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My Top 10 DNA Matches at Each Site - Blog entry by lkessler - 1 May 2021

Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge for this week is: I thought I’d do that, following Randy’s template: A) On AncestryDNA, I have 149,270 matches. My Top 10 matches are: * First cousin, mother’s side, 1,047 cM, in tree * First cousin, mother’s side, 914 cM, in tree * ...
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Using Behold as a Data Viewer for a WikiTree GEDCOM - Blog entry by lkessler - 13 Apr 2021

It’s been a while since I’ve put my full effort into getting Behold to that next level that would include GEDCOM export and editing. In fact, I have to admit that I really haven’t made a lot of changes to Behold except for bug fixes and a 64-bit executable since 2017. What I did start doing in February ...
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No Genealogist Should Miss the WikiTree Challenge - Blog entry by lkessler - 4 Mar 2021

@WikiTree #WikiTreeChallenge Wikitree with over 25 million profiles, is the 3rd largest collaborative family tree, after FamilySearch Family Tree and Geni. As the name suggests, the site is designed like a wiki, giving all users ability to contribute and change (preferably with sources) and collaborate ...
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My Highlights at RootsTech Connect 2021 - Blog entry by lkessler - 27 Feb 2021

Like hundreds of thousands of you, I had been looking forward to this year’s version of #RootsTech2021,  which is completely online and free to everyone. I have attended RootsTech in Salt Lake City three times in person, in 2012, 2014 and 2017. I couldn’t go from 2018 to 2020, but those years ...
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Using a GEDCOM file to add to FamilySearch - Blog comment by lkessler - 27 Feb 2021

Uwe: There's never a guarantee that data in a shared tree is accurate, just like there isn't a guarantee that the data in anyone's family research is accurate. But there's nothing wrong with any of us contributing to a tree to help make it more accurate. They key for me is that I at least want my family ...
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Using a GEDCOM file to add to FamilySearch - Blog comment by uwem - 27 Feb 2021

Hi Louis, I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the data in your family tree, I was referring to the data that is already sitting in the Family Tree List and to which people compare against. What guarantee do you have that the Family Tree List is correct in the first place? Your data might be 100% correct, ...
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Using a GEDCOM file to add to FamilySearch - Blog comment by lkessler - 25 Feb 2021

Hi Uwe, I'm putting my information, which I trust, up on FamilySearch, for others to access and possibly connect to. I always evaluate any information I get from FamilySearch (or from anyone else's genealogy for that matter) before adding it to my family tree. Louis
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GEDCOM 7.0 - Blog comment by lkessler - 25 Feb 2021

Yes, Colin. Today they removed everything. Don't know why yet.
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Using a GEDCOM file to add to FamilySearch - Blog comment by uwem - 25 Feb 2021

Hi Louis, I'm honestly surprised that you trust any data coming from FamilySearch. You're not concerned about the abundance of transcription errors and bogus genealogies? Uwe
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GEDCOM 7.0 - Blog comment by colin - 25 Feb 2021

The second video is private so not viewable also the GitHub page does not exist and gedcom.io throws an error saying 'unauthorised access!!! They really do seem to want to share this with the wider community.