Excellent info. Thank you, Bette! On 12/22/2015 7:12 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via wrote: > If you have Family Tree Maker and need to transfer your data to another > program, this article may help you. Thanks to Dick Eastman for the URL. > http://genealogytools.com/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/ > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

If you have Family Tree Maker and need to transfer your data to another program, this article may help you. Thanks to Dick Eastman for the URL. http://genealogytools.com/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/ Bette

Betty, Like you I have been an ancestry.com tree member for over 15 years. It had been wonderful. SO I bought a few years ago the FTM program so I would not have to always go online if I wanted to see something. I loved the way the online and my software worked because I could get EVERYTHING, profiles, stories, photos and documents. But now I need to find something else that I can transfer my online tree to another program online and will be able to get all my Items and photos. I have sampled myheritage, and legacy but have not tried to transfer my ancestry tree. Can you give me a tic more advise on this? I have Tree Summary People 19314 Photos 8152 Stories 1918 Records 13254 Also I have noticed that in a profile I now longer have "How are we related" which is very upsetting. Glennda -------Original Message------- From: Bette Bunker Richards via Date: 12/19/15 12:49:43 To: Penny Lithgow Briggs Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BUNKER] good newsletter It seems Ancestry wants you to keep your family tree on their site and every time you access it, they will make a suggestion for a possible connection. That sounds ok for a family tree with a couple hundred or less people but the BFA database has about 90,000 names in it and several different unconnected branches of Bunkers. Of course, if your only access to your family tree is to go online to Ancestry you have to keep your membership dues paid forever. Membership in Ancestry is expensive. It may be time to shift to using other sources since many of them are much cheaper, have the same data and do not require that you keep your tree online. Many offer a free online site to store your small tree but it is usually limited to less than 500 names. I have a tree that contains only the people directly related to me and it contains 5,779 names. When I go on Ancestry to search right now, it shows a Bunker family tree. This tree has nothing to do with me and is NOT one that I put on there. I am wondering if every time I access Ancestry under the new system I am going to have to go through this tree. I am also wondering if I would be able to make changes on it or if only one person can do that. When the change comes, I will report what happens to me. The business model assumption is that the loss in members who hate the new system will be greatly overcome by those who put their tree on the site and then have to keep their membership in order to have any access to it. There is also some concern over whether those who now have their data on Family Tree Make with a connection to Ancestry will lose everything to the online site. We shall see. Bette On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Penny Lithgow Briggs <[email protected]> wrote: > I became angry with Ancestry over their discontinuation of Family Tree > Maker and the increasing difficulty in finding information on the site. I > cancelled my subscription which I had for years. Will take your advice on > the newsletter. > > > On Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > A great source for the newest records added online is > www.genealogyintime.com. Sign up for their free newsletter which comes > out > with new sources every month. Ancestry is making some major changes and > has not put up any new data sources for several months. Their new model > seems to be to provide a repository for current information rather than > adding old records. My description of this is inadequate. I recommend you > get the genealologyintime December newsletter to the full explanation. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- 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

I became angry with Ancestry over their discontinuation of Family Tree Maker and the increasing difficulty in finding information on the site.  I cancelled my subscription which I had for years.  Will take your advice on the newsletter. On Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> wrote: A great source for the newest records added online is www.genealogyintime.com.  Sign up for their free newsletter which comes out with new sources every month.  Ancestry is making some major changes and has not put up any new data sources for several months.  Their new model seems to be to provide a repository for current information rather than adding old records.  My description of this is inadequate.  I recommend you get the genealologyintime December newsletter to the full explanation. Bette ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- 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

I wonder whether the guilty party on the Bunker tree is me. I have "used" Ancestry for years, but access it rarely. I know that I put some Bunkers on. Mea culpa. (Incidentally, I did not put myself on - someone else did.) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bette Bunker Richards via Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 12:49 PM To: Penny Lithgow Briggs Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BUNKER] good newsletter It seems Ancestry wants you to keep your family tree on their site and every time you access it, they will make a suggestion for a possible connection. That sounds ok for a family tree with a couple hundred or less people but the BFA database has about 90,000 names in it and several different unconnected branches of Bunkers. Of course, if your only access to your family tree is to go online to Ancestry you have to keep your membership dues paid forever. Membership in Ancestry is expensive. It may be time to shift to using other sources since many of them are much cheaper, have the same data and do not require that you keep your tree online. Many offer a free online site to store your small tree but it is usually limited to less than 500 names. I have a tree that contains only the people directly related to me and it contains 5,779 names. When I go on Ancestry to search right now, it shows a Bunker family tree. This tree has nothing to do with me and is NOT one that I put on there. I am wondering if every time I access Ancestry under the new system I am going to have to go through this tree. I am also wondering if I would be able to make changes on it or if only one person can do that. When the change comes, I will report what happens to me. The business model assumption is that the loss in members who hate the new system will be greatly overcome by those who put their tree on the site and then have to keep their membership in order to have any access to it. There is also some concern over whether those who now have their data on Family Tree Make with a connection to Ancestry will lose everything to the online site. We shall see. Bette On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Penny Lithgow Briggs <[email protected]> wrote: > I became angry with Ancestry over their discontinuation of Family Tree > Maker and the increasing difficulty in finding information on the > site. I cancelled my subscription which I had for years. Will take > your advice on the newsletter. > > > On Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > A great source for the newest records added online is > www.genealogyintime.com. Sign up for their free newsletter which > comes out with new sources every month. Ancestry is making some major > changes and has not put up any new data sources for several months. > Their new model seems to be to provide a repository for current > information rather than adding old records. My description of this is > inadequate. I recommend you get the genealologyintime December > newsletter to the full explanation. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family > Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- 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

It seems Ancestry wants you to keep your family tree on their site and every time you access it, they will make a suggestion for a possible connection. That sounds ok for a family tree with a couple hundred or less people but the BFA database has about 90,000 names in it and several different unconnected branches of Bunkers. Of course, if your only access to your family tree is to go online to Ancestry you have to keep your membership dues paid forever. Membership in Ancestry is expensive. It may be time to shift to using other sources since many of them are much cheaper, have the same data and do not require that you keep your tree online. Many offer a free online site to store your small tree but it is usually limited to less than 500 names. I have a tree that contains only the people directly related to me and it contains 5,779 names. When I go on Ancestry to search right now, it shows a Bunker family tree. This tree has nothing to do with me and is NOT one that I put on there. I am wondering if every time I access Ancestry under the new system I am going to have to go through this tree. I am also wondering if I would be able to make changes on it or if only one person can do that. When the change comes, I will report what happens to me. The business model assumption is that the loss in members who hate the new system will be greatly overcome by those who put their tree on the site and then have to keep their membership in order to have any access to it. There is also some concern over whether those who now have their data on Family Tree Make with a connection to Ancestry will lose everything to the online site. We shall see. Bette On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Penny Lithgow Briggs <[email protected]> wrote: > I became angry with Ancestry over their discontinuation of Family Tree > Maker and the increasing difficulty in finding information on the site. I > cancelled my subscription which I had for years. Will take your advice on > the newsletter. > > > On Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > A great source for the newest records added online is > www.genealogyintime.com. Sign up for their free newsletter which comes > out > with new sources every month. Ancestry is making some major changes and > has not put up any new data sources for several months. Their new model > seems to be to provide a repository for current information rather than > adding old records. My description of this is inadequate. I recommend you > get the genealologyintime December newsletter to the full explanation. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >

I agree, Penny. When my subscription is up in July I will not renew ancestry.com. I haven't decided which program I'll use instead of Family Tree Maker, but at this point I'm leaning toward Roots Magic. Thank, Bette, for the link to this newsletter. It looks like it will be very helpful. On 12/19/2015 12:30 PM, Penny Lithgow Briggs via wrote: > I became angry with Ancestry over their discontinuation of Family Tree Maker and the increasing difficulty in finding information on the site. I cancelled my subscription which I had for years. Will take your advice on the newsletter. > > On Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:32 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A great source for the newest records added online is > www.genealogyintime.com. Sign up for their free newsletter which comes out > with new sources every month. Ancestry is making some major changes and > has not put up any new data sources for several months. Their new model > seems to be to provide a repository for current information rather than > adding old records. My description of this is inadequate. I recommend you > get the genealologyintime December newsletter to the full explanation. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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

A great source for the newest records added online is www.genealogyintime.com. Sign up for their free newsletter which comes out with new sources every month. Ancestry is making some major changes and has not put up any new data sources for several months. Their new model seems to be to provide a repository for current information rather than adding old records. My description of this is inadequate. I recommend you get the genealologyintime December newsletter to the full explanation. Bette

Bette: I have found that both TMG and Roots Magic work well with Windows 10. I have had no problems. As a died-in-the-wool TMG user, I'm still sticking with that for my main program, but I purchased Roots Magic and Legacy as backups and periodically transfer my TMG data into the others. I've stayed with TMG largely because I much prefer the reports--both the flexibility of options and their formats--and because there is a certain loss of some data in even the best of transfers. Yu are wise to test the new program with smaller databases first. Do you know that a group of TMG experts are working on a new program to supersede TMG? It's called the Historical Research Environment project and is intended to make import directly from TMG possible but will be designed to appeal to the much wider market of all historians. You can find information on it at both the TMG and TMG Refugees mailing lists at RootsWeb. Cheers, Bobbie REitt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bette Bunker Richards via Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 12:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] genealogy programs Since The Master Genealogist as been discontinued, I have been looking for a compatible program to which I can transfer the BFA database. We have about 90,000 names in the databases making for some difficulties transferring data to another program. I tried Family Tree Maker and had real problems. Now Family Tree Maker is being discontinued also. Roots Magic has a system that allows TMG files to be transferred without using a GEDCOM. The program is free or you can buy a version for $29.95. I tried transferring one of the small databases with only about 3,000 names and it worked very well. I will work on trying to operate this program to see whether I like it. There are some problems working our TMG database with Windows 10 and their updates. I have Windows 8.1 and do not want to upgrade to Win 10 for that reason. The Roots Magic program is supposed to work very well with Windows 10. Does anyone have Roots Magic Essentials and operating Windows 10? I would appreciate your feedback. Having lost considerable data in the cloud, I am really reluctant to use a program that is all online and that is where most of them are going. Roots Magic has an online component but it is limited to databases of only 250 names. However, their stand alone PC program has room for unlimited data so it says. Bette ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- 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

I will assume that you have looked into Legacy. It may not have the capacity you need but it works well with Windows 10. Joan Reiner -----Original Message----- From: Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> To: bunker <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 12:00 pm Subject: [BUNKER] genealogy programs Since The Master Genealogist as been discontinued, I have been looking for a compatible program to which I can transfer the BFA database. We have about 90,000 names in the databases making for some difficulties transferring data to another program. I tried Family Tree Maker and had real problems. Now Family Tree Maker is being discontinued also. Roots Magic has a system that allows TMG files to be transferred without using a GEDCOM. The program is free or you can buy a version for $29.95. I tried transferring one of the small databases with only about 3,000 names and it worked very well. I will work on trying to operate this program to see whether I like it. There are some problems working our TMG database with Windows 10 and their updates. I have Windows 8.1 and do not want to upgrade to Win 10 for that reason. The Roots Magic program is supposed to work very well with Windows 10. Does anyone have Roots Magic Essentials and operating Windows 10? I would appreciate your feedback. Having lost considerable data in the cloud, I am really reluctant to use a program that is all online and that is where most of them are going. Roots Magic has an online component but it is limited to databases of only 250 names. However, their stand alone PC program has room for unlimited data so it says. Bette ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- 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

Since The Master Genealogist as been discontinued, I have been looking for a compatible program to which I can transfer the BFA database. We have about 90,000 names in the databases making for some difficulties transferring data to another program. I tried Family Tree Maker and had real problems. Now Family Tree Maker is being discontinued also. Roots Magic has a system that allows TMG files to be transferred without using a GEDCOM. The program is free or you can buy a version for $29.95. I tried transferring one of the small databases with only about 3,000 names and it worked very well. I will work on trying to operate this program to see whether I like it. There are some problems working our TMG database with Windows 10 and their updates. I have Windows 8.1 and do not want to upgrade to Win 10 for that reason. The Roots Magic program is supposed to work very well with Windows 10. Does anyone have Roots Magic Essentials and operating Windows 10? I would appreciate your feedback. Having lost considerable data in the cloud, I am really reluctant to use a program that is all online and that is where most of them are going. Roots Magic has an online component but it is limited to databases of only 250 names. However, their stand alone PC program has room for unlimited data so it says. Bette

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Having lost records stored in the cloud along with other people who have lost their entire database that way, I am not a big fan of digital storage. I feel in the future there will be a huge gap in records kept by the government because they will not be accessible. I have actually seen and touched paper documents and vellum documents that are hundreds of years old. Seen and held in my hands photos that date back to 1850s. Libraries and archives constantly clean out files but they usually copy them to another media first that will help preserve them and still make them available. With all digital records, you need passwords, internet connections, working internets, digital storage companies staying in business and keeping their access up to date with new programs, and much more. Thanks for sharing the article Mary Gene. Bette On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 1:03 PM, MaryGene Page via <[email protected]> wrote: > I unthinkingly forwarded the NGS notification about Elec. Rec. day without > adding a note to it. > > > > It's requesting everyone's attention to the fact that ERs can fade or be > lost to future generations and we need to be careful to preserve them as > much as possible. > > > > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

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You are correct Carolyn. I think FTM is a good program. The latest versions automatically put everything on Ancestry which I do not like but you can change the settings to stop that. Otherwise, I think it is a good program and good for most people's use. It has a lot of good features. Bette On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Carolyn Rust <[email protected]> wrote: > Lynn, > > As I recall, Bette was not actually "warning" us about Family Tree Maker, > but she was saying that it didn't work for the extremely large Bunker > genealogy she manages. FTM does have its little quirks that vary from > version to version, but it still is a great program for the average user as > far as I'm concerned. I've tried other programs and always return to FTM. > > I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, Bette, so correct me if I'm > wrong. > > Carolyn > > > On 9/28/2015 7:30 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via wrote: > > You need to look at any new genealogical program to see if they > automatically connect to the internet and put all your data on the net. > Try to avoid that. There should be a way to turn it off but you may have > to look for it. > > If you are trying to transfer TMG data to any new genealogical program you > should check out the TMG forum online first. Transferring TMG to any other > program still means you will lose a lot of data. Also, if you have a large > number of people in your data, it might not transfer too easy. > > Bette > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Lynn Atkeson <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > bette, a while back you warned us all about the new family tree maker, saw > another one at best buy called the saphire (sp) version. do we know about > that one, don't want to buy it and then install it and screw up everything? > thanks lynn atkeson > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:45 PM > *Subject:* [BUNKER] free family tree program and search site > http://www.myheritage.com/ is a free site that looks interesting but I > have > not used. The Bunker Family database is way too big to move to an online > site but for those of you with smaller databases may find this program a > good one. Let me know if you have tried this or what happens when you do. > Thanks. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > >

Lynn, As I recall, Bette was not actually "warning" us about Family Tree Maker, but she was saying that it didn't work for the extremely large Bunker genealogy she manages. FTM does have its little quirks that vary from version to version, but it still is a great program for the average user as far as I'm concerned. I've tried other programs and always return to FTM. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, Bette, so correct me if I'm wrong. Carolyn On 9/28/2015 7:30 AM, Bette Bunker Richards via wrote: > You need to look at any new genealogical program to see if they > automatically connect to the internet and put all your data on the net. > Try to avoid that. There should be a way to turn it off but you may have > to look for it. > > If you are trying to transfer TMG data to any new genealogical program you > should check out the TMG forum online first. Transferring TMG to any other > program still means you will lose a lot of data. Also, if you have a large > number of people in your data, it might not transfer too easy. > > Bette > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Lynn Atkeson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> bette, a while back you warned us all about the new family tree maker, saw >> another one at best buy called the saphire (sp) version. do we know about >> that one, don't want to buy it and then install it and screw up everything? >> thanks lynn atkeson >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:45 PM >> *Subject:* [BUNKER] free family tree program and search site >> >> http://www.myheritage.com/ is a free site that looks interesting but I >> have >> not used. The Bunker Family database is way too big to move to an online >> site but for those of you with smaller databases may find this program a >> good one. Let me know if you have tried this or what happens when you do. >> Thanks. >> >> Bette >> ***************************** >> If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, >> please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

You need to look at any new genealogical program to see if they automatically connect to the internet and put all your data on the net. Try to avoid that. There should be a way to turn it off but you may have to look for it. If you are trying to transfer TMG data to any new genealogical program you should check out the TMG forum online first. Transferring TMG to any other program still means you will lose a lot of data. Also, if you have a large number of people in your data, it might not transfer too easy. Bette On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Lynn Atkeson <[email protected]> wrote: > bette, a while back you warned us all about the new family tree maker, saw > another one at best buy called the saphire (sp) version. do we know about > that one, don't want to buy it and then install it and screw up everything? > thanks lynn atkeson > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bette Bunker Richards via <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:45 PM > *Subject:* [BUNKER] free family tree program and search site > > http://www.myheritage.com/ is a free site that looks interesting but I > have > not used. The Bunker Family database is way too big to move to an online > site but for those of you with smaller databases may find this program a > good one. Let me know if you have tried this or what happens when you do. > Thanks. > > Bette > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >