Comments on: Saving Records and Images

By: Ann Kilgore

Ann Kilgore — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:29:07 +0000

In response to Andrea Nelson of Illinois:
Andrea,
When I save a record I save as the family names that are on the page as well as the census year. For example: Moore_Johnson_Langley_1860.jpg. That let’s me know the main families and the year. When I go back on my computer to input to family tree, I can find the info more easily.
I add categories as I need them. I always keep all my info in an originals folder, and classify by type and family. For instance, if I am working on a cemetery photo of someone from the Langley family, I would categorize under the following categories: Langley, originals, photos, cemetery. If it were a census image it would be classified under: Langley, Moore (if the wife had been a Moore), Rain (If related separate family living down the street), Census, 1850 census, Originals. If I were to discover that the people had no children, I would document this under a different classification of No Children and also put back-up info under that category. After reading your comments, I can see that we are thinking along the same lines. Good luck with your research.

Ann….still making changes after all these years.

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:05:21 +0000

Pam Re: #28

Why not duplicate copies?

With the new TB hard drives storage is cheaper than it has ever been. I can remember when a 5Meg hard drive was over $500.

Duplicate copies also allow me to make individual notes on each person’s copy.

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:59:25 +0000

Andrea #12 – This is hitting the nail upon the head! How to consistently label & store media files for retreival purposes. Any Librarians out there?

Andy #15 Great idea. I love the simplicity, but what do you do with the Photo’s or Census forms when they applied to multiple person, even multiple families. Not duplicate copies?

Currently, I am using two systems: 1. the relative date [Death, Muster into service, date of draft card, marriage, birth] by YYYY-MM-DD Name – Event. “2002-04-13 Leonard SMIRTH – Headstone.jpg”
In the case of Census, “1910 Cen – Ralph & Mary Snyder LEWIS + 3 & 4th nxt dr.jpg”

This is not simple nor does it suit every type of document or media but it does give me a timeline. However, when you need to chase down a piece of media, it requires a close guesstimate of the date of the event.

What do others do?

By: Rod Benge

Rod Benge — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:55:51 +0000

When I receive hints, sometimes when I check out the hint and want to add it to my online tree, I get a message telling me I don’t have permission to modify this tree. What is up with that?

By: Roni

Roni — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:47:53 +0000

My question is the same as Lois, is there same way to synchronize FTM on the computer with the website.
Does anybody else find that the search engine on the website will find data that the software search engine won’t. It has happened a few times to me. Which means that I have to check thru all the hints on the website as well just in case.

Merry Xmas Roni

By: Terry Britt

Terry Britt — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:44:45 +0000

Rosemary, I find that if I right click on the IE8 desktop icon and select “Run as Administrator” then click continue this will open IE8 and you will find that this will solve most of your problems.
Happy Christmas. Terry

By: Lois Kessler

Lois Kessler — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:59:35 +0000

I am not sure the correct place to ask this question, but here goes. How do you keep you tree on your computer using Family Tree Maker in sync with your website on ancestory.com? Thanks Lois

By: Rosemary Jones

Rosemary Jones — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:34:23 +0000

Ancestry’s various sites, (.com, .com.au, .co.uk) do not play well with Vista and IE8, particularly with saving images locally. Firefox has no problem whatsoever.

I find the shoebox pretty much useless without having some way of at least sorting it into alphabetical order.

Locally, my image files have names like:

Brown Andrew John (1823) 1845 Marriage Index St Kilda

This tells me that Andrew John Brown, born in 1823, can be found in the 1845 Marriage Index for St Kilda.

By: BEE

BEE — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:13:55 +0000

Trudy, if your father was born before 1930, find him on that census and add any siblings to your “tree”. If he wasn’t born yet, but you know his parent’s names, find them and add that to your “tree” along with all their siblings. Keep going back through the census adding all the names you find, but look carefully. One census can have one name, and another has a different name, even though it’s the same person – they’ll use their middle name on one, and first name on another. Find all the documents you can for each and every name, because everything is a “clue”, but it’s important to look at the actual document for information. Then you can check out “hints” to see if there is anything that matches with your information. It’s a a good place to find a possible maiden name, but don’t bother adding the “hints”. You can often find dates of birth and death when you find someone on the SSDI. Good luck with your search – it’s addictive!

By: trudy Lyons

trudy Lyons — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:41:07 +0000

I’m a new user, totally confused on how to locate peaple in my fathers family whom I never met. They probably dont know I and my sibings exist. I think I found his military records but now I’m stuck. Can someone take a few minutes to tell me how to move forward with very little information to begin with but I do have bits and peices. I feel like I was dropped off on a door step. For the more experienced,with a bit of time to share, Help please.