FTM lots of duplicates
i thought i was doing well with my tree im not the best with computers but ive just found lots of duplicates apart from starting all over again how can i fix this
View ArticleRe: Hints for FTM
But how do you get out of the screen and go to the next hint? I would really like to use this function....but it makes me feel like a dummy.
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MeganCan you be more specific about the type of duplicates you see, people, sources, places?How you fix them depends on the type of duplicates.Curt
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hi its people i think it where ive been merging from other trees my tree is a bit of a mess at the momment i really need a bit of help i really dont fancy starting again kind regaurds sue
View ArticleCopy/Paste function in V. 2012
I can no longer copy/paste information (obit) & I used to be able to. When I go into my file on Ancestry.com, go the the notes page and right click to paste something I just copied, the "paste"...
View ArticleRe: Hints for FTM
Not sure which screen you are getting hung up on. So I'll address this a couple ways. Background: When you click on a Hint in FTM you are taken to the Web Search Tab. This is really just a browser...
View ArticleRe: Copy/Paste function in V. 2012
Make sure you are in Edit Mode and try the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+V.
View ArticlePlaces Report
This may be a simple question/request - if I have missed the answer elsewhere, please forgive me!I use Family Tree Maker and like the fact that a places report can be generated. However, I think I...
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You can't do any such report as this before the current version of FTM2012With the current version, you have limited capability:Go to Places MenuTurn on Heirarchical view (lelft button of button bar in...
View ArticleRe: FTM lots of duplicates
There's no easy answer. You'll have to do it one person at a time. Most of us have been there when we were first starting out. I've found that if you start with people at the far end of the branches,...
View ArticleRe: Copy/Paste function in V. 2012
Windows is telling you it does not have any "copy" text in the clipboard.Some things are not copiable. Does Paste work in a Notepad or Word?Sometimes there is a bunch of blank lines at the end of a...
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Sounds like an upgrade to FTM2012 is in my future - I am still using 2010.Thanks for the reply - I will upgrade, and then try your suggestions.One issue I have with FTM is the inability of the program...
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Just ignore the places that are NOT in the mail system, which is what "Places" is based on. The places is based on the "Mail" location of the different mail services of the different countries around...
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Ancestry has announced they are not going to have an FTM2013 (like no 13th floor?); so getting FTM2012 now is ok.The issue of historical names, names in records, aka names, villages & hamlets in...
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A possible answer would be to allow users to select the way the place names are listed/reported. Or, like most database programs, allow users to select multiple criteria to form a report.Got to be a...
View ArticleRe: Hints for FTM
I have attached a screen shot of the page for Hilma Valfrida Karlsson- I accepted the other hint for her and it went away. This hint, Boston Passenger and Crew List does not belong to my Hilma. If I...
View ArticleRe: Hints for FTM
Just found out that when I clicked the black circk with theline through it and go back to the person in the treee, the leaf is gone....I was waining for the hint to go!
View ArticleRe: FTM lots of duplicates
Thanks so much thats what I will do from now on.thanks again.....
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 - Sync Failure. Now FTM will not open.
Joe,When FTM works from another User Account that usually means that something in your user profile has gotten corrupted, and it strongly suggests that the problem isn't with the program itself.One...
View ArticleRe: FTM lots of duplicates
I use FTM2012 (and v16 before that) and have successfully used the built in function to find and merge duplicate people. If you merge from other sources, and as your tree grows large, it is unavoidable...
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