Re: FTM desktop software v. Ancestry.com
Marco,We agree the LDS/Family Search could make it happen if they wanted to. The key word you quoted in my text was "driven". The standard hasn't been driven. Last published version 1996? Last draft...
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kj, after reading the comments in this discussion, I don't know if it is GEDCOM or a.com or FTM, and really don't care. In both a.com and FTM I can add things that I cannot get back out by exporting to...
View ArticleRe: FTM desktop software v. Ancestry.com
You're right. FamilySearch abandoned the GEDCOM standard and also stopped development of their own software. Had that not happened, we might be in a different position today. Who knows what will come...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect kinship
Hi Russ,Yes in my FTM2006 it shows me and my wife being married, it also shows that on the Genealogical Report, it is only when I look at the Kinship Report that is states we are half 7th cousins.It...
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************As far as record images being kept when using FTM, my understanding is that the images available from ancestry.com are heavily compressed from the originals. I want the originals - the...
View ArticleRe: FTM desktop software v. Ancestry.com
Lee,You started this thread by saying: "I am considering ceasing the use of FTM as desktop software and using only the online tools at Ancestry.com."Yet in reality it seems that you already had decided...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect kinship
ColinSmi41,With FTM2012, you can see who the common ancestor is, then correct if that is appropriate. It could have been a merge issue, it could have been a data entry error, or it could be reality.Russ
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Hi Again Russ,I am thinking of upgrading to FTM2012. I see that there are 2 versions, the De Luxe and the Platignum. The Platignum is almost twice the price of the other. Do you know the difference, as...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect kinship
Colin,The PROGRAM is the same. ONLY ONE FTM2012. If you look carefully, the other "versions" are bundles of 'things', usually various subscription lengths to Ancestry.com. But, only one version of the...
View ArticleCan't Ignore Records
I have FTM 2012 and when I click on the leaf for hints, some obviously don't match up. Next to the merge button is the 'ignore record' button, but it's grayed out and doesn't do anything when I click...
View ArticleRe: ancestry family tree vs Public Member Tree
I think, when you use FTM and webmerge a family using a member tree, the citation is to a "public member tree" and if you connect while in ancestry, the citation is to an "ancestry member tree." I...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 won't open correctly
Still having the same problem and Ancestry Support feeds me a bunch of standard garbage about exporting and re-importing the entire file and or uploading and downloading it to/from their site, but I am...
View ArticleRe: Outline Descendant Report to Direct Descendant
You've made my day! The Line of Descendancy Report worked well and Line of Decendancy Chart also, the latter reducing a test decendancy chart from over 3,000 pages to a manageable 4 pages. The...
View ArticleRe: Linking Trees
No worries David. I just deleted the tree on Ancestry and then uploaded it again from FTM. I think I lost 3 or 4 people I had on the Ancestry tree that wasnt on the FTM tree and there was lots from the...
View ArticleRe: Beware of Hazards of Merging...
I don't disagree about disaster, if you screw things up.Merging is 99% preparation and 1% doing it. Good back ups of both files is mandatory before you start.Things like making sure that the sources in...
View ArticleRemove source from one person in FTM2012
How do I remove a source from a specific person without removing it from anyone else?
View ArticleRe: Remove source from one person in FTM2012
From the People Workspace, Person tab, highlight each fact that the source is attached to in that person; click on the sources tab on the right; highlight the source you want to remove and then click...
View ArticleRe: Remove source from one person in FTM2012
This is called "unlinking". You unlink a citation to one fact at a time. At either the Person Tab of the People page, or the Source Page:1) Select the appropriate citation link to a fact2) Look up in...
View ArticleRe: Request - Sort children by date option
I just purchased FTM for the first time and downloaded my family tree from ancestry. I found the same as you - almost every family had the children out of order. One post told me about the data errors...
View ArticleHow to detect and delete CORRUPT PHOTOS from scrapbooks?
At one time, I was able to "Copy" my descendant tree up until recently. I then uninstalled/reinstalled FTMv16/Wxp but it didn't help. My tech guy said that one or more of the individual headshot photos...
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