Good ideas. I am learning quite a bit. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm happy with the results showing for my and my father's gedcom. I'm glad > they haven't removed them. > > But maybe it's because I have not made anything private. I put what info I > wanted to be there and nothing more. > > I admit it's not the easiest thing to make a proper gedcom. I doubt my > father could do it without a lot of help. > Maybe the best way is to first create a second set of data files > containing only the people and information you want there - no siblings, no > notes, no pictures, no references. > > Once you have done that, you now open up your newly created data files > (which must have been saved to some other directory or you are possibly > going to erase your normal files). Once open, look over all the data you > want to be there. Delete anything you don't want. Then it's simple to > export the entire thing as a gedcom for posting. > > In the future, you might have to do the entire process all over again, > assuming you make progress with extending your tree and want to show > everyone a larger tree. > > For me, I made just 6 generations to show. At least it's better than some > who don't want to post anything, even though they have the ability. I > sometimes wonder why they even got tested if they don't want to connect to > people. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Getting rid of the Private people in the > new Family Trees on FTDNA > From: Tish M <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, September 16, 2014 11:00 am > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > I find this all very confusing. Why hasn't ftDNA just taken all gedcom's > off line? > > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.

