Good to know. I didn't enter them but they may have entered themselves without realizing the effect. I will let them know their data is there.
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Michele/Support < [email protected]> wrote: > The only living people you can see on FamilySearch are ones that you have > entered yourself. FamilySearch is VERY strict about that. They have > probably the tightest privacy policy. My name, date of birth etc. is in > FamilySearch. I put it there. If you were to add my name with my date of > birth, even though it would be a perfect match FamilySearch will not match > it. You will have to add me manually and get a new FSID. This of course > creates a duplicate but until I die those duplicates can’t be resolved. > > > > Michele Simmons Lewis, CG > > Legacy Family Tree > > [email protected] > > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > > > Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designation CG is > a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under > license by Board certificants who meet competency standards. > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Cheryl Rothwell > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 1:31 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Hints, Records, Add to FS Data? > > > > I haven't entered any FSIDs in my Legacy. Before today I wouldn't have > known a FSID if I had seen it. I now see there are some there. I was > distressed to find personal data on living people in FamilySearch which > caused my concern. > > > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Michele/Support < > [email protected]> wrote: > > FamilySearch is different (in many ways). To get a FamilySearch hint that > person has to have an FSID entered in Legacy which means you have already > linked your person to that same person on FamilySearch (that does NOT mean > that there was actual data transfer in either direction). When you get a > FamilySearch hint you are taken straight to that person’s record matching > page. FamilySearch is basically asking you, does this record match your > guy? If it does, you can tell FamilySearch to add that records to that > person with that FSID number on FamilySearch. You don’t have to do this > but those people who work with the Family Tree on FamilySearch normally > will do this. > > > > Michele Simmons Lewis, CG > > Legacy Family Tree > > [email protected] > > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > > > Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designation CG is > a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under > license by Board certificants who meet competency standards. > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Cheryl Rothwell > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 1:08 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Hints, Records, Add to FS Data? > > > > Ok Legacy does not provide information from my file to the hint sources. > Why does FamilySearch then ask me if I wish to add each record to a person > in their database? I'm curious as to what exactly is going on with that. > > > -- > > 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]/ > >
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