Comments on: Where Is Family Tree Maker 2013? http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-is-family-tree-maker-2013 The official blog of Ancestry.com Tue, 21 May 2013 21:32:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jeannette http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-82865 Jeannette Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:10:57 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-82865 I have encountered most (or all) of the problems listed above!, especially blogs #52 through #66. When upgrading and transferring data from FTM V10 to FTM V12, I also lost most of the data I had input into the previous version, even after having backed it up. Had to re-invent the 'wheel'; i.e., re-input a lot of information. Also, recently I have found that after sharing my tree(s), some of the information I had input on my tree, switched to another member's tree! I should (and do) know the dates of my grandmother's birth and death, as I even have a photo of her gravestone. Yet ... it disappeared from my tree and transferred to another tree on Ancestry.ca (also got lost on my FTM V12. Thought it was something I had done, apparently not. I ALWAYS sync my trees with Ancestry. I've also found recently that the information and citations I had synced with FTM and Ancestry disappeared from my FTM tree. Yesterday, I had to click on quite a few green leaves to re-import and sync my previous information! I had purchased Roots Magic just before Ancestry bought them out. I had started to input my information and had imported a GEDCOM; but now, it is a useless bit of software for me. My beef is that I really liked Roots Magic. What to do? One thing I DO like very much ... You can click on 'what relationship is this person to me'? at the top left of the person's edit page under the name, and it will give you the relationship of your ancestor to you. Of course, I had a DNA test done late last year, which I recommend highly. I have traced/verified my ancestry to my 21st Great Grandparents! I have encountered most (or all) of the problems listed above!, especially blogs #52 through #66. When upgrading and transferring data from FTM V10 to FTM V12, I also lost most of the data I had input into the previous version, even after having backed it up. Had to re-invent the ‘wheel’; i.e., re-input a lot of information.

Also, recently I have found that after sharing my tree(s), some of the information I had input on my tree, switched to another member’s tree! I should (and do) know the dates of my grandmother’s birth and death, as I even have a photo of her gravestone. Yet … it disappeared from my tree and transferred to another tree on Ancestry.ca (also got lost on my FTM V12. Thought it was something I had done, apparently not. I ALWAYS sync my trees with Ancestry.

I’ve also found recently that the information and citations I had synced with FTM and Ancestry disappeared from my FTM tree. Yesterday, I had to click on quite a few green leaves to re-import and sync my previous information!

I had purchased Roots Magic just before Ancestry bought them out. I had started to input my information and had imported a GEDCOM; but now, it is a useless bit of software for me. My beef is that I really liked Roots Magic. What to do?

One thing I DO like very much … You can click on ‘what relationship is this person to me’? at the top left of the person’s edit page under the name, and it will give you the relationship of your ancestor to you. Of course, I had a DNA test done late last year, which I recommend highly. I have traced/verified my ancestry to my 21st Great Grandparents!

]]> By: Ellanor http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-75732 Ellanor Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:53:31 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-75732 I have found the FTM progrem is corrupted because it closes at times without saving a thing, just closes. Then a box comes up abput debuging, what is debuging?? Ellanor I have found the FTM progrem is corrupted because it closes at times without saving a thing, just closes.
Then a box comes up abput debuging, what is debuging??
Ellanor

]]> By: Bill F http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-72565 Bill F Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:36:29 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-72565 Database Integrity Issue on FTM2012 I have noticed a significant and ongoing problem of corruption of "Source Citations" with the FTM2012. In one family today I have found 8 or 9 offspring with source citations applied to the incorrect person. The source information is undistrubed but it is attached to the wrong person. I have been noticing this problem for the past 6 months whenever review previously entered individuals. My only suspicion is that the database corruption could be associated with compaction of the database. Has anyone reported and/or investigated this serious problem? I have been a FTM user for over 15 years and I have reported numerous confirmed bugs with FTM over the years. This is very serious issue because if you can't trust the integrity of data enetered into a database what is the use of entering it? FTM has serious problems which need serious attention at its the most senior management levels. Fix your software please before releasing FTM2013! Database Integrity Issue on FTM2012

I have noticed a significant and ongoing problem of corruption of “Source Citations” with the FTM2012. In one family today I have found 8 or 9 offspring with source citations applied to the incorrect person. The source information is undistrubed but it is attached to the wrong person. I have been noticing this problem for the past 6 months whenever review previously entered individuals. My only suspicion is that the database corruption could be associated with compaction of the database. Has anyone reported and/or investigated this serious problem?
I have been a FTM user for over 15 years and I have reported numerous confirmed bugs with FTM over the years. This is very serious issue because if you can’t trust the integrity of data enetered into a database what is the use of entering it? FTM has serious problems which need serious attention at its the most senior management levels. Fix your software please before releasing FTM2013!

]]> By: Kent http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-67414 Kent Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:43:30 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-67414 Every time I do a vulnerablility scan of FTM with Kaspersky it picks up on the fact that FTM 2012 is using an old version (10.1r52)of Adobe Flash Player and it is a vulnerability and should be fixed. Don't know if it is but would appreciate it if FTM would check. Thanks. Every time I do a vulnerablility scan of FTM with Kaspersky it picks up on the fact that FTM 2012 is using an old version (10.1r52)of Adobe Flash Player and it is a vulnerability and should be fixed. Don’t know if it is but would appreciate it if FTM would check. Thanks.

]]> By: Neva http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-63708 Neva Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:50:29 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-63708 Has anyone else noticed that you can't upload a GEDCOM without all of your notes? I called to find out why it wouldn't work, and while it will privatize all of the living, you have to go into each and every person's notes to block them from being shared. This should be a must in any new update! For the record, I may be one of the few, but I'd like to keep my family tree to myself and not have it associated with my ancestry. I like to do my own research rather than copy the copies that have been copied from so many other wrong trees. To me it is making it harder to get accurate information, and it is allowing too many to link up people of similar names and ages who are really different people. I've put original information on ancestry that is now so distorted with additional family members, new locations and parents (from all the copying and merging that is going on) that I don't know if I'll ever find real cousins again. Has anyone else noticed that you can’t upload a GEDCOM without all of your notes? I called to find out why it wouldn’t work, and while it will privatize all of the living, you have to go into each and every person’s notes to block them from being shared. This should be a must in any new update!
For the record, I may be one of the few, but I’d like to keep my family tree to myself and not have it associated with my ancestry. I like to do my own research rather than copy the copies that have been copied from so many other wrong trees. To me it is making it harder to get accurate information, and it is allowing too many to link up people of similar names and ages who are really different people. I’ve put original information on ancestry that is now so distorted with additional family members, new locations and parents (from all the copying and merging that is going on) that I don’t know if I’ll ever find real cousins again.

]]> By: Jacob Zachary http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-63054 Jacob Zachary Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:57:16 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-63054 It's likely been said before, but why can't you EASILY add pre-existing video and audio files to Member Profiles?! I have documentary style video of family history that I'd love to share on ancestry, as well as audio recordings of my late grandparents talking about who they are, and where they came from. At least the ability to embed html code from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or Soundcloud...that would actually be ideal! I think it put's ancestry.com at a distinct creative advantage, especially for younger users like myself, not to have those certain flexibilities with media sharing. My 4th cousin, for instance, was Tom Zachary. Tom Zachary was a MLB baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1927, and he threw the pitch that would be launched by Babe Ruth into the right field stands at Yankee Stadium for his record setting 60th home run of the season. I'd love to be able to put that YouTube video highlight on Tom Zachary's Profile page, as simply as I upload a photo! I've been to the message boards with this already, and i've heard all the back door ways of achieving this, but it just seems like the most obvious thing to do, to allow users to upload video or audio, or at the very least to embed code. Ancestry does everything else so masterfully, it just doesn't make much sense that the buck stops there. Thanks! It’s likely been said before, but why can’t you EASILY add pre-existing video and audio files to Member Profiles?! I have documentary style video of family history that I’d love to share on ancestry, as well as audio recordings of my late grandparents talking about who they are, and where they came from. At least the ability to embed html code from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or Soundcloud…that would actually be ideal! I think it put’s ancestry.com at a distinct creative advantage, especially for younger users like myself, not to have those certain flexibilities with media sharing. My 4th cousin, for instance, was Tom Zachary. Tom Zachary was a MLB baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1927, and he threw the pitch that would be launched by Babe Ruth into the right field stands at Yankee Stadium for his record setting 60th home run of the season. I’d love to be able to put that YouTube video highlight on Tom Zachary’s Profile page, as simply as I upload a photo! I’ve been to the message boards with this already, and i’ve heard all the back door ways of achieving this, but it just seems like the most obvious thing to do, to allow users to upload video or audio, or at the very least to embed code. Ancestry does everything else so masterfully, it just doesn’t make much sense that the buck stops there. Thanks!

]]> By: John http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-60712 John Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:00:22 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-60712 2012 sale is just a ploy. Yes they are definitely coming out with 2013 but not until March. Trying to sell as many 2012 as they can now, knowing full well nobody will buy 2012 next year. I'd advise you to wait 2012 sale is just a ploy. Yes they are definitely coming out with 2013 but not until March. Trying to sell as many 2012 as they can now, knowing full well nobody will buy 2012 next year.
I’d advise you to wait

]]> By: George Thompson http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-59364 George Thompson Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:03:49 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-59364 Both my Maternal and Paternal lines contain many of the same individuals, i.e. Charlemagne and his ancestors and some descendants are the same. I would like to see some mechanism that lets you see the relationships to both lines (color-coded) and perhaps all relationships between myself and a certain ancestor. #2 Wish - color code differentiate individuals in my Index (and elsewhere) the people where I have No Direct relationship. #3 Wish - add some built-in diagnostic code/hint that alerts the user to situations such as a great-grandmother whose ONLY husband is listed as Husband of ??xxgreat-grandmother. Give me a clue to point me where to look to correct the relationship to reflect that this "husband" is my great-grandfather. #4 Wish - some indexing help/name resolution so I don't have a DESENLIS, de Senlis, d'Senlis, and all other derivations so I don't either needlessly duplicate an individual but wind up with 8 (16 ??) husbands and wives from two people when I manually merge the obvious duplications of the 4 spouses of Louie de Loupe with each of his wives, all whose names are spelled differently. Drives me BATS !!! Both my Maternal and Paternal lines contain many of the same individuals, i.e. Charlemagne and his ancestors and some descendants are the same. I would like to see some mechanism that lets you see the relationships to both lines (color-coded) and perhaps all relationships between myself and a certain ancestor.

#2 Wish – color code differentiate individuals in my Index (and elsewhere) the people where I have No Direct relationship.

#3 Wish – add some built-in diagnostic code/hint that alerts the user to situations such as a great-grandmother whose ONLY husband is listed as Husband of ??xxgreat-grandmother. Give me a clue to point me where to look to correct the relationship to reflect that this “husband” is my great-grandfather.

#4 Wish – some indexing help/name resolution so I don’t have a DESENLIS, de Senlis, d’Senlis, and all other derivations so I don’t either needlessly duplicate an individual but wind up with 8 (16 ??) husbands and wives from two people when I manually merge the obvious duplications of the 4 spouses of Louie de Loupe with each of his wives, all whose names are spelled differently. Drives me BATS !!!

]]> By: Rita Clements http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-57319 Rita Clements Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:30:36 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-57319 I have FTM 2006. I've always been happy with it but today it started giving me trouble. Would not print the preferred pictures from the scrapbooks on the Family Group Sheets. I have always planned to write a Family Book so I have a lot of that completed in the 2006 version. If I convert to the 2012 version will I still be able to write and print my own book? (Not need to have it done through Ancestry. com)) I have a huge tree as I have been doing genealogy for at least 30 years and have included many lines - husband's, daughter and son-in-laws. I have FTM 2006. I’ve always been happy with it but today it started giving me trouble. Would not print the preferred pictures from the scrapbooks on the Family Group Sheets. I have always planned to write a Family Book so I have a lot of that completed in the 2006 version. If I convert to the 2012 version will I still be able to write and print my own book? (Not need to have it done through Ancestry. com)) I have a huge tree as I have been doing genealogy for at least 30 years and have included many lines – husband’s, daughter and son-in-laws.

]]> By: Don Knupp http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2012/08/17/where-is-family-tree-maker-2013/#comment-57207 Don Knupp Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:05:44 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=7979#comment-57207 RE: Post Number 57 from Trevor Thacker I did discover that resolved locations in the United States are now placed under a grouping titled USA. I did not know it was possible to revert to the previous view. Since I've been running like this since I posted I will experiment and see what I want to go with. Two other points though. First, is there somewhere a record exists online that lists/explains what the latest features/updates to 2012 are? Second, since at least Version 2009 (when I first discovered it) there has been an issue where wide Tree Charts are cut off somewhere towards the right end. This seems to be some kind of size limitation. Is this ever going to be fixed? My relatives would love to see a tree chart but unless I gather them around my computer I cannot show it to them because it is cut off. RE: Post Number 57 from Trevor Thacker

I did discover that resolved locations in the United States are now placed under a grouping titled USA. I did not know it was possible to revert to the previous view. Since I’ve been running like this since I posted I will experiment and see what I want to go with.

Two other points though.

First, is there somewhere a record exists online that lists/explains what the latest features/updates to 2012 are?

Second, since at least Version 2009 (when I first discovered it) there has been an issue where wide Tree Charts are cut off somewhere towards the right end. This seems to be some kind of size limitation. Is this ever going to be fixed? My relatives would love to see a tree chart but unless I gather them around my computer I cannot show it to them because it is cut off.

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