Randy, Researchers will grab the information they want whether or not you allow a gedcom download. I know it's upsetting. Your best option is to update that file every time you find information to support or refute what you have found. That way you at least have done your part to the best of your ability. There is also room to add disclaimers such as work in progress, that you welcome corrections and additions, etc. when you upload at RootsWeb WorldConnect. -----Original Message----- From: Randy Sent: Sunday, 31 July, 2011 6:12 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry's Official Answer about Roootsweb-AncestryWorld Tree Searches > From: "Courtney"<sitnah@cox.net> > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry's Official Answer about > Roootsweb-AncestryWorld Tree Searches. > Seems John Baccus is wrong on part also. > > I did NOT upload my tree to Ancestry, yet there it is in the search > results > under AWT. > > Go to this website > > http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aquarius2 > > Click on my name to the left of my email address - guess what page it > takes > you to? > > https://myaccount.rootsweb.com/publicprofile?mn=aquarius3 Well @#$%! I have uploaded my entire 20 year One Name Study to WorldConnect Tree where I don't allow gedcom downloads. It's a One Name Study...not every XXXX family cluster has a provable common male (or female) link to another XXXX family. If someone needs something, they can contact me and I will provide a gedcom of their particular line. I have also uploaded to Ancestry.com, my KNOWN direct ancestors as one KNOWN family cluster, headed by a man named Hardy. The former all-in-one file is well researched, but sometimes speculative, and I have invited corrections and additions. The latter is well researched and proven. I wanted to keep them separate for obvious reasons. Now, thanks to Courtney, I find my entire One Name Study on AWT, a mirror image of my file at WorldConnect Tree!, fully down loadable. NOT my original intention! Even if I delete the file at WorldConnect Tree, I suppose it will always remain on Ancestry's AWT. I don't remember seeing a caveat at WorldConnect Tree that my file would show up at AWT. I disappointed and just a little angry. Randy O'Guin

While we are talking about other programs, I have an iPhone and it would be wonderful to have my file loaded on it so that I could take only my phone while doing research. I do NOT have an ancestry subscription nor do I have my file uploaded to Ancestry (and will not.....don't get me started on why). Are there any other apps which are decent that will allow you to load a gedcom and view a pre-existing file? Patti

> I have an iPhone and it would be wonderful to have my file loaded on it so that I could take only my phone while doing research. I do NOT have an ancestry subscription nor do I have my file uploaded to Ancestry (and will not.....don't get me started on why). Are there any other apps which are decent that will allow you to load a gedcom and view a pre-existing file? In my household, we have an iPhone 4 and an Android based Motorola Atrix 4G. For the Android phone I carry, I found GedStar Pro Genealogy Viewer which requires the purchase of a Windows conversion program. It is made by GHCS Software. ghcssoftware.com is their website. This apparently used to run on Palm OS. Their web site shows the following. Although you can not edit data on your Android device, we think that GedStar Pro has many other features that are unmatched by competing products, including: Direct import of data from The Master Genealogist and Legacy Family Tree. Import of GEDCOM files to support all other genealogy programs. Display of photos (including those linked from GEDCOM files). No known limitations on the amount of data that can be handled (other than the space available on your SD card!). Selectable options on what data to include, as well as limiting the length of text. Support for your To-Do List or Research Log (Legacy and Master Genealogist only). Several ways to navigate from person to person (and back!).