Re: Places Report
serenity20061 wrote:"For now, I am shopping for another software. Any suggestions?"The Master Genealogist is far more powerful than Family Tree Maker. Unfortunately, it comes with its own set of...
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Since I started this thread I thought I would make a comment here. I the latest version of FTM seems to have rectified the problem. I've done nothing but all is working fine now.
View ArticleRe: FTM Synching issues
jmstefanac,Glad to hear it.Glenn,Would you please confirm your situation? I understood you to say that you did not know what to do next after creating a 2nd profile, while Marco understood you to say...
View ArticleUpgrading from FTM 2011 to FTM 2012
I have used 2011 since it came out, after resolving some installation issues. Then my laptop went out and I had to have everything wiped and reinstalled. In the meantime I received FTM 2012. When I got...
View ArticleUpgrading from FTM 2011 to FTM 2012
I have used 2011 since it came out, after resolving some installation issues. Then my laptop went out and I had to have everything wiped and reinstalled. In the meantime I received FTM 2012. When I got...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2 for MAC Sync Problems
I have the current version of FTM Mac 2. Tonight my file on my computer unlinked all children from their parents, sort of. If you go to a child, you will see the parents, but when you click on the...
View ArticleEdit by descendants
My family has a huge descendant book which lists all the descendants of an individual 33 generations ago. I would like to use FTM to digitize that information, but I don't see a way to edit from the...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading from FTM 2011 to FTM 2012
There are worth while features that come with FTM 2012, plus it is the current supported version.To protect yourself just make a copy of the FTM 2011 files to another location before you open them....
View ArticleRe: Upgrading from FTM 2011 to FTM 2012
I would definitely upgrade to FTM2012. There are dozens of updates and changes from FTM2011 - even not counting the sync feature (which I don't use either).What some users do, including me, is to...
View ArticleRe: FTM Synching issues
Thanks for the efforts guys, after copying the appdata/roaming profiles over, sync works successfullyBefore it was creating a new tree in AMT, (not ideal).Until this gets resolved I guess its a work...
View ArticleRe: Edit by descendants
Actually in the-out-of-the-box people view, there are three generations shown in the tree above and a fourth generation with children in the center lower pane,If I were you I would prove those 33...
View ArticleRe: Edit by descendants
As Keith suggests, you can see the family of a selected person in the bottom of the middle pane in the Family Tab. You can enter a child at that view by clicking on "add a child" under the bottom child...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading from FTM 2011 to FTM 2012
It's also worth copying the FTM2011 file and folders to an external location too, an external hard disk, USB memory stick, or even burn to CD or DVD, just to make sure you've got them seperately.I feel...
View ArticleTransferring version 9.0 FTM files to Windows 7
I have Family Tree Maker version 9.0 on my old laptop (XP) and have been trying for hours to export my files to my new laptop with Windows 7 and Family Tree Maker version 9.0 installed.The only backups...
View ArticleRe: Edit by descendants
Something I do not use much, but may better satisfy your need, is the relationship calculator. From any screen go to the main toolbar find Tools, click to open and select relationship calculator. In...
View ArticleRe: Transferring version 9.0 FTM files to Windows 7
You don't need to do a backup and restore. You can just directly import the old .ftw format, as shown here:http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3673/kw...After you get your new datafile...
View ArticleRe: Linking a source to a repository
If you use:Website as Book, (Electronic Publication)OrOnline Publication (Image Copy by Author)orOnline Publication (Image Copy by Titleyou can add a url. The URL is already built in to the source and...
View ArticleRe: Unable to restore 2012 FTM file from removable media
I tried several suggestions from the help desk--none of which worked. Then tried the restore suggestion and it did work, however, even with a different name on the file, it saved the file over my...
View ArticleTwo private trees-can't work between them?
Hi--Posted this to the Ancestry tree message board but no one seemed to be able to figure this out, so hope this will make sense to someone here who can help me:I don't know if this is the right board...
View Articlemigration from FTM 2012 for Windows to MAC
Using the migration utility, I was able to migrate the file except for one important part: NO MEDIA! Of course I checked media in the process of migrating but after the file is installed on my MAC...
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