Thanks to Roger Cousens and Gordon Wilkinson for valid observations about posting family tree records.
1. Privacy is indeed another issue to consider in publicising family tree files 2. Perhaps I should not have mentioned GEDCOM. I only did so as it is a common format into which the data from nearly any family tree file can be exported. 3. I disike Ancestry and other genealogy sites for many reasons I won't go into. I would still like a way of telling people that I have several thousand family tree records on Johnston, Kyle and Young families around Omagh and Fintona that I would be happy to share. Regards to all Bill Bill Young +41 76 391 6556 (WhatsApp & Signal) +44 74 2904 9955 (Telegram) ________________________________ From: Roger Cousens via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 8:59:01 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected]> Cc: Gordon Wilkinson <[email protected]>; Roger Cousens <[email protected]> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: [EXT] Re: Family Trees For those of us who just use Ancestry or FamilySearch, could you explain the advantages of GEDCOM and why amateurs like me might want to use it? I hate FamilySearch because other people can change the content, even when they are wrong! But I often find useful info on FS trees. Ancestry might be clumsy and not very easy to save the steps in your investigation, but I can live with it, warts and all. And it is easy to crib off other trees (though always need to check them, as they often have errors and lack sources).The thought of starting over again with new software is daunting...... But should I consider it? Thanks Roger Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 6:49:59 PM To: Bill Young via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> Cc: Gordon Wilkinson <[email protected]> Subject: [EXT] [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: Family Trees External email: Please exercise caution ________________________________ An interesting idea, Bill, but my data base has info on so many living relatives and notes on many who value their privacy (DNA data, cupboard skeletons, &c), so I've actually shut down my family web site and only give the barest of information on the site now. Having said that, the most productive info has come from distant relatives who have found and contacted me through the the original website. Those inputs have been immeasurably valuable. I pondered the thought of stripping details from 'living' names, and editing the relevant pages, but the task got too big. I've got around 8,500 names covering the ancestry of my grandchildren and still more names to enter (proffered by one of those distant relatives.) when I get time. The original website still exists, of course, as a local entity (8Gb) and available only to select relatives. Gordon On 12/01/2022 7:37 am, Bill Young via CoTyroneList wrote: I have seen a number of mails on family tree research recently. Is there a move in this direction; and, if so, can we post family tree data to the site? Provenance and accuracy are always going to be issues but it may be worth hosting current versions of members’ GEDCOM files on the understanding that they are the responsibility of the individuals who post them, not of CoTyroneIreland. Best regards Bill J W (Bill) Young +41 76 391 6556 (WhatsApp & Signal) +44 74 2904 9955 (Telegram) ================================= Send a Message to the List - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com Join the list by sending an email to - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> =================================
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