Where is the upload gedcom button? Evelyn Kleinman Henderson, NV >________________________________ > From: Steve Kelsey <sjkelsey@msn.com> >To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 11:47 AM >Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > > >Has anyone tried the new upload gedcom thing?  I tried it today.  Quite >interesting--it compares each individual you upload with what is or what is >not in ft and then you can choose what info to add or to add a new person. >It saved me a little bit of typing which why I did it.  when I use that >feature I only add a few people to avoid typing all of them in myself. > >Steve Kelsey > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> >To: "Mary S. Scott (Michigan)" <mscscott28@yahoo.com>; ><lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:49 AM >Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Cleaning up on Family Tree > > >> Absolutely correct Mary. I have been having this same conversation on the >> FamilySearch discussion board on LinkedIn. There are several people there >> who just want to upload their gedcom file to FamilySearch and leave it at >> that. They do not want to do the work of checking for merges, duplicates >> and incorrect information. I keep posting "If not you, then who? If not >> now, then when?" I have found some errors in my lines, but luckily for me >> there are few members of the church in my lines so "all the work" hasn't >> yet been done. It leaves plenty of work for me to do. >> >> Miles Meyer >> Jacksonville, FL >> >> "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get >> better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss, The Lorax >> >> >> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Mary S. Scott (Michigan) < >> mscscott28@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> David's point about cleaning up our family lines on Family Tree is right >>> on target. >>> >>> The other day I was working on Family Tree and looking at some of my >>> husband's families, particularly the Tanner families from Payson, Utah. >>> >>> Earlier that day I had read an LDS biographical sketch about a sister in >>> a >>> newly published book. >>> >>> The sister's husband had married several women before the Manifesto. They >>> lived in some of the areas where my husband's family had lived. One of >>> his >>> daughters married a man with the surname of Tanner. >>> >>> I went on Family Tree and wanted to see how this daughter was related to >>> my husband. >>> >>> As I looked at the records for the various Tanner branches, I was amazed >>> at the inconsistencies and inaccuracies which are there. >>> >>> For instance, the information about John Tanner (the early convert to the >>> Church who gave a substantial amount of money for the Kirkland Temple to >>> Joseph Smith) >>> needed immediate attention. (John Tanner never lived in Payson but his >>> third wife and many of his children did.) >>> >>> John Tanner's mother was Thankful Tefft but Family Tree had Thankful also >>> as the wife of John. (Terrible error and not one to let carry down to >>> people who might not know the difference. It needed to be corrected >>> immediately and appropriate explanations added.) >>> >>> The family relationships were certainly in need of careful examination >>> and >>> correction. With my husband's approval, I started the process of >>> correcting >>> these relationships. >>> >>> As I told my husband, we will need to look at every one of his family >>> lines because there are probably changes which need to be made for many >>> family members. >>> >>> My husband isn't that keen on family history but if we don't do these >>> changes who will? If not now, when? >>> >>> Are we going to wait for our children and unborn grandchildren to be >>> interested? It might not happen. >>> >>> I think now is the time and it is a task which we can do while we are >>> able >>> to do so. >>> >>> As I used to tell my family history classes, we can work on one family at >>> a time. Straighten it out, add sources and notes, check ordinances, merge >>> if necessary, etc. We don't have to attack the entire tree but only these >>> smaller twigs in a methodical way. When we feel one family is in order, >>> than we can move to another family. >>> >>> Besides, as we work on Family Tree, we can address issues and offer >>> insights or feedback. >>> >>> Thanks for listening. I learn a lot from each of you. >>> >>> Mary Scott >>> Aurora, Illinois >>> >>> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >