AOL users can now FTP their large GEDCOMs to us. If you access MyTrees Online from an AOL account, you may have found it difficult to send us your Family History file (GEDCOM) through the upload screen found on the www.mytrees.com site, especially if your GEDCOM file was very large. If you had tried to upload your GEDCOM, the AOL system would probably have timed out your upload before the whole file was completely sent. We would have sent you an email
to suggest you try another means to send us your GEDCOM. We have recently found that AOL has an FTP function as part of its interface. You can ftp your GEDCOM as an ASCII or ZIPPED file.
For complete instructions, or to contact us, click here.
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A new function has been added to MyTrees Online. A User can now Backup their file and then Restore the file from the backup. We have always suggested that our patrons download a copy of their MyTrees Online file in GEDCOM format for safe keeping; but some patrons couldn't, because they were using a WebTV or a public library to access the Internet. Now everyone can backup their file before they do an append or anytime they feel they have made significant changes to their MyTrees Online file.
Click the "Backup" link on the left side menu. The "Restore" link is also on the left side menu.
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We have changed the data quality calculations. Due to the extensive size of many of our databases it was necessary to limit the calculations of generations to 30. So it is important to remember that if the number of generations is listed as 30 for a given "Search Result" the true number of generations may exceed that significantly.
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The MyTrees archive of pedigree linked names has grown by 13 million over the last 6 months. In addition, a significant number of Kentucky cemetery and death records have been added.
