There is an easy way to get rid of notes. 1) Make a copy of the GEDCOM 2) Open the COPY in Notepad or another TEXT EDITOR(not a word processing program). 3) Use Find/Replace and find "1 Note" ( without quotes) , leave the Replace with blank, click Replace ALL. 4) Save file as a text file with the name "NoNotes.ged". Use the NoNotes.ged to upload your data. -----Original Message----- From: Cynthia Whittington Low <cindersturn@aol.com> To: ftm-tech <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 3:51 pm Subject: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done with FTM 2012?? I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my notes showed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note section", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload minus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of those programs have an option to NOT include the note section. Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at least half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back and take them out at this point. Thanks, Cindy Low (Cynthia Whittington Low) Millsboro, DE ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to John Okerson and BJ........I now have two options to experiment with, to eliminate the note section when I go to sync/unload my family tree. I always love having lots of options! Which only means, if I can't get it to work one way, I'll just try it another way! Cindy Low Millsboro, DE -----Original Message----- From: BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> To: ftm-tech <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 7:50 pm Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 See comments below. BJ On 12/1/2011 4:19 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: BJ, So far I understand most of the below steps. I also use OpenOffice. When my TM 2012 arrives, I'll start experimenting with it. On item number 6 below, it sounds like I literally put in "@n" in find and eplace, then replace it with "__", just so I'm clear, it sounds like I will eed to do that with each and every "note section" to be replaced?? Right? hat's correct. You can probably use the Find and Replace All option o it shouldn't take too long. On item number 11 below, you say in part, "upload the file as an unlinked ree". Now, if I choose to sync this new file, that no longer has the otes.......will I be able to continue to add to the same file, then sync it to ncestry, and include any NEW notes of my choice? f you "sync" the two trees, the link will be between the tree in ncestry.com (without notes) and the FTM 2012 file (without notes). es, you can make any changes to either of the trees and sync will apply hose changes to the other tree. The key word is sync, in other words, he information is synchronized but the two trees are different so some hings are slightly different. In other words they are not exact uplicates of each other. Thanks...... Cindy Low Millsboro, DE -----Original Message----- From: BJ<bhamilton3@cox.net> To: ftm-tech<ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 6:50 pm Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 As I said in an earlier message, there is no way to exclude all notes rom being uploaded to an Ancestry Member Tree ( AMT) directly from FTM 012. I have thought of a work around which will do as you want. 1. Using FTM (I used FTM 2012), select File, Export. 2. Identify the individuals to be included in the exported file. 3. Select GEDCOM as the type of export file to be created. 4. Create the GEDCOM file. Now you have a GEDCOM file which has all of your notes. Not what you want so you have to take a few more steps. 5. Use a Word processor application to open the GED file. OpenOffice recognizes it as a text file and will open it even though it still has the GED file extension. If your word processor will not do this, use Windows explorer to rename the file by changing the .GED to .TXT. 6. Use the word processor's Find and Replace. You want to search for @N - this is part of an identifier in the GED which identifies Notes. You want to change it to something else. I replaced it with two underscores, __. This creates a keyword which is not used within GEDCOM standards. 7. Once you have replaced all instances of @N, save the file back to a file with the file extension, .GED. 8. You could now upload that to Ancestry.com and hope that it works. I preferred to import it back into FTM 2012 so I could ensure I got everything. 9. In FTM 2012, create a new file using the GEDCOM file. 0. Review the Import Log. You will see an error for every note. This technique removes all subordinate information in the note record. This includes the contents of the note. 1. Once you are satisfied with the result, you can use FTM 2012 to upload the file as an unlinked tree. Or you can return to Ancestry.com and use its option to upload a GEDCOM file. It seems like a lot of work but it really is relatively easy. BJ n 12/1/2011 1:36 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done ith FTM 2012?? I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my otes howed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note ection", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload inus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of hose programs have an option to NOT include the note section. Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at east half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back nd take them out at this point. ********************************* ist information page ttp://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker ersion 16 and earlier ttp://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 ttp://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

BJ, So far I understand most of the below steps. I also use OpenOffice. When my FTM 2012 arrives, I'll start experimenting with it. On item number 6 below, it sounds like I literally put in "@n" in find and replace, then replace it with "__", just so I'm clear, it sounds like I will need to do that with each and every "note section" to be replaced?? Right? On item number 11 below, you say in part, "upload the file as an unlinked tree". Now, if I choose to sync this new file, that no longer has the notes.......will I be able to continue to add to the same file, then sync it to Ancestry, and include any NEW notes of my choice? Thanks...... Cindy Low Millsboro, DE -----Original Message----- From: BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> To: ftm-tech <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 6:50 pm Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 As I said in an earlier message, there is no way to exclude all notes rom being uploaded to an Ancestry Member Tree ( AMT) directly from FTM 012. I have thought of a work around which will do as you want. 1. Using FTM (I used FTM 2012), select File, Export. 2. Identify the individuals to be included in the exported file. 3. Select GEDCOM as the type of export file to be created. 4. Create the GEDCOM file. Now you have a GEDCOM file which has all of your notes. Not what you want so you have to take a few more steps. 5. Use a Word processor application to open the GED file. OpenOffice recognizes it as a text file and will open it even though it still has the GED file extension. If your word processor will not do this, use Windows explorer to rename the file by changing the .GED to .TXT. 6. Use the word processor's Find and Replace. You want to search for @N - this is part of an identifier in the GED which identifies Notes. You want to change it to something else. I replaced it with two underscores, __. This creates a keyword which is not used within GEDCOM standards. 7. Once you have replaced all instances of @N, save the file back to a file with the file extension, .GED. 8. You could now upload that to Ancestry.com and hope that it works. I preferred to import it back into FTM 2012 so I could ensure I got everything. 9. In FTM 2012, create a new file using the GEDCOM file. 0. Review the Import Log. You will see an error for every note. This technique removes all subordinate information in the note record. This includes the contents of the note. 1. Once you are satisfied with the result, you can use FTM 2012 to upload the file as an unlinked tree. Or you can return to Ancestry.com and use its option to upload a GEDCOM file. It seems like a lot of work but it really is relatively easy. BJ n 12/1/2011 1:36 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done ith FTM 2012?? I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my notes howed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note ection", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload inus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of hose programs have an option to NOT include the note section. Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at east half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back nd take them out at this point. ********************************* ist information page ttp://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker ersion 16 and earlier ttp://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 ttp://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

I have been out all day and as I have been reading this thread I was planning on suggesting the same thing! My Gedcom at WorldConnect does not have the notes. Downloading that Gedcom would then give me a file free of all notes. Now, the other thing that has not been mentioned that ONLY the tee owner and any invited guests can actually see the notes on any AMT. Of course I skimmed through some of these messages so may have missed that mention. If I have any ideas on your question I will post back Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, New York Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys Monroe County, New York History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys -----Original Message----- From: John Okerson Sent: Thursday, 01 December, 2011 6:51 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 I find it humorous how those of us here on the list do things differently. I suggested sending a GEDCOM file through WorldConnect where one can filter the file to display as you wish. Inhibiting NOTE creates a displayed file without the note data. If one enables downloading of the entire file, one could upload a GEDCOM, filter it online and download the filtered version and have the notes, and anything else that is filtered, no longer in the file. My 70M GED comes back at about 23M when I filter it as I configure WorldConnect. That 23M file is what I send to Ancestry.com for display. As an aside, I find it PAINFUL to update my filtered GEDCOM to Ancestry.com. (On the other hand, I do have an unexpurgated file on Ancestry.com - sent up from 2012, but Private.) The pain is that so far, I only know how to get Ancestry.com to accept a NEW .ged each time, rather than merely uploading a new file to the same tree name. I upload the tree and for a little while, have 2 trees of identical name. I cut & paste the text I use to describe my file from the old one to the new, and then delete the old tree. I would be MOST open to pointers as to how to simplify that operation!!! I considered using 2012 to do the transfer, but have not chosen to do so at this time. John Okerson Memphis, TN

I find it humorous how those of us here on the list do things differently. I suggested sending a GEDCOM file through WorldConnect where one can filter the file to display as you wish. Inhibiting NOTE creates a displayed file without the note data. If one enables downloading of the entire file, one could upload a GEDCOM, filter it online and download the filtered version and have the notes, and anything else that is filtered, no longer in the file. My 70M GED comes back at about 23M when I filter it as I configure WorldConnect. That 23M file is what I send to Ancestry.com for display. As an aside, I find it PAINFUL to update my filtered GEDCOM to Ancestry.com. (On the other hand, I do have an unexpurgated file on Ancestry.com - sent up from 2012, but Private.) The pain is that so far, I only know how to get Ancestry.com to accept a NEW .ged each time, rather than merely uploading a new file to the same tree name. I upload the tree and for a little while, have 2 trees of identical name. I cut & paste the text I use to describe my file from the old one to the new, and then delete the old tree. I would be MOST open to pointers as to how to simplify that operation!!! I considered using 2012 to do the transfer, but have not chosen to do so at this time. John Okerson Memphis, TN

BJ -I'm concerned about what I've just read. -Do I understand that I cannot create a GEDCOM from FTM 2012 - ever? -What if I've already installed FTM 2012 and am working there with my main file and do not want to upload my file to Ancestry and because I cannot go back to FTM 2011 to make a GEDCOM then I am stuck. -It appears that my freedom of choice has gone. -Please tell me I am mistaken. Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: BJ To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 In FTM 2012 you do not upload a GEDCOM any more. You have the option to Upload your file and Link your PC file to it (this is called Syncing) or you have the option to upload your file without linking it to your PC file. But in both cases, everything in your file is uploaded including any notes. BJ

> Please tell me I am mistaken. You absolutely CAN make a GEDCOM within FTM 2012 build 388. John Okerson Memphis, TN

You can create a GEDCOM from 2012, and you can choose not to export private notes to that GEDCOM. However, it appears you have not designated the notes as private. Note that you can designate your tree on Ancestry.com as a private tree, but that doesn't appear to satisfy your request either. John & Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ali Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:50 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: [FTM-TECH] GEDCOM options on FTM 2012 BJ -I'm concerned about what I've just read. -Do I understand that I cannot create a GEDCOM from FTM 2012 - ever? -What if I've already installed FTM 2012 and am working there with my main file and do not want to upload my file to Ancestry and because I cannot go back to FTM 2011 to make a GEDCOM then I am stuck. -It appears that my freedom of choice has gone. -Please tell me I am mistaken. Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: BJ To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 In FTM 2012 you do not upload a GEDCOM any more. You have the option to Upload your file and Link your PC file to it (this is called Syncing) or you have the option to upload your file without linking it to your PC file. But in both cases, everything in your file is uploaded including any notes. BJ ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

See comments below. BJ On 12/1/2011 4:19 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: > BJ, > > So far I understand most of the below steps. I also use OpenOffice. When my FTM 2012 arrives, I'll start experimenting with it. > > On item number 6 below, it sounds like I literally put in "@n" in find and replace, then replace it with "__", just so I'm clear, it sounds like I will need to do that with each and every "note section" to be replaced?? Right? That's correct. You can probably use the Find and Replace All option so it shouldn't take too long. > > On item number 11 below, you say in part, "upload the file as an unlinked tree". Now, if I choose to sync this new file, that no longer has the notes.......will I be able to continue to add to the same file, then sync it to Ancestry, and include any NEW notes of my choice? If you "sync" the two trees, the link will be between the tree in Ancestry.com (without notes) and the FTM 2012 file (without notes). Yes, you can make any changes to either of the trees and sync will apply those changes to the other tree. The key word is sync, in other words, the information is synchronized but the two trees are different so some things are slightly different. In other words they are not exact duplicates of each other. > > Thanks...... > Cindy Low > Millsboro, DE > > -----Original Message----- > From: BJ<bhamilton3@cox.net> > To: ftm-tech<ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 6:50 pm > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Question: Privatizing "Notes" with FTM 2012 > > > As I said in an earlier message, there is no way to exclude all notes > rom being uploaded to an Ancestry Member Tree ( AMT) directly from FTM > 012. > I have thought of a work around which will do as you want. > 1. Using FTM (I used FTM 2012), select File, Export. > 2. Identify the individuals to be included in the exported file. > 3. Select GEDCOM as the type of export file to be created. > 4. Create the GEDCOM file. Now you have a GEDCOM file which has all of > your notes. Not what you want so you have to take a few more steps. > 5. Use a Word processor application to open the GED file. OpenOffice > recognizes it as a text file and will open it even though it still > has the GED file extension. If your word processor will not do > this, use Windows explorer to rename the file by changing the .GED > to .TXT. > 6. Use the word processor's Find and Replace. You want to search for > @N - this is part of an identifier in the GED which identifies > Notes. You want to change it to something else. I replaced it with > two underscores, __. This creates a keyword which is not used > within GEDCOM standards. > 7. Once you have replaced all instances of @N, save the file back to a > file with the file extension, .GED. > 8. You could now upload that to Ancestry.com and hope that it works. I > preferred to import it back into FTM 2012 so I could ensure I got > everything. > 9. In FTM 2012, create a new file using the GEDCOM file. > 0. Review the Import Log. You will see an error for every note. This > technique removes all subordinate information in the note record. > This includes the contents of the note. > 1. Once you are satisfied with the result, you can use FTM 2012 to > upload the file as an unlinked tree. Or you can return to > Ancestry.com and use its option to upload a GEDCOM file. > It seems like a lot of work but it really is relatively easy. > BJ > > n 12/1/2011 1:36 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: > > Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. > > I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done > ith FTM 2012?? > > I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my notes > howed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note > ection", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload > inus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of > hose programs have an option to NOT include the note section. > > Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at > east half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back > nd take them out at this point. >

Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done with FTM 2012?? I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my notes showed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note section", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload minus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of those programs have an option to NOT include the note section. Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at least half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back and take them out at this point. Thanks, Cindy Low (Cynthia Whittington Low) Millsboro, DE

> Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done with FTM 2012?? I tried the same thing in FTM 2012 and NOTE appeared within the .ged. IF ALL of your Notes were marked as Private, then you could select to NOT have them included, but with 14,000 folks that seems a serious hassle. I have another approach and am evaluating it just now. John Okerson Memphis, TN

As I said in an earlier message, there is no way to exclude all notes from being uploaded to an Ancestry Member Tree ( AMT) directly from FTM 2012. I have thought of a work around which will do as you want. 1. Using FTM (I used FTM 2012), select File, Export. 2. Identify the individuals to be included in the exported file. 3. Select GEDCOM as the type of export file to be created. 4. Create the GEDCOM file. Now you have a GEDCOM file which has all of your notes. Not what you want so you have to take a few more steps. 5. Use a Word processor application to open the GED file. OpenOffice recognizes it as a text file and will open it even though it still has the GED file extension. If your word processor will not do this, use Windows explorer to rename the file by changing the .GED to .TXT. 6. Use the word processor's Find and Replace. You want to search for @N - this is part of an identifier in the GED which identifies Notes. You want to change it to something else. I replaced it with two underscores, __. This creates a keyword which is not used within GEDCOM standards. 7. Once you have replaced all instances of @N, save the file back to a file with the file extension, .GED. 8. You could now upload that to Ancestry.com and hope that it works. I preferred to import it back into FTM 2012 so I could ensure I got everything. 9. In FTM 2012, create a new file using the GEDCOM file. 10. Review the Import Log. You will see an error for every note. This technique removes all subordinate information in the note record. This includes the contents of the note. 11. Once you are satisfied with the result, you can use FTM 2012 to upload the file as an unlinked tree. Or you can return to Ancestry.com and use its option to upload a GEDCOM file. It seems like a lot of work but it really is relatively easy. BJ On 12/1/2011 1:36 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: > > Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. > > I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done with FTM 2012?? > > I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my notes showed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note section", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload minus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of those programs have an option to NOT include the note section. > > Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at least half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back and take them out at this point. >

I'm sorry for the confusion, I should have been more specific. The question was not about whether FTM 2012 can export your file to a GEDCOM file. You can. There are several options for doing this. You can elect to export it as an FTM 16 GEDCOM (this would be the option to use to import the GEDCOM file into FTM 16 or earlier due to the difference in handling the Comment/Place information. The other option is to export the file as a GEDCOM 5.5 file. What I said was in relation to the question of using FTM 2012 to "upload a GEDCOM" file to Ancestry.com. In versions before FTM 2012, you had the ability to upload your file to Ancestry.com. It used a modified GEDCOM file. I say it was modified because it include information about media and so it could upload your media files to the AMT. In FTM 2012, you can share your file by uploading it to Ancestry.com. No idea how the information is transmitted. You don't get an external file. The information is uploaded to Ancestry.com. You can either link the Ancestry Member Tree (AMT) to your PC file or you can elect to not link the two files. Now having said that, you can export your file to a GEDCOM file and then go to Ancestry.com and from that end, you can upload the GEDCOM file. My point is you cannot upload a GEDCOM file directly using FTM 2012. Dose that help answer your concern? BJ On 12/1/2011 2:50 PM, Ali wrote: > BJ > -I'm concerned about what I've just read. > -Do I understand that I cannot create a GEDCOM from FTM 2012 - ever? > -What if I've already installed FTM 2012 and am working there with my main file and do not want to upload my file to Ancestry and because I cannot go back to FTM 2011 to make a GEDCOM then I am stuck. > -It appears that my freedom of choice has gone. > -Please tell me I am mistaken. > > > BJ wrote: > > > In FTM 2012 you do not upload a GEDCOM any more. You have the option to > Upload your file and Link your PC file to it (this is called Syncing) or > you have the option to upload your file without linking it to your PC > file. But in both cases, everything in your file is uploaded including > any notes.

In FTM 2012 you do not upload a GEDCOM any more. You have the option to Upload your file and Link your PC file to it (this is called Syncing) or you have the option to upload your file without linking it to your PC file. But in both cases, everything in your file is uploaded including any notes. BJ On 12/1/2011 1:36 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: > > Right now I'm using FTM 16, and waiting for my FTM 2012 to arrive. > > I want to be able to upload a gedcom without the "notes", can this be done with FTM 2012?? > > I tried uploading two gedcom's this week, for the first time, and all my notes showed up. If FTM 2012 doesn't allow a gedcom upload excluding the "note section", can someone advise of a program that will allow me to do an upload minus the note section. I used both FTM 16 and Family Tree Builder, neither of those programs have an option to NOT include the note section. > > Right now, I have 14,000 plus people in my tree, my best guess would be at least half have extensive notes. So, it's not even practical for me to go back and take them out at this point. > > Thanks, > Cindy Low (Cynthia Whittington Low) > Millsboro, DE > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4650 - Release Date: 12/01/11 > >

Unfortunately, the FTM 2012 book suffers from the same fallacy as all FTM books have suffered - there are certain types of reports which are not included at the book level. Endnotes for everyone in the book is one of those. As Russ points out you can include sources as Endnotes as a part of each chart and report but there is no way to tell the Book feature to incorporate all sources associated with each report/chart in the book. If you include sources in each report/chart, the unlinked sources are also included. By " unlinked" sources, I talking about source-citations which do not have a Source Title linked to it. BJ On 12/1/2011 5:56 AM, Forrest Ladd wrote: > I bought FTM 2012 so I could create books on my 64-bit machine. I > have succeeded in that, but there are no end-notes. How can they be included? > > I see information on attaching sources to individuals, and that might > be a back-up option. However, I have a lot of just citations, without > the formal Source designation. I want those to appear in the book > also, preferably in the end-notes but attached to the individual if > that's the only way to get the citation information into the book. >

I have had the same experience as BJ. I've now tried this on three separate occasions and have only been able to paste on one of them. The steps I took were identical each time. On each occasion I was able to paste the image into Irfan View, so it was definitely in the Clipboard. I'm wondering whether this is a manifestation of a wider issue concerning FTM's interaction with the Windows Clipboard. In FTM 2011 I had a problem when trying to paste text which I had copied outside of FTM (from my browser, for example) into source citations. The problem occurred when I had previously used the Copy function within FTM to copy a source citation. Then, when I opened a source citation and tried to paste text from the Clipboard, the previously copied source citation would be pasted instead. The solution was to open the source citation in FTM first and only then to copy the text from my browser or wherever into the Windows Clipboard. It was really annoying because, in the excitement of research, I regularly forgot to do that. I mentioned the problem in comments on Ancestry's FTM blog and various other people confirmed that they had the same issue. I am not sure whether this problem with source citations still exists in FTM 2012. I will try it and report back. Caroline Gurney www.carosfamily.com www.cmgurney.blogspot.com On 1 December 2011 04:21, BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> wrote: > Actually I was trying to point to the Media in the second line. > Interestingly, I just tried it again and the Paste option is dimmed. > I'm not sure what is going on. > > I can paste the image in the clipboard into an email message so I know > it is there. > > BJ

Linda and John, I am in the same situation, my specs FTM 2012, Vista Home 32 bit, 2G Ram ,2.0 Mhz Dual Core. I can copy a JPG image from Firefox, Paint Shop Pro X2, etc paste into word or anything else by Ctr V, Rightclick etc etc but when in FTM regardless of how I try or what option Paste is greyed out and cannot be selected. File is not privatized. Has 11400 people, 23533kb in size and 138 media items. There must be something somewhere that I am missing. There does not appear to be anything in the Tools > Options. I can copy a media item from FTM and paste into Word etc but not the reverse. Peter

I bought FTM 2012 so I could create books on my 64-bit machine. I have succeeded in that, but there are no end-notes. How can they be included? I see information on attaching sources to individuals, and that might be a back-up option. However, I have a lot of just citations, without the formal Source designation. I want those to appear in the book also, preferably in the end-notes but attached to the individual if that's the only way to get the citation information into the book. Any suggestions? Forrest

Forrest, In the Items to Include for the Chapters in your Book, check your settings for Sources. Russ ___________________________ Mailto:rworthington@att.net ________________________________ From: Forrest Ladd <forladd@ionet.net> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, December 1, 2011 8:56:09 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] How to put endnotes into a book using Ver 2012 I bought FTM 2012 so I could create books on my 64-bit machine. I have succeeded in that, but there are no end-notes. How can they be included? I see information on attaching sources to individuals, and that might be a back-up option. However, I have a lot of just citations, without the formal Source designation. I want those to appear in the book also, preferably in the end-notes but attached to the individual if that's the only way to get the citation information into the book.

I mean you click the Media option in the tool bar. This is the list of options immediately below the list of work areas across the top of the window. E.g. Plan People Places Media Sources Publish Web Search <--(work areas) File Edit View Media Tools Help (second line are Menu items) | | This is the one to click. I clicked on Media and Paste was not available nor did the media appear. I could see the Categories, but only for media already there. Since your example above shows to click on View, I tried that too, but that brings one to the Media view - as Ctrl+4 would do. There must be something *I* am missing, but I am confounded with this today! I intend to try Tech Support by phone tomorrow. Thanks for everyone's help and ideas. John Okerson