I figured that would probably be the answer. It gets a little faster each year but at this rate, it will probably be five more years before it's fast enough not to be annoying. ftm-tech-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > With the size file you have (my big one is 130,000 individuals), not much > you can do. Just compact the file every so often and be glad 2012 isn't as > slow as 2010. > > John& Kathleen > > -----Original Message----- > > Caroline, > I have had my sync sent to manual since the first day, and it still gets > hung up. It's not every time, but enough to be annoying. Any other things I > can try? > 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...