Re: HELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
You will likely have to merge the files in FTM version 16 or earlier. I recently had to do this for a user. Copy the separate files back to floppies, then convert with the older version of FTM. The...
View ArticleInstability problems
I'm running FTM 2012 on Windows 8. In recent weeks when downloading a document from Ancestry to my tree the program has been shutting down. Windows problem report says "system invalid operation...
View ArticleRe: Latest on Merge Box Info Not Refreshing
This problem has occurred three time in Feb 2013. I had it starting Feb7. It fixed itself for a while. It then started again on Feb 15. It was fixed this morning (Feb 22) when I started. I was...
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I would recommend contact Ancestry.com Help and report the problem. Find the best number to call for you here: http://c.ancestry.com/Affiliate/Knowledgebase/contact/contac...Have the link or at least...
View ArticleRe: Alternate Names
I would create a custom fact something like "alternative name"John D
View ArticleRe: HELP! - trying to import old .FBC files
Your .fbc files have been saved with a version of FTM 16 or earlier. Probably much earlier, as in the early days before CDs and USB memory drives, we saved to floppies that were split by FTM to back up...
View ArticleRe: Latest on Merge Box Info Not Refreshing
This has been fixed again. Feb 23 g:30AM EST
View ArticleRe: Merging Trees
Thanks for getting back to me and all of the advice! Hopefully I will be able to figure it out?? I do have cousins in the same family tree that married! Do you have disconnect them from the...
View ArticleRelationship Calculator AGAIN
Our "friends" at corporate have been playing again.My grandparents are 3rd cousins. As recently as December 12, 2012, I was able to print a copy of their relationship chart, showing that...
View ArticleRe: Plugins...how to attach?
"I wanted pdf files to open up within FTM rather than have a popup."Have you tried setting Acrobat Reader's (or Foxit if you use that) preferences to "open in browser"?
View ArticleRe: Relationship Calculator AGAIN
Do the parents of each marriage partner show the relationship you are expecting?I have found some cousins who married who didn't show the relationship to each other, but their parents showed the...
View ArticleRe: Relationship Calculator AGAIN
Thanks for your reply.Yes, both great grandparents correctly reflect their respective status as great grandchild of my 4th GGF. And, if I run my own relationship, it correctly shows that I am a 4th...
View ArticleRe: Alternate Names
Some options. There may be more1) Continue to let FTM databases post name variations to the name fact, but mark them private after merging. (Select the name fact, right-click, private).2) You can...
View ArticleRe: Merging Trees
No, you disconnect them from the menu in the People Workspace:Person > Attach/Detach > DetachKeep a list of them so that you can search for whether these people were duplicated after the merge...
View ArticleRe: Sourcing Relationships
I am not comprehending what the problem is. If there is a birth certificate for the child, it would state the parent's names, except in strange cases. THAT, establishes the relationship, so why would...
View ArticleRe: Alternate Names
Why, thank you. I really like number 4.I have done the merge but I lost some variations that way.. so this in combo with 4 sounds really good.I'm glad I asked!
View ArticleRe: Sourcing Relationships
Oh my, there can be references to an age (date of birth) and a birthplace - that have nothing to do with identifying who the parents are. And vice versa.First, in your example of a birth certificate,...
View ArticleRe: Relationship calculators in FTM and Ancestry don't agree
A few days ago Ancestry moved the location of their relationship calculator to just under the name of the ancestor. Apparently at the same time, they changed the calculator itself. It now agrees with...
View ArticleRe: Sourcing Relationships
"First, in your example of a birth certificate, where are you going to post it on the parents' side? You can't post the child's birth to the parent's birth, can you?"/*Why would you want to document...
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