I agree with what John said. Something you should do before you convert your FTM 2005 file, compact it using FTM 2005. Also go through your Comment/Location field and ensure you insert a semicolon (;) between the comment and the actual place or location name. If the field only contains a comment e.g. many Occupation facts, place a semicolon after the data in the field. This will save you some aggravation once the file has been converted to FTM 2014. If you take these precautions, FTM will be able to separate the two types of data into the appropriate field. Good luck. BJ On 1/22/2014 1:39 AM, John Donaldson wrote: > It should work perfectly > > Install FTM 2014 and register it > > It should detect your FTM 2005 file and offer to convert a copy > > Of course a wise genealogist will always have a backup > > I suspect that when you get into it, you will have to do some work as a once off on Places but plenty of good tools in FTM > > I would also suggest that you turn on the Description field for at least Birth, Christening, Marriage, Death and Burial > > But it works well > > If you have a 64-bit Windows computer, FTM 2014 will install as 64-bit which significantly improves the speed , especially if you have more than 4GB of RAM
2005 is the original, DOS-based program, right? I thought the divider for comment vs. location was the slash /. With the comment listed in front of it. At least, that's what I have in the v. 16 file I still have kicking around. Christine, IBSSG Life's short . . . do genealogy first! ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 8:34:56 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] FTM 2014 I agree with what John said. Something you should do before you convert your FTM 2005 file, compact it using FTM 2005. Also go through your Comment/Location field and ensure you insert a semicolon (;) between the comment and the actual place or location name. If the field only contains a comment e.g. many Occupation facts, place a semicolon after the data in the field. This will save you some aggravation once the file has been converted to FTM 2014. If you take these precautions, FTM will be able to separate the two types of data into the appropriate field. Good luck. BJ On 1/22/2014 1:39 AM, John Donaldson wrote: > It should work perfectly > > Install FTM 2014 and register it > > It should detect your FTM 2005 file and offer to convert a copy > > Of course a wise genealogist will always have a backup > > I suspect that when you get into it, you will have to do some work as a once off on Places but plenty of good tools in FTM > > I would also suggest that you turn on the Description field for at least Birth, Christening, Marriage, Death and Burial > > But it works well > > If you have a 64-bit Windows computer, FTM 2014 will install as 64-bit which significantly improves the speed , especially if you have more than 4GB of RAM ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message