From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Feb 16 17:36:40 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 k1H0aejb020142; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:36:40 -0700 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 k1H0adP9016638 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:36:39 -0700 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 k1GM7fFI025204 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:07:41 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1GM7fvr025203 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:07:41 -0500 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 k1GLm4FI025118 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:48:04 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1H0Gqeb009308 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:16:52 -0700 X-Envelope-From: huggins_huggins@yahoo.com Thu Feb 16 17:16:52 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 k1H0Gqjb009299 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:16:52 -0700 Received: from web51804.mail.yahoo.com (web51804.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.235]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1H0GpdH005987 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:16:51 -0700 Received: (qmail 10773 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Feb 2006 00:16:47 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=KeZK3tW5sRbEaXmWF811jOsctswbj/cvjkrQcX14dQMU2ZmkDqKlbLATuHAps3jl5cMPzncJdxjtnW5mOI/NefMm0IWkXpbhzIxeo9saFFLJ/26VJlTS5Sf18XNAb9p3q0yU4/BOOTp1fPmnFIsVVpKctxGc8Dj+NihTkobiSYI= ; Message-ID: <20060217001647.10771.qmail@web51804.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.101.214.249] by web51804.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:16:47 PST Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:16:47 -0800 (PST) From: huggins huggins To: "RootsW." In-Reply-To: <1db.4cae4793.3124fb78@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Sharing Data (Was: Losing Data) Last year, two of my aunts asked me to print out the family tree info I had compiled in my FTM program. I told them I wasn't nearly finished but they didn't want to wait. I kept delaying while madly adding more data. They kept calling, saying they were so excited, they couldn't wait. I set up a report in my FTM then exported it (or copied - I can't remember which) to Word. It was over 500 pages. For each report. So, I went in and deleted my sources. (They didn't care about them, they just wanted to see the names & info). Then I realized they wouldn't understand the little numbers next to the names such as John5, James4, Adam3, Robert2, Henry1. (I can't make the numbers tiny but you get the drift). So, I went in under every entry with the small numbers and typed in the relationship to the 1st ancestor. (Such as, "John, great great grandson of Henry; James, great grandson of Henry; Adam, etc etc) I made those changes from the beginning to the end of the report. UGH! When I was finally finished, one of my aunts called and asked for an EXTRA copy for another relative. So now, I had to print out 3 of everything. I can't remember how many pages but it was over 400. Each. I wanted to suggest my aunt make the extra copy herself but she didn't have alot of extra money for something like this. I also had pictures I had scanned. I printed those. I think I changed my black ink cartridge twice. Two of my color cartridges had to be changed as well. I can't remember exactly - it was awhile ago and I try to block out that part. I bought binders and printed out a cover for each. I also used dividers. When I was finished assembling everything, I boxed them up into 2 boxes (my aunts live in different states) then stood in line at the post office to mail them. Postage wasn't cheap either. Finally, they received the binders. I found out because I asked about a week after mailing them, not because either one told me they had received them. A few months later, I was talking with one of my aunts about an ancestor. I told her I had a picture of his gravestone and she said she would love to have it. I told her it was in the binder and she said, "What binder?" I reminded her and she said, "Oh yes, that's right. I haven't looked at it yet." !! As of last month, the binders have yet to be opened. One aunt told me she was glad to have it and would read it "one day". This aunt knows I've adding hundreds of ancestors since printing out the report. She asked for a revised report. I told her I'd be happy to but I wouldn't be able to print it out - I'd email it to her and she could print it. (She didn't have a computer previously). Well, that was the end of that request! dee __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com