Using version 2.31 I am having trouble in establishing relationships on the spouse side of any family. They all show as not related. Any suggestions Regards Gale

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:34:31 +0200, Gschneidinger Max <Max.Gschneidinger@ZP.SIEMENS.DE> penned this message: > >> Since I just got a scanner I am ready to add pictures to my database. >> Any advice on the best way to organize them? >> >> >> Mr.T (Tracy Schell) >> >There are many ways ... >My solution also is to use the IRN as the organization feature, because it's >very stable within one database. >E.g. In my cft-phot-directory 00023-1.jpg is my first. 00023-11.jpg my >eleventh picture for the individual with the IRN 23. >00023f-1.jpg is 23rds family, 00023s-1.jpg is 23 and spouse. >File-names are limited to 8 digits. So 00023f-2.jpg would be second picture of the individual with IRN 23 with his wife? Wait a minute, all my IRN's are 6 digits, do you drop off a 0? Did you make a new directory for pictures? Mr.T (Tracy Schell) from The Sunshine State. Visit my Homepage at: http://bbs.mpcs.com/~tschell Also visit my churches webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/~ncccfl My Sports Card Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4995

I have been trying to use the latest 16 bit version of CFT (2.31)for a number of weeks now and have had no luck. Here is my story... 1st. downloaded the two separate "zip" files on machine "A". Then tried to install on machine "B" the second "zip file" would not "unzip". Sorry but the error message has been forgotten. 2nd... Downloaded the two "zips" using machine "A" and different disks.Installed again on machine "B" and "C"... Same response as trial one. 3rd... Downloaded the large one piece "zip file" on machine "C", this file installed OK, but when I tried to run the program I ended up in a DOS window and got the message "insufficient memory". When I try using file manager and click on the "cft16.exe" file, I get the same DOS window and message, but can click on the "cft16.exe" of version 2.29 and that version runs fine. I am not new to computing,installing,downloading, etc. It seems strange that the 3rd time failed because I feel it eliminates bad floppies, ram problems, and hardware configuration conflicts, etc. If any one has an idea for me to try I would like to hare from you. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In version 2.30 I have 6 separate databases of branches of the family kombrink ( Germany and the Netherlands.) I cannot conect those files due to missing links. But I would like to combine them somehow in one database in order to be able to search for names and birth/death dates. Please advise: K.J.Kombrink

I have just uploaded UCC Version 1.30x with the following corrections: * Modified screens to look more like the newer CFT-Win Version 3: buttons on top toolbar, and expandable lists, etc. * Fixed the Roman/Julian Calendar display which was not properly working in earlier version. * Fixed the Leap year for French Republican Calendar for years 3, 7, 11. No new 16-bit version was released. My intention is to eventually drop any 16-bit programming. When Ver 3 is released (next year - hopefully) it will be in 32-bit only. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

>After examining a number of genealogy packages my partner and I were really >impressed by the features offered by CFTW and thought it would be the best >program available for our needs. However when we tried importing the >GEDCOM file that we had generated using the package that we started with >but now have "grown out of" (Expert Family Roots) we got a nasty surprise. >Where only one parent of an individual was recorded in the GEDCOM file, >CFTW put that one known parent as both mother AND father and also linked >the lone parent to him/herself as spouse. Sorting out the problem proved >very difficult as sometimes it happened that when I tried to remove the >"phantom" parent CFTW responded by putting the child as its own parent and >there seemed no way of deleting this link. > >We would like to think that we could trust my family history data to CFTW, >but this problem has caused considerable concern, not to mention several >hours of work to sort out. > >Any advice or suggestions? First I suggest that you get the latest Ver 2.31 of CFT-Win. If still problems, then e-mail me a ZIP copy of the GED file. I do not recall there being problems like this in the latest ver of CFT-Win. But if there is I would like to look into it. Thanks, Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Here is your periodic update on what is going on at RootsWeb. As Listowner, I feel it my duty to report these statistics to users of the Lists I manage, and which are hosted by Rootsweb. Below is the monthly update by Brian Leverich one of the founders of RootsWeb. PLEASE look at the figures and try to imagine that much genealogy email traffic!!!!! And, it doesn't cost users (subscribers) a dime! We Listowners do have to pay a modest fee to have our Lists, but other than this small requirement of us, ALL other funds for operat- ing expenses comes either from voluntary contributions from users, or out of Brian's and Karen's pockets. Look through all the figures and pay particular attention to the part near the end on how you, as a user, can contribute to the world's best genealogy service. A dime a day (that's 10¢) would cost you only $36.50 a year; a nickle a day would cost you only $18.25 a year. Heck, even a penny a day would cost you only $3.65 a year. I figure that I have something like 5,000 subscribers to my 12 Lists (some of them have very few users), and if each of you could spare $3.65 a year, that would amount to $18,250.00 per year for RootsWeb. A penny a day doesn't seem like much, but $18,250.00 would go a long way in helping support RootsWeb. BTW, this fiscal year, Brian and Karen figure they are going to run about $56,000 in the red. Guess where that money is going to come from? Not from us! From their pockets! One other thing, the server IS secure and you don't have to worry about using your credit card over the Web/Internet when dealing with RootsWeb. I've done it for a long time and have never had a problem. **********(Start of Brian's Monthly Statistics Update)********** In July, RootsWeb experienced one of its largest single-month increases in load with folks using many of our services 25-33% more than in June. We're not quite sure why that happened, but we speculate it's because we've been adding new features and upgrading our servers as fast as contributions allow. We also suspect that the new RootsWeb Review e-zine may be helping folks find new parts of RootsWeb. Here are the detailed statistics on our July operations: o 2,975 independently-Webmastered Websites are hosted by RootsWeb. o 50,245,222 total Web hits: - 13,608,736 were HTML pages. - 6,879,675 were cgi-bin database searches and such. - 29,568,584 were graphics (gifs, jpegs, etc). o 995,249 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives and the ROOTS-L Library. o 3,967 independently-listowned mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb. o Thanks to a neat hack by Tim Pierce, we know we shipped 99,934,614 pieces of e-mail to our mailing lists. o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles to hosts on three continents. o Approximately 830,304,000,000 bytes in total. As always, RootsWeb remains supported by user contributions. Folks who would like to become a RootsWeb Member or Sponsor (the cost is very modest) are invited to visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html *** You can become a Member easily using your credit card and our new secure server. *** Support from the Internet genealogical community is *crucial* to RootsWeb's operation. Right now, we could be hosting many more Websites and mailing lists as well as providing many further services to the community, if only we had the resources to do so. Also, we would like to publicly thank Palladium Interactive, publishers of the superb Ultimate Family Tree software, for their support of RootsWeb: http://www.palladium.net/ Thanks to everyone who participates in RootsWeb -- clearly folks are continuing to exchanging a great deal of information! -B -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 11:01:48 EDT, CFTWuser@aol.com penned this message: >the last character the 8th is a number so that I can have up to ten portraits >of each person by this system ... I store all of them in pcx format >(greyscale) 2 inches high and about 150 dpi ... I have over 900 images >attached to families and individuals in my database so far You don't have any color photos? I convert everything to .jpg. It's amazing how much more compact a .jpg is than a .pcx. A picture I saved in .pcx was 875,000 bytes. The same picture in .jpg was 24,493! I think I might try a variation on your theme. What directory do you store them in? Mr.T (Tracy Schell) from The Sunshine State. Visit my Homepage at: http://bbs.mpcs.com/~tschell Also visit my churches webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/~ncccfl My Sports Card Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4995

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:34:31 +0200, Gschneidinger Max <Max.Gschneidinger@ZP.SIEMENS.DE> penned this message: > >> Since I just got a scanner I am ready to add pictures to my database. >> Any advice on the best way to organize them? >> >> >> Mr.T (Tracy Schell) >> >There are many ways ... >My solution also is to use the IRN as the organization feature, because it's >very stable within one database. >E.g. In my cft-phot-directory 00023-1.jpg is my first. 00023-11.jpg my >eleventh picture for the individual with the IRN 23. >00023f-1.jpg is 23rds family, 00023s-1.jpg is 23 and spouse. >File-names are limited to 8 digits. My only problem with that is trying to remember what numbers go with what names. I usually look people up by Name rather than RIN. Did you make a new directory for pictures? Mr.T (Tracy Schell) from The Sunshine State. Visit my Homepage at: http://bbs.mpcs.com/~tschell Also visit my churches webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/~ncccfl My Sports Card Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4995

Hi The worst is that it takes forever to import. You must have a lot of time and patience. My import of about 12,000 names took six hours. Stan -----Original Message----- From: CFTWuser@aol.com <CFTWuser@aol.com> To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 11:47 AM Subject: Re: GEDCOM import into CFTW >Greetings everyone! > ><< At 18.35 01-08-98 +0100, Julian E Welding wrote: >I wondered if anyone else has had problems with importing CEDCOM files into >CFTW? >> > >Just a thought from a former "intro to personal computer / computer >operations" instructor ... to avoid irreversible damage to your database and >resulting headaches always remember to take the time to make a back up copy of >your existing project immediately before importing a GEDCOM file ... then if >the results are bad at least you can get your data back to the condition it >was in before you imported ... repeat "back-it-up back-it-up back-it-up" >You'll be glad you did! > >Cheryl Trapp Boyd >http://members.aol.com/ctboyd/index.htm > ><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/ctboyd/index.htm"> >http://members.aol.com/ctboyd/index.htm</A> >

At 18.35 01-08-98 +0100, Julian E Welding wrote: >I wondered if anyone else has had problems with importing CEDCOM files into >CFTW? > ..... >Where only one parent of an individual was recorded in the GEDCOM file, >CFTW put that one known parent as both mother AND father and also linked >the lone parent to him/herself as spouse. >.... I would first make sure that the Gedcom file is 100% up to vers. 5.5 standard. Many Gedcom files are not correct in their syntax. But true, I have had a similar problem importing Gedcom files that have one or more family with only one parent, i.e a family without a spouse. I have only seen problems occur in case of single females. I am sure Ira is looking at the matter. Erik

Greetings everyone! << At 18.35 01-08-98 +0100, Julian E Welding wrote: I wondered if anyone else has had problems with importing CEDCOM files into CFTW? >> Just a thought from a former "intro to personal computer / computer operations" instructor ... to avoid irreversible damage to your database and resulting headaches always remember to take the time to make a back up copy of your existing project immediately before importing a GEDCOM file ... then if the results are bad at least you can get your data back to the condition it was in before you imported ... repeat "back-it-up back-it-up back-it-up" You'll be glad you did! Cheryl Trapp Boyd http://members.aol.com/ctboyd/index.htm <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/ctboyd/index.htm"> http://members.aol.com/ctboyd/index.htm</A>

Hello Petr. Have you ever happened to run across the name DURMAN in your research? I have traced some people with my name to Czecho- slovakia but have never been able to connect. SgtGeorge At 09:50 PM 8/1/98 +0400, Petr Krouzek wrote: >Hello all CTF users! > >I want to invite you to my home page at http://www.glasnet.ru/~petrkrouzek/ >It is dedicated to Czech family Krouzek, so I hope to see you there, >especially those of you who search in Czech Republic. > >Thanks for any comments and hints. > >Petr Krouzek >

Hello all CTF users! I want to invite you to my home page at http://www.glasnet.ru/~petrkrouzek/ It is dedicated to Czech family Krouzek, so I hope to see you there, especially those of you who search in Czech Republic. Thanks for any comments and hints. Petr Krouzek

Hi Everyone, I wondered if anyone else has had problems with importing CEDCOM files into CFTW? After examining a number of genealogy packages my partner and I were really impressed by the features offered by CFTW and thought it would be the best program available for our needs. However when we tried importing the GEDCOM file that we had generated using the package that we started with but now have "grown out of" (Expert Family Roots) we got a nasty surprise. Where only one parent of an individual was recorded in the GEDCOM file, CFTW put that one known parent as both mother AND father and also linked the lone parent to him/herself as spouse. Sorting out the problem proved very difficult as sometimes it happened that when I tried to remove the "phantom" parent CFTW responded by putting the child as its own parent and there seemed no way of deleting this link. We would like to think that we could trust my family history data to CFTW, but this problem has caused considerable concern, not to mention several hours of work to sort out. Any advice or suggestions? Julian Welding.

I believe you can get it at the following www.tucows.com this is terrific download site Roy Vic Schneider wrote: > Hi guys, > > Need a little help. I was saving the e-mail about how to download Snag-it > so I could do that in a few days, but lo and below, my harddrive crashed > and had to be replaced. Of course I lost all my e-mail, addresses and > everything else. > > Could one of you please re-post the URL where I can download this program? > Or just e-mail me the address. > > Thanks, > > Vic in TX > It's a little cooler today, only 105 (41C), after a 107 yesterday.

Hi guys, Need a little help. I was saving the e-mail about how to download Snag-it so I could do that in a few days, but lo and below, my harddrive crashed and had to be replaced. Of course I lost all my e-mail, addresses and everything else. Could one of you please re-post the URL where I can download this program? Or just e-mail me the address. Thanks, Vic in TX It's a little cooler today, only 105 (41C), after a 107 yesterday.

At 02:24 PM 7/30/98 -0400, you wrote: >In an earlier version, a spell-check error was fixed. Now in 2.31x I just >discovered it's back. I do a Spell-Check Entry and the routine goes >bananas, repeating the word "No" and the words "automation interface" ad >infinitum. It cannot be stopped by "Cancel Spell-Check," but it can be >stopped luckily by Alt-C. Yes, I've done Key Rebuild and DBV. It sounds like the spell checker has gotten un-registered. Try this: Start button - Run and enter: c:\cftw\regsvr32 c:\cftw\vspell32.ocx Should get a successful registered. Then hopefully all will work properly. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

In an earlier version, a spell-check error was fixed. Now in 2.31x I just discovered it's back. I do a Spell-Check Entry and the routine goes bananas, repeating the word "No" and the words "automation interface" ad infinitum. It cannot be stopped by "Cancel Spell-Check," but it can be stopped luckily by Alt-C. Yes, I've done Key Rebuild and DBV. Jon ______________________________ | | | EMQUAD International, Ltd. | | P.O. Box 60 | | Great Neck, NY 11022 | | - | | emquad@worldnet.att.net | | http://home.att.net/~emquad | | - | | Consulting Division | | Publishing Division | |______________________________|

> Since I just got a scanner I am ready to add pictures to my database. > Any advice on the best way to organize them? > > > Mr.T (Tracy Schell) > There are many ways ... My solution also is to use the IRN as the organization feature, because it's very stable within one database. E.g. In my cft-phot-directory 00023-1.jpg is my first. 00023-11.jpg my eleventh picture for the individual with the IRN 23. 00023f-1.jpg is 23rds family, 00023s-1.jpg is 23 and spouse. File-names are limited to 8 digits. Max max.gschneidinger@zp.siemens.de