Many people don't even know what a GEDCOM is or how to create one. On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Diana Gale Matthiesen <[email protected]>wrote: > I just sent the message below to the FTDNA HelpDesk. Perhaps if > enough of us press FTDNA to "remind" FF clients to upload a GEDCOM, > they might install the feature. Also... > > I'm going on a campaign to individually email all my FF matchees who > haven't uploaded GEDCOMs to please do so. Perhaps if these people get > enough requests, they will get off their butts and do it. > > Diana > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Diana Gale Matthiesen [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:37 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: not uploading GEDCOMs > > > > Every time I work on my FamilyFinder Matches, I become exasperated > > at how many test subjects have not uploaded GEDCOMs to their > > accounts. What is the point of being tested if you don't share your > > ancestry?!!! > > > > Where the match is 4th cousin or closer, I have been emailing my > > matchees asking them to please upload a GEDCOM, but this is a lot of > > work, and I feel I can only do it once. I have a better solution... > > > > Please set up the FTDNA software to send an email reminder ONCE A > > MONTH to everyone who has been FF tested and not uploaded a GEDCOM. > > (The same goes for people who have not entered surnames or earliest > > ancestors.) > > > > We are spending a great deal of money on DNA testing, and it's hard > > to maintain enthusiasm for recommending it when you have to tell > > prospective clients there's a high probability your genetic matches > > won't do you any good because they're not sharing their ancestry. > > > > And there is a related issue... > > > > I had an ENORMOUS amount of trouble getting my (perfectly standard) > > GEDCOM file to upload. A less persistent person might have given > > up, but I did not. Part of the problem is that the server doesn't > > tell you that the file didn't upload, much less why it didn't. The > > page just bounces back to the client's home page, and some > > inexperienced users are not even going to realize their file didn't > > upload. PLEASE, at least return an ERROR MESSAGE, so the client > > realizes their GEDCOM didn't upload. > > > > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >