Re: Deleting Data
Whole people are missing. I find a newspaper article I believe is associated with a person in my tree and attach it. 85% of the infomation in the article fits my people, but I can't figure out the...
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I don't understand.You said whole persons are missing from your file.Then you said an image that you imported into FTM is missing.Which is missing - a person you had in your file - or an image??????Is...
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I've compacted several times since the latest update and have not noticed any issues.
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Well-formed GEDCOMS
padmin1, This was the most helpful post I have seen on the issue of how FTM moves data to GEDCOM format. I would love to see this expanded into a table that showed how data entered into each field in...
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Both. And yes I use the merge function. I use ancestry.com on my desktop for visual purposes & the point and click. Then I have family tree maker on my laptop. I sync the trees, double check - they...
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Have you invited anyone to your ancestry online tree, with Editor access?
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Well-formed GEDCOMS
Here is a good example of how FTM2012 and Ancestry.com files drop or corrupt data when transferring to GEDCOM: FTM2012 and Ancestry.com both have Date, Place, and Description fields for events. The...
View ArticleRe: FTM: Benefits?
I agree with silverfox. FTM could use a lot more functionality, but it is a super enhancement for any ancestry.com user, especially for managing your data.
View ArticleRe: FTM: Benefits?
Babs, if you want to go beyond what you can do online with ACOM, FTM is a great step up.Especially if you want to share offline with your family and friends, FTM gives you the opportunity to export...
View ArticleRe: FTM2012 Well-formed GEDCOMS
@serenity,Your question is a very big one and I doubt that any software product even understands its own internal s to GEDCOM very well. Also you will have problems with which version of GEDCOM to...
View ArticleRe: FTM: Benefits?
One of the big benefits of FTM is that you have control of your data. With the data on your computer what ever happens to Ancestry, you have the data.There are other smaller features like telling you...
View ArticleFTM 2012 - When will Memory Management and Speed Be Addressed?
Small tree with 475 persons (but well documented). File originated on FTM 2012. No memory to show images after categorizing about 20 census records at one time. Speed is still not up to par with 2009...
View ArticleFTM 2012 given vs family name
I am attempting to eventually import a tree of 123 people, from Hungarian researcher. unfortunately, in their entry process they have switched the given and family names. is there any way short of...
View ArticleRe: 21.0.0.723 was TERRIBLE but NOW IT WORKS WELL-Issue resolved
The terrible aspects described corrected themselves a day later. Either it was an Ancestry problem since I was not the only one who experienced it OR it was an internet provider problem.Thanks to all...
View ArticleGuidelines for place names, people names
I can't seem to find any official guidelines for family tree data entry.One of my questions concerns place names. Should I enter the modern name or the name of the place when the event occurred? If a...
View ArticleRe: Guidelines for place names, people names
Names: I use the name on the birth certificate, baptism register, etc.Places: I use the name of the place as it was known on that date. Everyone has their own ideas on this.
View ArticleRe: Guidelines for place names, people names
For names I will use the "Given Name" if it can be discerned. Nick names and alternates names are kept in the "Also Known As" fact.For locations, I'll use the name used during the time the fact...
View ArticleSynching one tree with AMT and two computers
Can I link and synch a tree to a PC and laptop? Using FTM 2012 and Windows 7. Learning how to use the synch function on my PC where the file is currently linked and synched with AMT. I want to link and...
View ArticleRe: Synching one tree with AMT and two computers
Why don't you do data entry on your laptop directly to the ancestry tree?Or, just do the Dropbox thing and forget about sync. If you need an ancestry tree, upload one once a month or so.
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