On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 6:31 AM, Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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