This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LGranat Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I agree with you. I have been playing with it for several days since it arrived, and I am experiencing a CRASH about once an hour. This is unacceptable! I have reported every crash over a 48 hr period, but have not received one reply from FTM or Ancestry! I would at lease like some assurance that they are working on the problem and will send updates to correct the crash issue. So far, nothing. In addition, the Places portion of the program needs lots of work. When I try to resolve a place name that only includes the county and state, it wants to insert a city especially if there is a city that shares the same name as the county. For example, I have Sacramento Co., CA and when I hit the resolve key, it places Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA into the place field. I don't want the city of Sacramento, but just the county. The program won't cooperate! I'm not willing to upload my information to online yet until I can be assured that the program is mostly bug-free. Come on guys, you can do better than this! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Tim This discussion is not on topic for this list. If you have further comments or questions, please contact the Help Desk. Kind regards, Lynne list admin.

On 3 Jan at 22:13, Lynne <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > Hi Tim > > The gateway has worked the way it does for many years. It's not a > conspiracy by RootsWeb or Ancestry and no one is trying to kill off > the lists. I'm sorry but this is a deliberate act to exclude list members from direct communication with comments from the message board. > The gateways are opened by agreement from both the message > board administrator and the matching list administrator so that list > members get not only the benefit of subscribing to a list but are also > abe to see the messages posted on the board without having to > constantly check the board. Why was it made a one-way traffic in that direction only? > I *think* the gateway is only one way to prevent an infinite loop of > messages going around from list to board to list to board . . . . Regrettably this is not the case. I mentioned that the gateway between the soc.genealogy.britain newsgroup and the GENBRIT mailing list because this has been working to my certain knowledge in both directions for around 15 years and maybe more. The technology to do this without setting up loops was known when the message board was set up. So why did someone deliberately ignore it then? And why, knowing this to be the case, do the message board administrators and the matching list administrators not try to put a stop to this refusal to implement old and reliable technology. > If you have further questions or comments, the Help Desk > (http://rootsweb.custhelp.com) should be able to help you. And I think the list and message board administrators should be asking the Help Desk what is going on. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/

Hi Tim The gateway has worked the way it does for many years. It's not a conspiracy by RootsWeb or Ancestry and no one is trying to kill off the lists. The gateways are opened by agreement from both the message board administrator and the matching list administrator so that list members get not only the benefit of subscribing to a list but are also abe to see the messages posted on the board without having to constantly check the board. I *think* the gateway is only one way to prevent an infinite loop of messages going around from list to board to list to board . . . . If you have further questions or comments, the Help Desk (http://rootsweb.custhelp.com) should be able to help you. Kind regards, Lynne list admin. -----Original Message----- > >I wonder why not? Why is the conversation only one way? Are Rootsweb >trying to kill off the mailing lists? Or is it Ancestry that is trying >to kill them off? > >This issue should be raised withoever makes the policies on Rootsweb or >on Ancestry as a two-way gateway is perfectly easy, as is shown in the >gateway between the Rootsweb mailing lists and the Newsgroups for (at >least) Medieval and British genealogy. > >regards, > >-- >Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org > for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/

Dear Lynne, You wrote on 2 Jan at 16:21: > Hi Tim > > The message to which you're replying came from the matching message > board which is "gatewayed" to this list. It's doubtful that the > poster is also subscribed to this list. To ensure he receives your > message, please click on or copy and paste into your browser the URL > included in the gatewayed message > (http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/116/mb.ashx) and > post on the board. > > The gateway only works one way, from the board to the list. Messages > sent to gc-gateway@rootsweb.com disappear into cyberspace as that > email address cannot receive mail. I wonder why not? Why is the conversation only one way? Are Rootsweb trying to kill off the mailing lists? Or is it Ancestry that is trying to kill them off? This issue should be raised withoever makes the policies on Rootsweb or on Ancestry as a two-way gateway is perfectly easy, as is shown in the gateway between the Rootsweb mailing lists and the Newsgroups for (at least) Medieval and British genealogy. regards, -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/

On 31 Dec at 17:05, "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Author: StevePlumlee who wrote: > > I have been a Legacy (Windows) user for years. Converted to a Mac 2-3 > years ago, and Legacy is one of the two programs I use that I couldn't > find a suitable alternative for the Mac. There are of course a few programs that run natively on Macs: Gramps, Reunion, iFamily, MacFamilyTree all come readily to mind, not to mention FTM-Mac. > So I have stayed with Legacy, using Parallels to run in a Windows > environment. I am wanting to rid myself of Parallels and Windows, so > FTM2 for Mac seems like a good idea (at least it did before reading > the comments below). I am also wanting to create an online family > tree. There are a variety of ways to make online family trees, some of them free. Fitst, Rootsweb itself will allow you to update and store your family tree: <http://accounts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> Second, subscribers to Ancestry can upload GEDCOMs. But most of these are set so that they cannot be read by people who do not subscribe to Ancestry. Third, free or near-free sites such as <www.freeola.com>, <http://tribalpages.com/>. Just do a few searches for free websites. > I have never uploaded my file(s) to the online family tree. I > obviously want this to go as smoothly as possible, and it looks like I > have at least a couple of options. > > I can create a Gedcom file from Legacy and then import that into FTM2, > then create the online Ancestry Family Tree from that, or..... > > I can create the online tree by uploading from Legacy and then create > the FTM2 file from syncing with the online Ancstry Family Tree. > > Any advice for the smoothest transfer(s)? Most sites will accept a plain GEDCOM file which almost any home genealogy program will generate. The disadvantage of doing your genealogy on a home computer is that you must also make regular backups including off-site. The disadvantage of doing your genealogy on one of the commercial websites is that there is no guarantee that they are secure. And they may well go broke leading to problems recovering your data. The advantage of somehow publishing your genealogy is that anyone can make copies so that your data will be preserved. So don't make it difficult for others to copy your material. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/

Hi Tim The message to which you're replying came from the matching message board which is "gatewayed" to this list. It's doubtful that the poster is also subscribed to this list. To ensure he receives your message, please click on or copy and paste into your browser the URL included in the gatewayed message (http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/116/mb.ashx) and post on the board. The gateway only works one way, from the board to the list. Messages sent to gc-gateway@rootsweb.com disappear into cyberspace as that email address cannot receive mail. Kind regards, Lynne -----Original Message----- >From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@powys.org> >Sent: Jan 2, 2012 8:36 AM >To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, ftm-mac@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [FTM-MAC] Got FTM2 for Christmas. Would appreciate help with creating Online F. Tree.. > >On 31 Dec at 17:05, "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >wrote: > >> Author: StevePlumlee who wrote: >> >> I have been a Legacy (Windows) user for years. Converted to a Mac 2-3 >> years ago, and Legacy is one of the two programs I use that I couldn't >> find a suitable alternative for the Mac. > >There are of course a few programs that run natively on Macs: Gramps, >Reunion, iFamily, MacFamilyTree all come readily to mind, not to mention >FTM-Mac. > >> So I have stayed with Legacy, using Parallels to run in a Windows >> environment. I am wanting to rid myself of Parallels and Windows, so >> FTM2 for Mac seems like a good idea (at least it did before reading >> the comments below). I am also wanting to create an online family >> tree. > >There are a variety of ways to make online family trees, some of them >free. Fitst, Rootsweb itself will allow you to update and store your >family tree: <http://accounts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> > >Second, subscribers to Ancestry can upload GEDCOMs. But most of these >are set so that they cannot be read by people who do not subscribe to >Ancestry. > >Third, free or near-free sites such as <www.freeola.com>, ><http://tribalpages.com/>. Just do a few searches for free websites. > >> I have never uploaded my file(s) to the online family tree. I >> obviously want this to go as smoothly as possible, and it looks like I >> have at least a couple of options. >> >> I can create a Gedcom file from Legacy and then import that into FTM2, >> then create the online Ancestry Family Tree from that, or..... >> >> I can create the online tree by uploading from Legacy and then create >> the FTM2 file from syncing with the online Ancstry Family Tree. >> >> Any advice for the smoothest transfer(s)? > >Most sites will accept a plain GEDCOM file which almost any home >genealogy program will generate. > >The disadvantage of doing your genealogy on a home computer is that you >must also make regular backups including off-site. > >The disadvantage of doing your genealogy on one of the commercial >websites is that there is no guarantee that they are secure. And they >may well go broke leading to problems recovering your data. > >The advantage of somehow publishing your genealogy is that anyone can >make copies so that your data will be preserved. So don't make it >difficult for others to copy your material. > >-- >Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org > for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-MAC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rworthington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/116.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Steve, You can do it either way. Shouldn't make a difference. Russ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tony_knight Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: jedwin That bug was present in Mac 1 Tony Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jedwin31001 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Besides the frequent hangups and mysterious shutting down, there is a fatal bug that will change your data. In Places trying to resolve a name for a county where there is also a city in the county with the same name (Abbeville, South Carolina and Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina) FTM Mac2 will always default to the city place name no matter what you click on in the drop down list. I reported this to the developer several days ago but got no response. I reinstalled the software this morning but the bug is still there. For me right now the software is unusable. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Huskergma Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: When the tree un-sync's itself the message comes up and says that my tree has not been synced. It reminds me of when I just installed the program and got ready to upload my data. Only I can upload (takes an hour) and then work in the program and close it - only to come back and it be un-linked from ancestry. Very annoying. There is no button to sort the children only button showing is the button that blends families. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rworthington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: huskergma, When you looked at your Ancestry Member Tree, did you see the TreeSyncT ICON? What happens when you try to sort the Children? Russ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Huskergma Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm having some issues with the tree syncing to ancestry.com. It will sync ok and then the next time I go into the FTM Mac2 version program the tree will be un-sync'd from ancestry. I can go out to ancestry.com and see that my tree is there. I'm wondering if this is an issue with larger files. I have over 13,000 in my tree........it's very annoying to have to re-upload, re-sync the tree on a daily basis as it takes over an hour to sync the tree and all the media files. I also have an issue with the program that I can no longer sort the children by date of birth. Seems to me that FTM rushed this program to the public without fully testing the product. I spent over an hour on the phone with tech support the other day and I'm still waiting for responses to my email inquiries. One response that I got was to delete the duplicate tree from ancestry.com this does not solve the problem at all. I'm beginning to think that I should have just stayed with the first version of the mac software. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: StevePlumlee Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/116/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been a Legacy (Windows) user for years. Converted to a Mac 2-3 years ago, and Legacy is one of the two programs I use that I couldn't find a suitable alternative for the Mac. So I have stayed with Legacy, using Parallels to run in a Windows environment. I am wanting to rid myself of Parallels and Windows, so FTM2 for Mac seems like a good idea (at least it did before reading the comments below). I am also wanting to create an online family tree. I have never uploaded my file(s) to the online family tree. I obviously want this to go as smoothly as possible, and it looks like I have at least a couple of options. I can create a Gedcom file from Legacy and then import that into FTM2, then create the online Ancestry Family Tree from that, or..... I can create the online tree by uploading from Legacy and then create the FTM2 file from syncing with the online Ancstry Family Tree. Any advice for the smoothest transfer(s)? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gathompson56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/115.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I uploaded from within FTM Mac1 using the "share" button. I think while i was in "People". Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rworthington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/115.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: gathompson, How did you upload your tree to Ancestry? From what Workspace? Russ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gathompson56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/115/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a small tree of only 73 people. I have attached some media including photos and census records. When I upload to Ancestry all of the media have been stripped out. Before uploading I compact my file. How do I retain the media when uploading to Ancestry? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gathompson56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/108.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Has anyone heard? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

FTM Mac 2 seems to continually create new duplicate place names. When I try to replace the duplicate with the correct original, the operation fails but gives no error. Howard

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdyrly Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/113.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "FTMM 2 is a great program if you are looking for something that somebody wrote in their basement. As a professionally developed piece of software by a major corporation, it really stinks." Love it -- so sad but so true!! ;-) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.