From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 1 10:55:23 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 k41GtNjb020903; Mon, 1 May 2006 10:55:23 -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 k41GtKQu003229 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 10:55:20 -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 k41ELwFI030240 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 10:21:58 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k41ELvL2030239 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 1 May 2006 10:21:57 -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 k41CErFI029944 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:14:53 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k41Em4tt017274 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:48:04 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Mon May 1 08:48:04 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 k41Em4jb017265 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:48:04 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-03.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.57]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k41Em1Do024827 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:48:01 -0600 Received: from m1070n (cpe-24-92-248-107.twcny.res.rr.com [24.92.248.107]) by ms-smtp-03.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k41ElwV9001261; Mon, 1 May 2006 10:48:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <009201c66d2e$3b7abae0$6601a8c0@m1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: , References: <387.27f045e.31867ffb@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] To Submit or Not Submit, that is the question. Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:47:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 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 Hi Carol, You will get a variety of responses no doubt, but in "my opinion" sharing a gedcom at WorldConnect or elsewhere not only helps others, but can bring responses from others that help you. The same data whether submitted to Ancestry or WorldConnect shows up from both sides of that huge shared database. On quite a few occasions I have had thank you notes for my careful sourcing and offering me additional information I might not have found on my own without help, my classic story being a William Smith born in NYS. Another researcher had noticed the unusual name of a descendant, and wrote to tell me my SMITHs were Palatine SCHMIDTS. He not only sent me several generations of the ancestors but a photo of these great grandparents as well. I would NEVER have found this information had I not had a BARCUME in my database that had a tie to this man's family. You are aware I am sure of leaving living people out of the gedcoms you submit or you can simply submit it with the living if you choose WorldConnect and let their filters sort out the living. I like to limit the number of generations people can download from my gedcom at once, and WorldConnect lets one do this. The same database shows up in Ancestry but if one submits to the Ancestry side, the option for the downloads is not available there. I always leave in my sources other than living individuals as I want people to find the book or vital record and check the information out before taking what I have as the absolute truth. No matter how careful we all are, we all make some mistakes some minor and some more significant. Some disagree, but I like to tell the user where my information came from and I don't want email simply asking for sources as I have limited time for research. Within the last year I have started submitting the gedcom with notes as well as the sources as some family lines are problematic and a discussion as to how I reached conclusions I feel important to people who find what I submitted. Another point about WorldConnect is that it is really easy to replace one's gedcom as one get more information. One uses the same database information for your first submission, simply point to where the gedcom is on the hard drive and hit the update button. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] To Submit or Not Submit, that is the question. > Would love everyone's opinions on whether to Submit Gedcoms of your Family > Tree to FHC,Ancestry or any other Gen site. YES or NO? > > > Carol >