You mentioned " Anyone with an internet connection can look at other people's web pages at Freepages, and there is nothing stopping anyone from copying the data found within. There is no facility there for downloading a GEDCOM from those pages."
I believe the option to allow download a GEDCOM from a Freepages site is an option that the creator of that family file selects whenever he or she creates the pages at Freepages. Many of the sites that I've viewed on Freepages have an option for the viewed to Download a GEDCOM. I imagine it is very similar to the same creation process at RootsWeb/World Connect. If the creator of the particular family database, clicked on "Allow Gedcoms" when that family file was uploaded, then whenever anyone views the data for any individual in that family file, there is an option to DOWNLOAD GEDCOM and you can select either ancestors or descendants for whatever range of number of generations that you wish. You can also select the end-of-line character with CRLF being the default and other options if you or your viewing program expects something different. Although real-time corrections by others to the data on RootsWeb/WorldConnect is not allowed, viewers can freely add a "Post-em" to any individual's page to offer additional info, or corrections, or maybe just say hello. These post-ems are visible to all until the owner of the database deletes them. Brian in CA -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Howard [mailto:wendy.how...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 10:35 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] uploading legacy information to the web I think you misunderstand what the Rootsweb Freepages are about. It is free web site space for genealogists to upload their own HTML web pages. It is not a database*. * If a database service is what you want, you might want to look at Rootsweb's World Connect (http://wc.rootsweb.ances try.com/), where you can upload your own GEDCOM file and also download a file from someone else's tree, all for free. Anyone with an internet connection can look at other people's web pages at Freepages, and there is nothing stopping anyone from copying the data found within. There is no facility there for downloading a GEDCOM from those pages. At Freepages you can upload the web pages you've generated in Legacy (to drag the conversation back to this list's topic). You'll need an FTP program (File Transfer Protocol) to upload your pages - I use FileZilla, which is also free. You can get assistance with that at the Freepages support mailing list if you choose to use that site. If neither of these suit you, there are other sites where you can upload pages or data. Tribal Pages is one that springs to mind. A distant cousin uses it; I think he thinks his data is 'safe' because it's 'protected' with a login requirement, but I don't think he realises that another distant cousin told me the password long before I was in contact with him - perhaps not so secure after all. But still a useful service in its own right. You can also upload a GEDCOM at My Heritage, Ancestry, Genes Reunited... lots of different services, each with their own quirks, so you need to look around for yourself and find the one that works how you want it to. To generate web pages in Legacy, press Ctrl-W to access via keyboard shortcut or click on Internet in the menu at the top of the Legacy window. There are lots of options to consider - check the Help files or post here if you need help understanding what any of them mean. You can also take a thorough look at the resulting pages without uploading them to a web site** so you can play around with the various settings and see what effect they have without exposing your pages to the rest of the world. ** When Legacy generates the web pages they're on your own hard disk, and you can open them in your web browser as if they were online. This feature also makes it a handy way of sharing data with other family members who either have no interest in using Legacy themselves, or are not online - burn the files to a DVD, and the files can be opened from there, too. Until you share the files by uploading them online or sending a copy to someone else via disk (or USB drive, etc) they are on your computer only. Don't forget to think carefully about the living people in your file, and whether you want to include them in any online trees or pages, or not. I choose to only share their first name (or nickname) and surname when I'm sharing data with others, and in online trees I use a "living" placeholder to indicate they exist only. Except for myself, so people can identify me and see how others relate to me - but again, first and last name only. Hope this helps. :-) Wendy Jerry said the following on 28/10/2014 17:54: > Does Rootsweb allow you to freely look at their deceased individuals > in their data to add to your Legacy desktop tree if you find a good > match? --Jerry > > On 10/28/2014 12:05 AM, Bryan wrote: >> I concur with Wendy. Rootsweb is where my site is. >> Bryan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
