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by ffinder
05 May 2021 16:57
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Trying to use Find my Past hints
Replies: 3
Views: 1541

Trying to use Find my Past hints

I have been in contact with Find my Past about my difficulties, but have been told I need to ask Family Historian. Accepting a hint does not appear to update the tree the hint appeared in. I was able to download a Census and add it to media for the individual, but nothing automatic as far as I can t...
by ffinder
18 Apr 2021 14:14
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

That has been very useful and given me more confidence. I clicked on lots of red file names and most have been found with automatic search. I have found a few. Most of the crosses have gone. I need help with your last paragraph, though. How do you tell what is the right sort of media and what the wr...
by ffinder
17 Apr 2021 13:38
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Your last post had lots of useful details, which I keep reading. I have been looking at one individual in one of my trees. I have been investigating the Media window according to your instructions. In this tree the family pictures work well. In the Media>View all media there are 25 crossed rectangle...
by ffinder
10 Apr 2021 15:01
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

I am attaching 3 shots. Screenshot of Media and Screenshot of Media 2 show media from Media>view all media in the Focus window and have some of the blank or crossed examples. Screenshot of Media 3 is from the fh_data>Media folder. This shows some of the files which do not appear in the Focus window ...
by ffinder
05 Apr 2021 21:38
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

I have put the Ancestry downloads in the media folders of FTM and of FH. A Will I downloaded I added to the media in the project in FH and the file in FTM. The media in both FTM and FH have some crossed spaces above the name of the sort of document and a few empty spaces above a title. Some of these...
by ffinder
05 Apr 2021 13:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

The message I tried to post yesterday does not appear, so this is an up to date version of my progress. I have now got all 3 of my trees running. I have downloaded files from Ancestry to fill gaps and stored them in the media folders. This shows that my media folders are in a mess. There are lots of...
by ffinder
03 Apr 2021 14:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

You said you understood the FTM/Ancestry Family Trees were missing years of updates to my FH Project Family Trees. In fact I have only used FH a bit in the last 2 years. I used to enjoy FH2.3, but found v6 very unfamiliar. I did try downloading some of the files yesterday, but it takes ages and some...
by ffinder
02 Apr 2021 22:40
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

When I wrote earlier I did not know what the links were. The whole line I sent part of is 'Individual Record 147: Appended value of tag '_LINK' to Note field'. This afternoon I have been investigating what I can find in FTM with the temporary Ancestry membership. You were correct about the sources a...
by ffinder
02 Apr 2021 14:13
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Thank you for the very quick response. I had not read the bit about saving source records from Ancestry as I had left. I got news this morning of the free weekend access. You say that explains the _LINK Note, but they do not say Ancestry. However if that is what it means I am afraid there are hundre...
by ffinder
01 Apr 2021 22:22
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Thank you. I have exported all 3 FTM GEDCOMS and tried to import one of them as a new project. I have got badly stuck, I'm afraid. It said there were a lot of broken links and I asked it to mend them. It eventually said it had mended 7 of 12. Then it said some issues were logged in GEDCOM import. I ...
by ffinder
26 Mar 2021 16:06
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Thank you for the suggestions. You give me lots to think about. Yes, it is the media that is the problem. My mother's tree (no 1) in FH has 58 media records, but 202 in FTM. My father's (no 2) has 99 in FH but 273 in FTM. My husband's side (no 3) has 14 in FH but 195 in FTM. I have tried to log into...
by ffinder
22 Mar 2021 18:17
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Thank you. It has taken me a while to wonder what my master database is. I have searched and cannot find the Ancestry data, but before I left Ancestry I did synchronise the trees with FTM. Media files for the FTM trees is in C\Users\barbara\Documents\Family Tree Maker. I hope that is what you need t...
by ffinder
21 Mar 2021 16:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Thank you for your advice. I have checked again and all 3 of the trees from 2019 are no. 3, ancestry.com. I also have earlier versions of each tree from 2015. Those were taken from FTM and do show media. But I continued to work on the trees using FTM most of the time because I was more familiar with...
by ffinder
20 Mar 2021 16:46
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Re: Crossed out media

Thank you for your response. Sorry I was not clear. The files with crossed media did not show media. I intended and tried to make the files from FTM gedcoms. After reading what you said about Ancestry I searched my FTM folder and failed to find GEDCOMS of the correct date, so I suppose I must have f...
by ffinder
16 Mar 2021 18:32
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Crossed out media
Replies: 34
Views: 8294

Crossed out media

I need advice about showing media. I have 3 family files, imported from Family Tree Maker in 2019 which have crosses against all the media items. I knew I had moved the file containing family photos and thought that would be the problem. I want to be able to see the media and tried asking FH to Auto...
by ffinder
05 Jan 2015 11:00
Forum: Importing
Topic: Advice sought on installing tree projects with media
Replies: 3
Views: 3357

Re: Advice sought on installing tree projects with media

Thank you for your help. I have deleted my first attempts and followed the instructions on installed from Family Tree Maker. I now have three projects installed, each with media. I have noticed, however, that the descriptions of items have been replaced just by numbers. Is there a way I can get Fami...
by ffinder
02 Jan 2015 23:28
Forum: Importing
Topic: Advice sought on installing tree projects with media
Replies: 3
Views: 3357

Advice sought on installing tree projects with media

Advice needed on installing trees with media I seek advice about creating projects in FH6. I was given FH6 for Christmas and tried creating 3 projects using gedcoms made from Ancestry trees. Unfortunately, when I opened them all the media spaces were blank. I had read advice to save the gedcoms to t...