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inserting a generation into ftm

hi. i have realized that i have another whole generation to add between 2 others. all the people involved are on the tree. i need to make a son of previous generation the father of the next one. do i...

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

SusanYou detach the person from the wrong parents and attach him to the correct parents. You also need to correctly attach the correct parents to their parents. You will not lose the connection to...

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

thank you curt. detaching people is always scary on 2012. i have had one disaster doing it. i am going to give it a try. susan

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

SusanYou should always take a backup before doing anything you are unfamiliar with.If you detach the wrong person you can always reattach them. Make sure you are detaching from the right relationship...

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FTM2012 laggy

Hello all,Just wondering if anyone else has the following issue. Whenever I upload and keep my tree synced with ancestry.com, FTM 2012 is always a bit laggy - meaning my computer freezes for 1-2...

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Re: FTM2012 laggy

Your observations are basically correct, but it also depends on your internet connection and general computer specs.Have you checked your program options and set it to the correct speed for your...

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

Why don't you create a small test file and practice getting detach/attach etc right before going to your main file?Having a test file, (use an old one or make your own) is a great way to try out new...

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Re: FTM2012 laggy

Hello,Thanks for this. Looks like turning off Fast Fields and changing to Manual has done the trick.Thanks again!

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

I export the branch I am going to be working on and import it as a new file. This allows me to experiment with the people and relationships I am going to change.Curt

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Re: Bug that causes the program to close

I have been periodically having this problem. I upgraded about a year ago from Version 16 to 2012. I have been cleaning up my sources and places. I had a lot of locations with slightly different names....

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Re: Bug that causes the program to close

What you have experienced is, I believe, a re-occurence of the out of memory problem. It has been reported many times on this board. It was much worse two updates ago but still happens from time to...

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Re: Tagging individuals

ThanksMike

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

I have always been concerned about detaching a person and then reattaching that person to another person so here is what I do.Before detaching the person I add a unique middle initial to the person’s...

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Re: inserting a generation into ftm

thanks to all of you for your help. i will try this today & let you know how i came cout. susan

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Re: Tagging individuals

Suggest you use a date in the description field for the date of the review and the fact that a review took place.The reason is that as the years go by, you may want to know when the last time was that...

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Duplicates in Ahnentafel Reports

Was the problem of duplicates in Ahnentafel reports due to married cousins fixed in ftm2012, or is there a way to suppress them?

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Re: FTM 2012 Will no Longer Open after updates to .NET Framework

after my 64.bit computer installed the update Net 4 framework mine FTM stopped working. It will not open up...

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FTM 2012 not opening up?

I can't get the program to open uo and i've uninstalled it and installed it twice and the only time it opens is when i don't install the update.

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Re: FTM 2012 Will no Longer Open after updates to .NET Framework

I figured out my problem, I had to create a new user and when I did that and opened up my FTM it worked. So i switched all my stuff to the new ueser and deleted my old user profile.

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Re: FTM 2012 sync and media files

nobody can see it unless you make it public. Who cares anyways - don't put anything on there that you don't want anyone else to see

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