Thank You! Wealth of info here. I'll check it out. AND, I don't mind people using what I gave them, it was just that that was ALL I was finding.
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Amy, > If you go to Options - Customise 8.13 then you can turn on other Hint > options. There are 4. My Heritage, FindMyPast, Genealogy Bank and > FamilySearch. > FamilySearch hints work differently. They are not searching their > databases but the FamilySearch tree only for those people for whom you've > entered the FamilySearch ID (or the Legacy FamilySearch module has entered > it for you when you confirm people are a match). And then only if FS has > hinted to the FS tree. > > My Heritage shows the Hints differently. On the left is your information > that was passed to them to do the search. That's all they use it for. On > the right are Record Matches and Smart Matches if you've left Smart Matches > to trees on. > At Options - Customise 8.13 under MyHeritage are two links. Read them. > They're mainly about privacy for the living and the way Smart Matches work > in only showing what you already know for the living so you can connect > with other people who have those living in their trees. Note you can turn > off the option to search for Hints for the Living. > > Amy there are a lot of genealogists in the world and a lot of information > in the public sphere. Information doesn't have to have come from you or > even a very close relative but once you've given information to other > people, they well may have put it into an online tree. > > Cathy > > Amy <mailto:[email protected]> >> Monday, 20 November 2017 5:27 AM >> >> Does Legacy only search My Heritage? Where does it get the info from >> other trees. Seems if I click on the search thing to go to My Heritage, it >> comes up with Hints but they always seem to have the same info as in my >> tree which I do not have published but have givien a few people. Other >> sites are listed but I can't click on them. >> >> >> AMY >> >> -- >> Life is not waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the >> rain. >> > > > -- > > 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]/ > -- Life is not waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.
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