Re: FTMB Files
It is saved on Desk Top but then Adobe Reader can't read it!! Where do I find the Navigation Utility?
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I assume you meant the Migration Utility. There is a link to it further down in these messages.
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Merrilee,In the current version of Family Tree Maker 2012 (believe all versions from 2008 to current may have the "private" setting also) when in a family tree you will see two tabs at the top. One...
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Try thishttp://ftm.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5313/~/famil...It explains how to get it and run it
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Ha, it was added then. Great!Yeah, I've been in school again since last year, and genealogy has taken a back seat to schoolwork. I've also got some pretty ambitious projects going for classes, hadn't...
View ArticleHow would you enter this info?
I have FTM version 2010.In quite a few instances I have, for example "Mary" who is my 2nd cousin 3x removed and her husband "John" who also happens to be my cousin from another branch of my family....
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You should only enter a person ONCE. Anything else will lead to a total mess.You enter each person and all blood links that show the link to you. After that you then enter a marriage fact between any...
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As stated enter them only once. Then you need to enter all of the different people that will show these lines getting to these cousins.If you can not show these lines, then they may not be your...
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So If I'm understanding correctly, the marriage between the two people that are related to me is the last piece of information that I enter.David, they are definitely my cousins. My father's parents...
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Thank you so much for your responses.Here's another issue I'm trying to figure out.Tonino Polidoro is my first cousin 1x removed. He marries Maria Polidoro who is my 2nd cousin 1x removed. (They are...
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StellinaNever enter a person more than once. Use Attach to link two people already in your file.FTM 2008 and later are not very good at showing all the relationships between two people. Older versions...
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As said before NEVER add a person twice you are only asking for trouble.You should begin to NOT think in terms of the # of cousin they are to you, but instead enter the information that relates them to...
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In FTM, you see multiple relationships at:Main Menu in People Workspace > Tools > Relationship Calculator.Note that you have probably selected one of the two already before you got here, so now...
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Unfortunately Gumby no longer seems to be supported.I have tried several other GEDCOM editors to no avail.I have also tried Roots Magic, Family Historian and Brothers Keeper without much luck, except...
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Silver FoxJohn married Susie making them husband and wife.Isaac Horner and Lydia Wright are 7th great grandparents of John thru their daughter Deliverance. What is interesting is that if I use the...
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silverfox3280"Below that is a horizontal bar with a down arrow. Press on that and it will show the various relationships that the two people have. I have some people with over 50 relationships with...
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Curt,You stated "FTM also says that there is NO COMMON RELATIVE. That is obviously wrong.".This is NOT wrong, it is just that you have not entered enough information (addition People) with the right...
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