Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-04 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
- Original Message From: William H. Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 5:27:20 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy I think you misunderstood my stance on this.  I'm not talking about vital record data

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-04 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
where they state that they own the submitted data. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: William H. Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 6:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy I think

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread M Couch
You don't say which Ancestry records you are linking to. Are they official records like census, or are they submitted trees? Official records should be more acurate- trees are variable to say the least. Some have been carefully researched and others have been flung together, with little

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Mary Horner
are they submitted trees? Be very careful:-) Thanks for the warning. No I always go right to the original documents - birth, marriage etc. I have already had the experience of someone else taking my research and plugging it into their tree where there is no evidence to indicate we are linked at

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
and run these days. -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy are they submitted trees? Be very careful:-) Thanks for the warning. No I always go right to the original documents - birth, marriage etc. I have already had the experience of someone else taking my research and plugging it into their tree where there is no evidence

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Ron Ferguson Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:14 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy Brian, Whilst you are correct in saying that data cannot

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Ron Ferguson
for the attorneys and courts to sort out. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H. Boswell wrote I've had

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread ...
and courts to sort out. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H. Boswell wrote I've had the same

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy I agree with Jenny on this. I could care less how many people copy verbatim the information and dialog found within my family file. I have many photographs supplied by others on my web site but I always include Photo Courtesy of ... But just one

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
, 2009 3:48 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy Bill, thanks for the comments but can you translate into simple stupid for me. I would like to get the data off Ancestry as simply as possible for me. I am a two-finger typist, struggling

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread CE Wood
, November 03, 2009 5:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy I think you misunderstood my stance on this. I'm not talking about vital record data and the like. I'm talking about specific information that no one else had access

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Jenny M Benson
Mary Horner wrote I have just linked onto Ancestry.ca for my first 14-day trial. Is there an easy way to download the data there directly into my legacy tree? I spent hours entering and sourcing 3 marriages and I have piles to do. Then in frustration I created a mini tree on Ancestry and with

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread WALTER D. CONNER
I agree completely with the statement below, not because I don't want to share my work but because I do not believe Ancestry has a right to claim and then sell my info to someone else. Walt Conner One of my genealogy friends said, that the reason she did not share her hard-owned information

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Ron Ferguson
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H. Boswell wrote I've had the same problem with pirating of my data which is why I no longer upload my information especially on Ancestry.com. I really don't care if people want to pirate any data I put

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Mary Horner
Bill, thanks for the comments but can you translate into simple stupid for me. I would like to get the data off Ancestry as simply as possible for me. I am a two-finger typist, struggling with sourcing, clipboards etc. It literally can take me a day to enter a handful of Marriage registrations. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread linda chapman
my family tree at http://mytangledfamily.tribalpages.com From: Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Tuesday, 3 November, 2009 20:14:58 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H. Boswell

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Mike Fry
Mary Horner wrote: Bill, thanks for the comments but can you translate into simple stupid for me. I would like to get the data off Ancestry as simply as possible for me. I am a two-finger typist, struggling with sourcing, clipboards etc. It literally can take me a day to enter a handful of

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
November, 2009 20:14:58 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H. Boswell wrote I've had the same problem with pirating of my data which is why I no longer upload my information especially on Ancestry.com. I really don't care if people want to pirate any data I put

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread William H. Boswell
: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy When you upload to a website that warns that IT now owns your material, you have given away your ownership. It is then is up to Ancestry to pursue. CE -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-03 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy William H. Boswell wrote I've had the same problem with pirating of my data which is why I no longer upload my information especially on Ancestry.com. I really don't

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-02 Thread Mary Horner
SORRY about the HTML. I have a rule set for outgoing mail to the list but somehow it didn't work!! I guess I need to turn off all HTML permanently. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-02 Thread Roger Jarrett
What I do is upload a gedcom of the parts of my tree I want to research on ancestry. I then save whatever records I find in the tree. When I am done I download the tree as another gedcom. I then merge back the new gedcom into legacy. Ancestry does properly source the info and that is my reason for