User talk:JaffaK

Ireland county pages
I've adjusted the Ireland portal page to point some of the county links to your new pages.

I know these pages are 'work in progress' but a few tips...

(1) To return from your Ireland county pages to the main Ireland portal you just need to give an internal link:

Return to the Ireland portal

There is no need to give a full external link:

Return to Ireland Portal.

(which is generating the 'secure page' icon) as you are already in the FSWiki

(2) I think that the extra column in your tables is being created by an extra unnecessary "Enter" being pressed at the end of the final row?

(3) Some redundant coding is also being inserted at the top of some of the pages?

&amp;nbsp;.&lt;br&gt;

and I suspect they are coming from using "copy & paste" somewhere along the line??bromaelor

Need to contact Kjaffa
Would you please email me? Thank you FamilyJournals 00:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

To all FamilySearch Wiki Contributors: An apology is in order...
By way of introduction, my name is Ben Bennett and I’ve recently joined the FamilySearch team as the product manager for the Wiki and Forums. Put simply, my job is to ensure that your experience, as contributors and users of the Wiki and Forums is excellent. To this end, an apology is in order. As you know, we recently implemented a new user ID/sign in process for the FamilySearch Wiki. As we implemented this new system, I personally heard from many of you. You shared with me problems that were occurring for you as you tried to sign in, edit or do other things that resulted in lost work, lost time and frustration for you, our key contributors and users. Please accept my sincere apology for the poor performance and poor experience associated with the Wiki during the past few weeks. Please also accept my commitment that the FamilySearch team will learn from this experience and do all that we can to prevent situations like this in the future. To this end, I wanted to share with you ...CONTINUE

Featured Article THANK YOU!
Hi JaffaK,

The FamilySearch Research Wiki is delighted to let you know that the Ireland Emigration and Immigration page you helped create has become a Featured Article, highlighted on the Main Page of the Wiki, and will remain there for seven days. Thank you for your excellent work to help others quickly access records. Your contributions are appreciated and will help others find their ancestors.&lt;br&gt;'You have made a difference in research!'

joy Wyzer17 18:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Booklets and microfiche Census Surname Index
I thought I would give you some feedback on the pages that have been created pertaining to the booklets and microfiche census indexes that were created prior to the online census index services. Others might have a different opinion. Most of those indexes are for surnames. Now with our search parameters we no longer just have to rely on a surname. Now with the computer indexes one can search by a combination of first name, birthplace, ages, surname, residence, even address. And then within a few moments can pull up an image of a census and determine if it is correct. I think that the relevance of these indexes that were created 10 to 25 years ago is very small. Just like the England census on microfilm. We use to rely on it but now it is rarely used. While the fact is they may come in handy occasionally, with all the computer search parameters they are basically irrelevant in many counties in England. While people need to be aware of them, I don't think alot of work should be put into promoting them when they are the last straw in a haystack. I think one link on the county census page is sufficient. Of course I should mention that few of the County census pages have been developed and until that happens there is no point in putting a link there neither. Donjgen 05:36, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I went to your user page which has a paragraph on it so I was not sure if there was an understanding of these indexes  and how they fit into the whole scheme of things. I didn't realize it was a project like that. Now I have read your reply I understand. My view comes from a broad view of the census records and all the indexes and images that are available, also the census wiki articles in general. This particular source is only available at the library si it is not like everyone will have easy access to it. I can see how useful the tables are for anyone wanting to look at those indexes at the library. Hopefully the County census pages will be developed to some degree, so the links can be put in context. I have started to develop the Suffolk Census. I don't know if you realize that all the links on County census pages is to every listing in the catalog for a particular parish including the census. A page and link has been created called 'FHL Catalog'  on every county page  for those listings. That is where all those links currently on the County census pages are intended to go, which leaves the County census pages basically blank. Donjgen 07:43, 5 February 2012 (UTC)