Re: Can sync be made one-way?
silverfox, can you explain more about what you mean by a 'share type' upload?
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In the upper right of virtually every screen in FTM is a "Share Button". Clicking on that Share button allows up uploading a copy of that FTM file to ancestry.This was the way to upload before sync.The...
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No, it's not selective. It's an all or nothing proposition coming down from Ancestry to my local tree at home. I'm just careful what I change on Ancestry and limit myself to the occasional image or...
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RosemaryThat is what I thought. As long as you do not allow others to edit your Ancestry tree it should only have changes you make.If you carefully review the changes that are going to be downloaded...
View ArticleRe: Correct way for colonial locations
Thanks to everyone. Now the trick will be to figure out what has changed and what hasn't. Just another minor detail involved in tracing people. Yeah!
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Curt,I always have sync set to manual, never on auto. I also review the change log before allowing sync to complete. It gives you the opportunity to go back and change something.Both of these features...
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I did not realize that you get to review the changes that are going to be made before the sync commences.
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IIRC the option to review is turned off when setting up sync. I like to have control over what happens (which is why I use Web Merge judiciously and don't let it merge anything without some...
View ArticleFTM 2010 -Adding same info for multiple people
Is there a quick way to add the same fact & info to multiple people at the same time? For example, I have a family with 11 people in it. According to the 1850 census, they all lived in the same...
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Not with FTM2010. You have to upgrade to FTM2012.Once with FTM2012. Select a factRight click - copyRight click - paste - will bring up a "family" screen - you can select or deselect that fact to...
View ArticlePlace History Tools
There are probably other tools out there, but ones I use are:1) Wikipedia - gives a lot of history for places2) GenWeb County sites - likewise often shows how counties were formed, split from each...
View ArticleFTM 2010 - Index view of people - A question???
Is there a way to change how the list of individuals is displayed? I'm not sure what the current display format is, but it doesn't work for me. I'm working primarily with Culbert records worldwide, and...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2010 -Adding same info for multiple people
Thank you for your answer. I don't use an Ancestry.com tree, just FTM. I am disappointed that I don't have the capability to "copy" with FTM 2010. What do you is your opinion about upgrading? Would all...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2010 - Index view of people - A question???
IIRC for FTM 2010 you can filter for John Culbert. Then you can sort by birth date, marriage date or death date and the filtered index will be sorted that way.It isn't until FTM 2012 that you can...
View ArticleIs FTM 2012 REALLY slow?
Hi,I have recently re-installed WinXP and now FTM 2012 is nearly unusable. Unfortunately, before I could test FTM, the mandatory update was installed. The update corrected lots of functional issues but...
View ArticleRe: Is FTM 2012 REALLY slow?
Do you have the box checked to search online automatically when connected to the internet? This populates the hints in FTM and turning it off helps the speed.Sync is just fine ... servers busy and I...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2010 - Index view of people - A question???
I'm not sure if I understand your problem.Regarding the main index at the Family tab:You can choose the PRIMARY sort to be last name, first name, birth, marriage, or death order.It sounds like you are...
View ArticleRe: Is FTM 2012 REALLY slow?
Thanks for the quick response.Yeah, I know about Vista; been there, done that and decided to revert to XP. Not multimedia friendly but also not a memory hog and definitely more user friendly. :)I tried...
View ArticleRe: Correct way for colonial locations
yes, confusing and unrealistic IMHO.Where is it that you're recording the information? If in a genealogical software program, state which one.HH
View ArticleRe: Place History Tools
This is one of the most convieint sites to study the changing of the counties in the US. http://www.genealogyinc.com/maps/I use it all of the time. However it is no help for the local communities.
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