Given the priority you state, I would say that Ancestry/Rootsweb would be correct. I appreciate the problem with updates, though. Years ago I wrote to them asking if I could just load another GEDCOM on top of the one that was there, I did not get a proper answer and still do not know!
Good luck, Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed Blogger RSS feed into your Website http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ Follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/ronfergy ____________________________________________________ tbbstny wrote: > If I'd have asked a pros and cons question or a vs question about a > competitor I'd understand the hostility. But, I did not. My OP > stated I was looking for info. on the best partner products to be > used with Legacy. Thanks for bringing it back around to that. > > So, yes, what I'd like to get a feel for is why one would use the > GEDCOM upload vs the roll your own site approach. Seems like > comments along the lines of 'ancestry does a better job uploading a > Legacy GEDCOM than Roots Web because ...' or vise versa would be fair > game. Or perhaps a 'hey, have you heard of this hosting site made by > a big fan and user of Legacy that is the best tool you'll ever > integrate with' tip would be great too. > > It could be that Legacy does nothing whatsoever to help with moving > data online. It's left as an exercise for the user of Legacy. > That's fine too. I'm just trying to find the best way to use it. > > Thanks, > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 2:05:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy with Ancestry.com or other >> online programs >> >> Tony, >> >> Let us start by clearing one or two things up, for us to discuss how >> to download something from the web using Legacy or how to to use >> Legacy to >> upload something to the web is usually perfectly OK. The line drawn >> by >> Sherry was actually one between discussing Legacy and discussing its >> competitors. >> >> Your final paragraph seems to sum up what you are really after, and >> do >> correct me if I am wrong, which is to take your data, currently in >> Legacy >> and upload it to the web. There are two ways of doing this, 1) >> create a >> GEDCOM and upload it to one of the Commercial sites, such as Roots >> Web or Ancestry. Legacy can create the GEDCOM, and it is in order to >> discuss that process of creating a GECOM on this list, or 2) by >> using Legacy's Internet>Create Web Pages facility to make your own. >> Perhaps you can tell us which is your intention, and where your >> problem is. >> >> As the owner of the WUL list, to which Sherry referred, this was >> designed >> as a list which could go into more detail on the creation and coding >> of 2) >> but discussions on any problems relating to 1) would be perfectly in >> order. >> >> Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
