From: Jerome <rom...@ya...> - 2013-09-13 14:05:25
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Enno, > Really? In the other sites menu at the bottom of the page, I still see France above Sverige. And as far as I can see, they don't forget the French speaking Canadians either, so ... Does Canadian who need to get a copy of a record listed as a french one, need to pay 149€ for having access to this record ('world' account)? If so, maybe he/she will find more informations via urls given on http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Resources_and_related_sites#French_resources ! Otherwise, most archives (country/city) in France provide online copies of primary sources (birth/baptism/death/burial/marriage/census, etc ...) for free ... Sure, indexes are not always very accessible, but they exist! Note, about the business, we could made a simple comparison with any US compagny moving to Delaware, or an european one to Ireland (or Netherland) for limiting taxes. Agreed, european versions are now managed via Luxembourg and records in French are still available; but they also said that the french market was too difficult because they need to make partnership (licence) with around 100 archives (countries). source in french: http://geneinfos.typepad.fr/geneinfos/2011/03/ancestry-gere-desormais-son-site-depuis-le-luxembourg.html By the way, 'ancestry.fr' was never a major actor on this country (3th or 4th?). Maybe they will buy 'genealogie.com' or 'heredis' (two new entries for the bottom drop down list on the right corner!), but the model is changing for online search (at least in France)! eg, there is some beta apps (like gramps-connect). * gennus (basics in french on http://www.genbecle.org/gennus/ ) * brozer (basics in french on http://www.genbecle.org/brozer/ ) etc ... Anyway, Ancestry.com is a major actor on the US market and it is good to see that they provide a correct gedcom support. regards, Jérôme Le ven. 13 sept. 2013 at 14:47,Enno Borgsteede <enn...@gm...> a écrit : > Hi Jerome, >> Note, when we look at help on ancestry.com[1], they are still mixing >> 'Family Tree Maker' and website, even for most questions about >> gedcom file format. I suppose that gedcom file generated by 'Family >> Tree' is also supported by 'ancestry.com' and vice versa? >> > I think so, yes, because ancestry.com is both producer of the > software and the web sites. >> Maybe we still need to keep them in mind for compatibility with old >> "MyFamily.com, Inc" 's products? >> > Maybe yes. I have no idea about the number of old products still in > use, but I don't see a reason to throw away support for formats, > unless we really really are in need for a cleanup. > > For myself, I think it is important to distinguish the software > products and the sites, because the impact they have for Gramps is > different. I say that because: > > 1. In my language/research area there are not many users of > Ancestry's software products I think, because most Dutch genealogists > prefer other (local) products. Therefore, I don't expect to receive > many GEDCOM files created by an FTM version. > > 2. From Gramps, I make regular uploads to Ancestry/Mundia, where I > can merge information from other trees and records into my tree, and > then download a GEDCOM with changes, that I like to merge into my > Gramps database. > > Users in the US may receive more FTM files than I do, and there may > also be some that move from FTM to Gramps, but I doubt that right > now, because FTM can synchronize with Ancestry/Mundia, and Gramps can > not. > > If the above is true for the world, the amount of imports in > ancestry.com format will outnumber the amount of imports from FTM > itself, and I could go even further, saying that users of modern FTM > versions can use the built-in sync to upload their trees to Ancestry, > and therefore also use the ancestry.com GEDCOM format to transfer to > Gramps. >> About localized versions, since 2/3 years they prefer supporting >> swedish than french... >> > Really? In the other sites menu at the bottom of the page, I still > see France above Sverige. And as far as I can see, they don't forget > the French speaking Canadians either, so ... > > regards, > > Enno > |