My wife would like me to research her family tree.
I’m worried about any impacts or issues if I put her tree on my RM 11 account. My biggest concern is with FamilySearch….. or maybe something else I’m not thinking about.
My plan is to download her existing tree from Ancestry into my RM11 via Treeshare. Her tree is on my account in Ancestry account, so I don’t see that as a big issue. It’s just another tree and therefore I should be able to get hints and tree share etc. on both her tree and mine in RM.
My issue is FamilySearch - My tree in FamilySearch is not linked to her tree in FamilySearch. She has her own Family Search login etc.
I’m thinking it should be okay to use my FamilySearch account on both trees (hers and mine). My thinking is everything is based on the FamilySearch ID so it really should not matter when reviewing hints or Treeshare between RM and FamilySearch for both trees. But I could be wrong.
But before I do this was hoping for any thoughts and concerns.
I think your first issue is Ancestry if I am understanding your situation correctly. What I am understanding is that you have one Ancestry account with two trees, one for you and one for your wife. Your RM database can only be connected to one Ancestry tree at a time. It doesn’t matter that both trees are on the same Ancestry account. So you can’t download her Ancestry into your RM database if your RM database is already connected to your Ancestry tree.
You also can’t disconnect your RM and your Ancestry tree from each other and then connect your RM database to your wife’s Ancestry tree. The only way to connect RM and Ancestry together is that one or the other side has to start out new and empty. When you connect, it will copy whichever side is not new and empty to the side which is new and empty.
I have 6 RootsMagic tree files that are each connected to separate Ancestry trees in my account. I prefer to keep them separate for research reasons. Each RM tree file is also connected to FamilySearch under my one FS account. You are probably aware that FS, unlike Ancestry.com, just has one large tree instead of separate trees. So, you might consider having a separate RM file approach for each family history. The only inconvenience is that when changing files, the RM settings need to be updated since I have each of my family history files in a separate folder with sub-folders (data, media, reports, backup).
Thanks - This is what I was thinking I will have two files (I do it now with a test tree for ORA set up). I was a little concerned with FS. But just wanted to make sure I was not missing anything. Thanks again!
I plan to have two different accounts in RM. I do that now; one is my tree the other file is a test tree I use for ORA and other testing. Thanks for your response it helps knowing if I’m missing anything. Thanks again
You can have as many different “trees” (database files) in RM as your computer can hold so just keep them in separate files. I keep my two parents trees separate as there’s no crossover and it becomes easier to share with cousins. If I did my partner’s tree it would also be a new file.
How will you find out that you are related to your spouse? I keep my and my wife’s trees in one file. We are 6th cousins (thru my mother and her father) and 6th cousins, once removed (my mother and her mother)
With FamilySearch you will both have different FSIDs for living individuals. If you are logged using your FamilySearch account you won’t be able to see the same FSID for you wife that she sees when she logs in.
@MRess I agree with @RRF Robert that I wouldn’t want to know if we were related BUT I already know that we are NOT even going way back just as I know that there is no connections between my Dad and Mom’s lines-- hubby’s family is from one part of the state and mine from another–as for Mom and Dad-- my grandfather ( Mom’s Dad ) was the 1st generation born in the United States and Dad’s lines have been here since 1635…
@RRF I have different databases–one for Mom’s lines and one for Dad lines-- on hubby I have different databases for every family line–just the way that others helped me when I first started out —wouldn’t want to try to combine them all now as I had a bad experience with that company we shall not name just trying to combine 2 of the databases..
Keeping the lines separate usually results in much smaller databases and eliminates some of the problems that happen with larger databases
We are all more interconnected than we realize. For example my parents are related way back to some of the Kings of early England. Those of us with European ancestors likely have ancestors in common that we would never have guessed possible.
