When I called ancestry, It was only for the question of public trees. I was told that everyone can view your public tree and do not have to have a membership... Maybe someone should test it...
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:52 AM, William Boswell <[email protected]> wrote: > It was my understanding that a public tree reveals everything. I could be > wrong about that since I cannot verify it since Ancestry requires a > membership to view public or private trees. My relatives complain about > that all the time because they cannot see my public tree and only have a > casual interest in genealogy. > > > > I would never give Editor privileges to anyone unless I know them very > well. I always give Guest to unknowns and Contributor if I personally know > them or have been trading with them for years otherwise Editor gives free > reign for someone to destroy my tree especially if they don’t know what > they’re doing or decide they’re an expert on my own family (I’ve had a few > of those lately). > > > > Your mention of invitees reminds me of a situation a distant cousin had. > She allowed someone to have access to her private tree not knowing this > guest invitee was stealing her information and photos then reposting them > to a public tree under her own name. This distant cousin had given me the > exact same photos and information which I never shared with anybody else or > online so I couldn’t figure out why it was reposted under another person’s > name. > > > > That’s something to think about when somebody asks for an invite to your > tree. If you don’t make your information public then somebody else might > do it for you. > > > > Bill Boswell > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Graham Lambert > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 27, 2016 8:22 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Copying Sources from FamilySearch.org to Legacy > and Ancestry.com > > > > The other thing is that the 'notes' uploaded via gedcom to Ancestry are > not viewable by ordinary Ancestry members. > > I assume this is correct because, Quoted from my tree - "Notes can only be > viewed by the owner and by those invited to the tree as an 'Editor' " > > Graham > > > > On 28/12/2016 11:35 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Bill and others, > > 1) It sounds as if you haven't discovered Privacy Brackets in Legacy. > Privacy Brackets are double square brackets that can be used in any field. > Anything between the brackets is only printed/published/exported to gedcom > or new Legacy file IF you override that element of the Privacy options. > [[anything in here is private]] > So as I add data I add privacy brackets if anything is sensitive or > irrelevant or too long. eg I may add the whole email to an Event note or > Source Detail text but then edit it with Privacy Brackets. > > 2)Also control what parts of sources are shared via Gedcom. > When you enter a Master Source you choose whether or not to include this. > When you enter specific Source Detail you choose whether to include this > citation. > When you enter Source Detail Text or Comments, you choose whether to > include those as par t of the Source. > If you haven't realised that - take a look for the checkboxes on all those > screens. > These can be globally reset from Options - Customise 7.2 and 7.3 by > choosing your defaults for these checkboxes and then clicking Apply to > Apply to existing sources. If you just change the default at 7.2 and 7.3 > those settings only apply to new sources. > THEN when you export to Gedcom as a way of publishing your data online via > Ancestry or elsewhere, do not use the option to Override source options ... > Also do not use the Privacy Options to override Privacy > > Family Tree Maker had a full sync with Ancestry. > Legacy doesn't. Legacy doesn't have access to Ancestry's API for this. > RootsMagic will but they have delayed the release of this new feature as > it's proving more difficult than first thought. > These interactions are not easy. They're also not always desirable. > > Cathy > > William Boswell wrote: > > > One problem I have with notes and email sources is I have so many of > them that there’s too many to go through individually. I only mention > this because there could be information that I do not want to share if > it is going to a public tree. Emails would also have email addresses > for living people who may not want their information shared. And I > have found I might have made a controversial remark in notes that a > relative might see and take the wrong way (i.e. “so and so was an > alcoholic”). > > After much experience of exporting from Legacy to a GEDCOM then > uploading to Ancestry I find it much better to leave all notes and > sources out. While it might be a headache later (and it is), if I > have a lot of Ancestry sources it is better to reattach them on the > other side since the uploaded ones would have to be deleted anyway. > In a way it gives me a chance to “revisit” those ancest ors to see if > further research is needed or new sources might be available. > > I remember the days when we used Ancestry sources with images and they > could be uploaded from Family Tree Maker. Now Ancestry wants us to > use their sources without our images. > > Bill Boswell > > *From:*LegacyUserGroup > [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Cathy > Pinner > *Sent:* Monday, December 26, 2016 9:22 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Copying Sources from FamilySearch.org to > Legacy and Ancestry.com > > Jerry, > > If you have everything in Legacy and create a Gedcom and upload to > Ancestry, it should include all your notes and sources unless you've > chosen not to include them. > I don't upload notes or events to Ancestry but my sources upload for > the vital events I send. > > Cathy > > Jerry Murphy wrote: > > > The word, "copy" may not have been the best choice. What I want to > accomplish is to have all of the sources, Discussions and Notes in > FamilySearch also in Legacy and Ancestry without having to spend a > great deal of time keying everything in again. Another concern I have > is updating my Ancestry file. There may be a better way, but all I > know to do is import my FamilySearch tree into Legacy, create a new > gedcom file and upload it to Ancestry. Then I am faced with keying in > all tho se sources, Discussions and Notes again. Unless there is a > better way to do this, I am required to key everything in again even > if all I am doing is editing information on one individual. I am > finding so much ludicrous information in FamilySearch (pe ople born > before their parents, etc.) that I spend half my time correcting > errors. Is there a way to update a few individuals in Ancestry > without keying everything in again? > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Thanks > > > On 12/26/2016 1:23 PM, Anne Lo Forte Willson wrote: > > > do you really want to copy the sources back and forth? Legacy, > Ancestry and FamilySearch all have different ways of writing > their > sources. If you copy them from one to the other, the formatting > won't match. I'd rather have a way to match up the sources > from one > ; to another, that is, in LegacyFamilySearch mode I could ma rk > sources > that show in FamilySearch Family Tree as the same as a particular > source in Legacy So I am able to confirm that I have all the > sources > in both places, but not necessarily copied from one to the other. > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Sherry <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Any transfer of data between Ancestry and Legacy must be keyed in. > There is no way to do a direct transfer either way. > > &nb sp; 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > The last I heard, Legacy was still not allowed to inclu de 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 > &nbs p; 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]/ > > -- *Sandi Evilsizer Koscak, CPA, CGLas Cruces New Mexico where GOD reigns and the SON shines *
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