FTW files and its associated FBK file are the same file and cannot be merged. Bill >===== Original Message From SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com ===== >Hi, everyone. > >We have FTM on our machine, and there is a way (I have not tried it) to >merge two files together. > >I would think that, if one has two original files for a family, one with FTW >as a suffix, and another with some other suffix, (other than FBK) those two >could be merged, and all the info from both would be then included in the >final file, after merge. > >But trying to merge a FTW and a FBK into one file may require some special >method, if it can be done at all!! > >Hope this helps, if it is not too confusing! > >Joe Duke > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Audrey E. Pool" <ddpool@madnet.net> >To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:06 AM >Subject: Re: [SC] Technical Help needed. > > >> Harold, >> >> I have many floppy disks with my notes, and/or those sent to me from Lists >> or wherever. I just put a disk in when looking for my long hours of work >on >> any particular line, but of course, it needs to be marked. My Microsoft >"My >> Documents" is also an easy way to file. >> >> Like you, I think I would get pretty confused if I tried to determine just >> how FTM works in saving files. >> >> And, I had good help when I first began trying to understand this new >> language, and that is just what it is! A Font was something you baptized >> someone is, etc. >> >> Audrey >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Dover2@aol.com> >> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 6:38 PM >> Subject: Re: [SC] Technical Help needed. >> >> >> > PS When on rare occasions that I am able to catch my son, he makes me a >> hard >> > disc with all my data on it. I put it somewhere off site. I do this >> every >> > few months. >> > >> > HF >> > >> > >> > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >> > South Carolina GenForum Page >> > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ >> > >> > ============================== >> > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >> go to: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> > > >==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >South Carolina Genealogical Resources > http://www.crosswinds.net/~southcarolina/Societies/societies.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Alternate E-mail Address: wrs1940@netscape.net