I think it makes perfect sense if you also consider an AMT as a cloud backup for FTM An example No doubt my bank has a lot of data about me, names, addreess, etc When I log in to my bank I don't see all this information only the account I want to work in But that does not mean that it is not there, just that it is not visible to me I suspect it would be very difficult for an AMT to display what could be thousands of pages all the info that is in FTM contains That is not its purpose I think of the AMT as: 1. An online extension of the charting in FTM; and 2. A repository for your FTM data As for the link Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-khF_sAdM&feature=youtu.be Extracted from the link on Russ's page John D -----Original Message----- From: Daryl Rickards [mailto:darylrickard01@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2015 10:24 AM To: 'John Donaldson'; ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [FTM-TECH] "Notes" in AMT John , That link just goes to the Russ Worthington site - and says the page does not exist ie Sorry, the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist Where to from there ?????? What I am seeing with the fact notes is that they are not visible on AMT - Why would FTM Sync the Fact notes and then have it not visible on AMT doesn't make sense Daryl -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Donaldson via Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2015 9:23 AM To: 'Christine Benson'; ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] "Notes" in AMT Hmm I wonder if you are interpreting what you are seeing and not seeing correctly? Notes Online Synced Person Notes are visible to the tree owner (you) and any editor role you create/invite. Synced Research Notes are on the AMT but are not visible. Fact/Media/Relationship/Source Citation Notes are synced with the AMT but are not visible. An Ancestry.com YouTube on Notes Crista Cowan, the Barefoot Genealogist, has a 26-minute video on Notes on this link: http://ftmuser.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/ftm2014-barefoot-genealogist-view-on. html#uds- search-results John D -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christine Benson via Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2015 2:12 AM To: Family Tree Maker Tech Subject: [FTM-TECH] "Notes" in AMT Hi All, I have a burial in my FTM tree and fact notes on the burial (MI etc.). When I upload it to my AMT these notes are not copied. I see on the help that only person notes are copied. However I can see in other Ancestry trees that similar notes are there for burials. How do I do this? The only way I can see is to include a description field for the Burial fact and put the notes in there. Will that be what others have done? Or am I missing something. Any help gratefully received Christine ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html ------------------------------- 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

Replying to: "I suspect it would be very difficult for an AMT to display what could be thousands of pages all the info that is in FTM contains That is not its purpose I think of the AMT as: 1. An online extension of the charting in FTM; and 2. A repository for your FTM data" John, surely the primary purpose of an on-line tree is to share information and as a result to obtain information from others researching similar lines. The strength of the Ancestry on-line trees is in the number of them out there. The weakness is this inability to openly share your notes with anyone. Until Ancestry make notes available (even if it is an 'opt-in' method) the user submitted trees will remain a second-rate research tool. For this very reason I maintain an AMT (easy to do as an FTM user) and also a tree on TribalPages - because there they do display notes. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 6m above sea level This message can be considered to be in the public domain. The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://www.ianmarr.net.au/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://www.ianmarr.net.au/Weather/ Family Tree: http://marrwatts.tribalpages.com/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer.