This is a great explainer, and I'm going to bookmark it in order to save a lot of time in future online conversations that touch on these issues.
For years I've said that anyone who attempts to post a photograph to Ancestry.com purporting to depict someone who died before 1838 should encounter an immediate popup reminding them that the first photographs of human beings were taken in 1838-39. Similarly, Ancestry.com would probably be (at least marginally) improved if anyone who entered an individual with a death date before (say) 1500 AD were to be auto-directed to The Henry Project, just to get a taste of what well-done medieval genealogy actually looks like.
Thanks for the kind words! I like your ideas. I'd be in favor of anything that slowed people down, not just for accuracy's sake, but for their own enjoyment.
This is a great explainer, and I'm going to bookmark it in order to save a lot of time in future online conversations that touch on these issues.
For years I've said that anyone who attempts to post a photograph to Ancestry.com purporting to depict someone who died before 1838 should encounter an immediate popup reminding them that the first photographs of human beings were taken in 1838-39. Similarly, Ancestry.com would probably be (at least marginally) improved if anyone who entered an individual with a death date before (say) 1500 AD were to be auto-directed to The Henry Project, just to get a taste of what well-done medieval genealogy actually looks like.
I know, I know, I'm a dreamer.
Thanks for the kind words! I like your ideas. I'd be in favor of anything that slowed people down, not just for accuracy's sake, but for their own enjoyment.
Well now, that was a fun romp!
Great post! Very entertaining.