tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post5916460104053779455..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: 4 Genealogy Qestions and AnswersOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-29205700074674230302019-09-08T20:55:21.512-04:002019-09-08T20:55:21.512-04:00Hi Unknown, I can't help with roots magic, how...Hi Unknown, I can't help with roots magic, however if you are considering software to do this, as documented above, Family Tree Maker 2017 provides a standard option to download all of the citation media (photographs, documents, etc.) from Ancestry to your hard drive. I've personally used this feature since 2017. The only issue I've ever encountered is where Ancestry users have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698011949924130506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-13233106424551690452019-09-08T15:25:32.423-04:002019-09-08T15:25:32.423-04:00i've read somewhere (eastman's maybe) that...i've read somewhere (eastman's maybe) that roots magic syncs with ancestry and allows you to transfer everything, media files, etc from your ancestry tree to your roots magic tree so that you can save those files to your hard drive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237545232293813248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-8343749999548304652019-05-07T19:52:12.316-04:002019-05-07T19:52:12.316-04:00Hi Ron,
My point is that FTM does actually save a...Hi Ron,<br /><br />My point is that FTM does actually save all of the documents to your hard drive, saving you hours of effort manually saving each one.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />RobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698011949924130506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-26795488576724296072019-05-07T15:36:06.346-04:002019-05-07T15:36:06.346-04:00Ron - I still like to name the files as my documen...Ron - I still like to name the files as my documents are named. I just choose one family surname as the file name and sometimes I add something like "and more" or "etc" or "et al" <br /><br />Then in the meta data info I put the full names, dates etcOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-35601755147505541842019-05-07T15:18:59.981-04:002019-05-07T15:18:59.981-04:00Sorry, one question about your file structure: how...Sorry, one question about your file structure: how do you manage photographs? And photographs with multiple people?RonNastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585522094417638140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-54561994410149365452019-05-07T15:16:12.325-04:002019-05-07T15:16:12.325-04:00Thank you OTG for sharing your file naming structu...Thank you OTG for sharing your file naming structure.<br /><br />I am a free-weekend user of Ancestry, so I don't have access to all the documents that are connected to my account. I've been working on downloading them via the Library Edition, but I'm left with a collection of files that I've renamed, but is still a jumbled mess. I'm going to try your method and see how it RonNastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585522094417638140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-62199070106099595152019-05-07T12:28:23.203-04:002019-05-07T12:28:23.203-04:00Dear unknown - you are correct about syncing BUT m...Dear unknown - you are correct about syncing BUT my comment in my article was meant to indicate that your Ancestry finds (documents etc) are NOT saved to your hard drive. You must do that manually.Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-71487443099011216462019-05-07T10:49:54.429-04:002019-05-07T10:49:54.429-04:00Correction: Family Tree Maker allows you to synchr...Correction: Family Tree Maker allows you to synchronise all of the data, photographs and documents from an Ancestry Tree automatically. Hints from Ancestry & Family Search can be shown in FTM, and changes made in the FTM program can be synchronised back to your Ancestry tree.<br /><br />It also allows full zipped backups of your data, documents & photographs to be made, and provides a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698011949924130506noreply@blogger.com