tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7506937070033738979..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Exploring Family Tree Maker 2012 - Post 3: Syncing an Existing Ancestry Member TreeRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-85318480190846325592011-10-11T09:01:41.464-07:002011-10-11T09:01:41.464-07:00Randy,
The media items attached to the birth fact...Randy,<br /><br />The media items attached to the birth fact are displayed in the media tab in the right panel (with the birth fact selected) just as they were in your example about the name fact.<br /><br />The media tab at the bottom is for items that are attached to the person generally rather than to a specific fact.<br /><br />I hope that helps.<br /><br />To respond to another question about whether to start from FTM or AMT, it doesn't really matter. But if one of them is more complete or up-to-date, I'd suggest starting there.Duff Wilson (Ancestry)http://ancestry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-35586548529857692262011-10-10T18:29:37.586-07:002011-10-10T18:29:37.586-07:00wondering if you have an opinion for someone who h...wondering if you have an opinion for someone who has both FTM and Ancestry files...move Ancestry to new FTM or move FTM to new Ancestry?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012491687226882778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-83296695182285749052011-10-10T17:13:16.545-07:002011-10-10T17:13:16.545-07:00Hi Randy,
I started with my primary tree on Ances...Hi Randy,<br /><br />I started with my primary tree on Ancestry AMT...I know, risky, but I'm an early adopter cloud guy I guess. Anyway I finally bought FTM since it finally had sync. <br /><br />Bottom line: good results on sync! My tree has about 9000 people and about 1500 media items. First sync took about 1 hour for the people and a couple hours for the media. Several syncs since then after making changes both online and in FTM took well under 5 minutes. So I'm happy. <br /><br />Strange thing is that I can still see myself doing most tree work on AMTs .... FTM is great for offline work though, and I travel a lot so this will be convenient. <br />I also like the maintenance features of FTM such as finding duplicates, standardizing place names and such. <br /><br />Thanks for the posts.Randy Majorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108488520073605957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-55004284233432563572011-10-10T14:16:13.817-07:002011-10-10T14:16:13.817-07:00Randy, thanks for acting on this suggestion. I lo...Randy, thanks for acting on this suggestion. I look forward to your further notes regarding citations and what else you encountered. This is real work!<br /><br />One of my AMTrees has a lot of *.pdf files (such as Civil War Pension files and MO Death Records) and a few other media file types attached. Guess I will have to try the program myself to see what happens with them in this protocol.<br /><br />Others have noted on the message board that FTM2012 seems to lose specific citations where they are to part of a larger collection, such as City Directories and California Registered Voters' Lists. Personally, if I am citing to 1932 and 1934 RV lists in a particular County, and (for the same person) 1936 and 1938 RV lists elsewhere, I will want all of that information retained for each citation, not just the collection name.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-91249222114871282632011-10-10T13:02:06.689-07:002011-10-10T13:02:06.689-07:00hmmmm, not available thru Amazon.com yet.hmmmm, not available thru Amazon.com yet.DearMYRTLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684472865240981715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-91700609994355347332011-10-10T13:00:24.944-07:002011-10-10T13:00:24.944-07:00I am thrilled to hear this. Guess I'll go orde...I am thrilled to hear this. Guess I'll go order up my copy of FTM 2012 thru Amazon.com.DearMYRTLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684472865240981715noreply@blogger.com