Sure, a lot of online data is garbage, but some is accurate, well-researched and well-sourced. You need to develop a discerning eye because even in the garbage there can be clues.
Randy On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 7:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger, > I want to warn you about Ancestry.com. It is a WONDERFUL resource for > DOCUMENTS. It is a terrible resource when you are relying on someone > else's family trees as the basis of your research. You said it was "easy" > to find 2200+ ancestors. I would guess that is because you were copying > what other people had in their family trees. The problem with the family > trees on Ancestry is that 99.9% of the information on there is UNSOURCED. > You need a source for EVERY fact in your file. Anything that doesn't have > a > source is pretty much worthless and fiction. That is one of the wonderful > things about Legacy, there is system in place to easily record your sources > in a consistent way. I can't tell you how many times I have emailed or > messaged someone on Ancestry saying, "Where did you get that birthdate? I > have been looking for that for years!" and the answer I will get back is > either, "I just copied it off of someone else's tree," or simply, "I don't > know." That information is WORTHLESS! As a genealogy columnist and > instructor, this is my #1 pet peeve. I have seen people download complete > GEDCOMS (unsourced) from the internet and just integrate it into their > file, > WORTHLESS! That isn't research. Not only that but chances are pretty good > that it will be full of errors because the person you got it from didn't > bother to research anything either. > > Now back to your original question... If I were you, I would start my > database off FRESH in Legacy, one person at a time. Start with yourself > and > then work backward ONE GENERATION AT A TIME adding your sources as you go. > As far as the census records go, it is VERY easy to attach a census record > to your Legacy file. All you have to do is save it at a pdf to your hard > drive and then attach it to your census event or to your source (or to both > as Geoff does). No, all of the census records you have attached to your > Legacy account will not transfer over with one click but in my opinion, > that > is a good thing. You need to go back and review each person one at a time. > If you do this I will guarantee you will see some things that you didn't > notice before. > > Michele Simmons Lewis, Staff Genealogist > McDuffie Mirror > Thomson, McDuffie Co, GA > [I added my full title just to give my opinion a little more oomph] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 9:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] How to enter census data into my Legacy records. > > I started my ancestor quest 10 moths ago with ancestry.com > Even with my poor computer skills it was easy to find 2200+ ancestors. > I'm really hooked! I wanted a better way to keep and print records. I added > Legacy last month. I was disappointed when none of the actual census data > made the transfer to Legacy. Is it there some place I have not discovered? > I > thought the census webinar > might tell me how to do it. It might, but there is far too much info on > filling in the blanks with things I don't want to tackle at this point. It > was very simple, even for a dummy like me, to add each census to my > ancestry.com records. Is there some simple way to add these records to my > Legacy records, or must I switch back to ancestry.com each time I want to > look at some census year for an ancestor? I have free US/Canada telephone > if > some brave soul would like to try to walk me thru it. > Thanks > Roger Burt > near Charlotte, NC > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
