I received this inquiry back at the end of October 2008:

On June 13, 2008, I wrote to Family Search:

In the Texas Death Records 1890-1976 database, the index data for film #2116470 seems to have been mismatched to the images for film #2134914.

Here are two examples to illustrate the problem:

Search for "Earl Jeff Smith," who died in 1935 in Harris County, Texas. Data indicates film #2116470, image #2211. Display image and you get the death certificate for "Charles Gilbert Baker" who died in 1929 in Colorado County, Texas. Search under Baker"s name and ...

My goodness. Did you see I consigned my former employer to the small status of "bits" yesterday compared to the broader and higher concept of "bytes" for FamilySearch today? That was totally not planned in advance. Come on, Ancestry.com, you know I love you guys!!

Brown nosing aside, I"ve got several FamilySearch news items to take care of, so we"ll follow the same format as yesterday. Using the same song, however, is optional.

FamilySearch Wiki has announced the launch of its second barn raising: England! Alan Mann, noted United Kingdom ...

I"m way behind in my list of news items about Ancestry.com, so here goes a bunch of them, just so I can take them off my list. If you desire, read them as fast as you can to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan"s Model of a Modern Major-General.

Ready? One, two, one, two, one, two, (faster), un,to,un,to,un,to

Ancestry released their 27,000th database in December 2008. At the bloggers" briefing we were told the new $79 price (down from $149) for the 33-marker, Y chromosome test meant Ancestry.com would be losing money on the kits. You"re probably aware of other ...