Re: Add a Citation During Merge
FTM doesn't support this. If you have some knowledge of scripting (or know anyone with some computer programming ability [doesn't have to be advanced] it's fairly easy to modify a GEDCOM file so that...
View ArticleRe: Online versus on computer
FTM 2012 introduced a feature branded TreeSync. Basically, whatever you have at Ancestry.com (assuming this is what you mean when you write "online") will also be what you have in FTM 2012. In other...
View ArticleRe: Do you create just one family database OR a database for every family...
It's true that FTM scales very poorly. The more of anything it has to deal with, the slower it is. It shouldn't, however, have much trouble with the numbers you've mentioned unless you have multiple...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 - no people in online tree after upload/syncing my tree
This is the first time I've read about this problem. Something has either gone wrong with FTM or this is user error. At any rate, if you're uploading a "linked" tree from FTM to Ancestry.com, you...
View ArticleRe: updating tree on ancestry.com from ftm2011
Yes, you have to delete and replace with FTM 2011 and Ancestry.com. Best to upgrade to 2012 so that you have the same tree in FTM as Ancestry.com.
View ArticleRe: Media items not properly attributed to owners
You wrote that you downloaded your tree from Ancestry.com, but the result sounds like you created a new tree at Ancestry.com by uploading an FTM 2012 file. That's the only way that the comments and...
View ArticleRe: Cousins Who Married
Glad that it worked. I see that you accidentally created a duplicate discussion thread when you posted this. For the sake of future searches by people with your same issue, would you please delete the...
View ArticleRe: Highlighting an Ancestral Chart on FTM2010
Make your chartRight click on say you home person Now you have a great menu by right clicking and use the mark selected optionYou have a huge range of optionsThen use the box lines menu items to format...
View ArticleRe: Family Tree Maker 2012 Out of Sync with Ancestry - Duplicate Tree
Unfortunately you've entered a limbo zone. Ancestry.com and FTM synchronize for the most part, but they don't synchronize completely. That means that whenever a sync breaks, you're going to lose...
View ArticleRe: Media items not properly attributed to owners
My experience is as Marco describes. When you download your tree from ancestry, you do not lose the data regarding who originally submitted media. When you upload a new to from FTM to ancestry, you do...
View ArticleDo you create just one family database OR a database for every family you're...
I'm researching five branches of my family tree. I'm using FTM V8 and I have a family file/database set up for each one of these five families. However, once I upgrade to FTM 2012 and export the data...
View ArticleNeed Tech Advice Re: Database Mgmnt & Upgrade
I'm currently using FTM V8 for Windows but I have FTM 2012 that I haven't upgraded to yet. When I originally entered my data into FTM I created a database for each branch of my family that I'm...
View ArticleRe: Need Tech Advice Re: Database Mgmnt & Upgrade
Instead of using the Merge tool, what if one did this: Export all of the family files as GEDCOM files, create a new family tree in FTM (without adding any people) and then import all those individual...
View ArticleRe: Media items not properly attributed to owners
You are probably right---I don't know what I am doing half the time-
View ArticleRe: Online versus on computer
While Ancestry is not about to disappear any time soom, it could happen. More likely their system will overload or your ISP will go down. If you can live with these disruptions to the access to your...
View ArticleTrouble With Half Siblings
Both of my parents had a previous marriage and had 2 kids and I have 1 younger brother with the same parents. I cannot get all of my siblings to show on reports, specifically the Hourglass report. Why?...
View ArticleRe: Trouble With Half Siblings
I just also noticed that my sister's father is listed as my step-father. Is that right? My parents never separated.
View Article"Hints" coming from my own tree
I've been receiving new hints on my tree, but when I go to review them the hints are coming from my own tree. What could be causing this and how can I get it to stop?
View ArticleRe: updating tree on ancestry.com from ftm2011
Thank you for your answers. I had suspected that upgrading might be the best solution. Another question, then, will there be a FTM 2013? If so, would it be better to buy FTM 2012 or wait for the next...
View ArticleRe: Need Tech Advice Re: Database Mgmnt & Upgrade
I would only export to GEDCOM if I were transferring the information to another software program. GEDCOM doesn't support everything FTM does and vice versa. You're bound to lose stuff by using...
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