Hi Tim The message to which you're replying came from the matching message board which is "gatewayed" to this list. It's doubtful that the poster is also subscribed to this list. To ensure he receives your message, please click on or copy and paste into your browser the URL included in the gatewayed message (http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/116/mb.ashx) and post on the board. The gateway only works one way, from the board to the list. Messages sent to gc-gateway@rootsweb.com disappear into cyberspace as that email address cannot receive mail. Kind regards, Lynne -----Original Message----- >From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@powys.org> >Sent: Jan 2, 2012 8:36 AM >To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, ftm-mac@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [FTM-MAC] Got FTM2 for Christmas. Would appreciate help with creating Online F. Tree.. > >On 31 Dec at 17:05, "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >wrote: > >> Author: StevePlumlee who wrote: >> >> I have been a Legacy (Windows) user for years. Converted to a Mac 2-3 >> years ago, and Legacy is one of the two programs I use that I couldn't >> find a suitable alternative for the Mac. > >There are of course a few programs that run natively on Macs: Gramps, >Reunion, iFamily, MacFamilyTree all come readily to mind, not to mention >FTM-Mac. > >> So I have stayed with Legacy, using Parallels to run in a Windows >> environment. I am wanting to rid myself of Parallels and Windows, so >> FTM2 for Mac seems like a good idea (at least it did before reading >> the comments below). I am also wanting to create an online family >> tree. > >There are a variety of ways to make online family trees, some of them >free. Fitst, Rootsweb itself will allow you to update and store your >family tree: <http://accounts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> > >Second, subscribers to Ancestry can upload GEDCOMs. But most of these >are set so that they cannot be read by people who do not subscribe to >Ancestry. > >Third, free or near-free sites such as <www.freeola.com>, ><http://tribalpages.com/>. Just do a few searches for free websites. > >> I have never uploaded my file(s) to the online family tree. I >> obviously want this to go as smoothly as possible, and it looks like I >> have at least a couple of options. >> >> I can create a Gedcom file from Legacy and then import that into FTM2, >> then create the online Ancestry Family Tree from that, or..... >> >> I can create the online tree by uploading from Legacy and then create >> the FTM2 file from syncing with the online Ancstry Family Tree. >> >> Any advice for the smoothest transfer(s)? > >Most sites will accept a plain GEDCOM file which almost any home >genealogy program will generate. > >The disadvantage of doing your genealogy on a home computer is that you >must also make regular backups including off-site. > >The disadvantage of doing your genealogy on one of the commercial >websites is that there is no guarantee that they are secure. And they >may well go broke leading to problems recovering your data. > >The advantage of somehow publishing your genealogy is that anyone can >make copies so that your data will be preserved. So don't make it >difficult for others to copy your material. > >-- >Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org > for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-MAC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Lynne, You wrote on 2 Jan at 16:21: > Hi Tim > > The message to which you're replying came from the matching message > board which is "gatewayed" to this list. It's doubtful that the > poster is also subscribed to this list. To ensure he receives your > message, please click on or copy and paste into your browser the URL > included in the gatewayed message > (http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/116/mb.ashx) and > post on the board. > > The gateway only works one way, from the board to the list. Messages > sent to gc-gateway@rootsweb.com disappear into cyberspace as that > email address cannot receive mail. I wonder why not? Why is the conversation only one way? Are Rootsweb trying to kill off the mailing lists? Or is it Ancestry that is trying to kill them off? This issue should be raised withoever makes the policies on Rootsweb or on Ancestry as a two-way gateway is perfectly easy, as is shown in the gateway between the Rootsweb mailing lists and the Newsgroups for (at least) Medieval and British genealogy. regards, -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/