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Brian Elcik Joins Our Group


Wed 8/19/2020 3:13 PM

Brian,

Wonderful! I will send you an invite in a few minutes. I’m sure to have questions as will you. I will keep in touch and occasionally share updates. At some point, I hope to create a CD (and when I do), you will be on a list to get a copy. I have hundreds of supporting documents and photos. The photo below is from the same time as the 1910 Federal Census.

Do you have a Facebook account? That is where I get some of my photos.

This text is a link to my Facebook account.

John, IV

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Facebook Post – John Elcik and Beth Purinton Gamache

08-24-2020

Beth,

Pam and I have been partial to dogs since the beginning of our relationship; Pam’s sister Kathy is our cat lady. Both dogs and cats like squirrels! Is that a real one in your cover photo. Is there a story here?

We have a new puppy: Lucy Belle, a chihuahua and terrier mix. Mostly terrier. After many years our Holly (terrier mix) and Daisy (Chihuahua) went to the rainbow bridge. This was more than a year ago so it was time to adopt. Pam worked as a volunteer coordinator for a shelter when we lived in Ohio. That’s where she found Holly and Daisy. Our first dog who came with our marriage was a Poodle named Sadie.

Neither one of us remembered how hard it is to train a puppy. Cats are so much easier. Kathy’s cats Mr. Grey and Ebony I believe were born trained. ?

John, IV

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Can I Share RootsMagic on a Flash Drive?

Tue 9/1/2020 10:38 AM

Ticket #90515: CD vs Flash Drive
Your request (#90515) has been updated.

Dear RootsMagic Customer:

Thank you for getting back to me. There are different ways that you can share your work with your family. They are as follows:

1. Creating a backup file. When you create a backup file of your data everything is included with the file. You can attach the file to an email and send it to your family. They can download the free version of RootsMagic onto their computers. Then use RootsMagic to open the file. Once the file is opened they can view all the information. They can even add new information to the file should they want to. If the file is too large to send as an attachment through an email you can share the file with them through Dropbox. Dropbox is a free online Cloud service that allows you to store files and information. It also has a nice share tool that allows you to send larger files to people. A normal email will only allow you to attach files up to 3 MBs, but with Dropbox, there is no size limit.

2. You can create a narrative report. The narrative report option puts all of your data into a generation by generation report which is quite nice. I have attached a copy of what the narrative report looks like to this email. When you create a narrative report it includes stories, the primary photo for each person, and all the data in a generation by generation format. You can save the report as a PDF. Then attach it to an email to send to family members.

3. You can create a shareable CD. This puts your information onto a CD for you, which is then read-only. The following link will open a short video showing you how to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOoAh4Jw9E

4. If other family members are using other genealogy software besides RootsMagic you can create a Gedcom file to send to them. To do this you will go up to the File Menu and select Export. Then follow the prompts on the screen to create the Gedcom file. Then you can attach the file to an email to send to them, or you can share the file with them through Dropbox.

I hope that this helps.

Sincerely,
Terri
RootsMagic Support

[The question was, “Can I burn the CD option to a Flash Drive instead of a CD?” The answer must be no. – Editor]

 

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Hello Cousin


Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 10:13 PM

To: Nancy Kashmer <lanaka@comcast.net>
Subject: Hello Cousin

Nancy,

I have had fun sharing photos with Beth, Cheryl, Janet, Mark, and Rebecca. Also, several folks, you don’t know. Years ago, when I did a smaller Family Tree project, “My Cousins,”; I was even in touch with Kari.

Thank you for clarifying the mislabeled photo. You are RIGHT. The person is Ralph Skillin on my mom’s side of the family. A dumb mistake on my part.

I would be thrilled to receive anything you can share. I haven’t shared this with Beth, but I believe she and I have exchanged enough emails to create a book.

Whether it turns into a family book or not, there will be published within the family a Family Tree with source documents. You are on the list for a copy. ?

I know you don’t like Facebook. I didn’t either for years. But if you ever want to try it, you will find many in our family have changed their minds and use it. Even if only a little bit.

It tickles me to think of you still calling me Johnnie. I’m working my way up to a phone call. Pam bought me hearing aids, and I’m almost ready.

Cousin John

P.S. I can say that and be unique. Usually, I put an IV after my name. There are a lot of John Elcik’s in this world. And not just my son. I’ve even been corresponding with one in New York. The story will be in the book. ?

Dr. John Paul Elcik, IV
Pamela Elcik
Lucy Belle, our new puppy

15117 Cloverdale Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33919

(561) 543-2892 me (I use it for text mail, which I was slow to adopt.)
(561) 543-3626 Pam

https://www.facebook.com/jelcik