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

Is Gedxlate any use to you? -----Original Message----- From: Ron Lomax via Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [G] FTM/Organisation Advice Needed Please 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hi Ron, The filter button in FTM can be useful for this situation. A good video explaining its use and how to structure your query can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roOMdEhB8ww Hope that helps Debbie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Lomax via Sent: 9 June, 2016 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [G] FTM/Organisation Advice Needed Please 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7639 / Virus Database: 4598/12385 - Release Date: 06/08/16

Ron I use Family Historian (FH) for my ONS where I have just over 7,000 individuals in about 300 separate "trees" within the single FH file. The reason I have so many trees is that I often find a group of people I can connect together but not where they fit in the overall scheme of things. In that case, I'd build a separate tree for them and then hope that in the future I can find the missing link. FH has a "Pool" feature where all individuals connected together in any way have the same pool number and I have 300 "Pools". From this you can easily see which "tree" an individual is connected to and related to. When I find the missing link between 2 trees, FH will re-calculate the Pool number automatically. FH also has an excellent "Query" facility whereby you can narrow down the list of possible Williams etc. For example I can narrow it down by surname, forename and father's forename (ie any William Smith whose father is James). The queries are very flexible and easy to use and the results layout can also be easily customised to suit your own needs. Like one of the the other replies, I keep my raw data / transcriptions in excel spreadsheets but, when I've matched a specific event, I use the FH ID to mark that individual's event. That way you can (slowly!!) tick them off the unfound list. I appreciate that one's choice of software is very personal but it might be worth downloading free demo versions to see how you get on with them - I think all major software provides tester downloads. If you want more help / advice about Family Historian, by all means contact me off-list. Brian On 09/06/2016 10:48, Ron Lomax via 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 >

I've been playing with my FTM to see if there is any way of adding locations to dates in an index and the only thing I came up with is Maps. This shows me a map of USA - not where many of my ONS feature, need one primarily for England and Wales - is that possible? From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: [email protected] GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Lomax via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 10:48 AM Subject: [G] FTM/Organisation Advice Needed Please > 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

I'm similar stage to you, I have my family trees on ancestry, I have also started building up excel spreadsheets which have "events" bmd and census mostly, and trying to work out way of checking off who in the excel ss relate to people in the family trees. My one name study is in the miniscule category by size, so lots of it I can do by memory, for example I have established a direct relationship with everyone called Isaac gilhome ever recorded, but I have another significant family of gilhome so where I have not been able to prove a relationship, it is only inferred by geographical closeness. When I started with paper records, I tried to give everyone a Code based on a generation, so I was m1, my parents were L1 &2 but that didn't seem to help Chris U > On 9 Jun 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

Problem solved. Thank you all for your input. I have tried many different methods over the last couple of days, and finally I think I have a system I can work with. I will keep all my trees in separate files in FTM. With help and suggestions from Russ and others, I can then use a Custom Report with Filters to export a list to Excel. Each tree list can then be combined in one Excel table and manipulated whichever way I like. No steep learning curves, and most of the work already done! Thanks again - Ron Lomax