grasswire (36,371 posts) Sun Mar 10, 2013, 10:28 PM
Have you prepared a hard copy of your genealogy research for your family?
I am thinking of putting together a presentation to give to family members that can be an heirloom -- one copy for each cousin. It would have illustrations of coats of arms*, copies of articles, the tree, written sketches of significant persons**, etc.
I am wondering if any of you have put together something like this.
applegrove (57,505 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2013, 01:36 AM
1. I did all the work on a computer program and then I stopped. That program is out of date so I bought a newer version of the familytreemaker program. Now I have to transfer the information from the old program to the new one and I don‘t know if it will work. Plus if I do finish it and disseminate it to 200 family somebody will give all the information to ancestry.com. Then future & present generations will then have to pay for it in bits and pieces.
So the family files will become something to be bought and sold when the information and love has always been shared freely. If I don‘t finish it this will not happen on my watch. Simply put, I feel I could be responsible for a mess that once done would continue on for eternity. Once you buy the familytreemaker program, and upload the information I organized and scribed, ancestry.com will pop up on your screen and ask innocuously if you want to share your information with others.
A simple yes will hand it all over to ancestry.com and they then sell the information. Fifty people in my family could choose yes. And what a nightmare that would be for relatives because the family tree is huge with lots of documents and pictures. I suppose I should do some research as to what will actually happen and then look for advice from family. On the plus side family members who are not in direct contact with us would be able to pay to get information at ancestry.com
grasswire (36,371 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2013, 02:13 AM
2. wow, lots of aspects I have never considered!
I am far from being ready to put this together. Lots more research to do.
bluedave (344 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2013, 08:25 AM
5. Nope
way too pretentious for me
Little Star (11,125 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2013, 11:37 AM
6. If I were your relative and received one of your presentations as a gift.....
I would think it was one of the best gifts I ever received! I would also appreciate all the time and energy that you put into such a personalized family heirloom. You would rock in my book!
I haven't done anything like that and don't think I have the talent to either. I'm having a hard time (think old computer illiterate women) trying to figure out how the heck to transfer all my information from my Ancestry.com account into my personal Family Tree Maker. I wonder where I can find someone who lives in my area that I could pay to do it for me. Any suggestions where I could look for such a person?
Sherman A1 (11,064 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2013, 04:22 PM
7. I had planned to do so for Christmas
however, some family health issues came up, so the project is delayed. My plan is to use Ancestry, print everything out I can add photos and documents where possible and put it all in page protectors then into binders. It's for my Wife's brothers and her Father's family does not have a very long (her Mom's a bit more) or workable tree, so it's not going to be overly difficult. I will do what I can, hand it to them and then it's theirs to do what they wish.
Granted what I have done online with Ancestry will not be online accessible without them paying in the future I suppose, but it does provide me with a format in which I can work and since I am doing the work..... well, there ya go.
yellerpup (10,783 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:17 PM
10. I included our family genealogy in the novel I wrote, thinking that everyone would be as excited as I was to discover our NA roots going back to 1640 and following it not to the present, but to the gg-grandparents.
Unfortunately, the first person in the family to read it felt is was disrespectful and were upset with the truth about our roots. They have boycotted it. They don't want to believe me. I put in years of work on this project and to say I was disappointed in their response is an understatement. I was heartbroken.
grasswire (36,371 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:56 PM
11. sorry to hear about that, pup
I always think that everyone is as interested in genealogy as I am, and have been disappointed now and then too. When the History Channel recently started its new series on the Vikings, I posted info about our illustrious and scary Viking ancestors* to our private facebook group for cousins. Not one person commented. I know that none of them knew about our Viking ancestors previously. Perhaps they were astonished at having pagan ancestors. Dunno.
yellerpup (10,783 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:59 PM
12. I'd be excited to have Vikings in my family tree. Since some of the originators of the line come from Scotland, it's not out of the question. I know the resistance comes from the discovery of what Black Dutch means. I celebrate my ancestors, but it seems my relatives are of a different mind. The disconnect is that it means everything to me and they don't wanna know about it. Everyone has pagan ancestors if you go far back enough in time, everyone loves someone who is gay whether they know it or not, and life goes on. I have never heard of anyone being ashamed of Viking roots, though. That is a real head scratcher.
I don't ever remember hearing her mention a spouse. Sans mate, what family would want to know her background?
I am thinking of putting together a presentation to give to family members that can be an heirloom -- one copy for each cousin. It would have illustrations of coats of arms*, copies of articles, the tree, written sketches of significant persons**, etc.
Judy the Addled, don't forget to throw this picture in there too:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o528/dummieland/viking_zps5fe513ea.jpg)
grasswire (36,371 posts) Sun Mar 10, 2013, 10:28 PM
It would have illustrations of coats of arms
I posted info about our illustrious and scary Viking ancestors* to our private facebook group for cousins. Not one person commented. I know that none of them knew about our Viking ancestors previously. Perhaps they were astonished at having pagan ancestors. Dunno.
I have never heard of anyone being ashamed of Viking roots, though. That is a real head scratcher.
Perhaps they were astonished at having pagan ancestors.
All of my ancestors have been Christians, going back over four thousand years.
You have to pay for the premium membership to Ancestry.com to take the scam that far back.
Based on my research I may come from royalty.
Through my maternal grandmother I may be related to King Henry VIII
On my paternal side I may be related to Elvis Presley.
My evidence…
My maternal grandmother is from England. Henry VIII was from England.
The paternal side of my family is from the south. Elvis Presley was from the south.
Based on my research I may come from royalty.
Through my maternal grandmother I may be related to King Henry VIII
On my paternal side I may be related to Elvis Presley.
My evidence…
My maternal grandmother is from England. Henry VIII was from England.
The paternal side of my family is from the south. Elvis Presley was from the south.
It would be a safe bet that any family tree belonging to a DUmmy was used to hang a slave as their party formed the KKK.