Kirsten, That is true of Rootsweb but not on Ancestry; Ancestry always writes a complete new file without modifying the old one.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirsten Bowman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:17:28 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy with Ancestry.com or other online programs Ron: As long as you upload your new GEDCOM to the same site (whether RootsWeb or Ancestry) and use the original password, the new data will overwrite the old. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy with Ancestry.com or other online programs 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 ____________________________________________________ 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 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
