Thank you for taking the time to make such a detailed reply. I now understand the reasoning for running two programs. I also used FTM some years back. I think my file is still on their web site, but I don't remember my login credentials, and have changed email addresses several times since then. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to spend on the genealogy stuff right now. Maybe in a few more years when retirement looms . . . Thanks again.
Roy On 01/02/2015 07:33 PM, Crauswell_Verchio wrote: > My reason for having my family tree in Legacy AND Family Tree Maker > (FTM) AND ancestry.com: > 1. I first received family data from my cousin who was using FTM > before I knew anything about genealogy software (Feb/ 2000). > 2. After using FTM for several years, I learned about Legacy (in 2008) > and found I liked it better. By then, our family tree had been > uploaded to myfamily.com which later interfaced with ancestry.com. > So the only way I could keep our tree public (by the time myfamily.com > went away, my cousin had died and I had become the 'keeper' of our > tree) I had to move it to ancestry.com, where I was already a > member.  Later, when FTM added the sync feature, I upgraded FTM and > synced the tree. All along, I kept a master (a combined tree of my > husband and myself) in Legacy and continued to buy upgrades and kept > current with updates. > 3. Problems with ancestry.com, i.e. the inability to clean-up place > names; lost data when their host crashs, duplications with sync > feature, etc. lead me to keeping 2 trees: 1) a master with Legacy, and > 2) ancestry.com synced with FTM. > 4. When I first started using FamilySearch sources/documentation I > found it contained a lot of mistakes (typos) and limited actual images > of documentation where ancestry.com most often had the jpg; and up > until mid 2000's neither hand much from Southern United States, which > was my area of origin. > For the past 5 years I have my master tree in Legacy 8 Deluxe, latest > update. I have a duplicate on ancestry.com that is synced with > FTM. I do most my research in ancestry.com, also using > FamilyResearch. I only makes changes in ancestry.com (never in > FTM). From time to time when I want to create a chart, I will run > the sync feature so I have the latest data in my FTM 2011 tree. (I > do not plan to upgrade FTM) > FTM and Legacy have different type charts and grafts that have their > own uniqueness. I also have Charting Companion by Progeny Genealogy > for both Legacy and FTM, (mostly for the descendant pie chart). > Yes, all this is a pain sometimes, but, for the way I use the > programs, I found this works for me. Fortunately, I do have a lot of > time to spend working on my trees. If that changes, I am sure I will > need to make a change, but until them, this set up works for me. > Hope this is of value and welcome questions and comments and > suggestions to improve. > Elizabeth Verchio > > > On 1/2/2015 3:03 PM, Roy G. Jackson wrote: >> I am new to the list. I've had Legacy for a loonnnng time, but have >> been inactive for a number of years. Am I understanding from all this >> discussion that Legacy does not sync with Ancestry.com? I must be >> missing something. Why would I use Legacy, but transfer everything to >> FTM? Sorry if this has been discussed before. >> >> Roy >> >> On 01/02/2015 11:35 AM, David Abernathy wrote: >>> >>> When making all of these NEW Ancestry trees, PLEASE delete the old ones. >>> >>> There are way too many junk trees on the internet because people do >>> not remove their old trees when uploading new ones. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> David C Abernathy >>> >>> Email disclaimers >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com >>> >>> == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == >>> >>> >>> *From:*Crauswell_Verchio [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 01, 2015 6:45 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Updating from Legacy to FTM for Ancestry >>> Methodology Question >>> >>> >>> Been there - got the T-shirt! :-} >>> After several attempts and ending with pretty much the same results >>> as you. My main tree is in Legacy 8.0 Deluxe, (42,339 individuals) >>> I determined that when dealing with Ancestry.com and FTM sync: >>> Legacy export to Gedcom >>> Create new ancestry.com tree with that Gedcom. >>> FTM create a NEW tree by downloading the ancestry.com tree just created. >>> Make chances/addition/deletions, etc. in ancestry.com ONLY. >>> Periodically run sync process. Never change data in FTM. >>> When ready to create reports, run sync process to have newest date >>> in FTM; create charts, reports etc. If you find mistakes, data >>> that needs changes, etc. make the changes in ancestry.com ONLY. >>> This is the only way I have found to keep the duplicates to a minimum. >>> I don't know about the DNA links. >>> Place names cannot be 'cleaned up' in Ancestry.com. If you fix >>> them in FTM then run a sync, you will get duplicate Events with the >>> 'new' Place name. >>> Other users of these 3 programs (Legacy, ancestry.com and FTM) may >>> have a better methods, if so, I too would be most grateful to hear. >>> Hope something I have offered helps. >>> Elizabeth Verchio >>> ancestry.com: crauswell_verchio. UnionMBCCemetery, Shiloh >>> Methodist Church Cemetery - public trees >>> >>> On 1/1/2015 11:25 AM, Jessica Morgan wrote: >>> >>> ALL of my work is in Legacy, I've been using it since 2007ish, >>> and many versions ago. But I want a decent tree on Ancestry.com >>> without having to keep two trees. >>> >>>  >>> >>> My methodology was: >>> >>> Keep tree in Legacy >>> >>> Export Gedcom for Ancestry >>> >>> Import Gedcom to FTM >>> >>> Sync with Ancestry >>> >>> >>> The very first time it worked like a charm, because there was no >>> data in FTM. >>> >>> The second time however, there were 1050 people in my tree. When >>> I did the merge, it managed to duplicate 200, as my end count >>> was 1250. It was a nightmare to manage and fix. >>> >>> >>> So my question is this... if any of you transfer to FTM for Sync >>> to Ancestry, what's your methodology? >>> >>> >>> I thought of creating a tag of some sort to determine who HAS >>> been uploaded, and then only exporting those whom I've added >>> since the last sync, but I don't know how to add that to both >>> databases without redoing the entire thing. >>> >>>  >>> >>> The last time I did this, a few days ago, I did resort to >>> deleting all but my anchor person from the FTM database and then >>> importing everyone new again, merging him with himself. That >>> works, but I have about ten people linked to the file on the DNA >>> side, and I have to redo those every time. >>> >>> >>> Any help and insight is appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Jessica Morgan* >>> >>> *Sr Engineering Technologist, Black Stone Minerals* >>> >>> *Chair, SPE GCS Petro-Tech Study Group* >>> >>> ******************************************************************** >>> >>> GedMatch kits: A064089 (SMK), A276959 (JRK), A608610 (TJ), >>> A798429 (Jo), A817318 (JRKM), M399320 (JKM), M918651 (MM), >>> several phasing kits as well >>> >>> FTDNA kits: B12555 (SMK), B12524 (JMM), B13031 (JKM), 368036 (CJ) >>> >>> Ancestry.com: jrkmorgan - all trees private >>> >>> Hometown Cotton Valley, Louisiana. Ratcliff/Lockey and >>> Allen/Morgan decent. Researching Allen, Bandy, Basinger, >>> Bethune, Beshea, Cruthirds, Kaylor, Lockey, Morgan, McGarity, >>> Ratcliff, Striplin, Teague, Umphries, Urquhart, Wilkins - >>> Current generations Louisiana, Arkansas areas; Migratory from >>> Alabama, North Carolina >>> >>> >>> >>> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com >>> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com >>> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com >>> 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 >> >> -- >> Roy G. Jackson >> Naples, Florida USA >> >> >> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com >> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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 -- Roy G. 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