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Two big reasons why people place their family names into searchable pedigree-linked files such as the Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, the World Family Tree Collection at Genealogy.com, at Ancestry World Tree at Ancestry.com, or at MyTrees.com as well as at other web sites are:
At various times in your research, you may want to share what work you have accomplished with others on one or many of these sites. As stated in this chapter and others to follow, posting your names on a Web site eventually guide people to your research. The more places you post your information, the better opportunities you have of being found. Some sites are totally free for the submitter and those who are searching, such as the names in the Ancestral File. Other sites, such as MyTrees.com provide you with free access to their other sites if you are willing to submit your own family to the file. They also allow others to search their database for free. They may, however, charge the client for the full information if a hit is located, and those clients are not contributors. Each one of these sites have different rules, but all of them accept and download GEDCOM files for your use. Therefore, it is important for you to learn how to make a GEDCOM file on your computer. Since the folks who put together the Ancestral File also wrote the GEDCOM program, they have developed a specialized method for PAF users to submit information to the Ancestral File as well. The computer checklist for this lesson covers such information. After a brief four page lesson on GEDCOM usage in the PAF program, be sure to notice some new Web sites at the end of this lesson on Canadian records, Eastern European, and land resources in the United States. |
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