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What is the "Elevator pitch" for Genealogy SE?
Genealogy.SE is a website for genealogical Q&A for professionals, family historians, town archivists, etc who want to know the best methods, tools, and techniques for researching, tracing, documenting …
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Is it Ok to ask questions to which you already know (an) answer
As with other members of the SE family, I think providing and answer for a question you already "know" is great - but personally, I try to wait for some period of time after asking to add my answer to …
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What abbreviation should be used to refer to this site?
How about GSE?
Simple, and reflects the SE portion of the site.
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Should we be asking specific questions about helps with specific ancestors on this site?
This all comes down to being able to ask the right question*.
The biggest issue in answering any question is not the answer – it is determining what the asker actually meant when they asked you th …
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What abbreviation should be used to refer to this site?
How about GeFHi (you could pronounce it "Jeffy") for Ge nealogy & F amily Hi story
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Should we allow "scrapbooking" questions?
Following-up with this previous answer, should we allow "scrapbooking" questions along with personal/family journaling questions?
The Wikipedia definition:
a method for preserving personal and fa …