It is frustrating when you are "misread" isn't it Sally. I think maybe it's an email problem. Harder to communicate. So many people seem to think you are saying what you didn't say at all. :(
>________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:12 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from >Ancestry.com! > >I was just commenting as a warning. I have never merged a file with my >legacy database. > >Sally > >In a message dated 4/23/2012 3:11:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: >I am a believer in NOT downloading and/or merging anything on line into >your genealogy database. Put it in another file if you must; download it as a >pdf and then review and annotate it, do your research, check things out and >if the information is useful - add it in manually yourself ALWAYS thinking >about what you are entering - names, locations, facts, sources. You will >really regret (and have to spend lots of time doing it over and doing it >right) if you take the easy way. I find it really helps to think about what >you are doing every step of the way. The problem with downloading into your >program and/or automatic merging is that is takes out that "editor" or >"eagle eye" aspect. You will also guarantee that your master lists will be a >complete and utter mess. Why you would introduce that mess into your data is >beyond me. Just my 2 cents. > > >On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >I also noticed a problem with ancestry gedcoms. They place the burial >address under cause of death in Legacy. > >Sally > > > > >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

