They do not sync. I do all work in Legacy only. As I find things on Ancestry, I will save to the shoe box until I can update Legacy, only they do I apply the 'hint' to my Ancestry tree. If things get too far out of sync, I'll delete my Ancestry tree and upload a new GEDCOM, which will create a new tree on Ancestry (not update or overlay an existing one). One tip, when you import a GEDCOM from Ancestry into Legacy, it will move references of the attached sources the File Id fields in Legacy. When legacy exports a GEDCOM (for upload to Ancestry) these File Id fields show up in the GEDCOM as REFN tags. If you edit (via notepad, wordpad, or your favorite editor) to replace REFN with _APID, when you upload the file to Ancestry their sources will be reattached in your new tree. (Ancestry _APIDs are of the form 9999::999999999). I have not found a way to maintain images, stories, web links or other attachments between the two systems.
I have some tools on my blog that I use to help me manage the REFN/_APIDs. I have an old comment on there letting me know that some of the utils have stopped working (that happens as I have to try and keep up to date w/ Ancestry changes, and, well, life has been happening the last couple years for me, so...) I've not had a chance to investigate. Still, you might still find some helpful info. Perhaps with winter coming on, I'll find some time to get these tools updated. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > I didn't think that Legacy and Ancestry even synced to each other. > Legacy and FamilySearch will talk to each other, and Ancestry and their > product FamilyTreeMaker will talk to each other, but Legacy and Ancestry I > don't think so. > > Kathy > > On 13 Nov 2013, at 6:07 am, Elizabeth Hatchell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm wondering if this message got through? I haven't seen it so wonder if > I've successfully re-joined the group? > > Elizabeth > > > On 11 November 2013 18:34, Elizabeth Hatchell > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I saw the Ancestry Webinar last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. However, >> it didn't solve my problem in that I have some changes on my Ancestry tree >> and some changes on my home Legacy copy and can't fathom out the best way >> of synchronising them. >> >> Any ideas please? >> Elizabeth >> > > > > 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 > -- James Cook GED Utils, Ancestry Utils http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ 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
