tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post6622381929746729415..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Is there any advantages to synchronization with an online family tree?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-23150566333044824842013-08-21T10:49:54.246-07:002013-08-21T10:49:54.246-07:00For the fastidious genealogist there also can be p...For the fastidious genealogist there also can be problems with relating source-citations between a home-computer program and an online tree. The full-featured genealogy programs have a source hierarchy, including identification of repositories, and ways to annotate sources concerning evidence within them. FamilySearch FamilyTree has no field for repositories, so using a home program and downloading from FS-FT can prove troublesome where sources are given at all.<br /><br />In addition, with FamilySearch's emphasis on "sources" without regard to evidentiary documentation, more and more users are citing sundry internet trees and even unidentified GEDCOM files as "sources" for whatever they enter. Not to mention the ever-popular junk sourceless published genealogies.<br /><br />It is to be hoped that stuff from the online tree would not be overwriting what documentation is in one's home program in such instances.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-62905882083340648902013-08-21T10:18:01.238-07:002013-08-21T10:18:01.238-07:00Good point. The synch process is sometimes automat...Good point. The synch process is sometimes automatic and you might not know what you are ending up with.<br />James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-54764814532883810782013-08-21T09:17:39.368-07:002013-08-21T09:17:39.368-07:00Another aspect to consider is that when you sync y...Another aspect to consider is that when you sync your local data to an online tree, you may end up with the lowest common denominator. A case in point might be that you have (say) place and address against an event on your local data; then sync it to an online tree that only copes with place.<br /><br />Probably not much happens at that point - the address is still on your local event and lost from the online event. Now suppose your online tree gets additional data added to that event - like an image from an online database. The sync then goes into reverse as it were and copies the online data down to your local data.<br /><br />What happens to the address that was only ever on the local event? I've absolutely no idea what the general rule is, but it would be a good idea to test this out!Adrian Brucenoreply@blogger.com