Comments on: Family Tree Maker: Transferring Trees http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-tree-maker-transferring-trees The official blog of Ancestry.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: John McCartney http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37646 John McCartney Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:35:21 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37646 Tana, Thank you for your answer on synchronized trees. I've been wondering why they aren't available for some time now. Let's hope the development team gets around to them. It's extremely time consuming to keep the online tree updated. And the search and merge tools online are so clunky that they preclude using it as a research primary tool. jm Tana,
Thank you for your answer on synchronized trees. I’ve been wondering why they aren’t available for some time now. Let’s hope the development team gets around to them. It’s extremely time consuming to keep the online tree updated. And the search and merge tools online are so clunky that they preclude using it as a research primary tool.
jm

]]> By: Tana L. Pedersen http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37518 Tana L. Pedersen Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:41:32 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37518 In a comment to a previous post, I wrote some instructions about downloading a GEDCOM from your Ancestry tree. I noticed that this has prompted several questions and concerns relating to the inability of Family Tree Maker to link with Ancestry online trees. Hopefully I can answer some of them and clarify my reasons for posting those instructions. I too have dealt with this issue. I've been working on my Family Tree Maker trees for many years. But I also have an Ancestry online tree that I created at a later date. I find it frustrating that the two systems don't currently work together so that if you update one tree, the other one is updated too. I do know that Family Tree Maker is aware of this issue and hopefully functionality that will allow this type of collaboration will be added to the software. In my post, I was not suggesting that downloading a GEDCOM from your online tree is a solution to the issue. I have received many e-mails from individuals who wanted to retrieve information from their online trees, and currently, this is the only workaround. I was trying to help those people who want to get facts and dates off their online tree immediately. One individual wanted to know why you'd have two trees--or have one kind over the other. Online trees and Family Tree Maker trees both have different strengths. And you may prefer one over the other. Online trees are great for sharing your information with others and also allow you to collaborate with other family members. And they're accessible wherever you have an Internet connection. Family Tree Maker allows you to do more robust sourcing, includes a variety of helpful tools, and lets you keep all your information together on your computer, etc. I think synchronized trees is a feature many of us can rally around and get excited about. I hope that in the future this is part of Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com. If you'd like to let Family Tree Maker know that you'd like to see integrated trees as a product enhancement, go to http://ftm.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ftm.cfg/php/enduser/ask_feedback.php. (In the "Feedback About" field, choose "Enhancement Requests.") In a comment to a previous post, I wrote some instructions about downloading a GEDCOM from your Ancestry tree. I noticed that this has prompted several questions and concerns relating to the inability of Family Tree Maker to link with Ancestry online trees. Hopefully I can answer some of them and clarify my reasons for posting those instructions.

I too have dealt with this issue. I’ve been working on my Family Tree Maker trees for many years. But I also have an Ancestry online tree that I created at a later date. I find it frustrating that the two systems don’t currently work together so that if you update one tree, the other one is updated too. I do know that Family Tree Maker is aware of this issue and hopefully functionality that will allow this type of collaboration will be added to the software.

In my post, I was not suggesting that downloading a GEDCOM from your online tree is a solution to the issue. I have received many e-mails from individuals who wanted to retrieve information from their online trees, and currently, this is the only workaround. I was trying to help those people who want to get facts and dates off their online tree immediately.

One individual wanted to know why you’d have two trees–or have one kind over the other. Online trees and Family Tree Maker trees both have different strengths. And you may prefer one over the other. Online trees are great for sharing your information with others and also allow you to collaborate with other family members. And they’re accessible wherever you have an Internet connection. Family Tree Maker allows you to do more robust sourcing, includes a variety of helpful tools, and lets you keep all your information together on your computer, etc.

I think synchronized trees is a feature many of us can rally around and get excited about. I hope that in the future this is part of Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com.

If you’d like to let Family Tree Maker know that you’d like to see integrated trees as a product enhancement, go to http://ftm.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ftm.cfg/php/enduser/ask_feedback.php. (In the “Feedback About” field, choose “Enhancement Requests.”)

]]> By: Anita http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37516 Anita Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:49:01 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37516 Ditto #13 Bill Gibson #16 Sylvia Kurth Ditto
#13 Bill Gibson
#16 Sylvia Kurth

]]> By: sylvia kurth http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37513 sylvia kurth Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:41:48 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37513 What is the purpose of having family tree if you cannot transfer from ancestry.com to family tree or vice/versa. Info I have on family tree will not go to ancestry so there fore I have to manually type in all the info on that tree inorder to get any little green hints from others or be able to down load a tree from ancestry to my tree. Is this correct? What is the purpose of having family tree if you cannot transfer from ancestry.com to family tree or vice/versa. Info I have on family tree will not go to ancestry so there fore I have to manually type in all the info on that tree inorder to get any little green hints from others or be able to down load a tree from ancestry to my tree. Is this correct?

]]> By: Topics about Rootsweb » Archive » Ancestry.com Blog - » Family Tree Maker: Transferring Trees http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37506 Topics about Rootsweb » Archive » Ancestry.com Blog - » Family Tree Maker: Transferring Trees Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:18:14 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37506 [...] Tana L. Pedersen placed an interesting blog post on Ancestry.com Blog - » Family Tree Maker: Transferring TreesHere’s a brief overviewOn your Ancestry.Com Tree, you will see a link, to Manage Tree on the Family Tree tab. You will see a Management Tools link. That will generate a GEDCOM file that you can download from Ancestry.com to your PC. … [...] [...] Tana L. Pedersen placed an interesting blog post on Ancestry.com Blog – » Family Tree Maker: Transferring TreesHere’s a brief overviewOn your Ancestry.Com Tree, you will see a link, to Manage Tree on the Family Tree tab. You will see a Management Tools link. That will generate a GEDCOM file that you can download from Ancestry.com to your PC. … [...]

]]> By: Carole Boudrot http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37503 Carole Boudrot Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:41:52 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37503 Hi, Just purchased Family Tree Maker 2009. On the box it includes a 3-month ancestry.com membership. However, everytime I try to click on a leaf it shows me where the info may be, but if I click "on see image" it goes to a screen that offers me 14 day free and asked for your cedit card for a year subscription. I'm I doing something wrong or what? Help. Thanks in advance. Hi, Just purchased Family Tree Maker 2009. On the box it includes a 3-month ancestry.com membership. However, everytime I try to click on a leaf it shows me where the info may be, but if I click “on see image” it goes to a screen that offers me 14 day free and asked for your cedit card for a year subscription. I’m I doing something wrong or what? Help. Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Bill Gibson http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37499 Bill Gibson Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:28:57 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37499 Tanya -- I was very disappointed to read your comment regarding downloading an Ancestry tree (if you’re the owner) and upload it into Family Tree Maker. The only catch is that you can only download a GEDCOM of your tree which means that images and records you’ve attached to your Ancestry tree won’t be included. So based on this, if I understand your comments, all the work we do on ancestry.com (and maintaining a public view of our family tree) is waste of time (tracing US Census records, birth, death, etc) if I also want a version on my PC. Since I can't have both (a copy on my PC and the web with the same records, pictures, stories, etc.) I need to make a choice - PC only or Web only. There is not enough time in the day to keep both family trees updated. Why can't records, stories and pictures be downloaded? I'd pay to have this feature. thanks Bill Tanya — I was very disappointed to read your comment regarding downloading an Ancestry tree (if you’re the owner) and upload it into Family Tree Maker. The only catch is that you can only download a GEDCOM of your tree which means that images and records you’ve attached to your Ancestry tree won’t be included.

So based on this, if I understand your comments, all the work we do on ancestry.com (and maintaining a public view of our family tree) is waste of time (tracing US Census records, birth, death, etc) if I also want a version on my PC. Since I can’t have both (a copy on my PC and the web with the same records, pictures, stories, etc.) I need to make a choice – PC only or Web only. There is not enough time in the day to keep both family trees updated.

Why can’t records, stories and pictures be downloaded? I’d pay to have this feature.

thanks
Bill

]]> By: Mamie http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37493 Mamie Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:41:10 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37493 What if you have two E-mail and your family tree is in the old e-mail and you want to have it in your new e-mail ancestry.com? What to do? What if you have two E-mail and your family tree is in the old e-mail and you want to have it in your new e-mail ancestry.com? What to do?

]]> By: John Donaldson http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37491 John Donaldson Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:27:30 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37491 # 10 Karen Yes How you do it depends on what version of FTM you are using. In any event have good backups before you attempt it and maybe practice on some test files if your are unsure. John D # 10 Karen

Yes

How you do it depends on what version of FTM you are using.

In any event have good backups before you attempt it and maybe practice on some test files if your are unsure.

John D

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/04/13/family-tree-maker-transferring-trees/#comment-37487 Karen Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:27:56 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=954#comment-37487 Is it possible to merge an old backup file into a newer program which already has its own backup and then merge any duplicate files? Is it possible to merge an old backup file into a newer program which already has its own backup and then merge any duplicate files?

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