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. >

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. >