>It took almost 6 hours for Cumberland to read and open the gedcom. It was >painstakenly slow... This is normal. My GEDCOM import routine is quite slow. >Also it did not pick up all the children in one of my families. It had them >all in the individual list, but stopped at 5 children for that marriage when >my FTM file had 9 children. I then spent about an hour playing with >correcting this. Although the missing children were in the database and had >no parents listed(it had "add parent") when I would try to connect that >child I would get a response that the child already had parents. Drove me >crazy. I just then made up a parent and added it, then disconected it, then >connected the child to the right parents. Two things: 1. First I would make sure I had the latest v2.31 CFT-Win which has fixed some GED import bugs. 2. There may be links that are not correct in the GED file. I have run across flaky GED files before that are not correct. Don't know if you are familiar with GED file structure but a visual look (edit) of the GED file can often give a clue here. Since I am unfamiliar wiht having fixed any such bug I suspect something in the GED - but I always leave myself open in case there really is a problem. Because the children did have some invisible parent attached your method of correction was the best idea. >Also, when you make a mistake(I have been known to make a few) you are stuck >with it. There is often no "cancel" button on some of the dialog boxes. Correct. No cancel. Have to delete a person if incorrectly added. >Now for the good part. Although I am just beginning to use the program, I >love the tree displays. Wish there were a "print" box option. The tree is called a Pedigree in the printed reports and the Box Pedigree is quite close to the on-screen Tree. You might look at that. 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