You still need to be just as careful about the data. Being free doesn't mean free from errors.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Alan Pereira <[email protected]>wrote: > You can publish on Rootsweb worldconnect free and the tree is freely > available to anyone.**** > > The site is http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/**** > > On the left hand side of the page you will see Family trees > (WorldConnect). You can upload via gedcom but need to be careful in hiding > information you don't wish published e.g. Living individuals . The site > has a place where you can set limits for display and living persons.**** > > ** ** > > I suppress source repositories as part of the gedcom output from Legacy as > this contains names and addresses of sources, which includes living > relatives. I also suppress all notes as I can't be sure that some may > contain references to living individuals. (It means if fellow genealogists > want to copy my research, they will have to contact me for all the details). > **** > > ** ** > > Alan Pereira**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Marg Strong [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 25 April 2012 02:01 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from > Ancestry.com!**** > > ** ** > > That's inexcusable. They are definitely for profit. But as you said, > especially for someone who has to depend on the internet for data, there is > a lot of good material. And you are correct, if something is taken from a > tree it needs to be checked for sources. I really wish I had started just > taking the data from the good sources and pasting it into Legacy instead of > starting a tree. But it's late now. My subscription is up in a couple of > months. **** > > ** ** > > Personally I think it would be great to have a tree available on the web > that others can access without having to pay. A well sourced tree since I > hear that that attracts serious researchers interested in your family and > can give you good contacts. And hopefully relatives who will ask you before > stealing your photos, and then crediting you for them in their own work.** > ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Syble Glasscock <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:53 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from > Ancestry.com!**** > > ** ** > > I have a subscription to ancestry.com, it's pretty esential to genealogy > research, but I have contacted them in the past about many photos that have > been taken from my personal website and added to various trees on their > website, ones that I've spent hours on repairing and a couple that were > professionally restored, they really don't care and actual seem to > encourage it. It seems fairly obvious that numbers are their interest for > their advertising. I've never had a tree on there and don't intend to, > there are MANY errors on those trees with little documentation. To me the > big problem is as said below "Bad data just being replicated". **** > > **** > > *From:* Larry McCumber <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, April 23, 2012 10:21 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.comgedcom 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**** > > ** ** > > > > 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). 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