This is somewhat off topic, so skip if uninterested. I have a reasonably extensive BK database of some 4600 names, some of whom are only relatives of relatives and not at all blood kin to me - but they were fun to track down. I keep the database to myself and have given extract reports & trees to those relatives who expressed interest. Not too many, unfortunately; I wish more were interested. I'm thanking of generating a GEDCOM of all people in my database and uploading it to the Internet. I hope someone may be interested. But a couple of questions arise. 1. I don't want the hassle of asking every relative's permission before I do it. Is this a problem? BK has a feature of naming everyone under 100 years of age as "Living" or some such. Is this sufficient to avoid hurt feelings? I think the web sites do something like this automatically, so I may not need to generate the anonymous GEDCOM. 2. I'm pretty lax with my sourcing, and even some of my formal sources are shown as "SSDI" or "1900 CENSUS" or Knight's Ferry Cemetery Book" Is this an acceptable way to upload. I don't feel like going back and doing correctly formatted sources. Also, many of my sources are contained in the Notes as, "Granny Hull told me this" or "birth year selected from averaging 4 census reports" The Notes section also contains a lot of family gossip, my prejudices, and other things I'd as soon as not publicize. So I assume BK will let me keep the notes out of the GEDCOM? 3. Where to? The new Family Search - Family Tree of the LDS Family Search website, and Ancestry.com's web site strike me as most appropriate.Is Rootsweb dead? Should I do one or the other or, perhaps, both? That could lead to synchronization problems, I expect. Bob Kirk

Rootsweb is still there and FREE and is owned by Ancestry. If you only want non-paying customers of Ancestry NOT to see your data post it there. But if you want the new genealogist and casual lookers to see it, put it on Rootsweb. Mine is on Rootsweb. Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Kirk Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 3:10 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] GEDCOM to the Internet This is somewhat off topic, so skip if uninterested. I have a reasonably extensive BK database of some 4600 names, some of whom are only relatives of relatives and not at all blood kin to me - but they were fun to track down. I keep the database to myself and have given extract reports & trees to those relatives who expressed interest. Not too many, unfortunately; I wish more were interested. I'm thanking of generating a GEDCOM of all people in my database and uploading it to the Internet. I hope someone may be interested. But a couple of questions arise. 1. I don't want the hassle of asking every relative's permission before I do it. Is this a problem? BK has a feature of naming everyone under 100 years of age as "Living" or some such. Is this sufficient to avoid hurt feelings? I think the web sites do something like this automatically, so I may not need to generate the anonymous GEDCOM. 2. I'm pretty lax with my sourcing, and even some of my formal sources are shown as "SSDI" or "1900 CENSUS" or Knight's Ferry Cemetery Book" Is this an acceptable way to upload. I don't feel like going back and doing correctly formatted sources. Also, many of my sources are contained in the Notes as, "Granny Hull told me this" or "birth year selected from averaging 4 census reports" The Notes section also contains a lot of family gossip, my prejudices, and other things I'd as soon as not publicize. So I assume BK will let me keep the notes out of the GEDCOM? 3. Where to? The new Family Search - Family Tree of the LDS Family Search website, and Ancestry.com's web site strike me as most appropriate.Is Rootsweb dead? Should I do one or the other or, perhaps, both? That could lead to synchronization problems, I expect. Bob Kirk Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

RootsWeb is not dead. If you upload there it defaults to age 70 and under and converts them to "Living Jones" but I change it to age 100 since I have several over age 70 living family members. I do not include notes because I have some private info and some that no one would understand. I figure with names, dates and locations they can tell if it a relative of interest and can contact me for more information. Also I have problems with puting my notes in a gedcom, I probably have some non-text info included. Since RootsWeb is owned by Ancestry your info will also end up on Ancestry but is only visable there with a subscription. RootsWeb is free to view. RootsWeb files submitted can be overwritten to update. Joe Weiss On 7/2/2012 3:09 PM, Robert Kirk wrote: > This is somewhat off topic, so skip if uninterested. > > I have a reasonably extensive BK database of some 4600 names, some of whom > are only relatives of relatives and not at all blood kin to me - but they > were fun to track down. I keep the database to myself and have given > extract reports & trees to those relatives who expressed interest. Not too > many, unfortunately; I wish more were interested. > > I'm thanking of generating a GEDCOM of all people in my database and > uploading it to the Internet. I hope someone may be interested. But a > couple of questions arise. > > 1. I don't want the hassle of asking every relative's permission before I > do it. Is this a problem? BK has a feature of naming everyone under 100 > years of age as "Living" or some such. Is this sufficient to avoid hurt > feelings? I think the web sites do something like this automatically, so I > may not need to generate the anonymous GEDCOM. > > 2. I'm pretty lax with my sourcing, and even some of my formal sources are > shown as "SSDI" or "1900 CENSUS" or Knight's Ferry Cemetery Book" Is this > an acceptable way to upload. I don't feel like going back and doing > correctly formatted sources. Also, many of my sources are contained in the > Notes as, "Granny Hull told me this" or "birth year selected from averaging > 4 census reports" The Notes section also contains a lot of family gossip, > my prejudices, and other things I'd as soon as not publicize. So I assume > BK will let me keep the notes out of the GEDCOM? > > 3. Where to? The new Family Search - Family Tree of the LDS Family Search > website, and Ancestry.com's web site strike me as most appropriate.Is > Rootsweb dead? Should I do one or the other or, perhaps, both? That could > lead to synchronization problems, I expect. > > Bob Kirk > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I'm also a fan of rootsweb World Connect data base. I think you will be fine re privacy of living folks there but if you documented any "family secrets" that are within the past 100 years in your notes I suggest you have them not visible. When I go "cousin-searching" I find it much easier to search and contact owners of rootsweb World Connect trees than on Ancestry (yes I have a paid account). On WorldConnect I can directly contact the tree owner on Ancestry I have to go through the ancestry connect service and that's means one more step to get the persons "real" email addy so we can talk. I also like being able to add a note on WConnect trees with a correction/suggestion/new info and others can see it until the tree owner either incorporates the change or decides I'm full of baloney and deletes my comment. On 7/2/2012 12:52 PM, Joe wrote: > RootsWeb is not dead. If you upload there it defaults to age 70 and > under and converts them to "Living Jones" but I change it to age 100 > since I have several over age 70 living family members. I do not > include notes because I have some private info and some that no one > would understand. I figure with names, dates and locations they can tell > if it a relative of interest and can contact me for more information. > Also I have problems with puting my notes in a gedcom, I probably have > some non-text info included. Since RootsWeb is owned by Ancestry your > info will also end up on Ancestry but is only visable there with a > subscription. RootsWeb is free to view. RootsWeb files submitted can be > overwritten to update. > Joe Weiss > > On 7/2/2012 3:09 PM, Robert Kirk wrote: >> This is somewhat off topic, so skip if uninterested. >> >> I have a reasonably extensive BK database of some 4600 names, some of whom >> are only relatives of relatives and not at all blood kin to me - but they >> were fun to track down. I keep the database to myself and have given >> extract reports & trees to those relatives who expressed interest. Not too >> many, unfortunately; I wish more were interested. >> >> I'm thanking of generating a GEDCOM of all people in my database and >> uploading it to the Internet. I hope someone may be interested. But a >> couple of questions arise. >> >> 1. I don't want the hassle of asking every relative's permission before I >> do it. Is this a problem? BK has a feature of naming everyone under 100 >> years of age as "Living" or some such. Is this sufficient to avoid hurt >> feelings? I think the web sites do something like this automatically, so I >> may not need to generate the anonymous GEDCOM. >> >> 2. I'm pretty lax with my sourcing, and even some of my formal sources are >> shown as "SSDI" or "1900 CENSUS" or Knight's Ferry Cemetery Book" Is this >> an acceptable way to upload. I don't feel like going back and doing >> correctly formatted sources. Also, many of my sources are contained in the >> Notes as, "Granny Hull told me this" or "birth year selected from averaging >> 4 census reports" The Notes section also contains a lot of family gossip, >> my prejudices, and other things I'd as soon as not publicize. So I assume >> BK will let me keep the notes out of the GEDCOM? >> >> 3. Where to? The new Family Search - Family Tree of the LDS Family Search >> website, and Ancestry.com's web site strike me as most appropriate.Is >> Rootsweb dead? Should I do one or the other or, perhaps, both? That could >> lead to synchronization problems, I expect. >> >> Bob Kirk >> >> Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >