Category: Researching
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Sync trees between Ancestry and your computer
TreeSync, FamilySync, TreeShare, other options
TreeSync, FamilySync, TreeShare, other options This page is a sub-section of the main Family Tree Maker notes. [toc] Also see: ‘Tackling TreeSync issues with MacKiev relying on Ancestry for answers‘ for a run down of the problems encountered around the first sync after converting to the ‘finished’ version of FTM2014.1, January 2017. TreeSync is no more TreeSync has stopped working, as announced (see next section). Until early May, hovering over the error icon when trying to sync would show a rather long message, » »
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FTM 2012
Main Family Tree Maker Notes page for tips on using FTM, helpful links etc. This page was created to hold notes about FTM 2012 features and updates, in anticipation of the UK release of Family Tree Maker 2014 in Sep. 2013. At March 2017, that is also old hat. FTM 2012 The final version of Family Tree Maker 2012 was 21.0.0.723 (patch/update released 30 Nov 2012). The update included, per official announcement: 1. TreeSync improvements 2. Hierarchical place names improvements 3. General bug fixes See Cutlock » »
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Price increase for Ancestry?
Ancestry has increased its subscription rates for new members on the Ancestry.co.uk site, although the monthly sub at the most basic level has gone down. The changes make sense in that there is a clearer relationship between monthly and annual rates, generally the latter is approximately 10 times more. The ‘Premium’ level is the exception, at £129 pa (was £107-40) against £14-99 pm, although I have also seen the annual figure showing as £149! The other rates are: Essentials (with access to the basic UK records » »
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Hanging by a thread
Discovering the Smith family
Discovering the Smith family Discovering more about the Smith part of the family tree has proved remarkably easy, after having put off looking for ages due to the very common surname. See Entirely to the Water from Birth for first stages. Now it was time to find great great grandmother Harriet Smith’s siblings and their immediate offspring. The practice of using the mother’s (or grandmother’s) surname as a middle name was very helpful – Bacchus for two of the girls, Harper (the grandmother’s name) for one » »
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A family history year around the globe
It is time once again for a review of the year just gone, and clearly the top highlights are all from overseas. Bob sleigh The Griffiths branch in Wilkes-Barre By no means the only result from visiting cousin Islwyn in July, but almost certainly the largest impact, was finding enough details on the family of great great grandmother Phoebe Griffiths to trace where they went – 3 sisters to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1 sister to New Zealand. Cracking a family myth gets the story started. Staying together » »
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Family Tree Maker September update
An update for Family Tree Maker 2012 was released on Friday (see Note 1 for info on the upgrade process). Alongside improvements to the tree sync facility and bug fixes, it is definitely an upgrade as it introduces a number of new features. All very welcome, but see note 3 for a downside. Knowing one’s Place One of these new features, on the treatment of Place Names, almost addresses a wish-list item of mine. I had wanted a “way to select a group of place names » »