Jim: I would absolutely stick with Legacy as my primary program. I periodically upload a revised GEDCOM to RootsWeb (which then also appears at Ancestry) but I'd never enter data directly to a database at Ancestry. Instead, I copy the reliable information (usually original images or record transcriptions), enter it into Legacy with the formatting and sourcing that I want, and it gets uploaded with my next GEDCOM revision.
IMO, Ancestry is leading its subscribers down the path to building yet more garbage trees online with mindless research-free clicking. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Jim Winfrey Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:49 AM To: Legacy Users Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Off Topic - Life After Posting to Ancestry.com I recently uploaded my database to ancestry.com mainly so I could get other folks involved in finding links in my Winfrey studies. Instantly, ancestry starting showing me they had "hints" for practically everybody in my database. I don't particularly like their hints unless it is census data or public records I can verify. My question is once you put your data on ancestry, do you do your research there or do you continue with Legacy? I'm more comfortable with Legacy but it means when I find something, I have to enter it in Legacy and again in ancestry. How do other do this? Thanks, Jim 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
