A Short Video to compare a Clean Tree to a Messy Online Tree, using anAncestry Member Tree.

A Short Video to compare a Clean Tree to a Messy Online Tree, using an Ancestry Member Tree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y9yMP9PyFo&feature=share

QUESTION of the Day #2

QUESTION of the Day #2

If you were to find an Online Tree that is Messy, that is many Alternate Facts or Events, what is your Reaction as a Viewer, AND as a Collaborator?

In this case, there are 7 Birth Facts. Each has at least one Citation. One is my preferred Fact, the other 6 are the Alt Facts.

What is your reaction to this as a Viewer and/or a Collaborator ?

QUESTION of the Day #1:

QUESTION of the Day #1:

If you were to find an Online Tree that is clean, no Alternate Facts, what is your Reaction as a Viewer, AND as a Collaborator?

Clicking on any of the Facts / Events will show you the Sources of the data. Clicking on any of the Citations will show what Facts / Events came from that Source.

Hi Russ

Hi Russ,
As a relatively new user of FTM2014, I appreciate your “this is how I do it” tips – they have been very helpful in getting me up to speed.

I have a question that I have not seen addressed by you: how to you handle pre-1850 US Census records? I am not so much concerned about the citation as I am in how you handle the dreaded tick marks. In my mind there are two different scenarios: those cases where I believe that I have sufficient evidence to identify the person(s) enumerated within particular categories and those cases where I am not as sure.

How do you handle these cases? Do you create events for the people that you are confident of?

Thanks!
Tom Phelps

Back to Basics - Using an Ancestry Member Tree settings for a Viewerand an Editor to that online tree

Back to Basics - Using an Ancestry Member Tree settings for a Viewer and an Editor to that online tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcQOcBA3ORY&feature=share

More on Evidentia --

More on Evidentia --

Originally shared by ****

Second marketing video. Not a HOWTO, a WHATIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSyI-mJY3u4&feature=share

Preview of Evidentia #1 - Organize

Preview of Evidentia #1 - Organize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECU3-m6oSqk&feature=share

As a follow up to my previous Blog Post on Colonial Ancestors and why Idouble enter Historic Place Names

As a follow up to my previous Blog Post on Colonial Ancestors and why I double enter Historic Place Names

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfuOc0S5kXs&feature=share

Who are my Colonial Ancestors ? How I can identify them.

Who are my Colonial Ancestors ? How I can identify them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1O_gF0fqY&feature=share

Great tool to add to your Genealogy Tool Box

Great tool to add to your Genealogy Tool Box

http://eepurl.com/csWei5

Where to get HELP

Where to get HELP

Originally shared by Russ Worthington

Where to get help at MacKiev.com

I thought I would type a blog post on where to get help on the Family Tree Maker website. Please note that if you go to familytreemaker.com you will be re-directed to  http://www.mackiev.com/ftm/  which is a very good thing. Your old bookmarks for Family Tr...

Your Questions are Welcome on the Use of the Family Tree Maker program.

Your Questions are Welcome on the Use of the Family Tree Maker program.

This is a User Community, those of us who use the Family Tree Maker programs.

When asking questions:

What version of Family Tree Maker are you using AND what version of Windows?

What Workspace are your questions about.?

Please do NOT use Short Cuts in terms. Use terms from the program itself. There is NO FTM14. The Help Menu will give you the information you need.

Thank you

Russ

End of Day Clean Up: Unlinked Citations in Source Groups

End of Day Clean Up: Unlinked Citations in Source Groups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7B-DMkcCgg&feature=share

Continuing Back to Basics series - Where to Get HELP

Continuing Back to Basics series - Where to Get HELP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJwrU1bcwQ&feature=share

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - Before "Sync Now"

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - Before "Sync Now"

My Best Practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgGVUpx_20g&feature=share

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - My Best Practice for File Maintenance

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - My Best Practice for File Maintenance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxi7SoB0ojo&feature=share

Now here's an interesting interaction I had with the friendly folks atAncestry.

Now here's an interesting interaction I had with the friendly folks at Ancestry.com tech support. I've always had good luck with them. They answer within a reasonable amount of time and are consistent with their friendly, knowledgeable assistance. Until yesterday. Don't get me wrong, they were responsive but I managed to stump them.

It began with my Chapin family project. Someone asked to join my "Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin" Facebook page and I always check to make sure they are, in fact, a descendant of the Good Deacon.

When I tried to double check whether the Deacon was my own 8th or 9th great grandfather, I discovered, much to my surprise, that he was a 6th cousin 4 times removed of the wife of.....and on and on.

Curious to see how that happened literally overnight, I checked my FTM database and there he was correctly indicated as the 9th great grandfather as he should be. What happened between the last sync and the thousands of sync's I had done in the past.

Ancestry.com, I found out, doesn't have a category for "divorced" as FTM does. In a tree that I've had running for 16 or 17 years, suddenly I could only indicate "other." Since I've been a member since 31 Dec 1899 according to my profile (really...check yours out, too!) I can't believe that I missed this. So, I changed the status of my first wife from whom I was divorced in the mid-90's to "Other." Then the relationships that had been correct for the past 16 or 17 years suddenly fell into place

Two things: 1) Ancestry doesn't know why the relationships suddenly went berserk and 2) the tech support person who was assisting agreed completely that there should be a "Divorced" option in the relationship drop-down menu. After all, I told her, it's not a new concept! She said she'd put it into customer feedback/suggestions or something like that... We'll see what happens. At least I know that I am still the 9th great grandson of Deacon Samuel Chapin (1598-1675) and I can continue to be a member of my own Facebook page!

http://Ancestry.com

This is why I link to follow Shaky Leaf Hints in FTM2014 (or FTM-3)

This is why I link to follow Shaky Leaf Hints in FTM2014 (or FTM-3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycd2Qd5vUvk&feature=share

We offer condolences to our Cousin Russ.

We offer condolences to our Cousin Russ. His aunt passed away yesterday. This is the aunt for whom he made that large family history book.

https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/frances-darlington-strode-1925-2016/

Following an Ancestry.com Find A Grave Hint and the Web Merge Feature

Following an Ancestry.com Find A Grave Hint and the Web Merge Feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Xbi5DbrPI&feature=share

How I manage hints for my 5 Generation Tree in FTM2014 / FTM-3

How I manage hints for my 5 Generation Tree in FTM2014 / FTM-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0mPGDbtqac&feature=share

Resolving conflicting information, when the image was verified, themost recent information was not clear, but the...

Resolving conflicting information, when the image was verified, the most recent information was not clear, but the review showed that I needed to Merge two people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfwzcet0d0&feature=share

When merging a record from Ancestry, look at the record. An Example

When merging a record from Ancestry, look at the record. An Example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwAoEEMaxI0&feature=share

Another tool for your Genealogy Tool Box, Trello

Another tool for your Genealogy Tool Box, Trello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqx5xiwBWA&feature=share

The importance of looking at the records

The importance of looking at the records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvkMHfWOIc&feature=share

Clean Up after 1910 Census Record Merge

Clean Up after 1910 Census Record Merge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot8_1ftVk18&feature=share

FTM2014 - Why I do my Merging of Records in FTM2014 / FTM-3

FTM2014 - Why I do my Merging of Records in FTM2014 / FTM-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2B57pIpm-4&feature=share

To to Manage Ancestry Member Tree Hiints, within FTM2014

To to Manage Ancestry Member Tree Hiints, within FTM2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMkejNgEYU&feature=share

How to do a Web Merge from the Find A Grave website into FTM2014 (orFTM-3)

How to do a Web Merge from the Find A Grave website into FTM2014 (or FTM-3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geY_HI4zX0w&feature=share

Hey Russ

Hey Russ,

I've been away from my research for a while. I use FTM2014. I've always found it faster to research my Ancestry leaf hints using the online Ancestry program rather than launching the browser within FTM, then syncing periodically. I attach it to my person or put it in my shoebox if I'm not sure. I also save a copy of all records to my computer for later reference. However, now with the new online setup for hints, it requires you to commit to Yes, No, or Maybe--it doesn't have the Save function to put it in the shoebox. Any tips or tricks for making this easier? Sometimes I like to take time later to sort through my shoebox without having to remember which people have "maybe" hints.

Maybe I'm just not getting the new online functions. ???

Thanks
Michelle

FYI - an Update on the RootsWeb website.

FYI - an Update on the RootsWeb website.

I 2nd everything that DearMYRTLE has said about backing up. I run BackBlaze, have a Network Back Up Drive and another USB External Drive for my Genealogy Database.

The KEY for me, is not just Backing Up, BUT to Restore a file or two every once in a while.

Reason: Stuff Breaks. I have an External Drive of Back Ups fail. That was several years worth of Back Ups, but it still failed. I can NOT communicate with that Drive. But it's only a Back Up drive you say .... I had at least two cases, where I needed two of those Back Ups and couldn't access them. They were historical, but I needed them none the less.

Originally shared by DearMYRTLE

Ol' Myrt here is frankly surprised RootsWeb's parent company, Ancestry.com, didn't have a redundancy system in place to ensure a swift recovery when one component of their datacenter fails. That's WHEN not IF hardware fails. Providing for that eventuality is standard operating procedure if the datacenter values it's content. Maybe RootsWeb content isn't valued by Ancestry.com?

http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2016/03/why-we-shouldnt-trust-our-genealogy-to.html

Russ

Russ,
I purchased a new computer recently and want to transfer my FTM2014 database to the new box, but I don't have a serial number to type in to install the software. I do have my orginial downloaded file and the update that was also sent out last year, but it won't install without a serial number. I haven't been able to find what the orginial serial number was when I installed it.

I did email Ancestry support and they responded that I only had 30 days after purchase to put another copy on a second computer, but at the time of purchase, about 2 years ago, I had only one computer.

When you transferred your data to a new computer, did you have to buy a new copy of FTM2014? I vaguely remember you talked about it in one of the HOA's, but have not had luck finding that video.

Do you have any suggestions for me? It sounds like I will need to buy a new copy to put on my new computer as that box will become my main machine for genealogy research.

BTW, I appreciate your recent hangouts on FTM. Very nice hints to make our work more efficient. Thank You!!
Susan

FTM2014 / FTM-3 Clean Up Media Categories after a Merge

FTM2014 / FTM-3 Clean Up Media Categories after a Merge

a work around

Feature Requested sent to http://www.mackiev.com/

http://www.mackiev.com/familytreemaker/ftm3/ftm_feedback.html?type=featurerequest&ext=yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbYeCLTqANA&feature=share

Citing an email in the Template Format after a Merge of files

Citing an email in the Template Format after a Merge of files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09Cg7ztZ5U&feature=share

Did anyone else just lose all their trees in FTM2014?

Did anyone else just lose all their trees in FTM2014? I opened my FTM this morning and ALL of my trees are gone! When I go to 'select tree' there is nothing there. When I go to 'download a tree from Ancestry' my ancestry trees show up as being already linked. So, I can unlink/link those again if I need to (shesh!) - but I can't figure out where my non-Ancestry trees went! Was it just me? (Oh, btw, my Legacy tree is missing too ... but that was just a test tree, not one I cared about)

Work around for Direct Import into Roots Magic 7

Work around for Direct Import into Roots Magic 7

Russ.

Russ...Found several blogs, discussions posts I can explore for FTMM3 right here if I run into trouble! Thanks for having these available. This support will be invaluable.

An Observation from my Ancestry Member Tree

An Observation from my Ancestry Member Tree

How is the [ FTM2014 } better than a research Log ?

How is the [ FTM2014 } better than a research Log ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKTBp4qD0nM&feature=share

FTM2014 Web Merge Feature updated

FTM2014 Web Merge Feature updated

Thought I would share this with you ALL as it may be important to someof you.

Thought I would share this with you ALL as it may be important to some of you.

http://mycanvasblog.com/transferring-ancestry-projects-to-mycanvas-by-alexanders/

Thought I would share this DearMYRTLE blog post.

Thought I would share this DearMYRTLE blog post. It applies to all of us, especially those of us who use Ancestry Member Trees to help with our research.

Thanks Myrt

Russ

Originally shared by DearMYRTLE

Please index all names in my Ancestry.com tree
DearREADERS, Yesterday's Mondays with Myrt hangout featured a discussion introduced by Randy Seaver's "Does the Ancestry Member Tree  Index "Prune" Trees?" posted on his Genea-Musings blog. Since then the Ancestry.com message board query initially identifyi...

http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2016/02/please-index-all-names-in-my.html

I have seen many Facebook posts that are examples of what Jill andKirsty are talking about.

I have seen many Facebook posts that are examples of what Jill and Kirsty are talking about. I am GLAD Kirsty made this blog post and that Gill shared it. I am passing it along.

Tony Proctor's incredibly thoughtful post reminding genealogists andgenealogy software to step back from the focus...

Tony Proctor's incredibly thoughtful post reminding genealogists and genealogy software to step back from the focus on lineage at the expense of ancestral stories. His recent trip to RootsTech gave him hope and he now reports on conversations with vendors.

http://parallax-viewpoint.blogspot.com/2016/02/evolution-and-genealogy.html

Here is Dick Eastman's view on the new home for Family Tree Maker.

Here is Dick Eastman's view on the new home for Family Tree Maker. As others have publicly stated, I agree with his view

http://blog.eogn.com/2016/02/12/future-plans-for-family-tree-maker/

Guess I need to re-think managing my 10,000 + photos. Don't know ifthis is good news or bad news. Off to learn more.

Guess I need to re-think managing my 10,000 + photos. Don't know if this is good news or bad news. Off to learn more.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/12/google-is-finally-killing-picasa/

Another view on the Future of Family Tree Maker

Another view on the Future of Family Tree Maker

Blog post on my initial reaction to the new home for Family Tree Maker

Blog post on my initial reaction to the new home for Family Tree Maker

Here is the official Ancestry.com Blog on the Family Tree Maker update.

Here is the official Ancestry.com Blog on the Family Tree Maker update.

This is exciting news for ALL, not just those of us who use FTM2014 but also those who use RootsMagic. I have seen that Roots Magic expects to have a new feature that will use the option mentioned in this blog post.

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/#sthash.G9hIgRMF.hpvt

Sorry in my delay in posting this, but I was on an airplane or 3 tryingto get to Salt Lake City.

Sorry in my delay in posting this, but I was on an airplane or 3 trying to get to Salt Lake City.

This company developed FTM-3, so they do know the program.

More when I find out more.

Russ

Originally shared by DearMYRTLE

News from Ancestry.com:
Family Tree Maker will continue with a new owner, and RootsMagic will sync with Ancestry.com. Here's the link: http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2016/02/mackiev-acquires-family-tree-maker.html

What is YOUR Ancestral Name Score ? -- Here is mine

What is YOUR Ancestral Name Score ? -- Here is mine

https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/whats-your-ancestral-name-number/

Here is something to consider. What is your score ?

Here is something to consider. What is your score ? I am going back to check where I am.

So, FTM will discontinue syncing trees at the end of 2016.

So, FTM will discontinue syncing trees at the end of 2016. My question is about whether the shaky leaves in my FTM 3 Mac will continue to work and provide Web Merge data. Will we still be able to merge data directly into FTM from Ancestry.com? That feature is a very valuable feature to me and the main reason I use FTM and have an Ancestry membership. I would assume so, but you know what they say about assuming...

Oldbonesgenealogy.com and +Eileen A. Souza Phase 2 of her Transitionfrom Family Tree Maker

Oldbonesgenealogy.com and +Eileen A. Souza Phase 2 of her Transition from Family Tree Maker 

Some great points

http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/tech-tuesday-my-family-tree-maker-transition-plan-phase-3-the-final-phase/

Here is the final phase of my plan to transition from FTM 2014.

Here is the final phase of my plan to transition from FTM 2014. I start executing my plan with Phase 1 beginning on Jan. 15, 2016. 

http://www.oldbonesgenealogy.com/tech-tuesday-my-family-tree-maker-transition-plan-phase-3-the-final-phase/

Congratulations Ed Thompson and Evidentia

Congratulations Ed Thompson and Evidentia

Originally shared by ****

Not only made the list for 2015, made the TOP of the list for 2015! Thanks all! 

http://www.gensoftreviews.com/awards.php#evidentia

Pre-Order's for "*The Evidentia Explained Companion", and the *NEW*Quicksheet.

Pre-Order's for "*The Evidentia Explained Companion", and the  *NEW* Quicksheet.

Originally shared by ****

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We expect the book and quicksheet to be here by mid January, and we are offering the discount so we know how many to order.

We are also offering several bundle deals so you can save even more. get the book and the quicksheet and save 8%. Get the software, book, and quicksheet and save even more.

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