[Research Guidance: Denmark - Research Outline] Research Guidance Version Of Data : 6/8/2001
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re Danish Archives FAQ

This is a mammoth project and well-done!
Thanks for sharing.

Your reference to Ancestral File at www.familysearch.org needs to be updated
and a description of the new database, Pedigree Resource File, should be
added.

I quote the following:

<<<
a.. Ancestral File.
This file contains family history information linked in
family groups and pedigrees that has been contributed since 1979. There are
millions of names in this file. You are invited to contribute your family
history information to Ancestral File. For more information, see the
publication Contributing Information to Ancestral File, available at the
Family History Library and at Family History Centers. >>>

The Ancestral File database is still available for use at the above website
and any FHC with Internet capability but corrections and additions are no
longer being accepted; thus, the publication referred to is no longer in
print. If the pamphlet is available at an FHC, it is no longer useful. The
replacement for this database is Pedigree Resource File - a growing
collection of individually submitted genealogies.

Ancestral File had its problems of duplications and incorrect data. This
was a submitter problem that escalated when the contributed records from
various members of a common family were merged and their data did not agree.
Families grew with extra children and marriages increased with extra
spouses! Neither the Family History Library nor any other compiler that I
know of corrects or verifies any submitted data. This would be a physically
impossible task for any organization. Accuracy and proof are the
submitter's and user's dual responsibilities. Nevertheless, Anc. File is
still a great source to use as a starter. As you analyze the collective
data for a family line, you will learn research techniques and get
acquainted with your ancestors plus an occasional family member that is
still alive and well.

Ped. Res. File is organized on a totally different system. Anyone may
submit records along with notes and sources, if desired. Records are
submitted only online at www.familysearch.org . A submitter may include
their contact address to permit a two-way interaction between themselves and
interested researchers. Each set of submitted records is kept intact. Only
the submitter may correct or add to their own records. If I have additions
or objections to data submitted by someone else, I can submit my own data
and include a reason for the noted change, deletion, or addition. All
submitted records for a common person are posted as separate searchable
entities when a person initiates a search for a name. Researchers may do
their own selection of data from the posted sets.

Each Family History Center probably has a complete set of PRF discs which
any patron may use free of charge. These also are sold in sets of five and
an updated master index is included with the set. The collection is now up
to about 100 discs with approximately one million names per disk. The
system seems to be working great.

Thanks much to all of you for your contributions.

Della