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This is really weird.
Some time ago, I used to be able to toggle between my laptop and desktop linked to Ancestry -- effectively just synching on the required machine. I (vaguely) remember that downloading would effectively merge and sync, not requiring a new tree to be created.
I haven't done it for some time as I have retired and no longer travel as much and now , as you describe, I have to do a full unlink and download of tree and media. GRRR.

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Technical Help / Re: Ancestry - how to merge from another person's tree
« on: Saturday 07 May 16 16:04 BST (UK)  »
Clearly I omitted a ' :)' from my previous message.

25 or more years ago, I used to stumble around graveyards and parish registers in the hope that I might find someone related .. my head used to hurt from microfilm readers, and my exercise book was full of rejected references.

Now I am delighted if someone else already knows the information...but, being Ancestry, and Millennium file in particular, there is a high percentage change that the info is suspect (to use a polite term).
So yes I do quite a lot of work validating (and often rejecting), but it is focused. That is what networking is for, n'est-ce pas?

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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Invented - but from where?
« on: Saturday 07 May 16 13:27 BST (UK)  »
Love the 'dancetty'  :-)

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Technical Help / Re: Ancestry - how to merge from another person's tree
« on: Saturday 07 May 16 13:21 BST (UK)  »
Yes, I mailed them to say I would be 'stealing' some people who fit my tree.

The ggmother has the same date and place of birth in both trees.
I was hoping that I could provoke ancestry in to giving me a 'leaf' for the parent entries that the other person has -- it has sent me 4 other trees but not this one!

I am going to try creating dummy entries with the right name to see if it wakes the Ancestry search engine - I had hoped it might be easier across two windows with a copy/paste of some sort.

However, there is a down side to the tale ... as always with Ancestry trees, there is a load of farmyard out there.. in this case a wife dying before the husband was born and her daughter having a baby at 61.  Ho hum.

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Armed Forces / Re: Help Identify Uniform
« on: Saturday 07 May 16 08:35 BST (UK)  »
Again, many thanks.

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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Invented - but from where?
« on: Friday 06 May 16 22:17 BST (UK)  »
But G O K how one does the blazon for some of them ....
  or explosion vert  35mm film entwined proper ?

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Technical Help / Ancestry - how to merge from another person's tree
« on: Friday 06 May 16 22:14 BST (UK)  »
My ggrandmother and her ancestors occur in another person's tree. I know there are additional people there and additional information but they are not showing up as hints for me to merge or in the 'search trees' action on my ggmother.

How is it best/easiest to either:
force Ancestry to include that tree in the hints to me or
to copy a person from the other tree complete with facts/media

I am using FTM as the master copy but happy to do in web mode.


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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms / Re: Invented - but from where?
« on: Friday 06 May 16 14:33 BST (UK)  »
Just for fun on the subject of modern items...
I was born in wales and used to debug computer systems for a living :-)
I think I obeyed the colour/metal rules ok ;-)
If I add a motto it will probably be the famous 'nil carborundum'

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Armed Forces / Re: Help Identify Uniform
« on: Friday 06 May 16 13:41 BST (UK)  »
Splendid. Many thanks to all for your input  :)
Given the date, this is Northwich, Cheshire.

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