* Media from attached AMT Hints are added to RootsMagic and placed in a separate file folder with generic file names. * Hints in the AMT also add a non-standard place name to the RootsMagic place name index this would need to be cleaned up. The sources would have to be corrected in RootsMagic if I want to retain EE-quality source citations. * Accepting an Ancestry Hint in an Ancestry Member Tree creates a number of Facts and an Ancestry style source citation in the AMT. * I will review Photo WebHints from other family trees and download them if pertinent.Ĥ) My reason for these guidelines is simple - I don't want to crap up my RootsMagic tree. * I will not accept WebHints from other family trees. * I will not add Facts to RootsMagic with attendant sources and media from Ancestry WebHints * I will accept or reject the record WebHints, using them only as a checklist. * I will use TreeShare to add persons, relationship, Facts, media, notes and sources from my RootsMagic tree to my Ancestry Member Tree in order to keep the AMT up to date.ģ) My guidelines for using the Ancestry WebHints function in my RootsMagic tree are: * I will not download an Ancestry Member Tree (with attached Hints and media) to RootsMagic. * I will upload a RootsMagic tree (with attached media) to a new Ancestry Member Tree. In one of my posts, I said: " I want to be able to present an accurate, coherent and well-sourced family tree to the genealogy world in the limited life I have remaining." Consequently, I have formed these guidelines for working with TreeShare and Ancestry WebHints:Ģ) My guidelines for using RootsMagic TreeShare synchronization with an Ancestry Member Tree are: * Download media items (photographs and records) for my ancestral families to my computer, rename the image using my file naming convention, and save them in my Family Group/Surname/Family file folders on my computer ![]() Combine the Fact Notes into the Person Notes. * Add Fact Notes for records, especially for ancestors. * Add media photographs and images of records for my ancestral families * Use standardized place names when possible (in order to facilitate digital maps in software and online services) * Use a most likely birth name and add Alternate Names from records (e.g., married name, names in records with or without middle initial, etc.) * Support Facts/assertions for my Tree persons with Evidence Explained quality source citations (I tend to use Free form source citations rather than EE-style source templates so that the source citation transfers well in a GEDCOM export). * Use other family trees and other research (e.g., books, periodicals, manuscripts, indexes, etc.) as clues for further research and add if pertinent * Search for records for my Tree persons in record repositories and in online record providers and use if pertinent ![]() * Investigate record Hints and record Matches from record providers to use, if pertinent, to add content to the tree * Add persons, relationships and facts to my database based on records, not assertions in other family trees * Using RootsMagic/Ancestry WebHints - Part 2 (posted 5 July 2017)ġ) I have defined these best practices for my RootsMagic genealogy database: ![]() ![]() * Using RootsMagic/Ancestry WebHints - Part 1 (posted on 3 July 2017) * Using RootsMagic TreeShare - Adding Facts, Media and Sources to My RootsMagic Tree (posted 29 June 2017) * Looking at My New RootsMagic Upload Ancestry Member Tree and Source Citations (posted 28 June 2017) My previous posts about RootsMagic TreeShare and Ancestry WebHints are: Perhaps it will help other researchers also. I want to define my Best Practices for using the RootsMagic TreeShare with Ancestry Member Trees and Ancestry WebHints in this post.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |