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Same Person In Tree Appears Genuinly Appears Twice In Tree - Can I Link/Merge Them

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Hi,
I have an instance of the same person appearing twice in my tree. They are from 2 different branches of my tree , but they married. Believe they would probably have been cousins. In detail, a 1st cousin 2x removed of mine, married one of my Grand Aunts. Am I able to merge/link the instance of the chap i have two entries for or is this not possible ?

regards

Trev

Re: Same Person In Tree Appears Genuinly Appears Twice In Tree - Can I Link/Merge Them

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Bring up the record of one of people you want to merge
From the top menu select Person then Merge Two Specific Individuals
Select the second Person select OK
You will get a dialog box allowing to select which facts you want merged
Select OK

Re: Same Person In Tree Appears Genuinly Appears Twice In Tree - Can I Link/Merge Them

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Thanks Mike, I will give that a go. As Software Tester by profession, I'm at a loss how I haven't come across those steps. Obviously haven't looked hard enough !!

thanks again Mike

regards

Trev

Re: Same Person In Tree Appears Genuinly Appears Twice In Tree - Can I Link/Merge Them

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Theoretically you can merge any two people, whether they should be or not. But I'm not clear on your explanation. Did the two people marry the same person?

Re: Same Person In Tree Appears Genuinly Appears Twice In Tree - Can I Link/Merge Them

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Do you truly have the person listed twice in your List of All People? That is required, if you plan to merge.

If he simply appears twice in the graphic Family View, then no merge is possible, as there is only one profile/person.

Re: HOW TO ENTER ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN

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Step 1)
Stop referring to them as "illegitimate".

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Re: FTM 2017 Crashing???

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My FTM 2017 started crashing on hints and progressed to crashing on search. Installed a new copy and a new update and it still crashes. I'm about to give up.

Re: merging two Family Trees on Ancestry.com

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merging trees is easy, BUT, you need family tree maker. download to family tree maker, merge trees, then upload to ancestry. I have done this in merging 3 trees.

Unable to import GEDCOM file to FTM 2014

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Hello,

I've tried searching threads but I don't see a solution to this issue. I downloaded a GEDCOM file down to my PC, and then tried importing it to FTM 2014, and I received a message saying that "this file was created using an older version of FTM, and that the file must be converted to the new 2014 format." WHAT?! Weird, but i told it to convert, and then i get an error message saying "unable to convert" and then another error messages (file import error) that says "object reference not set to an instance of an object."

I need to get this to work to print out a family tree for my grandma's memorial service a week from tomorrow. She just passed away a month ago at 102.

Thank you in advance!
Steph

Re: Unable to import GEDCOM file to FTM 2014

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Probably a stupid question, but is the downloaded file type .GED? Assuming it is, it might help if you can post a screenshot of the first screen that comes up after you select the file to import along with screenshots of any other messages.

Re: Unable to import GEDCOM file to FTM 2014

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Can you also tell us where the GEDCOM file came from?

Re: merging two Family Trees on Ancestry.com

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According to Ancestry its online trees do not have that functionality.
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Merging-Family-Trees

The best you would be able to do merge duplicate people in your own tree or copy people (individually) from other people's public trees into your tree like when dealing with shaky leaves/hints.
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Copying-People-from-T...

Here is the main support help page for Ancestry Member Trees
https://support.ancestry.com/s/topic/0TO150000004c4wGAA/memb...

Even though online trees can be shared with others via an invite as guest, contributor or editor level, only the owner of the online tree can download the tree. Online trees can only be downloaded as gedcom files. Gedcom files can only be uploaded as new trees not into an existing online tree.
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Sharing-a-Family-Tree
https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Uploading-and-Downloa...

So to get her info into your tree:
- assuming her tree is public or you have access to it, you have to individually copy/merge each person from her tree into your tree
- assuming she is willing, you have to get her to download her tree into a gedcom file so that you can upload it as a new tree under your Ancestry account and then you would have to copy/merge each person from your prior existing tree into the new tree made from your sister's gedcom file

If you both want to just work on one online tree, then decide whose tree it will be so one person owns the tree and the other is an editor.

There are just two genealogy desktop programs that sync with Ancestry Member Online Trees, Family Tree Maker 2017 and RootsMagic 7. Each program syncs/interacts a little differently with the Ancestry online trees. Syncing (each program has a different name for the process) allows you to keep an online tree and a desktop tree in sync so a change made in one is transferred to the other either automatically or manually (meaning you decided when to perform a sync) without having to create/use a gedcom file. Generally desktop genealogy tree programs have more features than online trees so with either program only certain aspects of the desktop tree and online tree sync/keep updated.

https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Family-Tree-Maker-FAQ...

Because the two member online tree are owned by two different users it would still involve your sister downloading a gedcom if she does not also have her online tree synced with either FTM or RM or if she does then her making a copy of her FTM or RM tree file and sharing that with you to start your own tree with which ever program she uses if she used a desktop genealogy program. (Then you can sync your tree to a tree file in the gene program and then merge to the two files in the gene program.)

There's no instant route. Just figure the path that is easiest for you.


Family Tree Maker 2017 Support area
https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html

RootsMagic 7
http://rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/Features.aspx

Re: Unable to import GEDCOM file to FTM 2014

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Not a stupid question. It's a .ged file from ancestry. I will have to acquire those screenshots as soon as I have a few minutes and as soon as I do, I will post them!

Thank you!

Re: Unable to import GEDCOM file to FTM 2014

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"and then tried importing it to FTM 2014"

See if this works.

You should be in the Plan Workspace, New Tree tab, and start a new tree by selecting "Import from and existing file". The existing file is the GEDCOM file. After the process, you should have a new .ftm tree that can be a standalone, or it can be merged with another tree.

Re: FTM 2017 Crashing???

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Hi I had the same problem. I had to update Family free maker but not from the updated on the app. Go to the actual family tree maker website and depending on how you got the program, it will give you instructions. Get past all the sales stuff and it will get to the “Purchase” your free update. It will have a link for the kind you have Mac or regular. Be sure to backup before downloading. I couldn’t do that since my familytreemaker kept shutting down. Lucky that i always update before closing and had no trouble.

Re: FTM 2017 Crashing???

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Hi I had the same problem. I had to update Family free maker but not from the updated on the app. Go to the actual family tree maker website and depending on how you got the program, it will give you instructions. Get past all the sales stuff and it will get to the “Purchase” your free update. It will have a link for the kind you have Mac or regular. Be sure to backup before downloading. I couldn’t do that since my familytreemaker kept shutting down. Lucky that i always update before closing and had no trouble.

Unable to open My Family Tree 2017

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I am not able to open My Family Tree Maker 2017. I get message, Was not properly closed last time used. I may need to compact your last opened file to resolve issues caused. To compact the file , choose "Compact file from tools menu."
Please help me as I am unable to open the Tree.

Re: Unable to open My Family Tree 2017

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You can compact the file without opening the tree.

From the top menu bar, select
Tools
then select Compact File
from the dropdown menu.

A menu will appear with the name(s) of any trees stored in the usual folder for FTM files.
Select the tree and proceed with compact.
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