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What the heck is the "Millenium File"

What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 9 Jun 2008 12:57PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have obvious ancestors born in England but ancestry will list them with the correct birthdate (1075) and village and then claim it was in North Dakota.
Jeeez, who the heck compiles these records?

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:38AM GMT
Classification: Query
I dunno, but I had the same problem.

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 9 Oct 2008 2:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
I don't know what it means either. I am finding dates don't match what I have been handed. Canit be that people were quessing there birthdates?. Can be very confusing. I am trying to go back as far as the 1400's. Wish you both the best in this research.

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 7:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
I don't know what the Millennium File" is but the problem with the place is when one person puts it in wrong by just clicking on whatever comes up in the list without thinking about the place vs the date. I just go back and correct them.

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 9:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
"The Millennium File is a database created by the Institute of Family Research to track the records of its clients and the results of its professional research. It contains more than 880,000 linked family records, with lineages from throughout the world, including colonial America, the British Isles, Switzerland, and Germany. One of the focuses of the Millennium File is linking to European nobility and royalty."
-Ancestry.com

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 6 Jun 2009 11:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Where in the world did they get their information?
It is very misleading.

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 4:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
I am not exactly sure about this, but I believe what you think was North Dakota, was probably ND, which has something to do with being after Christ. I have run across similiar instances, where it showed some state that you knew could not be correct. After checking into this a little further, I discovered it had something to with before Christ or after Christ. I think that is correct, but I wouldn't bet my life on it

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:20AM GMT
Classification: Query
ND does not stand for anything referring to after Christ. BC stands for "before Christ," BCE stands for "Before Common Era," and AD stand for "Anno Domini"- "year of our Lord" in Latin - in otherwords, after Christ. I'm sure that's what you were thinking of.


It's more likely that whoever entered the info just accepted whatever location name came up first without checking it. ND could also stand for no date, no document, not determined, or even natural death. However, since several people have quite a few of the Roman Emperors listed in their family tree and have them as having died in British Columbia, Canada, I'm going to suggest that people not take those trees seriously. Obviously someone is being very careless (and not using common sense).

Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:22AM GMT
Classification: Query
Here's ancestry's explanation of what the Millenium File is:

The Millennium File is a database created by the Institute of Family Research to track the records of its clients and the results of its professional research. It contains more than 880,000 linked family records, with lineages from throughout the world, including colonial America, the British Isles, Switzerland, and Germany. Many of these lineages extend back to nobility and renowned historical figures. In fact, one of the things the Millennium File focuses on is linking to European nobility and royalty. A good way to have success in using this database is identify at least one Gateway Ancestor. A Gateway Ancestor is an early American immigrant who has been identified as having roots in British or European nobility. In this database there are about 300 Gateway Ancestors, or in other words, there are about 300 individuals who have proven ties to nobility or royalty. Source information is also provided in this database, making it easier to verify the accuracy of the research done. The Millennium File is a compiled source and is similar in form to other linked databases, such as Ancestry World Tree. Databases like these are great starting points for beginning your research. It is always good to find out what others have already learned and compiled about your ancestors.



Re: What the heck is the "Millenium File"

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 2:35AM GMT
Classification: Query
Actually, you were right that N.D. can mean something other than North Dakota. The Encyclopædia Britannica has N.D. as an abbreviation for "No date". Which works in genealogy.
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