BJ and John D., As we have been talking about and identified a couple of different Place name problems today, do you suppose that Ancestry is aware of either one of them? And how do we get to the people who can fix the problem? Is there someone we can send samples to? Jay Thompson just an old genealogy nut too tough to crack. ________________________________ From: BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, December 4, 2011 8:58:18 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Several problems with Places in FTM 2010, 2011 and 2012 The problem is the program is generating duplicate place names for no reason. Why should a user have to go through and correct a problem which should not exist if the program is working properly. On 12/4/2011 5:04 PM, John Donaldson wrote: > Yes it does but you are rewarded by clean place data > > Caroline Gurney wrote: > > Yes, I know John, that's what I use. What takes the time is scrolling > through 2,000 place names to find the ones that have been duplicated and > then fixing 85 of them. ********************************** 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
Well- Duff Wilson at Ancestry would know who could fix it- although I don't think anyone at Ancestry can as I believe their PNA is provided by a third party. -----Original Message----- From: Thompson Jay <jaydarlene@sbcglobal.net> To: ftm-tech <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Dec 4, 2011 8:15 pm Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Several problems with Places in FTM 2010, 2011 and 2012 BJ and John D., As we have been talking about and identified a couple of different Place name problems today, do you suppose that Ancestry is aware of either one of them? And how do we get to the people who can fix the problem? Is there someone we can send samples to? Jay Thompson just an old genealogy nut too tough to crack. ________________________________ From: BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, December 4, 2011 8:58:18 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Several problems with Places in FTM 2010, 2011 and 2012 The problem is the program is generating duplicate place names for no reason. Why should a user have to go through and correct a problem which should not exist if the program is working properly. On 12/4/2011 5:04 PM, John Donaldson wrote: > Yes it does but you are rewarded by clean place data > > Caroline Gurney wrote: > > Yes, I know John, that's what I use. What takes the time is scrolling > through 2,000 place names to find the ones that have been duplicated and > then fixing 85 of them. ********************************** 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
The developers in Provo are very well aware of key items discussed on this and other FTM lists John D -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Thompson Jay Sent: Monday, 5 December 2011 1:14 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Several problems with Places in FTM 2010,2011 and 2012 BJ and John D., As we have been talking about and identified a couple of different Place name problems today, do you suppose that Ancestry is aware of either one of them? And how do we get to the people who can fix the problem? Is there someone we can send samples to? Jay Thompson just an old genealogy nut too tough to crack.