Re: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
It is my understanding that while you may be running with a lot of computer RAM, there is a memory limitation in the Program itself. So even though you have a lot of RAM you may get out of memory...
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This has been an issue with FTM since version 2008. Even smaller trees (3,000 persons) are suspect to this issue depending on how long you run the program and merge image records from...
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In short, no there's nothing you can do about this issue. It's a common problem that has been discussed many, many times before and by not addressing it the developers have indicated it's not a...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
The crashes can corrupt your files. It all depends on what FTM is doing when the crash occurs.Regards,
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What is the accepted standard to enter names?Terrance SEMAN or Terrance Seman
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Both. Many people use the capital letter last name only on their direct line ancestors in order to distinguish them. This becomes a little problematic [not for them of course] when others copy that...
View ArticleRe: Sync does not sync corrections/changes
Well, I would suggest don't resolve place names. Many people do not like resolving place names because our ancestors were living in a place, for instance, that wasn't USA when they lived there.And...
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The most popular way is to enter in lower case (or called Mixed Case).Most reports in FTM have an option under Items to include > select name fact > Name options > print surnames in ALL...
View ArticleRe: Creating a Chart with Family Tree Maker
As I understand it, you want both your parents, all their descendants and all their ancestors on the chart. You can achieve this, but you have to cheat a little.1 - Make a copy of your FTM file and...
View Articlehungarian ancestry
My father was Hungarian. Does anyone have any suggestions re how I can begin to trace his line. I know the ship and port of entry. I know the European spelling of the last name. All other family...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
The type of program closing I'm talking about where it just seems to run out of memory and close has never corrupted my file. Can you tell us what type of activities to watch out for that might do so?
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Start with FamilySearch.org.Also, more people will see your request if you move it to this message board.http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.ceeurope.hungary/mb.as...
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Both.I do not use all caps as there are some names are not right when you do, as those that have upper case letters within the spelling.
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
If the program is updating indices, writing information to the hard drive when the crash occurs, it can corrupt the information. Make sure you keep a recent backup of if one of the bad things occur...
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The GEDCOM standard suggests:"Capitalize the name of a person or place in the conventional manner— capitalize the first letter of each part and lowercase the other letters, unless conventional usage is...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
Good point about the backup. I guess I've been lucky. Since FTM 2012 came out I'm sure the program has closed hundreds of times on me. With the first version about every half hour. Much better with the...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
I was lucky for some time too but finally got bit. Just think what you'd loose if your only file was unreadable. I'd have several backups available just in case.Regards,
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 and Memory leak issues
I back up regularly, both onsite and off. I have a backup on my computer, one each on 2 external hard drives (rotating) and 3 times a week to an off-site backup service.I know some people who swap out...
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