Comments on: Family Tree Maker: Duplicate Place Names

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:45:06 +0000

#19 ann
Two places that you can find the FTM 2010 book are:
1) Ancestry.com store http://store.ancestry.com/BrowseCollection.aspx?PT=Books
2) Amazon. Additionally, Amazon is taking pre-orders for the 2011 FTM book by Tana (i.e., FTM 2011 will be released in several weeks).

You may also want to visit the “Learning Center” section/tab on the main Ancestry.com home page. There are FAQs, Webinars, etc. that may assist you.

By: ann thomas

ann thomas — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:57:29 +0000

Are you able to obtain the Family Tree Maker 2010 Book written by Tana L. Pedersen?

I have tried to obtain it locally through a reputable Book Shop but, they cannot get it for me.

I really would like to purchase the book and if you could either give me information on how or where I may obtain the book or even if you can obtain the book for me – I would purchase same.

By: Ann A

Ann A — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:57:13 +0000

This post came at a very good time for me. I had a duplicate listing of Florida, USA. No matter how I tried to correct it I couldn’t. I changed the name and then went to the drop down and picked Florida, USA that came up, but again I had a duplicate listing. This fix merged the two listings and now I only have one. Thank you.

By: Marilynn Stewart

Marilynn Stewart — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:09:20 +0000

Every time I think I’ve figured things out I find myself confused again. Thank you for the Family Tree help.

http://familyreunionhelper.com

By: Gary Sunderland

Gary Sunderland — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:39:11 +0000

what say you merged two or more places improperly.. how can you seperate back

By: Judith Chidlow

Judith Chidlow — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:50:26 +0000

Tess’s comment (#11) applies to Canadian locations as well. When I have added a place name, I have to IGNORE it when I use it again. Then it will be added as a duplicate. Can’t I just turn the thing off while working in the places FTM ignores?

By: Caroline Gurney

Caroline Gurney — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:06:25 +0000

I’ve found the answer to my own question at the top of the page – you can report bugs here: http://bit.ly/ap6fiL Under the heading “Additional Information”, in the “Feedback About” drop down box, select “Bug Report”.Let’s all pile in with bug reports on the duplicate places and maybe something will get done.

By: Caroline Gurney

Caroline Gurney — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:09:25 +0000

Tanya, if you re-read my original post you will see that I am not retyping the place and am choosing from the drop down list. It is the program, not me, which is creating the duplicate place. As Kevin says, in order to get the drop down list to appear you have to type something. I just tried typing “t” (lower case) and the list of places beginning with “T” (upper case) appeared. I selected the very first one – happened to be Taiwan. I then moved to the next place field and typed “t” again and the drop down list reappeared, now with TWO places called Taiwan at the top. I only typed “t” – I did not type “Taiwan”. FTM created the duplicate.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:48:44 +0000

Tanya, I tried your fix to avoid duplicate place names. I created a new fact, typed “Tor” in the place field and clicked on “Torrington…” in the drop-down list. Now I have two places called Torrington, one unresolved. Am I doing something wrong. The only way to get the drop-down list to appear is to start typing.

By: Tess Cruickshank

Tess Cruickshank — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:06:35 +0000

At least the people in the USA have a wide choice to pick from. Over here in England, our second largest city is Birmingham, second only to London – this is not an option in FTM2010, I just have to IGNORE it.