tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854450118535096810.post8029623771651832267..comments2024-03-08T19:39:09.623-08:00Comments on Nuts From the Family Tree: Mom's Big Tree.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03345647074957775446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854450118535096810.post-2995922507669002672012-06-19T16:27:46.855-07:002012-06-19T16:27:46.855-07:00Hi Jana!
Yeah, Mom was about to wring her neck!!
C...Hi Jana!<br />Yeah, Mom was about to wring her neck!!<br />Cheers, d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03345647074957775446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854450118535096810.post-44635442303522668072012-06-19T13:46:39.361-07:002012-06-19T13:46:39.361-07:00Great job helping your mom with her family tree. ...Great job helping your mom with her family tree. I have my tree on Ancestry.com too. And Grr! about the lady who changed your mom's tree! How frustrating!Jana Iverson Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854450118535096810.post-33738538313602716092012-06-19T10:19:45.363-07:002012-06-19T10:19:45.363-07:00Hi Russ--
And thanks for this thoughtful commenta...Hi Russ--<br /><br />And thanks for this thoughtful commentary!! Randy did step us through most of these issues but it's also nice to have it "said another way" to come to an even deeper understanding:) <br />Mom is the researcher so she has her Big Tree on her computer in Frostburg, Maryland. <br />I "get the word out"... guess that makes me her PR agent;) A copy of her tree resides on my computer here in San Diego and it's that one that I've uploaded via my Ancestry account. Mom's too busy to do this sort of stuff so I go and fetch for her. That gives her optimal time for hunting down even more people to put on the Big Tree. Plus she doesn't want to be bothered with questions and this way the questions come to me.<br />We both have each other's account and password info just in case either of us falls off the edge of the world:) Plus, I need it so that I can pay for her Ancestry World subscription every July as her birthday present. <br />Am using Manual Sync and I decided on that myself so it's wonderful to have a second opinion! Sometimes I stumble into the right choice.<br />If you have a moment, please share why we would want to make the tree private. Our thinking is that the purpose of the Big Tree is to get the info out to anyone who finds it useful...?<br />Again, thanks a bunch for this comment!!<br />d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03345647074957775446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854450118535096810.post-88743392834613350192012-06-19T09:34:39.070-07:002012-06-19T09:34:39.070-07:00Diane,
Good job.
Couple of thoughts on issues yo...Diane,<br /><br />Good job.<br /><br />Couple of thoughts on issues you brought up.<br /><br />If your mother has FTM2012, then the Sync feature will be great for her. Please suggest that she use the Manual Sync option, (Plan Workspace, SyncNow button pull down menu).<br /><br />Before she uses the SyncNow feature, suggest that she does a Compact File (Tools Menu), take advantage of the Back Up feature that is offered, and when the Compact file is complete, use the SyncNow button. I do this at the End of the Day.<br /><br />There are Security Settings for that Tree. Public or Private. With the Private setting you can also make it so that the Ancestry Indexing does not pick up that tree. I might suggest making the tree Private, but allow the Indexing to find the tree.<br /><br />That leads to the next part. Who can update that Online Tree (Ancestry Member Tree). There are options there as well. Also found in the SyncNow button.<br /><br />It isn't clear, but I am guessing that you want to be able to download her tree to your computer. Bad news, that can't happen, as there is ONE AMT that can be linked to only ONE computer. Your mothers. So what does that mean for you. She can make you an editor, and you can work on that tree, online at Ancestry. For her to get that tree to you, some other means, for example, she should be a Back Up copy of that file in Dropbox, invite you to Dropbox, and you do a Restore from Back Up from that file in Dropbox, BUT you will now be able to use that file, to update your mother's AMT.<br /><br />I have a blog, if that will help, on Family Tree Maker, where I have talked about most of this.<br /><br />http://ftmuser.blogspot.com<br /><br />Before I forget, using the settings about the Indexing, IF someone finds your mother's tree, they can send an email, using Ancestry, which will go go your mothers ancestry email (top, right, of the Ancestry.com website).<br /><br />Good luck,<br /><br />RussCousin Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.com