New FamilySearch Questions finally get public airing

An
article in Mormon Times, opens the door for almost the first time,
to a main stream airing of some of the most glaring problems with New FamilySearch.
Although the article is low key, it points out some of more difficult
issues with the program. If you have been following the development of
the program at all, you will immediately recognize the fact that this is
one of the first times this many issues have been acknowledged in a
very public manner, even if the Mormon Times is somewhat removed from
the normal channels of communication about the program.

In Mesa, Arizona we have been using New FamilySearch since October of 2007. During
the past two plus years it became apparent that there was a disconnect
between the reality of NFS and official introductory materials.
Many sophisticated users with extensive genealogical experience were
dismayed at the tremendous limitations of the program in such areas as
the inability to correct obviously incorrect or inaccurate information.
The overwhelming amount of inaccurate information was daunting to even
the most dedicated users. Even simple issues, such as wrong gender
identification of an ancestor are very difficult to correct and dates
and places that have no real relationship to an individual are
impossible to correct. Disputing information just caused a domino effect
of even more problems.
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