Robert, That sounds like a great idea to upload a GEDCOM to Ancestry.com to find historical information. So my questions is after you upload the GEDCOM how do you go about getting these records attached to your family tree?
Rick Merrill -----Original Message----- From: Robert Mann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 2:19 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Interchange Tree Data between Legacy and Ancestry.com I have used Legacy for nine years and routinely exchange data with other genealogists via GEDCOM. However, I have recently started using Ancestry.com to do broad-based searches through their records and I have found it to be very difficult to easily re-import information from an Ancestry.com tree to a Legacy tree. Does any one know any tricks--similar to Intellishare, for example--that make it easier to identify records that have changed between an on-line tree and one in Legacy? There is a feature in Legacy to "Upload to Ancestry Online Family Tree..." but I can't figure out how it differs from a regular GEDCOM upload. Furthermore, since there does not seem to be a corresponding "Import from Ancestry..." I don't know if it will help. The Legacy Help File is curiously thin on information about it. Perhaps an example might make my question clearer. I export a GEDCOM file from Legacy and upload it to Ancestry.com as a new online tree. I use Ancestry.com to locate historical sources and info on people in my online tree and attach that info. Then, I export the online tree back from Ancestry.com as a new GEDCOM file and I want to compare and merge it back to my original Legacy file. I have done this cycle once, and the return merge was a mess; it took a great deal of time and entailed manual examination of a large percentage of my records. The historical sources on Ancestry.com are very helpful, though I find the "user trees" virtually worthless, because they are rarely sourced. But, if I can't figure out how to make this process easier, it's going to severely limit how much I am going to be able to get out of it. Thanks for any help you can share. Robert Mann Sandy Springs, GA 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.133/2612 - Release Date: 01/11/10 08:35:00 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
