These are notes from a Family Tree Maker User.
With
FTM2017 and FTM2019 the blog posts will apply to both the PC and the Mac Versions of the programs. Any differences will be noted
A Quick Review of the Roles one can have when invited to an Ancestry / Publish Member Tree. More details are in the Knowledge Based articles mentioned. Here is a link to them.
Within Family Tree Maker version 2012, with TreeSync™, the user has control over who can see what, once the tree is in the Ancestry Member Tree.
From the Plan Workspace, SyncNow menu, the following screen will be presented.
The top choice is to make the tree Public or Private. From that screen:
Public Tree
Making your tree public benefits you and the
community
When your trees are publicly viewable, it
is easier to find relatives using the Ancestry.com sites.
Members of Ancestry.com sites can get in
touch with you and help with your research. (This is done without showing your
name or email address.)
All personal information is protected
Information about living people is
automatically hidden from others and is NOT included in our search index.
You can change your mind and make your
tree private anytime.
Only you can edit your tree unless you
invite people to work with you.
This setting makes your tree "Private" so that it can't be
viewed as a Public Member Tree. Note that the information from your tree will
still be indexed for searching, but those who find your information can't view
your tree without your permission.
What does this mean?
Even if you don't share your tree, other
members can still learn if a specific deceased individual is in your tree, in
addition to the birth year and birthplace of the person and your username (but
no personal information about you).
They can then contact you anonymously
through the Connection Service on Ancestry.com sites to request more
information. Keep in mind that members who want to learn from your tree may also
have helpful information about your tree to offer you in exchange.
There is a check box that says:
Note: although your tree will instantly become public or
private, it usually takes about a week or more to be reflected in the search
index.
Roles:
You can also invite people to your Ancestry Member Tree. There are three Roles that you can assign to them: Editor, Contributor, Guest. That role can able be adjusted:
To adjust the role for someone you’ve invited, click the drop down menu and select the desired role.
Editor: Gives the invitee the ability to edit any person in your tree
Contributor: Contributors have the ability to upload photos or stories to your tree, but cannot make edits to the tree
Guest: Gives this person you've invited access to view your tree and leave comments
You can also adjust if the person has rights to view living individuals in your tree by checking or un-checking the Can see living people box under Living information
Ancestry.com considers a person to be living if the individual has no death information entered and is younger than 100 years old
This option cannot be adjusted for those invited as Editors
Click Save changes to complete the adjustments
This can also be done in the Manage Tree on Ancestry.
