It's working again. John & Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David C Abernathy Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:08 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry down for Maintenance? I am not having any issue from FTM or directly at acentry.com Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Boyd Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 7:35 AM To: Ftm-Tech Subject: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry down for Maintenance? Is everybody else getting this message in the Ancestry Hint page from FTM? John & Kathleen ********************************** 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 ********************************** 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

Can you describe exactly what your are doing when you "put a new source in my database"? What work area are you in when you input the new source? Are you adding a new Source (Source title i.e. a book or census)? Or are you adding a new Source-citation to a fact for an individual? How do you know the Index is being rebuilt? Is it blank or the names replaced by a busy icon? How long have you let it run before you close the program? I'm really at a loss as to why people are having problems with the Index. There is no logical connection between the Index and the sources nor with the automatic syncing feature of the data base. BJ On 11/5/2011 9:09 AM, Susan Johanson wrote: > I have FTM 2012, and every time I put a new source in my database, the > list of individuals starts resorting and gets hung up. I have to shut > down FTM and start all over. It resorts but doesn't get hung up when I > start FTM, what's happening here with the sources? > > I do have a rather large database about 70,000 people, but I just got a > new computer last week. FTM 2011 with the old computer was slower than > 2012 with the new computer, but people didn't get resorted when I put a > new source in. Anyone have any answers out there. >

I am hoping they are fixing something or re-indexing. I can get in via browser also. John & Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tony Knight Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:48 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry down for Maintenance? Approached through my browser Ancestry is working, but terribly slow. It has not been right since the release of FTM2012 Tony -----Original Message----- From: John Boyd Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 2:34 PM To: Ftm-Tech Subject: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry down for Maintenance? Is everybody else getting this message in the Ancestry Hint page from FTM? John & Kathleen ********************************** 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 ********************************** 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

I think he was attempting to clarify what images were uploaded vs which are not. I mentioned that images from Ancestry.com data bases are not suppose to be uploaded to the AMT. He was attempting to verify whether the images from these other online data bases would be uploaded or not. The replies were reassuring him that images from those other online data bases would be uploaded. You are correct that they are all copies and not active physical links to the other data bases. In actuality you have one copy of the image on your PC and a second copy of the image in the AMT. Cross checking which images are uploaded can be very challenging because they are treated differently. Some things that you may think of as photos in your PC file are classified as other types in the AMT. The most notable of these is the PDF file. It may contain a photo but it is uploaded and classified as a "Story". Certain types of files will not be uploaded including HTML and MHT files. Some media types are converted. For example, FTM 2012 will accept most image file types: TIF, BMP, PNG, etc. However, when they are uploaded to the AMT they are all converted to a JPG file. As I recall a MHT file will be converted to a RTF file. BJ On 11/5/2011 7:31 AM, David C Abernathy wrote: > BJ, > I know this, but the OP implied that they were, by using the question " What > if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My > Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT?" > > I am trying to get verification that the OP thinks that they are linked? > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 10:53 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space > > If you are asking whether there is some way to link FTM facts or > source-citations to a media item on an internet web site, the answer is no. > Even with those Census or other images available from Ancestry.com data > bases, the user/program must download a copy of the image and link the copy > to the fact/source-citation. > > Now is there any way to save the web address of the web image? Not directly > except for those inserted by the Web Merge Wizard; however, I copy the web > > address using Windows copy feature. I then paste the address into the image > copy's description field. It is not a hot link but at least I can now > return to the web page and the image on the internet. > > Hope that helps. > > BJ > > On 11/4/2011 9:23 PM, David C Abernathy wrote: >> Are these media files from other sources linked within FTM or was >> there a copy saved to your dive and that copy is linked within FTM? >> >> If they are linked to the external source, how was this done, as I >> have not seen any of way doing it? >> >> Thanks, >> David C Abernathy >> Email disclaimers >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------ This message represents the official view of the voices in my >> head. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------ >> http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com >> == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of BJ >> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:22 PM >> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space >> >> See comments below. >> >> BJ >> >> On 11/4/2011 6:17 PM, Ali wrote: >>> More questions BJ if you please. >>> >>> -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My >> Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? >> Yes, if the media item is from another source, it will be uploaded to >> the AMT. One thing you may want to do is to enter a Caption for every >> media item. When a media item has a Caption, the sync routine uploads >> the media >> >> item and uses the Caption as the Picture Name which is displayed below >> the >> >> media item thumbnail in the Media Gallery. It makes a rather easy way >> to cross check the media items in the Media Gallery against those in >> the Media Collection work area. Unfortunately, the AMT does not sort >> the media items in the Media Gallery based upon the Picture Name. >> While the order appears >> >> to be random, I'm pretty sure they are arranged based upon the date >> and time they were added to the PC file. >> >> Rosemary said the "All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came >> from." I'm whether she is talking about every single media item or >> just those that are manually entered into the Media work area. >> According to the description of which media items are uploaded, images >> from the Ancestry.com data bases (census images and others) are not >> suppose to the uploaded to the Media Gallery because those facts are >> linked directly to the images in the >> >> Ancestry.com data bases. Unfortunately this isn't working properly. >> I have found some images from the 1900, >> 1910 and 1920 census records are uploaded but they are not linked to >> anything in the AMT. The 1930 Census images are not uploaded. I don't >> know whether or when this may get fixed. >>> -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert >>> another >> preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual& > Shared >> Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or >> DOB or >> >> DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess >> preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts >> moved over to the AMT. >> For any fact label; e.g. Birth, Death, Census; only one of the facts >> for a >> >> particular individual can be marked as Preferred. The others are >> shown but they are alternate facts. All preferred and Alternate facts >> are uploaded to the AMT. >> >> If you have multiple facts and they all have the same information, I >> would >> >> link the source-citations from the duplicate facts to the preferred >> fact and then delete the duplicate facts. Now if the information is >> different then >> >> you may want to keep the alternate facts. >> On the other hand, I may have one source that gives me the year of >> birth and another source that gives me the month and a third that gives me > the Place. >> I tend to enter all of that information into a single fact and link >> all 3 source-citations to that one fact. 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IIRC, Previous posts on this list noted that the sorting occurs because the user has "automatic" set for synchronizing with the Ancestry Member Tree, rather than "manual" syncing. To select "Manual" go to the "Plan" workspace, and click on the dropdown menu for "Sync Now" and select "Update Options" and check the "Manually" button for the "Update linked trees." Good luck -- Randy On 11/5/2011 9:22 AM, David C Abernathy wrote: > Are you sure that it is hung or are you NOT waiting long enough for it to > update? > > Try compacting the file once you get it opened, before doing anything else. > > I do NOT allow myself to have any large databases, but the larger ones that > I do have, the Index does do a lot of sorting. > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Susan Johanson > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:10 AM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FTM-TECH] List of individuals > > I have FTM 2012, and every time I put a new source in my database, the list > of individuals starts resorting and gets hung up. I have to shut down FTM > and start all over. It resorts but doesn't get hung up when I start FTM, > what's happening here with the sources? > > I do have a rather large database about 70,000 people, but I just got a new > computer last week. FTM 2011 with the old computer was slower than > 2012 with the new computer, but people didn't get resorted when I put a new > source in. Anyone have any answers out there. > Susan > > -- > --- > Susan C. Johanson, Haymarket, VA > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johanson > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ > ...Searching for footprints in the sands of time... > > > ********************************** > 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 > > > ********************************** > 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

Is everybody else getting this message in the Ancestry Hint page from FTM? John & Kathleen

Are you sure that it is hung or are you NOT waiting long enough for it to update? Try compacting the file once you get it opened, before doing anything else. I do NOT allow myself to have any large databases, but the larger ones that I do have, the Index does do a lot of sorting. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan Johanson Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:10 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: [FTM-TECH] List of individuals I have FTM 2012, and every time I put a new source in my database, the list of individuals starts resorting and gets hung up. I have to shut down FTM and start all over. It resorts but doesn't get hung up when I start FTM, what's happening here with the sources? I do have a rather large database about 70,000 people, but I just got a new computer last week. FTM 2011 with the old computer was slower than 2012 with the new computer, but people didn't get resorted when I put a new source in. Anyone have any answers out there. Susan -- --- Susan C. Johanson, Haymarket, VA http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johanson http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ ...Searching for footprints in the sands of time... ********************************** 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

BJ, You're right about the census images. I neglected to mention that I don't use web merge for my census data (English) and census substitutes (Australian Electoral Rolls) because I just don't like the way they are handled. This is strictly a personal preference. Rosemary On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:21 PM, BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> wrote: > See comments below. > > BJ > > On 11/4/2011 6:17 PM, Ali wrote: > > More questions BJ if you please. > > > > -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My > Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? > Yes, if the media item is from another source, it will be uploaded to > the AMT. One thing you may want to do is to enter a Caption for every > media item. When a media item has a Caption, the sync routine uploads > the media item and uses the Caption as the Picture Name which is > displayed below the media item thumbnail in the Media Gallery. It makes > a rather easy way to cross check the media items in the Media Gallery > against those in the Media Collection work area. Unfortunately, the AMT > does not sort the media items in the Media Gallery based upon the > Picture Name. While the order appears to be random, I'm pretty sure > they are arranged based upon the date and time they were added to the PC > file. > > Rosemary said the "All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came > from." I'm whether she is talking about every single media item or just > those that are manually entered into the Media work area. According to > the description of which media items are uploaded, images from the > Ancestry.com data bases (census images and others) are not suppose to > the uploaded to the Media Gallery because those facts are linked > directly to the images in the Ancestry.com data bases. Unfortunately > this isn't working properly. I have found some images from the 1900, > 1910 and 1920 census records are uploaded but they are not linked to > anything in the AMT. The 1930 Census images are not uploaded. I don't > know whether or when this may get fixed. > > -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert > another preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the > Individual& Shared Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for > Person ID or DOB or DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove > these excess preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive > facts moved over to the AMT. > For any fact label; e.g. Birth, Death, Census; only one of the facts for > a particular individual can be marked as Preferred. The others are > shown but they are alternate facts. All preferred and Alternate facts > are uploaded to the AMT. > > If you have multiple facts and they all have the same information, I > would link the source-citations from the duplicate facts to the > preferred fact and then delete the duplicate facts. Now if the > information is different then you may want to keep the alternate facts. > On the other hand, I may have one source that gives me the year of birth > and another source that gives me the month and a third that gives me the > Place. I tend to enter all of that information into a single fact and > link all 3 source-citations to that one fact. Others disagree with this > approach but I prefer having one fact as complete as possible. > > ********************************** > 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 >

I am not having any issue from FTM or directly at acentry.com Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Boyd Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 7:35 AM To: Ftm-Tech Subject: [FTM-TECH] Ancestry down for Maintenance? Is everybody else getting this message in the Ancestry Hint page from FTM? John & Kathleen ********************************** 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

BJ, I know this, but the OP implied that they were, by using the question " What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT?" I am trying to get verification that the OP thinks that they are linked? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BJ Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 10:53 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space If you are asking whether there is some way to link FTM facts or source-citations to a media item on an internet web site, the answer is no. Even with those Census or other images available from Ancestry.com data bases, the user/program must download a copy of the image and link the copy to the fact/source-citation. Now is there any way to save the web address of the web image? Not directly except for those inserted by the Web Merge Wizard; however, I copy the web address using Windows copy feature. I then paste the address into the image copy's description field. It is not a hot link but at least I can now return to the web page and the image on the internet. Hope that helps. BJ On 11/4/2011 9:23 PM, David C Abernathy wrote: > Are these media files from other sources linked within FTM or was > there a copy saved to your dive and that copy is linked within FTM? > > If they are linked to the external source, how was this done, as I > have not seen any of way doing it? > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ This message represents the official view of the voices in my > head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:22 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space > > See comments below. > > BJ > > On 11/4/2011 6:17 PM, Ali wrote: >> More questions BJ if you please. >> >> -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My > Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? > Yes, if the media item is from another source, it will be uploaded to > the AMT. One thing you may want to do is to enter a Caption for every > media item. When a media item has a Caption, the sync routine uploads > the media > > item and uses the Caption as the Picture Name which is displayed below > the > > media item thumbnail in the Media Gallery. It makes a rather easy way > to cross check the media items in the Media Gallery against those in > the Media Collection work area. Unfortunately, the AMT does not sort > the media items in the Media Gallery based upon the Picture Name. > While the order appears > > to be random, I'm pretty sure they are arranged based upon the date > and time they were added to the PC file. > > Rosemary said the "All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came > from." I'm whether she is talking about every single media item or > just those that are manually entered into the Media work area. > According to the description of which media items are uploaded, images > from the Ancestry.com data bases (census images and others) are not > suppose to the uploaded to the Media Gallery because those facts are > linked directly to the images in the > > Ancestry.com data bases. Unfortunately this isn't working properly. > I have found some images from the 1900, > 1910 and 1920 census records are uploaded but they are not linked to > anything in the AMT. The 1930 Census images are not uploaded. I don't > know whether or when this may get fixed. >> -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert >> another > preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual& Shared > Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or > DOB or > > DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess > preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts > moved over to the AMT. > For any fact label; e.g. Birth, Death, Census; only one of the facts > for a > > particular individual can be marked as Preferred. The others are > shown but they are alternate facts. All preferred and Alternate facts > are uploaded to the AMT. > > If you have multiple facts and they all have the same information, I > would > > link the source-citations from the duplicate facts to the preferred > fact and then delete the duplicate facts. Now if the information is > different then > > you may want to keep the alternate facts. > On the other hand, I may have one source that gives me the year of > birth and another source that gives me the month and a third that gives me the Place. > I tend to enter all of that information into a single fact and link > all 3 source-citations to that one fact. Others disagree with this > approach but I prefer having one fact as complete as possible. > > ********************************** > 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 > > > ********************************** > 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: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4597 - Release Date: > 11/04/11 > > > ********************************** 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

If you are asking whether there is some way to link FTM facts or source-citations to a media item on an internet web site, the answer is no. Even with those Census or other images available from Ancestry.com data bases, the user/program must download a copy of the image and link the copy to the fact/source-citation. Now is there any way to save the web address of the web image? Not directly except for those inserted by the Web Merge Wizard; however, I copy the web address using Windows copy feature. I then paste the address into the image copy's description field. It is not a hot link but at least I can now return to the web page and the image on the internet. Hope that helps. BJ On 11/4/2011 9:23 PM, David C Abernathy wrote: > Are these media files from other sources linked within FTM or was there a > copy saved to your dive and that copy is linked within FTM? > > If they are linked to the external source, how was this done, as I have not > seen any of way doing it? > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:22 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space > > See comments below. > > BJ > > On 11/4/2011 6:17 PM, Ali wrote: >> More questions BJ if you please. >> >> -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My > Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? > Yes, if the media item is from another source, it will be uploaded to the > AMT. One thing you may want to do is to enter a Caption for every media > item. When a media item has a Caption, the sync routine uploads the media > > item and uses the Caption as the Picture Name which is displayed below the > > media item thumbnail in the Media Gallery. It makes a rather easy way to > cross check the media items in the Media Gallery against those in the Media > Collection work area. Unfortunately, the AMT does not sort the media items > in the Media Gallery based upon the Picture Name. While the order appears > > to be random, I'm pretty sure they are arranged based upon the date and time > they were added to the PC file. > > Rosemary said the "All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came > from." I'm whether she is talking about every single media item or just > those that are manually entered into the Media work area. According to the > description of which media items are uploaded, images from the Ancestry.com > data bases (census images and others) are not suppose to the uploaded to the > Media Gallery because those facts are linked directly to the images in the > > Ancestry.com data bases. Unfortunately this isn't working properly. I have > found some images from the 1900, > 1910 and 1920 census records are uploaded but they are not linked to > anything in the AMT. The 1930 Census images are not uploaded. I don't > know whether or when this may get fixed. >> -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert another > preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual& Shared > Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or DOB or > > DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess preferred > facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts moved over to the > AMT. > For any fact label; e.g. Birth, Death, Census; only one of the facts for a > > particular individual can be marked as Preferred. The others are shown but > they are alternate facts. All preferred and Alternate facts are uploaded to > the AMT. > > If you have multiple facts and they all have the same information, I would > > link the source-citations from the duplicate facts to the preferred fact and > then delete the duplicate facts. Now if the information is different then > > you may want to keep the alternate facts. > On the other hand, I may have one source that gives me the year of birth and > another source that gives me the month and a third that gives me the Place. > I tend to enter all of that information into a single fact and link all 3 > source-citations to that one fact. Others disagree with this approach but I > prefer having one fact as complete as possible. > > ********************************** > 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 > > > ********************************** > 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: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4597 - Release Date: 11/04/11 > > >

I can answer the first question Ali. All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came from. I had made some facts private and the media attached to those facts was uploaded even though I didn't want that to happen. For myself, I want to be able to mark a media item as private so that it doesn't get uploaded no matter whether it is attached to a person, a fact, a citation a source or anything else. Rosemary On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Ali <avws2601@sympatico.ca> wrote: > More questions BJ if you please. > > -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My > Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? > > -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert another > preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual & > Shared Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or > DOB or DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess > preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts moved > over to the AMT. > > Yes, I am a neat freak but I can't work any other way. > Ali > ----- Original Message ----- > From: BJ > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:30 PM > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space > > > I think many of the complaints stem from users not understanding the > function of the sync process. They are expecting the trees to be > duplicates of each other. As for differences in media items, the AMT > does not support relationship images. What it does is - upload the > media item and links it to the two individuals. The other area has to > do with the images obtained from Ancestry.com data bases. Examples of > these images are Census images, Texas Death/Birth/Marriage Index images, > World War I and II Draft Registration Card images and some others. > These images should not be uploaded to the ATM. They remain in the PC > file but not in the AMT. The reason - the AMT links directly to the > records and their images. So it is not necessary for a copy to be in > the Media Gallery. I have found some problems with this in that some > images are uploaded while others are not. No real reason for the > different way they are handled. > > Another common complaint is the fact that the links are between one tree > and one computer. If that link ever breaks, there is no way to repair > it. The user must start all over. > > BJ > > On 11/1/2011 5:09 PM, Ali wrote: > > BJ > > Yes, it does help, it helps a great deal. I suppose what confuses me > is the complaints of problems once the trees are sync'd. I've gone over > and over my tree on my PC in order to make the transition to AMT as > flawless as it can be. > > Ali > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: BJ > > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 7:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space > > > > > > The facts you elect to display in the right panel on the Family work > > area has nothing to do with the facts which are synced. The facts > > displayed in the right panel is just a subset of all of your facts. > To > > see what facts will be synced you need to view the facts you have in > the > > Person work area. Preferred facts as well as alternate facts will be > > synced. They tend to be easily viewed in FTM but are rather obscure > in > > the AMT. > > > > The thing to remember about the sync feature is the term "sync". > This > > does not mean the two trees are identical and a perfect substitution > for > > the other. They are different. The data base structures are > different > > and there are differences between the information in the two trees. > > Examples are. The PC file has Research notes, tasks, reports and > charts > > - none of these are in the AMT. In the PC file you have a > > "Relationship" record which allows you to link pictures and sources. > > The AMT does not support these links to pictures and sources. It > simply > > points to children. > > > > "Sync" simply means Keeping the data or information the same in both > trees. > > > > For an individual, all facts listed for that individual on the Person > > Facts work area are found in the AMT. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > BJ > > > > On 11/1/2011 3:28 PM, Ali wrote: > > > Tom Herson's problem with Preferred facts brings to mind a > problem that I foresee happening when I post my tree to Ancestry. > > > > > > What I'm referring to are facts in the panel on the right side of > the Family work space. I have added 'Witnesses, Divorce, E'mail, and > Descriptions for Birth, Baptism, Witness/Godparents, Death, Burial. > > > > > > > From what I have read so far, these may not sync neatly. I'm > quite satisfied how I have set up that panel and have no wish to change it > but when and if I post to Ancestry I will run into problems. > > > > > ********************************** > ********************************** > 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 >

Are these media files from other sources linked within FTM or was there a copy saved to your dive and that copy is linked within FTM? If they are linked to the external source, how was this done, as I have not seen any of way doing it? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BJ Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:22 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space See comments below. BJ On 11/4/2011 6:17 PM, Ali wrote: > More questions BJ if you please. > > -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? Yes, if the media item is from another source, it will be uploaded to the AMT. One thing you may want to do is to enter a Caption for every media item. When a media item has a Caption, the sync routine uploads the media item and uses the Caption as the Picture Name which is displayed below the media item thumbnail in the Media Gallery. It makes a rather easy way to cross check the media items in the Media Gallery against those in the Media Collection work area. Unfortunately, the AMT does not sort the media items in the Media Gallery based upon the Picture Name. While the order appears to be random, I'm pretty sure they are arranged based upon the date and time they were added to the PC file. Rosemary said the "All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came from." I'm whether she is talking about every single media item or just those that are manually entered into the Media work area. According to the description of which media items are uploaded, images from the Ancestry.com data bases (census images and others) are not suppose to the uploaded to the Media Gallery because those facts are linked directly to the images in the Ancestry.com data bases. Unfortunately this isn't working properly. I have found some images from the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census records are uploaded but they are not linked to anything in the AMT. The 1930 Census images are not uploaded. I don't know whether or when this may get fixed. > -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert another preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual& Shared Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or DOB or DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts moved over to the AMT. For any fact label; e.g. Birth, Death, Census; only one of the facts for a particular individual can be marked as Preferred. The others are shown but they are alternate facts. All preferred and Alternate facts are uploaded to the AMT. If you have multiple facts and they all have the same information, I would link the source-citations from the duplicate facts to the preferred fact and then delete the duplicate facts. Now if the information is different then you may want to keep the alternate facts. On the other hand, I may have one source that gives me the year of birth and another source that gives me the month and a third that gives me the Place. I tend to enter all of that information into a single fact and link all 3 source-citations to that one fact. Others disagree with this approach but I prefer having one fact as complete as possible. ********************************** 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 11/4/2011 6:17 PM, Ali wrote: > More questions BJ if you please. > > -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? Yes, if the media item is from another source, it will be uploaded to the AMT. One thing you may want to do is to enter a Caption for every media item. When a media item has a Caption, the sync routine uploads the media item and uses the Caption as the Picture Name which is displayed below the media item thumbnail in the Media Gallery. It makes a rather easy way to cross check the media items in the Media Gallery against those in the Media Collection work area. Unfortunately, the AMT does not sort the media items in the Media Gallery based upon the Picture Name. While the order appears to be random, I'm pretty sure they are arranged based upon the date and time they were added to the PC file. Rosemary said the "All media will be uploaded, no matter where it came from." I'm whether she is talking about every single media item or just those that are manually entered into the Media work area. According to the description of which media items are uploaded, images from the Ancestry.com data bases (census images and others) are not suppose to the uploaded to the Media Gallery because those facts are linked directly to the images in the Ancestry.com data bases. Unfortunately this isn't working properly. I have found some images from the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census records are uploaded but they are not linked to anything in the AMT. The 1930 Census images are not uploaded. I don't know whether or when this may get fixed. > -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert another preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual& Shared Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or DOB or DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts moved over to the AMT. For any fact label; e.g. Birth, Death, Census; only one of the facts for a particular individual can be marked as Preferred. The others are shown but they are alternate facts. All preferred and Alternate facts are uploaded to the AMT. If you have multiple facts and they all have the same information, I would link the source-citations from the duplicate facts to the preferred fact and then delete the duplicate facts. Now if the information is different then you may want to keep the alternate facts. On the other hand, I may have one source that gives me the year of birth and another source that gives me the month and a third that gives me the Place. I tend to enter all of that information into a single fact and link all 3 source-citations to that one fact. Others disagree with this approach but I prefer having one fact as complete as possible.

More questions BJ if you please. -What if not all of my media items came from Ancestry. E.g.: Find My Past; Ellis Island; GRO; and so on, will they be uploaded to the AMT? -Preferred facts. Each time I accept data from a green leaf alert another preferred fact is planted on my Person work space in the Individual & Shared Facts area. I can end up with 6-8 preferred facts for Person ID or DOB or DOD. I am never sure whether or not I should remove these excess preferred facts. It seems redundant to have these repetitive facts moved over to the AMT. Yes, I am a neat freak but I can't work any other way. Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: BJ To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space I think many of the complaints stem from users not understanding the function of the sync process. They are expecting the trees to be duplicates of each other. As for differences in media items, the AMT does not support relationship images. What it does is - upload the media item and links it to the two individuals. The other area has to do with the images obtained from Ancestry.com data bases. Examples of these images are Census images, Texas Death/Birth/Marriage Index images, World War I and II Draft Registration Card images and some others. These images should not be uploaded to the ATM. They remain in the PC file but not in the AMT. The reason - the AMT links directly to the records and their images. So it is not necessary for a copy to be in the Media Gallery. I have found some problems with this in that some images are uploaded while others are not. No real reason for the different way they are handled. Another common complaint is the fact that the links are between one tree and one computer. If that link ever breaks, there is no way to repair it. The user must start all over. BJ On 11/1/2011 5:09 PM, Ali wrote: > BJ > Yes, it does help, it helps a great deal. I suppose what confuses me is the complaints of problems once the trees are sync'd. I've gone over and over my tree on my PC in order to make the transition to AMT as flawless as it can be. > Ali > ----- Original Message ----- > From: BJ > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 7:45 PM > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Facts - Family Work Space > > > The facts you elect to display in the right panel on the Family work > area has nothing to do with the facts which are synced. The facts > displayed in the right panel is just a subset of all of your facts. To > see what facts will be synced you need to view the facts you have in the > Person work area. Preferred facts as well as alternate facts will be > synced. They tend to be easily viewed in FTM but are rather obscure in > the AMT. > > The thing to remember about the sync feature is the term "sync". This > does not mean the two trees are identical and a perfect substitution for > the other. They are different. The data base structures are different > and there are differences between the information in the two trees. > Examples are. The PC file has Research notes, tasks, reports and charts > - none of these are in the AMT. In the PC file you have a > "Relationship" record which allows you to link pictures and sources. > The AMT does not support these links to pictures and sources. It simply > points to children. > > "Sync" simply means Keeping the data or information the same in both trees. > > For an individual, all facts listed for that individual on the Person > Facts work area are found in the AMT. > > Hope that helps. > > BJ > > On 11/1/2011 3:28 PM, Ali wrote: > > Tom Herson's problem with Preferred facts brings to mind a problem that I foresee happening when I post my tree to Ancestry. > > > > What I'm referring to are facts in the panel on the right side of the Family work space. I have added 'Witnesses, Divorce, E'mail, and Descriptions for Birth, Baptism, Witness/Godparents, Death, Burial. > > > > > From what I have read so far, these may not sync neatly. I'm quite satisfied how I have set up that panel and have no wish to change it but when and if I post to Ancestry I will run into problems. > > > **********************************

Hi all. I know this has been addressed before but I had ordered my new FTM 2012 for delivery to Florida. My credit card was debited but no program. Please tell me how to get a hold of them to resolve this. Thanks Regards, Jerry

It does seem to be a bit difficult to find someone to contact. I eventually found this statement on Ancestry.com/Customer Service. "If for any reason you need to speak with one of our customer service representatives about your credit card statement, ordering by phone, or if you are aware of fraudulent activities, please call us at 1-800-262-3787. " Here is a web page with more contact information. http://www.familytreemaker.com/Support/Contact BJ On 11/4/2011 8:24 AM, Jerry wrote: > Hi all. > I know this has been addressed before but I had ordered my new FTM 2012 for delivery to Florida. > My credit card was debited but no program. Please tell me how to get a hold of them to resolve this. > Thanks > Regards, Jerry > ********************************** > 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: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4594 - Release Date: 11/03/11 > >

Good to know. A step saved. Barb On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:22 AM, John Boyd <johnhboyd@earthlink.net> wrote: > If you start with Delete for the Custom fact, it gives you the option to > move data to one of the other Facts. > > John & Kathleen > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Barb Januscheitis > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:32 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Pre-Defined Facts > > As I was cleaning up some facts today, I stumbled upon the 'custom' > facts under Manage Facts as you describe below.   I saw that I had > some duplicate facts. > > Example, Funeral.  One was labeled predefined and one was labeled > custom   By selecting 'data options', I could see what records were > associated with the custom fact. > Selecting the 'funeral' fact labeled custom, I checked 'change selected > facts of this fact type'  and picked 'funeral' from the list. > All of the records are now associated with the predefined 'funeral' fact. > I deleted the custom 'funeral' fact. > > I don't know how the custom facts came into being, but I've had FTM for > many,many years, so I probably added them at some point in history. > > Barb in Minnesota > > O

Thanks, Courtney. These lists will certainly be valuable to work with. Tom Herson Ithsvs, NY On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Courtney <sitnah@cox.net> wrote: > Here are a couple of websites that show the Gedcom tags and the Fact they go > with. > Maybe they will give you some ideas > > http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/GEDCOM-Tags > > http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa110100d.htm > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "TH" <th4708@gmail.com> > >> Thanks, Judy!  BJ ansered the question about how to tell if a fact is >> pre-defined, but I aopreciate your answer too and I'm going to test >> it. >> >> As for the definitions, most Facts are self-evident, but there are a >> few that I'd like to be sure that I use properly. Perhaps I can come >> up with a very short list of such Facts and share them with the list. >> >> Tom >> Ithaca, NY >> > > > ********************************** > 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 >

If you start with Delete for the Custom fact, it gives you the option to move data to one of the other Facts. John & Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barb Januscheitis Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:32 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Pre-Defined Facts As I was cleaning up some facts today, I stumbled upon the 'custom' facts under Manage Facts as you describe below. I saw that I had some duplicate facts. Example, Funeral. One was labeled predefined and one was labeled custom By selecting 'data options', I could see what records were associated with the custom fact. Selecting the 'funeral' fact labeled custom, I checked 'change selected facts of this fact type' and picked 'funeral' from the list. All of the records are now associated with the predefined 'funeral' fact. I deleted the custom 'funeral' fact. I don't know how the custom facts came into being, but I've had FTM for many,many years, so I probably added them at some point in history. Barb in Minnesota On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:21 PM, BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> wrote: > The easiest way of doing it is > 1.     Click Edit, Manage Facts > 2.     Review each fact - at the bottom of the dialog box it gives the > following information: > Fact label > Short label > Abbreviation > Fact type   Tells you whether it is Individual/Shared and > Predefined/Custom Fact elements   Lists the elements you have selected to be displayed. > > BJ > > On 11/3/2011 1:48 PM, TH wrote: >> Does anyone know if there is a list somewhere of all the Pre-Defined >> Facts that come with Family Tree Maker 2012. It would be wonderful if >> each Fact were defined, but just a list would do. I have searched on >> the internet and checked the index of FTM 2012's Companion Guide.I >> have added several Facts of my own and want to prepare a list that >> separates the Pre-Defined Facts from the Facts that I have added. >> Also, if anyone can suggest a good publication that defines Facts >> used in genealogy, I would like to know about that. >> ********************************** 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