Re: Sourcing Relationships
A Shared Fact only works between spouses; but we already have the marriage fact, so that doesn't give us anything additional.But, I find, in that regard, a link to the maiden name (ie a name on...
View ArticleRe: Feb 21 2013 Status
Nope, still not... 1935 Pacific TimeSometimes you wonder if support people will say anything to get you off the phone. They are usually timed on their calls.
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silverfox,The collection type you are describing is not supported very well by most off the shelf software programs. In Norway we have many genealogist that build studies from multiple singular event...
View ArticlePlugins...how to attach?
I would like to make Adobe Acrobat Reader a plugin for FTM2012. I understand that it can be done, but darned if I can find out how. FTM's Help just refers you to the "plugin manufacturer" for...
View ArticleHELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
I have a number of separate FBC files which together form a complete backup. The file had to be saved on to several discs each with a small capacity. My reading of the ancestry website does not cover...
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Donald Varner comment"In FTM 2012 how do you source a parent <> child relationship? I have birth facts supported by birth certificates for an individual but I see no way of showing how I proven a...
View ArticleRe: Plugins...how to attach?
Since there is NO plugin to do this, it can not be done.If you are a very good programmer, you may be able to program the code to make such a plugin.
View ArticleRe: HELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
Have you tried :http://ancestryuk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3673/...or is your problem that the single .fbc file has been split over several discs and you need to combine them into one file?
View ArticleRe: HELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
Thanks for your response to my query. Yes, as you surmised, the single .fbc file was originally written on to 6 floppies which were then copied on to my computer as 9 separate .fbc files. I presume...
View ArticleRe: HELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
Hi Geoff. Did the version of FTM you were using handle this "Splitting" onto diskettes natively? Do you know what version of FTM that was?I don't know if this will work, but if you know the proper...
View ArticleRe: Plugins...how to attach?
As others said no simple way to do this in FTM2012. FTM Mac 2 does treat PDF files as regular media, where you get a thumbnail & can open the PDF directly in the program - but currently Windows...
View ArticleRe: Latest on Merge Box Info Not Refreshing
>>He had me clean cookies and history for Explorer even though I use Chrome as my internet browser. Regardless of your default browser, in the Web Search tab of FTM2012 you ARE using Internet...
View ArticleRe: HELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
As you surmised, the file was split over six discs as sent to me but is now in the computer memory as six .FBC files. I bought the Family Tree 2010 software so that I could decipher it but thought it...
View ArticleRe: Plugins...how to attach?
Out of curiosity, why do this?PDF files open immediately upon double clicking from within FTM by Acrobat Reader with no problems.Why fix what is not broken?
View ArticleRe: Family Tree Maker on Linux
I am running FTM version # 11 on Ubuntu 10.10 and before that on Version 10.04 using WINE.It works great. I have been using Linux OS for about a year now and still learning. I had to get real creative...
View ArticleRe: Family Tree Maker on Linux
KDB, Right now I am using WINE 1.41.4.1 on ubuntu 12.10 When I first tried to install FTM on ubuntu I had to find some creative ways to get it to install and now when I upgrade to the newest ver. of...
View ArticleAlternate Names
I know I CAN put this in NAME field and choose a preferred name; and I know I can use aka where needed.But suppose I want to keep the NAME field clear for ONLY the preferred name but I still want to...
View ArticleRe: Plugins...how to attach?
Thanks for your responses, and thank you Sean for referencing the Mac. Possibly that is what some users were talking about on the internet, but not identifying their operating system.And yes, I wanted...
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