I know this is just a so so workaround, but I wanted someone to see all the notes in the online tree, so I run a report for all notes in pdf form. I then attached it to the person that I most wanted to see all the notes, then they have that available to retrieve and read. Not perfect, but until they make them available, it works. Mary On 2/23/2015 12:02 AM, Ian Marr via wrote: > Hi Russ, > > To all intentional purposes, you are right - "The information IS the SAME in > your AMT and in your FTM2014 file". > > However, and I have complained about this in the past, not everything is > accessible. > > I, and I am sure many others, have their trees uploaded into an AMT so that > they can make it available to other researchers, with the intention that > others researching similar lines can both obtain information to help with > their own research and provide new or corrected information to me - thus > broadening my research base, and theirs, as wide as possible. > > I make extensive use of personal notes in my recording. Unless you are > viewing your own tree or are an invited "guest" to someone else's tree, > these notes are not available. You then have the problem that others can > modify your data if they have been invited to your tree. This reduces the > effectiveness of the AMT as a vehicle for making available important > information about those you are researching and can open you up to outside > "corruption" of your data. > > I have even gone to the extent of maintaining a tree (direct-line ancestors > & siblings only) in TribalPages for the simple reason that, although limited > to 8000 words approximately per individual, I can include all my notes. > > There are many reasons why I maintain an online version of my tree, > including the ancestry AMT (and these do not include back-up purposes) - but > until they make all notes (except those marked "private") available in a > read-only form for ALL users, it will always remain a second-rate vehicle > for sharing your research. > > Regards, > Ian MARR > at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 6m above sea level > > This message can be considered to be in the public domain. > > The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://www.ianmarr.net.au/ > Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://www.ianmarr.net.au/Weather/ > Family Tree: http://marrwatts.tribalpages.com/ > Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer. > -----Original Message----- > From: H R Worthington via > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 1:33 PM > To: Debbie ; ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] The Great Debate > > Debbie, > > The information IS the SAME in your AMT and in your FTM2014 file. > > What is not in your AMT that isn't in your FTM2014 file? Please be very > careful how you answer that question. As, you may not be able to SEE > everything in your AMT but there is a lot of information in the AMT > structure that you can't see. I have backed up my file, from my AMT for a > Test. Lots of information not seen in the AMT were returned to my restored > file. > > Russ > > ___________________________ > > Mailto:rworthington@att.net > > > ________________________________ > From: Debbie <growingatree@hotmail.com> > To: H R Worthington <rworthington@att.net>; "ftm-tech@rootsweb.com" > <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] The Great Debate > > > > Of course I want citations in AMT. But, there's value in having a > one-to-many relationship in cases where the same citation can link to > multiple people. When I sync things, I don't want the differences in the two > systems to modify my work. If I add citatation #1 to Person A, B, and C.... > sync the two systems..... why do I now have three copies of the identical > citation? > Furthermore, I was really angered when sync issues in the last version > corrupted my file and I had to download the tree from AMT into FTM..... > because I knew that the tree I'd be getting wasn't 100% mirror image of my > FTM tree. They should invest in making the systems identical so that there > are no difference between the two copies. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: H R Worthington <rworthington@att.net> > To: Debbie <growingatree@hotmail.com>; "ftm-tech@rootsweb.com" > <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] The Great Debate > > > > Debbie, > > That is NOT in FTM2014 that is in the Ancestry Member Tree. It is being > presented in the AMT on each Fact where that Citation is used. > > If you really think about it, each Citation is on each person in FTM2014. > So, I am sorry, but don't understand the issue. Don't you want Citations in > the AMT? > > Russ > > ___________________________ > > Mailto:rworthington@att.net > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Debbie <growingatree@hotmail.com> > To: H R Worthington <rworthington@att.net>; "ftm-tech@rootsweb.com" > <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 6:25 PM > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] The Great Debate > > > > Another question I have..... the whole sync process and it's impact on > sources. At times I'll work in FTM and add a single source to the facts for > multiple people. One-to-Many relationship. I sync with Ancestry Trees and > whala -- all of a sudden I have a separate source for each person, a > one-to-one relationship. I don't want to have separate sources in these > cases. 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