Lost Cousins Referrals

Rather a big gap since the last post on this topic but I thought it might be useful to remind others what I had not realised (or rather forgotten ).

I have just sent a census reference list from FTA (in csv format) to my 4th cousin because I thought it was not possible to send a referrral without knowing the email address of the person to whom the referral is being made. THAT IS INCORRECT.

The email address can be left blank in the referral process before the instances are selected from the list of census entries. Then, when the Referral Code is assigned at the end, that code can be sent in ANY way, even verbally via the telephone, if necessary. As long as that Referral Code is specified by the new joiner as part of their registration process then the selected ancestor references will be automatically initialised for the new joiner.

One less excuse for not making a referral. Please make this post worthwhile!

 

I recently established contact with a new cousin with only one shared ancestor from the 1881 Census. I suspected the new cousin would be distant but the relationship turned out to be second cousin once removed. Possibly he has not entered many ancestors yet. I would like to be able to duplicate the details of the other shared ancestors that I know we have. Before finding my way to this forum and reading that what I wanted to do is not possible I used the refer a relative link. I sent just one 1881 household.

I have now read that duplication is not possible. Would my attempt to duplicate lead to a new membership instead of linking to an existing one? If so I can advise my cousin to ignore the email with the link.

I have sent my cousin a spreadsheet and he will use that.

Stephen

 

Hi Tim,

That is useful to know.

Thanks for your advice on FTA. I have downloaded it and may use it, but not for looking for ancestors to transfer to cousins, at least not short term. I am not using my FH software to its full capability as I have put all of my census information into notes rather than creating census facts.

But I do use spreadsheets to collect and collate census information first before I transfer details to my FH software. I find the census is the key to structure my 19th century research. I tend to use it first when looking for descendants of ancestors then follow up with searches for marriages, births, baptisms etc.

Stephen

 

Yes, FTA may be(is) a brilliant program but has created a lot of work for myself and others who used the 'notes system'. But it sure reveals mistakes and omissions

 

I just had to say, I've tried for years to get people to join LostCousins, generally by emailing them the link. I feel like a bit of a dunce that I never paid enough attention to Peter's articles to realize there's a whole SECTION on the website devoted to doing them properly. Now I'm almost glad no one I "email referred" has joined LOL.

I'm going to try making my first official referral this weekend. We'll see what happens!

 

Does the referral system work cleanly in the situation where a cousin and spouse will have 2 accounts using the same email address? In particular, the spouse is the genealogist and has just registered her own account, and is now considering registering an account for her husband, my 2nd cousin, but with her own email address. I'd want the sending of relevant My Ancestors entries to work!
Hope it's OK to use this thread!