From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Aug 21 17:46:49 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7LNknjb026606; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:46:49 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7LNkk15027832 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:46:46 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7LL6jFI009744 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:06:45 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7LL6jDu009743 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:06:45 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7LEeLFI008856 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:40:21 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7LHKBLi015419 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:20:11 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Mon Aug 21 11:20:11 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7LHKBjb015408 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:20:11 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao08.cox.net (fed1rmmtao08.cox.net [68.230.241.31]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7LHK4iF008588 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:20:04 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060821171957.FKHY27846.fed1rmmtao08.cox.net@TOWER>; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:19:57 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'marilyn e brown'" Cc: Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Uploading trees to Ancestry (was: Re:Family trees) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:19:51 -0700 Message-ID: <008301c6c546$06e7e080$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <65d66f240608201826i2dc57f25x4073f5db579bbf3@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Yes, there are bits -- in one case, just the name and stated DOB of the person. You can't "go from there" to any other information. You can send a message to the "owner", which gives the "owner" your e-ddress, but does not give the owner's back to you, unless you did, as I did, hit "reply" and left the entire message on the screen. Not that I care, in this case. I haven't gotten one that simply asked to "view information" -- don't know what that's about. As to revealing anything about yourself, you can respond from the same email address you use here, and say only as much as you want to. For example: "I got the information on John Jones at blank blank URL." Pat -----Original Message----- From: marilyn e brown [mailto:marilyneb@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 18:26 To: Kith-n-Kin Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Uploading trees to Ancestry (was: Re:Family trees) Well even if you keep it private they must be letting out enough for other researchers to find your information. I just got an email from Ancestry that someone was seeking to view my information concerning one ancestor. I would like to figure out how to contact this person without revealing too much about myself. Most of the information I have is on line if you know where to look. Although the individual being asked about I do have collateral information and he is tied into my family on at least two different lines. So now I have to decide if I am ready to share. Marilyne Ma On 8/20/06, Kith-n-Kin wrote: Marilyn Apparently the "Private Member Tree" is derived either from a GEDCOM that is uploaded as Private, or "create your own tree from scratch". Starting one from scratch has a message: \ \ Allow others to see my tree as a public member tree and allow my tree information to be compiled into OneWorldTree If you don't check the box, the information, in small pieces, will be shown (on a search) under the heading "private member trees" or something like that. From there, you can only send e-mails to the originator requesting further information. I think that's what Ann found and didn't get a response to. But it is not included in the OWT search engine. I got a query from someone the other day that said it was regarding an entry on a "personal tree" -- didn't say it was private or public -- problem is, the name isn't in any tree of mine. Go figure. I responded to the person making the query, but haven't gotten a response. That's one of the reasons I started the quest of new uploads and trying to figure this out. By the way -- "click to share" apparently means that you can e-mail to other researchers to notify them that the tree is "up." Has nothing to do with whether the tree is public or private. As a long time supporter of Ancestry, but at the same time a long time creator/maintainer of long-distance databases, I can say that it would be nice if they would have a big headline right after the Trees tab and explain all this to their loyal old-timers and those just getting started. Look how much work we are doing to figure this out. Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marilyn e brown |Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 17:30 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Uploading trees to Ancestry (was: |Re:Family trees) | | |I went to check it out and all I could find was your old data. |I even checked under edit the personal information to see if |the corrected birthdate might be listed as an option and it |isn't. I thought what is they just merged the information. | |I do have a question. If we are entering information through |create your own tree; is this somehow referenced in searches |but shown as private. I have been doing this but never click |to share as I don't feel I have enough documentation. |Basically census records and other records available through |Ancestry. I was under the impression you had to create a |gedcom for the information to show online. Am I stupid or |having a senior moment. | |Marilyne