tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post9146502051528239222..comments2024-03-18T07:38:53.380-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Demonstrating Adding Ancestry.com Hints in a Specific Database to my RootsMagic DatabaseRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-39503325690974708622016-05-03T16:43:28.351-07:002016-05-03T16:43:28.351-07:00Ancestry changed their URL system somewhat. Russ W...Ancestry changed their URL system somewhat. Russ Worthington figured it out - I wrote about it in http://www.geneamusings.com/2016/05/mining-ancestrycom-hints-by-specific.html<br /><br />Good luck -- RandyRandy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-22801065500419041412016-02-05T09:00:35.002-08:002016-02-05T09:00:35.002-08:00Randy, I am posting this comment more than two yea...Randy, I am posting this comment more than two years after the original blog post, I hope you will still receive it and respond.<br /><br />This is a great approach to mining the Ancestry databases. I have started using it and love it.<br /><br />Now my question... How does (if it does) Ancestry keep up with what hints I have seen, and used in my trees. IF I accept the hint into my AMT they will of course know, but I prefer not to do that. I would rather:<br /> 1. Download the media to my computer;<br /> 2. Enter the facts appropriate to this information;<br /> 3. Write my own source/citation.<br /><br />If I am using FTM (or FTMM3) and sync with my AMT, again Ancestry will see my facts, but not the specific info from the hints. Also, what if I use RootsMagic 7, then AMT will never know unless I upload a new gedcom to a new AMT.<br /><br />Maybe the answer is that the hints are never updated, only added to. I hope this makes sense. I am trying to work through how to best use this tool.<br /><br />SteveSteve Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679972414423100659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-78396075506718726452014-11-14T14:17:16.824-08:002014-11-14T14:17:16.824-08:00Can you believe it Randy? Ever since I read your ...Can you believe it Randy? Ever since I read your post and watched the video 2 days ago, the Ancestry hints section has been down. I'm so anxious to try this method of researching and yet...still waiting. Diane Gould Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362418860289987479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-82158748703695412292014-10-31T18:29:22.428-07:002014-10-31T18:29:22.428-07:00Randy, many thanks to you and Russ for explaining ...Randy, many thanks to you and Russ for explaining this approach to updating my tree systematically with hints. I have a lot of hints that should be processed, and this will surely speed the plow.<br /><br />In the Wacky Wednesday video, I noticed that you had to jump back and forth between windows to take text from Ancestry's little source window and retype it into your source fields on Roots Magic. I have resorted to dragging my mouse across that text in Ancestry's source window to get the "guts" of the census citation, then pasting it into my source citation in my desktop package (Reunion), manually adding a prefix of "1880 US Census" and a suffix with the date and street information, plus web site and access date. I live in fear of making a typo on an enumeration district, and cut-and-paste give me more confidence.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00211040636289878792noreply@blogger.com