Got it. Thanks. On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote: > You misunderstand. Hints work by automating the search function for those > sites. The info Legacy sends out is similar to the data you have to manually > submit to the site in order to do a search of their records. Data on one > person at a time is sent in a single transmission, there is no giant > submission of all the data from your file in one big lump. In fact the hint > sites also want Legacy to control how often a search is performed, that is > why in the hint settings you can only set the refresh (ie. the time between > searches for the same person) time at a minimum of 30 days. > > The benefit of hinting is that Hints submit these search requests and > accumulate the responses (hits) on your behalf without you having to sit at > your computer: submitting searches for each person, analyzing each screen > full of responses and updating your data from those results. Hints let you > know there is a potential match but you can investigate those at your > leisure. > > Brian Kelly > > > On 16-May-17 12:28 PM, Dick Nixon wrote: >> >> OK, thanks. >> >> ""No access to my Legacy data."" >> >> So hinting sites only give hints if I have uploaded a gedcom to them? >> I thought Legacy V9 hints sent some info up so they could tell if they >> had hints. Then I could decide to subscribe if I wanted to get the >> info. More confused now. Not sure what Legacy is giving me. >> >> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Michele/Support >> <mich...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: >>> >>> MyHeritage does not have access to your data. The only way for your data >>> to >>> get on MyHeritage is if you upload a gedcom to their website. >>> >>> >>> Michele Simmons Lewis, CG >>> Legacy Family Tree >>> mich...@legacyfamilytree.com >>> www.legacyfamilytree.com >>> >>> Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designation CG is >>> a >>> service mark of the Board for Certification of GenealogistsR, used under >>> license by Board certificants who meet competency standards. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On >>> Behalf Of Dick Nixon >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 11:20 AM >>> To: Legacy User Group <LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] V9 Hinting >>> >>> I'm a little confused about the hinting in V9 and the concerns about >>> MyHeritate getting and publishing users' data. Is there any way that the >>> "hinting sites" can use my Legacy database data for their own use? >>> Put it on their site? Or do they just look at it and suggest hints that >>> only >>> I see? >>> >>> (I tried to ask this question-twice-during Geoff's last Webinar but got >>> no >>> answer.) >>> >>> -- >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> Archives at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >>> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>> Archives at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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