I do the same and feel much better about it. Ancestry has many transcription errors that I want no part of. Just give me the original record for downloading, which I am truly grateful for, but I will do the transcription myself and with more accuracy because I am closer to the individual than was the Ancestry transcriber.
---- William Boswell <[email protected]> wrote: > They don't listen to their customers. Even when I beta tested for them > several times they didn't listen to us either and still incorporated the > same bugs into their software. > > I've been copying data from Ancestry to Legacy for years. It's time > consuming, but probably better than if Ancestry made it easier for us. I > prefer to do it right than have it done wrong by someone else's defective > online database. > > Bill Boswell > > -----Original Message----- > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sherry > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 3:13 PM > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Copying Sources from FamilySearch.org to Legacy and > Ancestry.com > > You could bug Ancestry about releasing the API to Legacy, but someone told > me they don't listen to their customers! > > Sherry > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Jerry Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sherry, I just saw your message. I guess that's just the way it is. > > > > > > > > On 12/26/2016 12:11 PM, Sherry wrote: > >> > >> Any transfer of data between Ancestry and Legacy must be keyed in. > >> There is no way to do a direct transfer either way. > >> > >> That's all up to Ancestry - they need to release an API to Legacy in > >> order for the programmers to make the connection. > >> > >> Sherry > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Jerry Murphy <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> The last I heard, Legacy was still not allowed to include an option > >>> to easily copy FamilySearch sources to Ancestry.com. Assuming that > >>> is still true, is there a way to get sources transferred other than > >>> re-keying them all into Legacy or directly into Ancestry? Thanks. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers. > >>> com > >>> Archives at: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > > [email protected] > > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.co > > m > > Archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
