Comments on: News about SP3

By: Rich Denton

Rich Denton — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:03 +0000

I have been allowing the connection of Family Tree Maker and the Census record search to proceed (Hints). What I don’t like about the addition to my tree are the Census records being added with a file name that makes absolutely no sense. A series of numbers.jpg that each one has to be viewed and renamed for me to understand what they are. As the record is saved to my computer, a suggestion by the program for the viewer to name the file as it is shown in the directory location is made to the viewer, so it will make sense when viewed later. Why cannot the program do the same thing. No family names etc… just the year, state and county (if included). I think it would make a lot more sense than what is done now.

By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:01:45 +0000

Has anyone at Ancestry.com considered removing “Ghost Towns”, places that no longer exist from searches ?
i.e… Aylesworth, Oklahoma, Taloka, Oklahoma and so on… ?

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:32:41 +0000

I’m running FTM 2008 SP3 and am having troubles with the way relationships are calculated. First off some of my grand aunt’s who I’m doubly related to on both sides of the family show up as a more distant cousin than as the closer relation. This was never an issue in 2006 as the closer relation was always taken as the primary. It’s nice to see the secondary relationship, but the closest should always be displayed first and 2008 is not doing that for me. Also relatives who are only half related to me are showing up as fully related to me. This also was never a problem in 2006 and previous versions. Also an option for relationship display should be to choose between the great uncle or grand uncle style of relationship. This has never existed in family tree maker, but should at least be an option to turn on or off. Please fix these bugs immediately.

By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:12:15 +0000

When the enumerators were doing their jobs, the abbreviations for the states of Missouri and Mississippi were the same. “Miss”. What is entered on the Census Record is ‘Miss’. There have been no connections to Leah(1870)/Leaer(1880)Thomason (Denton) made and no proving records of which is correct in either state prior to the 1860’s. The transcribers entered what they thought was correct when they were doing their jobs. “Mississippi”. Can Ancestry.com assist in correcting or locating the correct information ?

By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:57:39 +0000

Why would there be ‘undefined’ “hints” attached to members in my file ???

By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:32:34 +0000

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By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:21:19 +0000

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This comes up as a “hint” on several family members.

By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:01:40 +0000

Why is it that every day between 9:00am and about noon I CANNOT view any records ?

By: Richard Denton

Richard Denton — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:01:15 +0000

Why is it that every day between 9:00am and about noon I CANNOT

By: Barbara Davis

Barbara Davis — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:28:42 +0000

Is there any plan for FTM to add an automatic numbering system for each new member added into my data base, regardless of whether or not that member is actually a member of my tree? I might have three Ovid Butlers in my data base that, on the face of it, cannot be identified as different members of my data base from the index. How do I know which one I want? I go through the laborious process of assigning each member in my database an ID base (all 4500) a spirious number, sequentially assigned, by which I can easily identify them.