Does any software other than FTM load more easily than the others to Ancestry? I am on a Mac and use TNG (on the web), MacFamilyTree 7, and Legacy (on the PC side of my Mac). I am not inclined to add another software to the PC side. Thanks, Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC On Sep 24, 2013, at 5:08 AM, "Eric S Johnson" <crates@oneotaslopes.org> wrote: >> Another Ancestry question. I understand an Ancestry tree will sync with >> Family Tree Maker. Is this a two way sync? Suppose one has a tree on >> Ancestry and buys a new copy of FTM that is blank. With sync turned on > will >> the Ancestry tree transfer to FTM OR will the blank FTM wipe out the tree > on >> Ancestry? > > If you start with an Ancestry.com tree (as I did) and buy a copy of FTM 2014 > (as I did), you can then give FTM your Ancestry.com credentials, and FTM > will download the Ancestry.com tree into FTM and establish a "synch link" > between the two. > > An FTM license says it's good for installation on two PCs. But an > Ancestry.com tree can be "linked" with only one of those PC's FTM instance. > The synch between the two (the Ancestry.com tree and the .ftm file on my PC) > appears to be two-way; i.e. each time it synchs, it uploads to Ancestry.com > any changes I've made on my PC, and it downloads to my PC any changes made > (by invited editors) to the online tree. It synchs automatically when I > launch or quite FTM, and I can click on the "synch now" button in FTM's > upper-right-hand corner if I want. > > Once I got my Ancestry.com tree into FTM, I found I could use FTM to import > a GEDCOM file; FTM would compare the GEDCOM with my existing .ftm file and > find the matches, then offer to me to "merge" the imported .ged into my > .ftm, letting me make choices about the data for each overlapping person > (same as when adopting into your tree via FTM from data from Ancestry.com > "hints"). > Does anyone ever use this method to share information with > newly-discovered relatives who have their own tree? "Hey, can you export > that branch to a GEDCOM and e-mail it to me so I can 'merge' it into my > .ftm?" (Sorry if this is an old question--I'm a newcomer to the list.) > > Best, > Eric > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Janis, My understanding is that only FTM syncs with Ancestry.com. We had a discussion of this awhile back on the TMG (Master Genealogist) email list. The consensus seemed to be that the only way to have a sync'd tree on FTM while working in another program is to periodically create a gedcom within the main program and import it to FTM. Most of us would not want all of our data online anyway since much may be hypothetical/unconfirmed or private. I was able to get a free copy of FTM last year when upgrading other software (I think it was an offer with Dragon), and at some point will install it and do the limited gedcom to it to sync with Ancestry, but have not gotten around to it, in part because my C drive is rather full of other programs. Karla On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Janis L Gilmore <janis.gilmore@gmail.com>wrote: > Does any software other than FTM load more easily than the others to > Ancestry? I am on a Mac and use TNG (on the web), MacFamilyTree 7, and > Legacy (on the PC side of my Mac). I am not inclined to add another > software to the PC side. > > Thanks, > > Janis Walker Gilmore > Pawleys Island, SC > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 5:08 AM, "Eric S Johnson" <crates@oneotaslopes.org> > wrote: > > >> Another Ancestry question. I understand an Ancestry tree will sync with > >> Family Tree Maker. Is this a two way sync? Suppose one has a tree on > >> Ancestry and buys a new copy of FTM that is blank. With sync turned on > > will > >> the Ancestry tree transfer to FTM OR will the blank FTM wipe out the > tree > > on > >> Ancestry? > > > > If you start with an Ancestry.com tree (as I did) and buy a copy of FTM > 2014 > > (as I did), you can then give FTM your Ancestry.com credentials, and FTM > > will download the Ancestry.com tree into FTM and establish a "synch link" > > between the two. > > > > An FTM license says it's good for installation on two PCs. But an > > Ancestry.com tree can be "linked" with only one of those PC's FTM > instance. > > The synch between the two (the Ancestry.com tree and the .ftm file on my > PC) > > appears to be two-way; i.e. each time it synchs, it uploads to > Ancestry.com > > any changes I've made on my PC, and it downloads to my PC any changes > made > > (by invited editors) to the online tree. It synchs automatically when I > > launch or quite FTM, and I can click on the "synch now" button in FTM's > > upper-right-hand corner if I want. > > > > Once I got my Ancestry.com tree into FTM, I found I could use FTM to > import > > a GEDCOM file; FTM would compare the GEDCOM with my existing .ftm file > and > > find the matches, then offer to me to "merge" the imported .ged into my > > .ftm, letting me make choices about the data for each overlapping person > > (same as when adopting into your tree via FTM from data from Ancestry.com > > "hints"). > > Does anyone ever use this method to share information with > > newly-discovered relatives who have their own tree? "Hey, can you export > > that branch to a GEDCOM and e-mail it to me so I can 'merge' it into my > > .ftm?" (Sorry if this is an old question--I'm a newcomer to the list.) > > > > Best, > > Eric > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please > see: > > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >