At 06:52 AM 10-03-14 -0400, George Waller wrote: >BJ, thanks for your usual helpful, thoughtful, clear and comprehensive >suggestions to questions asked on this forum. George Ditto from John. Especially how to restore a back up and re-link the Tree. Saves a lot of time messing around. Many Thanks and Cheers. ---------- >On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 11:18 PM, BJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As you've seen there are a number of ways to relink your FTM file to the > > Ancestry online tree. All entail a certain amount of clean up work. > > That being said I personally think the best option is to make a backup > > of your FTM file using FTM 2014. Ensure you select the appropriate > > options but the most important is to include the option to allow the > > backup file to sync to the AMT. You then restore the backup to the new > > computer using the option to restore with link to the AMT. This option > > requires no major cleanup or editing. Here are the advantages: > > > > 1. When FTM 2014 restores the file the links between the file and the > > AMT tree are restored. There is no other cleanup required for the > > AMT as it has not changed. > > 2. Also all sources and source-citations are as you had them in the old > > file. Again there is not clean up. > > 3. All Place names are retained and the new file contains all resolved > > place names as they were in the old file. > > 4. All Media items with their captions, descriptions and notes are > > restored so again there is no cleanup. > > 5. Any saved charts, reports, books and tasks are retained so again no > > clean up. > > > > The only thing that has happened is the file on the old computer is no > > longer linked to the AMT. The sync linkage has been transferred to the > > new file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Maynard Phillip Island, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Let there be Peace on Earth, Justice and Prosperity ... ... and an End to Violence, Poverty and Greed."