Re: Source Citations
The source citation system at Ancestry.com which the OP has used does not support templates. There is a date field under the source and a date field under the citation. This isn't an accidentally...
View ArticleRe: Installing FTM 2012 update to new version
Thanks ginglish1 - I'm now fixed after calling their very helpful help line. I had naively assumed that they would prefer/respond to email! The answer(s) were to be found...
View ArticleRe: ftm mac 2 crashing now not loading up
FYI, There is a FTM for MAC specific messageboard which may have the most current answers:http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.software.ftmmac/mb.ashx
View ArticleFacts vs. Notes
As I'm working on my family tree, I had been entering "Birth Time" and "Cause of Death" and such as separate facts, partly because "Cause of Death" was a default fact in FTM and I went with the...
View ArticleRe: Facts vs. Notes
It's okay to use notes to put more details about an event, but in general you give yourself more options in the long term when you store data in its own "fact". For example, if you wanted to compare...
View ArticleRe: UK Quarter dates
"But the question is will there be other consequences of exporting and then re-importing?"Exchanging GEDCOMs with other software programs has pitfalls of its own, as you've noticed already with the...
View ArticleRe: Source Citations
Marco,You said a lot in you statement, too much for me to respond to in one go. Although I agree, in principle, with much of what you said.First. your examples.On the surface everyone would agree that...
View ArticleRe: New tree sync issue?
I am having the same sync error experience. It failed again last night. This has happened half a dozen times now since I bought this software in Fall 2011. The sync errors seem to coincide each time...
View ArticleRe: Facts vs. Notes
I agree.Some reasons for something in a fact description vs a fact note or vice-versa:1) Reporting. The Genealogy (Register) Reports (ahnentafel or descending) contain an option under "items to...
View Articletransferring file
Can I transfer a 2012 file made on a ntfs computer to a computer running fat 32?
View ArticleRe: Source Citations
If I were making my own software, I wouldn't slap a band-aid on this either. I'd make everything consistent and sync-able. The short term solution (if the goal is 100% sync) is to add a matching date...
View ArticleRe: UK Quarter dates
Initially I exported the data from Rootsmagic to a GEDCOM and then imported as a new tree to FTM. I input some new data and only found out about the quarter date problem when I used the sort by date of...
View ArticleRe: Couple that never married
Is this the same way as reporting an illegitimate birth? ( e.g.Female is married later and has family with another man)
View ArticleUpdate from version 21.0.0.704 to 21.0.0.723
The information about this update says:This update contains important improvements to the Family Tree Maker 2012 product. This important update includes the following in response to reported issues:1....
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012: Crashes after merging
i'm also having this issue, i'm trying to merge a tree with about 100 people, and one with 100,001. crashes while merging.computer specs: win 7 ultimate, 6 core AMD Phenom with 32gb ram. tree merge...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012: Crashes after merging
If you look at your crash reports you may find that FTM is running out of memory that it can access.Regards,
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012: Crashes after merging
just tested it with a 100 people tree and a 5,000 people tree and it worked, crashes on the 100,001 still.... both trees were exported the same way from the same place
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