Entering of a complete name change.
I have a person that was born in the USA in 1917. (I have a copy of his birth cert.) It appears that his father deserted. His mother returned to Sweden with him. He changed his first name and last...
View ArticleRe: Version 9.0 errors/"Maximum Data Limit"
I had to abandon FTM v16 because the data file was at the limits of the program's memory and FAT16 capacity(2GB).I'm now using FTM 2010 - 2012 and have reached their file limit for two files....
View ArticleCustom Facts
Is there any way to distinguish custom facts that I have created from the default facts that were predefined in the program. I think I created custom facts for things that had a default fact, and I...
View ArticleRe: Custom Facts
Go to Edit > Manage Facts.Highlight a fact and at the bottom of the panel you can whether it is custom or predefined.
View ArticleRe: Ancestral Lines Pairing System: worthy of enhancement request?
The reason I might like to use it, is I would like to look at more recent lines in the 1700-1800 era and see at a glance how many mayflower names are tied to a certain ancestor, as so many have...
View ArticleRe: Ancestral Lines Pairing System: worthy of enhancement request?
FTM doesn't currently provide for assigning "tags" en masse to a group of people, or a a "saved filter" as has also been recently proposed - which is almost the same thing.You canClick on the Filter...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 won't open correctly
Please help!I am having the same problem. The first time I click on FTM, it won't open. When I click on it again, it opens, but won't open the tree I want, saying that it is already in use (because the...
View ArticleRe: Entering of a complete name change.
I enter the name as a new name for the person not as an AKA. FTM does not do anything special with these but you should decide which one is the primary one. Some software allows you to enter a name...
View ArticleRe: Duplication of family members
hi, thanks for the suggestions: when you say 'run a report', did you mean, using FTMaker i.e. the 'duplicate people report' or which report? Is there anything like that when I'm working in...
View ArticleRe: Duplication of family members
Thank you again, Silverfox3280.In the end didn't use that facility (this time) but used the duplicate report in FTM as I was getting myself in a real muddle I fear (!. But, seems to have worked for one...
View ArticleRe: Duplication of family members
Thank you again, Serenity20061. Yes, intermarriages between families, further marriages after the decease of a partner and the rest sure does cause problems. What a great detective you were to unravel...
View ArticleRe: Problems with log file
RussWould it be as you describe it, it is the first log file, just right, when making changes to Henning Lofgren these changes the show in the log file I agree with you on this, but not twice in two...
View ArticleRe: Problems with log file
lnilsson,But, you may have changes someone elses record, that would be listed, that did impact the person who you did not change. Place Name or Citation for example. If you changed, the citation for...
View ArticleRe: 2010 compatability w/ Windows 8
Russ,Thank you for your reply! After several more attempts, it finally loaded (:Happy Holidays!Agnes B.
View ArticleRe: Problem with FTM 2012 in Windows 8
I keep trying to use FTM2012 in Windows 8 and also keep getting random crashes (note that I have not been using web search and have no linked tree). Eventually I allowed Windows to run the...
View ArticleRe: Duplication of family members
Actually there is a way to do it on Ancestry trees. I have been working exclusively on Ancestry.com for several years and only moved to desktop software about four months ago for the reporting...
View ArticleRe: Duplication of family members
I would recommend you use FTM as your primary program as it is much more versatile than the Ancestry online system. What ever you do I would recommend that you choice one or the other and make your...
View ArticleFamily Tree Maker 2012 - Sync issues with media
I tried to sync my FTM with Ancestry today and noticed that the wrong media was showing on the sync log report, so cancelled the sync. After detailed analysis, it looks like the name of the media was...
View ArticleCopying Information Posted from Public Trees
Up until 2 weeks ago this was not an issue but I now find that I cannot copy/save information posted from other public trees to my tree. I am running Win 7 and have FTM 2012. Is anyone else having this...
View Article