[Opengenalliance] Mormon =?utf-8?Q?church=E2=80=99s_?=FamilySearch joins forces with Ancestry.com

[Javier Ruiz]

The deal seems to be that ancestry will scan the microfilms from FS. FS will then make these available for free. The challenge is to make them accessible for transcription ideally under an open license. Maybe too optimistic?

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On Friday, 6 September 2013 at 10:52, Ben Laurie wrote:

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> On 6 September 2013 09:28, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org (mailto:javier at openrightsgroup.org)> wrote:
> > It is not spelt out,  but it seems they will give free access via family search and integrate it in Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com)?  
> > This is good,  now the next step is letting other people transcribe the digitised materials.
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> Why is this good? Clearly it will leave all of these resources behind a paywall.  
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> > In the USA the scanned copies will be public domain,  but here they may need to license transcription.  
> > Todd,  I think this is a great chance. I will let others chip in.  
> > Nick Barratt had been in touch with the lds here for a while. Nick,  what do you think?  
> > On 6 Sep 2013 04:41, "todd.d.robbins at gmail.com (mailto:todd.d.robbins at gmail.com)" <todd.d.robbins at gmail.com (mailto:todd.d.robbins at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > Two of the world’s largest family history research organizations are joining forces in an effort they say will bring 1 billion historical records online.  
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> > > > The LDS Church-operated FamilySearch International and the Utah-based company Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com) announced a deal Thursday in which they will collaborate to bring online the church’s vast worldwide collections of family-history records.  
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> > > > Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com) CEO Tim Sullivan said while details need to be worked out, his company planned to pour more than $60 million into the effort over the next five years.
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> > > > Source: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56830408-79/records-ancestry-com-online.html.csp  
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> > > This is great news! Though I think we continue efforts to encourage the adoption of open licensing of this digitized content via our organization and others. I'd be willing to help coordinate a team to work with FamilySearch, Ancestry, OGA/ORG, OKFN, et al. Anyone, interested in joining me?
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> > > Cheers!
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> > > Tod Robbins
> > > Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
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