Dick Eastman's Post on AnestorSync - Very Exciting

As I was reading my favorite blogs this morning, Dick Eastman has a post "AncestorSync To Bridge The Gap Between Desktop and Online Family History".  If you have not read it, please take a look.

I personally work on my Family History with Legacy Family Tree software.  I love the software and have used it forever.  But I also want my Family information in the 'Cloud' so more people can find the information.  I do have The McManigle Family website, I use Legacy to create the pages and then upload them.  I have uploaded the GED file to Ancestry Family Trees, many many times!  There is no way to Sync at this time.  I have also uploaded a GED file to Geni and Archives.  But again no way to Sync, the information needs to up re-uploaded.  I probably have a couple more out there that I have forgotten.  Also Geni and Archives does not allow a large GED file to be uploaded.  So you can see if I tried to keep all of them up to date, I would enter one document to Legacy Family Tree and then spend at least an hour updating all the other trees.  Needless to say, it just does not get done.  BUT to be able to Sync them all would be very exciting!

I am looking forward to trying this new software out!  Ancestorsync, is the name of the software, it is not available until June 2011, but they do have a PreOrder special, $10.00 for the first year! Usually $15.00 a year.  I tried to PreOrder, but it is not available until tomorrow, 11 May 2011.  I will certainly be heading back to the website to give it a try tomorrow.

Busy Busy Week

It has been a busy couple of weeks.  I am really hoping I do not let this Blog fall by the wayside!  Have to keep writing, but there have been more Webinars and Radio shows and new documents to be found!  Of course I have also been reading so many wonderful Blogs.  Some of these people have so much going on, some are GIVING the Webinars not just watching.  They must have much more energy than I do ~laughs~

I was over at Find A Grave this past week, found a cousin, Wendy Kreider had lots of posts and they were very helpful.  Wendy has always been very generous with sharing her time and documents, I am very grateful.  Wendy has also offered to send more corrections and additions for the McManigle Family Website.  Another cousin, Dixie Deaton sent me a few Death Certificates and obituaries!  Aren't cousins wonderful!  Thank you Cousins!

I have also been trying to become organized!  oh my  I just do not think that will ever be possible!  There are so many documents and pictures that need to be scanned and entered into the Legacy Family Tree software.  I am starting late, but Dear Myrtle has her Organization for 2011 blogs which I am trying to play catchup.  Almost every time I try to organize myself, I end up running in circles and then get into a mind numbing game or if I am really good, I will head over to Family Search or Ancestry and transcribe a few records.  At least transcribing I don't feel like I am wasting all my time ~laughs~.

Getting late, so heading off to bed, will really try to write more often. . . night

How many trees do I need?

I mostly use Legacy Family Tree software for my Genealogy.  But . . .  I also have uploaded a GEDCOM file to Ancestry, Geni, Archives,  and have posted a few people on WikiTree .  I think I have a few more scattered out in the cloud somewhere, but I honestly do not know where, oh wait, I also have the McManigle Family Website.  I am just not sure how to keep all of these sites and program updated.

Ancestry will not let me append to the tree already there, I need to download the GEDCOM again, so I delete it than upload it again with any updates I've made to Legacy.  Any of the people that had a green leafy thing and I had attached the records to their page are now gone and I have to start all over, even though I have them sited in my Legacy Family Tree software.  I have done that a few times now and just not a 'happy camper'!  I am thinking that is what will be entailed updating the other sites, unless I go one by one and update each tree when I find new documentation, well that just will not work!  When I am on the search, I hardly take the time to get the information in to Legacy and then I am off on finding something more.  I sure don't want to take the time to visit each tree and make the note.

Is anyone else putting up so many trees?  Maybe the answer is to once or twice a year upload a GEDCOM file to replace the old one?  But make no changes to the trees as you go along, except for the software for your main genealogy?  Or find the one you like and then just update the one?  Even when I was only updating Legacy Family Tree and Ancestry tree online, it was hard.   Many interruptions and I would forget which one I was working on.  How do others keep up multiple trees??

Then comes the question; when I get an email that asks me for more information on someone, I hate to have to ask them where they found the information.  I know they did not get it from my Legacy software, but was it on the McManigle Family Website? Ancestry Family Tree? Geni? Archives?  Oh and when did I make the latest update on which site?  Too confusing for me, I am getting too older and besides I would rather be on the search!  ~laughs~