List.......Has anyone had trouble with the above version 16 on the windows vista......I got an e-mail from ancestry last week telling me my time 90 days, had expired and they were going to shut me down for none payment on their back-up plan, which after all these yrs had never heard of...anyway, they shut my ftm down with all my info on it....I spent 2 days on phone witrh them and they tell me that the cannot restore it & will have to buy another version...Oh, they sent a patch for the version, but it does not work......Anyone had same problem? Is there another ftm that anyone would recommend ? Tjs Denzil Woodson

Denzil. Here is the warning regarding FTM. If you would like Mr. Skaggs email, just let me know and I will get it for you. Anita McClung Fayette County. Jim Skaggs - May 19, 2009   View | Viewers Categories: Genealogy FTM Program     Hi Folks:   I know many of you are using FTM as your genealogy program to record your research.   A WORD TO THE WISE. If your database is getting very large (600 megabytes or more).   Take the time and immediately split your datafiles into two or more different files.   Don't be like me and several other folks who has learned the HARDWAY.   If your computer hard-drive fails or if you decide to change computers and if your datafiles is exceptionally large, you may experience a failure on restriving and restoring your datafiles back into your FTM program. If you can still back up your files on a CD - you shouldn't encounter any problems only if it is larger than what a CD (standard) can hold (NOT YOUR HIGHSPEED AND HIGH DENSITY DISK THAT CAN HOLD more than the standard 650 megabytes.   You can't use the HIGH DENSITY TYPE CD's to back up your FTM anyway.   I have been using my "Jump Drive" to back up my database periodically over the years since jump-drive came out and gotten popular.   I never had any problems of restoring my FTM Genalogy program at times when I had computer problems or change computers.   It wasn't that large.   However, over the years and more and more data is stored, your database grows.   You won't have any problems back it up on a jump drive, the problem is getting it restored back.   I have a good file (.fbc) back up file for FTM; however due to the size of my database which is 1.2 Gigabytes, I have NOT BEEN ABLE to get my database restored back on my computer into the FTM Program.   I have called Ancestry (FTM Department) and talked to one of their computer "geeks" and that how I learned that I have not been the only one that has called with the problem of getting their files restored.   He mentioned 600 Megabytes.   The 1st thing he ask me was the size of my datafiles.   His suggestion was for me to try to starting and rebooting my computer to a "SAFE BOOT" and reinstall my FTM Program and try restoring my file back to FTM from my jump-drive and hard-drive.   I HAVE TRIED AT LEAST 50 or more times but to NO AVAIL.   If I ever do get it back, I will be spliting it into at least 4 different files.   I'm sending this so that ONE WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND CAUSE YOU A LARGE HEART ACHE! Jim S.      ________________________________ From: Denzil Woodson <woody2@localnet.com> To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 4:15:36 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] FTM version 16 List.......Has anyone had trouble with the above version 16 on the windows vista......I got an e-mail from ancestry last week telling me my time 90 days, had expired and they were going to shut me down for none payment on their back-up plan, which after all these yrs had never heard of...anyway, they shut my ftm down with all my info on it....I spent 2 days on phone witrh them and they tell me that the cannot restore it & will have to buy another version...Oh, they sent a patch for the version, but it does not work......Anyone had same problem?    Is there another ftm that anyone would recommend ?    Tjs        Denzil Woodson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

YES go to RootsMagic Russ Turner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denzil Woodson" <woody2@localnet.com> To: <wvlogan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:15 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] FTM version 16 > List.......Has anyone had trouble with the above version 16 on the > windows vista......I got an e-mail from ancestry last week telling me my > time 90 days, had expired and they were going to shut me down for none > payment on their back-up plan, which after all these yrs had never heard > of...anyway, they shut my ftm down with all my info on it....I spent 2 > days on phone witrh them and they tell me that the cannot restore it & > will have to buy another version...Oh, they sent a patch for the > version, but it does not work......Anyone had same problem? Is there > another ftm that anyone would recommend ? Tjs Denzil Woodson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message