Hi Diana, I'm so glqad you brought up this subject. I agree with you 100% on some of the sites and tribalpages can be among them. I always check Public Tree on Ancestry and use them as a guide. If I find something that doesn't jell, I leave a comment which is a good tool and probably underused. On my tribalpages website I have room to write 8,000 words under each person. I then source my info. even if it's someone's else's work which may or may be right. I also quote census records and whatever else I can find. I've also wondered what is going to happen to it when I'm gone, but I really don't have any control over that. Hopefully, enough people will be kind enough to give me credit... yes, make my mark on the world. I've been doing this for a little over 20 years and have spent lots of money gathering death certificates, etc. I'm sure you do this, also. Everyone, scroll down and read Diane's last paragraph. And remember, sharing is the heart of genealogy! ~Blessing, Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Nichols" <150atf@salsgiver.com> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [ALL] tribalpages websites > Bev, > > I checked out the web page for tribalpages, and I agree that it looks > interesting as an option for saving family trees. > > But as I read about it, and started looking at other sites, it occurred to > me the one aspect of all of this that bothers me (now 62 and wondering how > to leave a mark in the world). > > All of these sites, including Ancestry, just delete all the info after the > subscription runs out. Now, with Ancestry, the info is put onto One World > Tree, and perhaps some of the other sites also save data too, but that > raises a question. Where in all these files are the sources saved? > > It frustrates me to no end that the sources are not available. > Because..... > so many people doing research make stupid mistakes. I have seen people > link > my great-grandfather to living in Iowa or Arizona when he never left > Pittsburgh after the frightening journey over the Atlantic. I have > cruised > other members trees while dabbling in my Ancestry file to find No One has > a > source listed for Anything. A person finds a census (or whatever) with > the > same name as their ancestor and just blindly links to it. Then other > people > find their data and link to it. It expands over the Net into a giant > mistake. Where is the source and justification? > > Yes, I understand how hard this all is sometimes, as I have been at it for > 32 years. But it would all be so much easier if we all just listed where > we > got the info. I try, but have a few blank spots from my early research. > > Everybody, go back and meticulously list your source material! Save a > direct quote, with page number, name of the book or record, where it was > when you found it. And date that source. I'm as quilty as everyone else > about this, but we have to do it. > > Diane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Beverly Morris > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:36 PM > To: paallegh@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALL] tribalpages websites > > Hi Diane, > Here's where you look to find out about it: > http://www.tribalpages.com/about.html Like I said, I started out with a > free > > one and upgraded with a click of a button when I ran out of space for > photos. I like the site because I can keep it private with a password > which > I did for a very long time. Since I'm in my 70s now, I decided that I > should > > share it. I add names of my living family, but did not share their data. > If > anyone did complain, I can show them as just "living" and add notes that > is > only visible by me with my private password. Of course that's used for > editing and adding. It's so simple and user friendly. I don't know what > I'd > do without it. It allows me to really branch out. There's not way, I could > keep all the paperwork and documents at my finger tips. > It started in 2000 and I found out about it in 2005. There's now over > 300,000 members, over 80 million names, and 2 million photos. It can be > another good resource for all of us genealogists and family historians. > If > you find a name and the webmaster has a password they will usually give it > to you. It's always good to let them know what your interest is and why > you > want to look. > Throwing logs on a fire really appeals to me. I don't have a fireplace... > dang! > My other favorite website is http://findagrave.com . I have gotten a > tremendous amount of help there and love to create memorials. I always > leave a token/message for my relatives so others can find me and they > do.... > ~Blessings, Bev > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Nichols" <150atf@salsgiver.com> > To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:56 PM > Subject: Re: [ALL] winter days > > >> Hi Bev, >> >> I sit next to the wood stove and type in between throwing logs on the >> fire. >> It's a balmy 80 and I love it. Typing also makes me relaxed. Since I'm >> copying another interment book for the cemetery of about 380 pages, it's >> good that that relaxing thing goes on. I should be almost catatonic by >> spring. >> >> I have heard about the websites that save things for you. You are the >> first >> person I ever heard feedback from using one. Is it difficult to upgrade? >> I >> am happy with my external hard drive. I saved files from an old computer >> on >> disks (remember those little colored square things?) but now the newest >> computer won't read them or some of the old CDs. So my work files are >> gone >> that I created for my old job, but I still have hard copies in the file >> cabinet. I thought computers were supposed to help with this stuff. So >> much for planned obsolescence. >> >> Diane >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Beverly Morris >> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 8:33 PM >> To: paallegh@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ALL] winter days >> >> Hello Diane, >> Believe it or not, it's very chilly and yucky here in my part of >> California, >> >> too. We have the heater set at 71 and I'm still bundled up in my fleece >> lounge/pajamas with a robe on top. >> I usually do genealogy every day... snopping around and finding new info. >> I have a tribalpages website. They back it up for me and it only costs >> about >> >> $29 a year, I think. You can get a free one, too, and I slowly upgraded >> it, >> so I'd have more space. Everything I have is there, so all I have to do >> is >> look when someone wants something. Luckily, I like to type; it relaxes >> me. >> If you'd like to take a look, it's http://osman.tribalpages.com >> I usually get a hit from someone now and then and that's the most fun for >> me! >> ~Blessings, Bev > ************************** >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Diane Nichols" <150atf@salsgiver.com> >> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:13 PM >> Subject: [ALL] winter days >>> Hi Listers, >>> The list has been kind of quiet. Since the winter days are keeping a >>> lot >>> of >>> us at home between necessary visits to work, school and grocery stores, >>> what >>> is everyone doing for genealogical fun? >>> I have been going over my paper files, checking that all my notes are on >>> my >>> computer somewhere. And I don't mean my on-line family tree, but in >>> family >>> files on my hard drive that I can back up. Those of us who depend on >>> Ancestry, etc for on-line research may forget an occasional census >>> record, >>> military record or a possible date or name we need to confirm. It's so >>> easy >>> to download it and forget to make a copy. >>> I have had multiple computer crashes because of an accidental button >>> pushed >>> by a grandchild that deleted a part of a program (how I never figured >>> out) >>> and it was just fortunate that I have a month old backup on a separate >>> drive. It has made me paranoid ever since. This periodical checking >>> makes >>> me feel better and occasionally reveals something that sets the light >>> bulb >>> in my head off like a beacon. >>> I have also developed a paper for each of my contacts. I copy the >>> e-mails >>> between us and hold them under the last name in a "Family Research >>> File". >>> My memory ain't what it used to be and I always had trouble with it >>> anyway, >>> so these e-mail copies are necessary when someone mails back a year >>> later >>> asking if I uncovered anything new. I would have no idea without the >>> mailings kept, but want my e-mail file restrained within reason. >>> So tell us all what you are doing. >>> Diane > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message