3 bugs or suggestions for SmartCopy

Karel Ehrlich

1) Discussed previously over several pages from https://www.geni.com/discussions/145968?msg=1287264&page=58

To expand the data fields for a location while you are using SC click on the little round grey button between the tick box and the words Birth Location and this will produce a drop down menu exactly like you are wanting.

2) Findagrave data should carry across, i did two days ago when i last copied something from there. Post a link for a specific profile in the thread I linked above and tag Jeff Gentes so that he can take a look

3) Again tag Jeff, there was an issue similar to this last year regarding a different site.

Alex,

Thank you for the quick reply.

1. I tried it and it works just like you said it would. That is very nice!

2. When I use SmartCopy to look up a person on the FindaGrave.com I still do not get the birth and death years to be passed to the FindaGrave.com site. I just tried it for several profiles, and it does not work for me. For example, it does not work for Irma Ehrlich Irma Ehrlich
I am talking about looking up people on the Findagrave site, not for copying data from there.

3. Do you mean tag Jeff Gentes? OK, I am trying to do that now. @5685693775440034593 @Jeffrey Roland Gentes

Karel

2.
I think i understand.
Use SC to search in FAG when you get a lot of potential matches there is a button on FAG called Refine Search.
This gives you a menu where you can set birth and death dates and burial location.

I've never seen the search of FAG be anything more than name based, if it previously search with data from Geni it hasn't done so for quite some time.

3. If that is Jeff's id number then put it between doubled [ square brackets.
Otherwise beaware that using the space bar after the @ disables the tag software, so @jeff should work or @gentes but not @jeff_gentes. Even then the tag script can pop up in unexpected parts of the screen so type @jeff then scroll around a bit.
Following Jeff or visiting his page will help with tagging, likewise if Jeff is already a participant in the head

Better if you tag Jeff in the existing discussion thread and repeat your bug report there.

2. SmartCopy creates a query for FindaGrave.com that looks like this

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=Irma&middl...

There is a field for birth and death year in the query URL, SmartCopy just does not populate it. The correct URL with populated years looks like this (and it works):
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=Irma&middl...

Also trying to tag Jeff: Private User

If I recall, the find-a-grave date query was intentionally left out as adding dates on FindAGrave can often exclude the correct grave if, for example, the birth date was unknown. FindAGrave also doesn't have circa. I found it easier to make the broad query that will likely include the person and the user can filter it down by adding the date if there are too many results. Otherwise, they may think there is no match when one might exist.

Yeah, need to update the link for FamilySearch - they changed their method of linking profiles. You'd think they would give backward compatibility (not too difficult for them to redirect that link for you). But apparently they wanted to break every link created prior to the change... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Jeff, Thank you.

Karel Ehrlich, one additional note, there is an option to still use Google Geolocation within SmartCopy. You just have to provide your own API key, which shouldn't cost anything for an individual. Instructions are on the Project page under the title "Google Geocoding API".

Thank you, Jeff, for the tip.