FTW 2012 shut down during find duplicate people routine.
Probably a known memory hog issue but here is how I solved it. Restarted computer and noticed that FTW.exe was still running and had to be forced closed even though nothing showed on screen that it was...
View ArticleRe: ftm 2012 and windows 8
Maybe I have fixed it: I was able to access FTM2012 by going into Windows.old folder. I used the "program compatibility" troubleshooter, imported my most recent backup and saved the settings. Will see...
View ArticleRe: Sync Error
First compact reduced file size 35.8%, second compact reduced it 0.02% and third compact reduced it 0.0%. unfortunately sync error reappeared. It would occur during the "Processing data from Ancestry"...
View ArticleArrival Facts being added to FTM
I have noticed a new issue when adding citations from within FTM.When FTM adds a new person from the 1930 census I am getting an ARRIVAL fact added, even though this person is listed as being born in...
View ArticleCustom Pedigree Charts?
I want to create some custom pedigree charts. It doesn't look like I have the "Remove Person from Chart" option when in the pedigree chart mode. Does anyone have a workaround for this?
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SandyIt would help if you explain why you want to remove someone from the pedigree chart.One way to do this is to create a copy of your file. You can then detach or delete the person you want to remove...
View ArticleRe: Arrival Facts being added to FTM
Was there possibly a transcription error in the index of that record?I ask because I had a page a few days ago where everyone on the page was listed, in the index, as naturalized. The enumerator had...
View ArticleRe: Arrival Facts being added to FTM
TeeZee,Did you look at the Census Record itself?I am guessing that you did a Web Merge. The Arrival Fact is from the Immigration column in the Census Record. But, look at the Census Record itself.Russ
View ArticleRe: Arrival Facts being added to FTM
This has bene a problem for some time. If the individual is new I'll delete the record and if the person is a current one, I'll not merge the fact.Regards,It's a glitch.
View ArticleCopying a Book in FTM 2012
Running FTM 21012 build 723 on a Windows 7 64 bit machine.I have defined a "Book" for one person.Now I would like to copy that book and make a few changes in the selection of some of the charts and...
View ArticleRe: Custom Pedigree Charts?
Thanks for the note on my question. I like the layout of the Pedigree chart and I'd like to 'edit' it to just display certain people and certain lines. I'd thought about making a new tree and then...
View ArticleRe: Copying a Book in FTM 2012
If I understand what you want to do is to make a copy of the book and then in the copy make changes in some of the charts, etc. so the new book is tailored to a sibling of the person in the original...
View ArticleAdding relatives problem
Whenever I try to add a relative the screen becomes shaded grey and is unresponsive to any clicking so I can't add family members. Has anyone else experienced this?
View ArticleRe: Arrival Facts being added to FTM
I have had this problem since I started using FTM. As others have said if the 1930 Census creates a new individual, a blank arrival fact is always generated as best I can determine. I then have to...
View ArticleRe: Arrival Facts being added to FTM
This issue started a few months ago with a change from Ancestry.com. Sometime around the 1940 US Census release.Regards,
View ArticleRe: Sync Error
I have been getting this error for weeks in both of my trees. After troubleshooting failed to resolve the issue (including compacting, unlinking, relinking, generating sync error reports), I have been...
View ArticleRe: Sync Error
For the last ten hours AMT has been working on generating a GEDCOM from my online tree, something that usually took 90 minutes or so when I had done it prior to February 2012 (That's when I linked my...
View ArticleRe: Facts vs. Notes
The problem of merging place and description fields in exported GEDCOMs is a real problem with FTM. However, there is a way round it which seems to work, at least with FTM 2012. For the export select...
View ArticleRe: Adding relatives problem
I am going to guess what you are doing. If in People Family you click the ADD Icon in the upper right corner a small screen opens up. Until you click OK in the small window, the only thing that will...
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