I find that keeping all trees in one single gedcom file in Family Historian is manageable, even with about 11,000 individuals, if one makes sure that each individual's ID number within the gedcom is maintained (particularly when duplicates are merged and separate families linked). I also include those ID numbers in relevant Excel worksheets. Perhaps the same is possible in FTM? Geoff 5389 On 9 June 2016 at 10:48, Ron Lomax via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am relatively new to the concept of a one name study, but have been an > amateur genealogist for many years. I would like to pick people's brains > concerning how to organise and record the study. According to the WIKI, the > most favoured family tree software is FTM, which I also use. I have upwards > of forty sourced family trees. If I keep them in separate FTM files, then > finding someone is a nightmare, as is checking for duplicates which may link > two trees. If I merge all the trees into one FTM file, (some 7000 people), > it is almost impossible to locate a particular person, even with birth and > death years, due to the 19th century spawning hundreds of Williams, James', > Johns and Charles'. I have to use trial and error, and if I do not have > either a definite birth or death date, then I may go through each one and > not know whether I have him recorded or not. FTM does not give me the option > of showing places in the index. I thought of using the FTM Person ID with a > prefix representing the tree the person comes from, but this is overwritten > if you merge all the trees. There is no report within FTM which shows BMD > dates AND place of birth/death, so I cannot export a list from each tree > and combine them in an Excel table. I cannot help feeling that, if there are > many people using FTM, I am either missing something or expecting too much. > I have considered switching from FTM, but I like the interface better than > either Legacy or RM, and would prefer to stick with it if I can find a way > round my issues. Has anyone else found a solution to this problem, or have I > to bite the bullet and use more appropriate software? Any advice would be > much appreciated. Many thanks > > Ron Lomax > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > 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 -- Geoff Chew [email protected]