You will be missing a lot of information if you limit the viewers of your tree. Distant connections can be very valuable in your genealogical work. The upload cleans either all people not marked dead or everyone born after a certain date, dead or not. I just clean living.
eliz On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Kramer<kramer...@comcast.net> wrote: > Speaking of putting things on Ancestry.com, I was wondering what people's > thoughts are. I personally don't want my info accessible to everyone in the > world...at any point in the future. I just want it available to authentic > relatives. There are ways to get the word out and then word offline with > people. That's what I've done so far. However, I would like to her other > opinions. I was just elected Family Historian for my mother-in-law's side > of the family so I know that within the next year a family policy or > something will come up among those I will be working with. My predecessor > didn't have a cooperative working relationship in the way that I want to. > Your thoughts are much appreciated. > > Thanks! > Ellen > > On Aug 29, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > >> Jim Winfrey wrote >>> >>> 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? >> >> Well for a start I "do my research" all over the place using Ancestry, >> numerous other websites and all sorts places and people and use Legacy to >> record my findings! I will always do that. >> >> It's been a while since I uploaded anything to Ancestry (1), but I will >> get around to uploading more regularly one day. What I *won't* do is upload >> everything in my file (definitely not pictures and probably not Events, >> definitely not Research Notes) and nor will I change anything from within >> Ancestry. Basically, I will have a "tree" on Ancestry and from time to time >> I will exchange it for a newer one as I have added a few more names. >> >> (1) For "Ancestry" you could substitute "Genes Reunited" or any other >> similar site. >> -- >> Jenny M Benson >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
