It sounds like me. If I download from a tree, I only take the pertinent information by copying and pasting directly from the page to a text file with a note as to where it came from.
Other people's trees are highly suspect if there are no sources. No sources usually equals it was taken from another tree that also had no sources. As I was told years ago by someone, if there are no sources the website is usually the source. If the information has been copied a dozen times without any sources then it is practically impossible to verify unless you can find the original source website. I never listed any sources because for some people it's just grab and run and if they have your entire file then you've just done their genealogy for them at your own expense. I've had the same problem with pirating of my data which is why I no longer upload my information especially on Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com's new Family Tree Maker 2010 will download your entire online tree at their site along with photos. Getting it into Legacy is a nightmare as I've discovered. If you go that route, you would have to use FTM to merge the data and images, but keep Legacy updated at the same time by copying over the data manually and linking the images manually as well. I did this between two programs for years including FTM. The one thing I've been telling people for years is to do all your data keeping in the software and upload not the other way around. You never know what trick the company is going to pull so that your online data is no longer downloadable. At least if you keep it local you have some control over it. You can always download the images and copy/paste the text right into Legacy. I never did a merge directly into my file but a separate file until I was absolutely certain this was the correct family. Many times it wasn't. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Mary Horner Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:59 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 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 to indicate we are linked at all. That's why I am a little concerned about uploading to ancestry - people pirating. I assume there is a risk. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
