as well as lots of beta testing. It
combines various genealogical records and resources so there are often duplicate
records for each person. I spent over a year (a few hours a week) combining duplicate
records and adding/correcting information between this program and my database.
It was time consuming but worth it. For those who think there is no
genealogical work for them to do, combing duplicate records would be a
worthwhile project to take on. You just might find distant relatives and an ancestor or two as well.
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