The new FamilySearch
On the LDSOSS mailing list, Gordon Clarke (from the Family History Department) just e-mailed this out. It’s what they can say publicly about the new FamilySearch:
Brief Overview of New FamilySearch Features
1. Temple Ordinances
Family Search is simplifying the process required for Latter-day Saints to prepare names for the temple ordinances.Imaging being able to manage your personal family history online, seeing at a glance what temple work needs to be done for your ancestors, and easily preparing a name for temple ordinances — all in one place on the Internet!
- Prepare temple names from home over the Internet (no more diskettes)
- Easily see ordinance information and status of work in progress
- Significantly reduce duplication of research and ordinance work2. Online collaborative Family Tree
The family tree feature will allow people worldwide to create and manage their family histories online.People from various cultures worldwide will be able to:
- Add, correct, and manage their family histories online
- Correct personal submissions/data in real time
- Dispute the submissions of others
- Work collaboratively with family members and relatives
- Find living relatives they did not know existed
- Reduce duplication of research effort and time
Interesting…
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Yeah, it’s pretty exciting. They still have to play nice with a bigger world though, so don’t drop Beyond! I’m counting on it as the web front-end to the genealogy server I’m about to write :).
No worries, I have no intention of dropping it. :) Even if Family Tree ends up doing a lot of what Beyond does, Beyond will continue to be a testbed for innovative ideas, especially as far as user interface and ease-of-use go. There’s a need for that. And that’s what I like doing. :)
Anyway, I’m on the Family History department’s third-party developer list, which will mean access to the specs for the new Family Tree API, as well as enough information to make sure that Beyond doesn’t tread too much on Family Tree’s toes. The world is big enough for both projects, methinks.
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