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