Tom, Your welcome! Happy to be of help. I think that the value is having the ability to view and even edit your online AMT when away from home on a research trip or even when visiting relatives and you happen to find out some information about an ancestor. I know that the iDevice App allows editing so I would assume that they intend to include that as well for the Android. In any event, I can say that I would just be happy to be able to view my tree when I am at a library or other location where I conduct research. In the past I have taken a copy of the Index to my tree but that has very limited uses when you cannot see the family relationships. This tool would allow that ability and that to me could be quite useful.... if I ever were to get any type of Smart phone. :) Hopefully sometime. Once more functionality is added to the app it will be useful to any FTM 2012 users who are using the sync feature and have an Android. Make a change in your AMT from your tablet or phone and then when you open FTM, you can sync those changes to your FTM file. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, New York Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys Monroe County, New York History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys -----Original Message----- From: TH Sent: Monday, 07 November, 2011 3:42 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry Android Beta App Linda, I just sent my suggestions to Ancestry. Thanks for the link! I just played around with my tree via the Ancestry web site, using my Motorola Xoom tablet. I was able to view Sources, Notes and other things and I could enlarge the contents of the screen by tapping twice/ I'm, not sure of what value this new app is. Tom Ithaca, NY On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Linda H Gutierrez <lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr> wrote: > Tom, > > Since it's a Beta version, most likely not all functionality has been > added > to the App. I would suggest providing your observations as feedback to > Ancestry. Here is an address that seems to be the one where comments, > etc., > can be sent androidteam@ancestry.com. > > > Linda > in Costa Rica > Monroe County, New York Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys > Monroe County, New York History > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys > > -----Original Message----- > From: TH > Sent: Monday, 07 November, 2011 12:22 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry Android Beta App > > I just download and looked at the Beta version of the new Ancresty > Androin App. It uses the Ancestry Tree rather than the Family Tree > Maker Tree. So it's not really what I'm looking for, > > A big problem is the size of the text in the Family and Info boxes, > especially the description field. Most Android apps allow enlargin > text, etc. by putting two fingers on the screen and moving them apart > to enlarge and moving them together to decrease the size of the things > on the screen. Not using this feature is a REAL problem, especially > with the miniscule size of the text. > > If Notes and Sources are available, I didn't see how to get at them. > > Tom Herson > Ithaca, NY > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You can view your Ancestry Family Tree by going to the web site on your tablet or phone. You can look at it in your library or show it to relatives. The Tree on the internet has and probably always will have less information than is in your tree on the Ancestry web site. The App has even less information. I'm not complaining about the app, I'm just curious what the advantahe is. So far, no one has pointed anything out. Tom Herson Ithaca, NY On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Linda H Gutierrez <lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr> wrote: > Tom, > > Your welcome! Happy to be of help. > > I think that the value is having the ability to view and even edit your > online AMT when away from home on a research trip or even when visiting > relatives and you happen to find out some information about an ancestor. I > know that the iDevice App allows editing so I would assume that they intend > to include that as well for the Android. > > In any event, I can say that I would just be happy to be able to view my > tree when I am at a library or other location where I conduct research. In > the past I have taken a copy of the Index to my tree but that has very > limited uses when you cannot see the family relationships. This tool would > allow that ability and that to me could be quite useful.... if I ever were > to get any type of Smart phone. :) Hopefully sometime. > > Once more functionality is added to the app it will be useful to any FTM > 2012 users who are using the sync feature and have an Android. Make a change > in your AMT from your tablet or phone and then when you open FTM, you can > sync those changes to your FTM file. > > > Linda > in Costa Rica > Monroe County, New York Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys > Monroe County, New York History > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys > > -----Original Message----- > From: TH > Sent: Monday, 07 November, 2011 3:42 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry Android Beta App > > Linda, > > I just sent my suggestions to Ancestry. Thanks for the link! > > I just played around with my tree via the Ancestry web site, using my > Motorola Xoom tablet. I was able to view Sources, Notes and other > things and I could enlarge the contents of the screen by tapping > twice/ I'm, not sure of what value this new app is. > > Tom > Ithaca, NY > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Linda H Gutierrez > <lilacarlhg@amnet.co.cr> wrote: >> Tom, >> >> Since it's a Beta version, most likely not all functionality has been >> added >> to the App. I would suggest providing your observations as feedback to >> Ancestry. Here is an address that seems to be the one where comments, >> etc., >> can be sent androidteam@ancestry.com. >> >> >> Linda >> in Costa Rica >> Monroe County, New York Genealogy >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys >> Monroe County, New York History >> http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: TH >> Sent: Monday, 07 November, 2011 12:22 PM >> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry Android Beta App >> >> I just download and looked at the Beta version of the new Ancresty >> Androin App. It uses the Ancestry Tree rather than the Family Tree >> Maker Tree. So it's not really what I'm looking for, >> >> A big problem is the size of the text in the Family and Info boxes, >> especially the description field. Most Android apps allow enlargin >> text, etc. by putting two fingers on the screen and moving them apart >> to enlarge and moving them together to decrease the size of the things >> on the screen. Not using this feature is a REAL problem, especially >> with the miniscule size of the text. >> >> If Notes and Sources are available, I didn't see how to get at them. >> >> Tom Herson >> Ithaca, NY >> ********************************** >> List information page >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html >> >> Online Support for Family Tree Maker >> Version 16 and earlier >> http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ >> >> Version 2008 - 2011 >> http://ftm.custhelp.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ********************************** >> List information page >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html >> >> Online Support for Family Tree Maker >> Version 16 and earlier >> http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ >> >> Version 2008 - 2011 >> http://ftm.custhelp.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> I'm not complaining about the app, I'm just curious what the advantahe is. > So far, no one has pointed anything out. An app like the Android one allows someone with phone service to connect to the Internet, and thus to their tree. One could enter a url for Ancestry.com and navigate to one's tree there, but the app seems a simpler way to get there IMHO. Better? I am a notebook PC user who usually treads in spots where Ethernet or WiFi connections are available. I see little use for me, but can foresee it for those who are not so inclined. John Okerson Memphis, TN