User talk:OrthodoxLinguist

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Next step: Review your GEDCOM [5 October 2011]

You're not done yet!

WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing to WeRelate you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors.

Now that you have uploaded werelate.ged, your next step is to review what your pages will look like, review any potential warnings, and combine (merge) people in your GEDCOM with matching people already on WeRelate. You need to review your GEDCOM before it can finish importing. We will keep your GEDCOM in the queue for two weeks to give you time to review it.

Note: if your gedcom contains many errors or multiple families, we’d ask that you resolve and correct the errors, delete this gedcom and re-submit it without the errors before merging it with families already on WeRelate. If the gedcom is very large, we’d suggest breaking it up into separate files (or families) and importing them one at a time, which makes the review and correction process easier.

Click here to review your GEDCOM

Once you have finished your review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import, one of our administrators will review your GEDCOM and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24 hours. You will receive a message here when the pages have been created.

--WeRelate agent 19:55, 5 October 2011 (EDT)

Find a Grave images [6 October 2011]

Hello, I am a volunteer administrator here on WeRelate. I noticed that you have added photos from Find A Grave. Photos from Find A Grave are not public domain. Unless there is clear indication on the image page that you either took the photograph or have permission from the copyright owner to use it on WeRelate (including agreeing to WeRelate's licensing), it will need to be deleted. Please see our policy here.

The best way to include those types of images is to link to the memorial page. For example, on the page for Adam Baxter, you could enter this in the text area: Photo of Adam's gravestone on [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42521391 FindAGrave.com]. The link would look like this:

Photo of Adam's gravestone on FindAGrave.com

Images can be deleted by clicking on More>delete from the image page. Please let me know if you have any questions. --Jennifer (JBS66) 10:10, 6 October 2011 (EDT)

werelate.ged Imported Successfully [6 October 2011]

The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may now:

• launch the Family Tree Explorer to navigate your tree
• view your network -- If you matched families in your GEDCOM to existing families, find out to which other WeRelate users you are related.
• view related pages not in your tree -- If you matched families in your GEDCOM to existing families, find out which people you are now related to that you can add to your tree (takes awhile to display for large trees).
• view a searchable list of the pages in your tree -- The searchable list will be available about an hour after your tree has been imported.

For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.

--WeRelate agent 22:34, 6 October 2011 (EDT)

Government Record Images and Copyright [10 October 2011]

That's an interesting question, and we have dealt with it before.

I treat scans I've made of birth and death certificates as copyright by the state that issued them, and then indicate it still as a low resolution scan of a historical document. For an example, see my Grandfather's page, where I have a scan of his death certificate attached. If someone were to send me a scan of such a document - provided that they did not assert a copyright - I would feel comfortable treating it the same way.

Arguably, scans of government/historical documents that are provided by someone else may themselves be copyrighted - even if the material being scanned is not. "ancestry.com" is fortunately a special category of such materials, since they offer a limited use license for all images, so long as commercial re-use is not being made. Census and other records from there can be used and labelled with that copyright type. The marriage record for John Battis and Lydia Burnham is attached on this page with such a copyright.

Finally - if you're really perplexed - you almost always have two options - A "fair use" since it's a unique document and you're not making commercial re-use OR label the document with the special type "help me figure out what copyright this is" - which is watched periodically by administrators and we'll work with you.

Hope this helps... --jrm03063 12:57, 10 October 2011 (EDT)

GEDCOM Export Ready [26 October 2011]

The GEDCOM for tree Anne Moleyns is ready to download. Click here.

Next step: Review your GEDCOM [9 February 2019]

You're not done yet!

Now that you have uploaded Elizabeth Schuller.ged into our review program, it is time for you to match your data to ours. Your next step is to review and resolve any potential warnings that your file might be showing and to match place names, source names and families to pages that may already exist in our database.

Notes:

• You must complete all the steps before your GEDCOM can be considered for import. - We will keep your file in the queue for two months to give you time to finish, and you do not have to finish all at once.
• If you did not follow the instructions for preparing your data before uploading your file or if your file does not contain at least one date and place for each person with sources, it is likely that your file will be rejected.
• Volunteers are here to help. Please read the instructions first, but if you get stuck or have any questions, you can leave a message on the page for the GEDCOM review team. One of our volunteers will respond shortly.
• Once you have completed the review and marked your GEDCOM Ready to import on the last screen, one of our volunteer administrators will review the file again and finalize the import. This usually happens within 24-48 hours. Please allow a little extra time around the holidays. When the import is finalized, you will receive a follow up message here on your Talk page.

Click here to enter the review program
You will see more instructions once you are in.

WeRelate is different from most family tree websites. By contributing here you are helping to create Pando for genealogy, a free, unified family tree that combines the best information from all contributors.

--WeRelate agent 15:21, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Elizabeth Schuller.ged Imported Successfully [11 February 2019]

Congratulations! The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully.

Now you can:

• Launch the Family Tree Explorer to navigate your tree
• View a searchable list of the wiki pages generated from your tree -- available about an hour after your file has been imported
• View your network to see which other WeRelate users are watching pages you have in common. This works if you matched families during your review. You might find a relative here!
• View related pages which are not currently attached to your tree -- may take some time to display for large files. If you matched families in your GEDCOM to existing families in our database, this will show you pages which are also connected, but not currently in your GEDCOM. You can add these pages to your tree.

For questions or problems, leave a message for the volunteers on our GEDCOM review team.

--WeRelate agent 21:21, 11 February 2019 (UTC)