It is the way the sources are cited on the gedcom that is part of the problem. If copied and pasted into the Legacy database, there is no problem. Also, it is the records that are transcribed, often incorrectly. Having the image available is a great addition and it should always be checked when it is there. Errors in the transcription are often found. (Not surprising, I make errors in my own transcriptions unless I'm extra careful; and I'm doing it out of "love" not having to transcribe who knows how many records that aren't my own.
The image often shows more detail about location and often the location entered into your family tree is incomplete. For example there are sometimes just addresses that show up in your source, not towns/counties/province/country. That can be corrected also, best before downloading a gedcom from your own ancestry tree. There could definitely be great improvement in the way ancestry transfers its data to your tree (your ancestry tree). The only time there is a problem with the data from other trees is when you choose to use that data. There are plenty of sources without using the other family trees. I have found a wealth of information. Just wish ancestry would put out a better gedcom, more careful details to import into Legacy. The way it is it's twice the work. Finding the records and then getting them into Legacy the copy paste way. >________________________________ > From: Larry McCumber <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:21 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from >Ancestry.com! > > >While it is true that ancestry.com is a "for profit" website, it does not >necessarily follow that the problem is with ancestry.com. Family trees are >submitted by subscribers to the site and are often incorrect. Bad data just >being replicated, or "Garbage in, Garbage out". I have found just as much bad >data at Family Search Library as at ancestry.com. Always check the data >before you merge with your main family file/s. > > >On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Marg Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > >Since I had only a small family file started, I downloaded an ancestry.com >gedcom of the family tree I have on their site. I merged that with what I had >(into a third family file so my original is still intact). >> >>Wondering if ancestry had caused part of the location problems, I downloaded >>another gedcom and created a new file from it. The locations are a mess. >> >>The sources are way too basic and there are no details given, even though >>they were there on the record. Only the ones I copied and pasted into Legacy >>have the detail citation. >> >>I also have Family Tree Maker 12 on my computer just to keep my family file >>synced. The details are in that program but do not get added to the gedcom >>and are not imported into Legacy. This time I cleaned up the locations in FTM >>with a feature they have for that purpose. It helped, but was far from perfect. Still a lot of work to do. >> >>I've read that ancestry.com is a for profit company and can't be depended on >>for accurate sources. That seems to be true. I'll have to cut and paste the >>information from now on. >> >>I'm updating the group on this in case anyone else thinks it will be easy to >>just merge the information you find on ancestry.com with your Legacy file. >> >> >> >> >>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 > > > 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
