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Started 31 May 2006 by MaxHaiflichJr. Latest reply 2 Jun 2006 by lkessler.
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FamilySearch.org "Submitted by" - Categorized in:
4 posts. Started 31 May 2006 by MaxHaiflichJr. Latest reply 2 Jun 2006 by lkessler. RSS
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Joined: Sun, 7 May 2006
0 blog comments, 13 forum posts
Posted: Wed, 31 May 2006
Is there anyway that Behold could do that and include it in the .bho file? I mean, after you get the other LDS related improvements done.
Max Haiflich, Jr.
Joined: Sun, 9 Mar 2003
288 blog comments, 245 forum posts
Posted: Thu, 1 Jun 2006
But, I could consider writing a simple separate program designed to get data from familysearch.org. Maybe I'd call it FamilySearchDownloader. You select the starting person's Name and AFN, and it might go out to the site, do a first request for the person by name, get the GEDCOMs, find the ones that include that AFN, collect the names and AFNs of all the people related to the first and continue until there is noone left to find. It might be really neat, and then things like looking up the submitter from the site can be automated as well.
But I wonder first of all how many people might find something like that useful, and secondly if it is legal - the Family History Centre might consider getting records that way to be a copyright infringement. I would need to get their full approval first, or I wouldn't do it.
Louis
Joined: Sun, 7 May 2006
0 blog comments, 13 forum posts
Posted: Fri, 2 Jun 2006
FamilySearch.org does not provide a way to download the "Submitted by" information. It's a separate selection on each individual, or family group, listing. You can view it, but not download it. I have questioned them about it and they claim it's to protect the "living" submitters. Doesn't make much sense to me, but that's their excuse. I'm still negotiating with them about it.
I also know that their reason for limiting downloads to a single family group or 5 generation pedigree file is rooted in the old limitations of 64K files sizing. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Also, you are correct in requiring the AFN number to select desired person to research. There can be dozens of listing for the same name. However, i'm not sure their search function is capable of limiting it that way.
They seem to be a remarkable mixture of sophisticated and antiquated thinking and programming.
Max
Joined: Sun, 9 Mar 2003
288 blog comments, 245 forum posts
Posted: Fri, 2 Jun 2006
That's a great way to say it. They are of course the geniuses behind the invention of GEDCOM, yet they haven't updated it in, what, 10 years?
Louis