Kate, I want to thank you for your very detailed step by step on how to downloading your information from your Ancestry family tree.
I have wanted to ask this question for several months and was unsure if anyone else would be doing this. Now I have it in a form I can print to use when I am ready for this step. Thank you again, Marilyn On Nov 7, 2007 10:16 PM, Kate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom, > > These are the steps I took to upload the ged.com to Ancestry: > > ALWAYS run maintenance check & repair files, and BACK-UP at least once > before you start uploading and downloading. > > > 1. I opened my family database in Legacy. I chose File>Export>ged.com file > (ged.com 5.0 only) at this point you have to carefully select the choices > for your export. The Help Index Export Ged.com Files has all of the options > listed with full descriptions. Then, a menu opened asking me to name this > new family file and to save it in C:\Legacy\data. > > 2. After that import, I opened and checked to be sure it was exactly like I > wanted it to be. After you make any necessary corrections, then I export > this family file choosing File>Export>ged.com file (ged.com 5.0 only) make > sure I carefully select the choices. I save it to a folder on my desktop > where I can easily find it. The suffixes will be there. > > > 3. Login to Ancestry>My Ancestry>Upload ged.com. When it asks for the > location of the ged.com file you will know exactly where you save it on your > desktop. Click on that file and Ancestry will upload it just in minutes. > > 4. When I have accumulated about 250 new names and information then I > reverse the process and download it to my computer. > > 5. Import the new ged.com file to a new family file. After you have > reviewed the new data file and are satisfied that it is the way you want it, > then, you can merge it into the family file you created in #2. The images > of the historical documents and generations you have added from Ancestry > will be there. > > For me, I would never attempt to work with 1,000 individual names at one > time. I work with smaller numbers and find them much easier to handle. > This is a very cumbersome and tedious process. I would much rather be safe > and sure. If I mess up a few 100 names later, I can always go back to the > last good point in both the files on my computer and the files on Ancestry. > > When I have downloaded about 500 names, then I go through steps 1-5 again > and upload a new family file to Ancestry and give it a new variation of the > family name. After week or so and I am satisfied with the new family > database, then, I delete the first one I put on Ancestry. I have been doing > this for about 10 days and am very pleased with the progress and accuracy of > what I have found and the images of documents I have attached to my files. > > One more thing, when I find an historical image on Ancestry that I want > attached the family file on Ancestry. I also save it to my desktop computer > and print out a copy of the document for my reference book. I also do the > same thing for the page that you see before you view the document. It will > give you all the information you need for your Master Source, detail and > Citations. > > Hope this helps. > > Kate > > > Kate Smith Redford > Salem, Oregon, USA > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valerie > Garton > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:25 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Uploading to Ancestry - > > Could some one tell me what this is about please ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom > Weiss > Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2007 5:26 AM > > > I recently got a subscription to Ancestry.com, and uploaded my Legacy > gedcom to Ancestry for research hints. It worked fine, but all of the > prefixes (Captain, Sir, etc) and suffixes (Such as Jr., Sr., III) > disappeared. > > When I download the ancestry gedcom file into Legacy, I am not sure that > all of the notes from the research made it. Also, it seems I have to do > a merge of every person - with over 1000 people, this is a pain. > > Comments on these three issues? > > Thanks, > > Tom Weisst > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. ~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
