tree storage as having to cancel ancestry

[dawnkaren]

up until now I have stored my tree on ancestry although kept it private, on the 10 april my hubby will be made redundant at work, and clearly that is going to be at the bottom of the list of priorities for a while,  however I don't want to loose all my work and info that I have gained over the last few years, so what do I do now? where and how can I store it all free of charge or preferably on my laptop?  how do I move it all over?

I wish I had kept a paper copy of all this info, and now its become a much bigger task then I ever dreamt of doing

[Keitht]

Depending on he size of your tree you are probably looking at a great deal of work but I suggest you transfer the information to www.familysearch.org which will host it free of charge.

[dawnkaren]

my tree is very large due to me being an adopted child, basically I have 2 sets of trees! and I would rather not use family search thanks

[ThrelfallYorky]

Do you know anyone you really trust, who is maintaining their ancestry sub, who would be willing to "adopt" - i.e., incorporate or import your entire tree into theirs? If that's possible, and you can do it, you could "reclaim" it at some future date, I feel sure?
Is there a printer-friendly way you could chop it up into sections and then print them out to re-assemble?
Otherwise, perhaps it's time before it expires to get a very large piece of paper for each tree and start copying it out by hand.

[torre]

I also have a private tree on Ancestry. I have not had a subscription for a couple of months now. Nothing happens when you do not renew your subscription. Your tree is still there and you can still see it.

You can still see any photos or documents that you have added to your tree. And you can still add a new photo. You cannot add anything new that you now trace on Ancestry.

If you have been 'invited' to see anyone else's tree, you will still be able to see that.
You can reply to personal messages sent to you, but you cannot write new personal messages.

Your tree will stay exactly as it is, indefinitely. If it's private now, it will stay private.

Don't worry, there's no problem

[Lostris]

is there a facility to download the Tree in Gedcom format?

That way you will have a backup on your own PC - and also the ability to upload elsewhere if you so chose  .... minus graphics or Ancestry-specific features ....

[vronlady]

although you are not a member of ancestry anymore you can still keep it there if you wished.

http://ancestryuk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5035/kw/my%20tree%20if%20no%20longer%20a%20member

you can also download it as a gedcom to your computer - which is recommended even if you put it elsewhere.  you can upload it then to other family history sites eg

http://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/member

[dawnkaren]

thanks all for al of that info, firstly im not sure what a gedcom really is, I don't know anyone that I could transfer the tree to, and I don't own a printer

and you say that my tree would stay on ancestry indefinitely? well how can I look at it and do work on it manually if im no longer a member? surely I will just get a screen telling me I need to log in?

[Lostris]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM