Plus it helps you burn into your mind the different names. -----Original Message----- From: "AGilchrest@aol.com" <AGilchrest@aol.com> Sent: ‎9/‎24/‎2013 9:49 AM To: "autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com" <autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] importing GEDCOMs I agree with Diana, Never ever import someone else's tree into your database. You will regret it. FTM allows you to open the program multiple times on the computer. This allows you to do side by side comparisons. Ann G. In a message dated 24-Sep-13 04:48:26 Pacific Daylight Time, DianaGM@dgmweb.net writes: > From: Eric S Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:08 AM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] AUTOSOMAL-DNA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 174 > <snip> > 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?" Yes, it is common for people to share GEDCOMs. That is, in fact, the purpose of the GEDCOM format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM But for me, accepting someone's GEDCOM doesn't mean I import it into my database, it just means I have it available for reference. The problem with importing someone else's GEDCOM is that you may find you've imported a lot of "garbage," not just lots of people you're not related to, but a lot of bad connections. I got burned, once, early on, and I will never import a GEDCOM, again. If someone is worth adding to my database, it's worth my time to keyboard them in, so I can examine the entry carefully in the process. Diana ______________________________ 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