Re: Alternate Place Names - Proper Documentation
OK, so am I understanding that I will need to go into each individual place fact, under each person, to enter alternate place names in the description? Because I don't see a "description" field in the...
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Thank you all for your ideas and assistance. Unfortunately, none of these suggestions have proven to be successful yet.Ancestry Support directed me to the help topic, "Family Tree Maker error message...
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At this time you may think you have no connection between the two families. Unless your wife's family is from Japan and yours from Europe, there will be connections. It took me many years of research...
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It is easier to use current place name for everything. In that way you will know where to go today to find more information. In the case you mentioned you would need a ticket to the Marienka Ukraine,...
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I don't follow the concept of always using the current place name, although frequently I will do that. But there are cases where I want to keep the place as it is given in the record that this entry is...
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Curt,My suggestion of the two NEW files, is so Liz could fall back to her current data right away, as soon as she finds out how much work it is going to be in cleaning up these two new files.Yes, the...
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Beth Unrein wrote:"I don't see a "description" field in the Places list."The description field is part of FTM's "fact" structure. If you don't see the field for a particular fact, you need to edit the...
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I use current location when entering data in FTM and when creating basic reports for clients so they can visit the place their ancestors came from. I also keep an extensive (offline) database of...
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I agree with Marco regarding using NOTES in the "fact" to illustrate alternate names for a place. The only problem here is that if the place is used multiple times FTM does not provide a way to reuse...
View ArticleRe: "Create Chart" forces shut down of FTM 2012
I had this same problem a week ago, what it you have somewhere is a corrupt file or files. The only way you can get around this is to reload a previous back up, prior to the error happening. problem...
View ArticleRe: "Create Chart" forces shut down of FTM 2012
Thanks for your feedback everyone!@Martin, I'm sorry you had to lose that much data. I had a backup from September to go back to. I can still open my corrupted file and view things but the GEDCOM...
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Beth,An addendum, and one I'm feeling a bit silly about omitting from my first response. Back in the days of handwritten family group sheets and typewriters, which wasn't so long ago, many genealogists...
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Marco Scavo CommentMarienthal, Russia (now Marienka, Ukraine)-or-Marienthal (now Marienka), Russia (now Ukraine)Marco sometimes I do this alsoBut when I do it I am always concerned about the word...
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FTM 2012 now has the capability to create Web links for People and Source citations. [See the FTM Help for further discussion]This appears to be a feature that is/could be helpful But as time goes by...
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DavidSplitting is easy. I have done it a number of times for various reasons. I have never attempted to maintain multiple trees. I use the split of tree for whatever reason it was created and then...
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First you ask about descendant charts and then you mention ancestor trees and descendant trees. I am not clear on what you are talking about. Every version of FTM I have used has had a descendant...
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Curt Thanks. 1) Descendant chart = descendant tree-- key word descendant 2) Not very useful to hear that all the FTM versions you are acquainted with have descendant charts. Clearly that cannot include...
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We also have towns today that are going bankrupt and closing down. The Post Office may still exist, but the town name and government will not.
View ArticleRe: Alternate Place Names - Proper Documentation
A question related to the FTM 2012 Places data baseFor a particular Fact Name [say, for example, Death] I can enter data in three “Fields”1- The Date Field2- The Place Field3- The Description...
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I have played with the extended family chart a little lately. I see islands of family groups that surprise me a bit. Does that mean there are multiple connections that I might not be aware of or is...
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