What does SHE Say ? Homework Assignment #1

The What Does SHE Say Study Group, in the +DearMYRTLE Genealogy Community has homework. Imagine that.

Here is a link to the Homework Assignment:

Homework Questions for 14 Aug 2015 What Does SHE Say? Study Group

The Hangout On Air recording of the first session is here:

In response to the First Question and a lengthy discussion about Death Certificates in the HOA, I thought I would demonstrate one of those generic labels with a not so obvious feature, addressing Question 1 and that Each Fact, Claim, or piece of information can be easily evaluated within FTM2014


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Family Tree Maker 2014 SP6 Patch Notes - Patch #6, (build .404 or .1404)

A Patch was released for FTM2014 on 10 August 2015. It should be downloaded and installed. More information is here

http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9048/kw/9048

If you need help with the update, here is a link for you;

http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5588/~/family-tree-maker-2014---program-updates

There is ONE "update" that you need to be aware of. That is, when you use the Web Merge Feature, you MUST look very closely at ALL of the Facts that are being merged.

When merging, changed default to discard duplicate facts (even when different) rather than keep as duplicate alternate facts

In the past, when doing the Web Merge, and you had a Fact in your database and the same fact was included in the Web Merge, FTM2014 would usually select Alt Fact, meaning adding the New information for that Fact. We had the option to make the New Fact as Preferred, Alternate, or Discard the new Fact. The CHANGE is to make this "new" information as Discard. That may or may not be the choice you want to make.

I'll do another blog post about this, but I just want to make sure that you REVIEW the Web Merge SCREENs very carefully to make sure you Keep what you want to Keep.

For me, multiple / Alt Facts are a good thing, meaning you need to look at the information, evaluate what you have and make an informed Choice of the information in your database. Discard is not usually my choice.


The other "Enhanced Features" include;

• Added ability to edit sources from media link
• Improved display of fonts in high DPI settings
• Improved automatic naming of restored files to exclude "autobackup" text.

Will have to look at that first one, to see what that really means. I don't use the "automatic back up" feature, so that won't impact me. The Automatic Back Up only backs up the DATA in your file and not the Images that may be linked. I ALWAYS Compact my file AND accept that Back Up option when presented. That back up is the same as a Manual Back Up, in that it includes the Media files.

Stability & Performance Improvements

• TreeSync improvements- improved handling of media.
• Multiple crash fixes.
• New option for extended analysis during compact and added fixes for more potential errors

The 3rd improvement is not new, just more obvious when FTM2014 crashes. We have had the Deep Compact command for a number of versions, this just offers the user the ability to run a Deep Compact file after a crash. Remembering that the Compact File command is a great File Maintenance tool.


Bug Fixes

• Fixes to sorting of facts in Smart Story creation
• Removed TMG from list of supported file types to import (due to outdated implementation)
• Improved handling of notes in GEDCOM import
• Multiple fixes for errors with various reports
• 30+ additional fixes for a variety of bugs

Will probably do a couple more blog posts in this update when I have a chance to check them out. I just wanted to get the word out about the Web Merge setting and to really watch the Web Merge Screens when you use that feature.


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The New Ancestry: July 15th Feature Update

The New Ancestry: July 15th Feature Update



Here is an update on the rollout of the new format on Ancestry.com



I have not noticed any changes from within the Family Tree Maker program, as I have been using the beta version of the website for a couple of months WITH FTM2014. No real impact on us that I have seen.



But, please read this Blog Post is it does show us what is new on the Ancestry Member Tree (AMT), that is sync'ed with FTM2012 or FTM2014. There are some nice features in the AMT.

What Will Happen To My Records? ~ Lineagekeeper's Genealogy Blog

What Will Happen To My Records? ~ Lineagekeeper's Genealogy Blog

I want to draw your attention to another aspect of +DearMYRTLE's Wacky Wednesday from 01 July 2015.

Please read and follow the Lineagekeeper's Genealogy Blog


Hangouts: Pay what you want. So it's simple. If you value the work Ol' Myrt, +Cousin Russ and our beloved panelists do week in and week out on your behalf, please:

Check the GeneaWebinars Calendar for exact dates of DearMYRTLE study groups and Hangouts on Air, in addition to over 200 hours of online genealogy classes, webinars and tweetchats from other hosts and presenters in the next 12 months.

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Office Hours - part 2 - 02 June 2015

Review of the Citations for the "parents" of the 4 children


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Office Hours - 06/04/15 - Who are these people on this record ?

Looking at a US Federal Census Record, there are some people who I don't know living in this household. How will I handle this.




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Office Hours 02 June 2015 - Problem Step One

First step in try to resolve a problem. Genealogy Question is, Who are the Parents of 4 Children? That is really 2 or 4 questions, but will start with this question.

Will walk through reviewing various documents for the Two "people" that I think may be the parents. This will probably end up by taking this information and using Evidentia to answer this question.




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Citation Up Date / Clean Up for me -- Family Search and Ancestry websites

I am always learning by following the Evidence Explained User Forum on https://www.evidenceexplained.com/

Today, the Editor, posted in Reply to #20 a very important item for me:

The title of the website differs from that of the corporation. It is onlyFamilySearch.  While many people (as Russ did) use FamilySearch.com as the website title, the actual title does not include .com. (The confusion apparently exists because Ancestry long used .com as part of its website title; but FamilySearch does not. That confusion should be helped, now, by the fact that Ancestry has dropped the .com from its title.) 1)

Up until today, I have been using "Ancestry.com" at the Website Title in those Templates in FTM2014 that call for that entry. I haven't been back to see, what the Editor clearly points out, that Ancestry had removed the ".com" from their website Title. Family Search hadn't been using the ".org" in their website title.

I now have a new clean up project to do. Very high on my priority list, by the way, to removed the ".com" and ".org" from Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org in the TEMPLATE screen. All new Citations will not include those characters going forward but in the future will go back to update the Citation's.

Reviewing my Citations aren't a bad thing, as I continually learn how to craft my citations.

A big THANK YOU to Elizabeth Shown Mills for ALL of her work that she has done for us and continues to help with Citation.

Have already made a note in Evidence Explained and my QuickSheets based on that discussion as a reminder for myself.


1) Online Image Databases and FTM family tree maker 2014, reply to #20; Evidence Explained: Historical Analysis, Citation & Source Usage (evidenceexplained.com : accessed 21 May 2015)
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How to Record a Same Sex Relationship

I was asked, How do I record a Same Sex Relationship? The answer is easy, You ATTACH two people, attaching one person as the Spouse. Then, you select the appropriate relationship.

Key hint here, the display looks like "husband and wife", but that is only the visual for us, but the status is what is important and there are NO warnings that would prevent this relationship.

This is from my database, but changed the names and will no include any other details.

Here is an example; Person 1 and Person 2 are married and had a child, Person 3

Looking at the Marriage Line, hovering over the first ICON, you will see Marriages Facts, Notes, and Media:

For this couple, they were married and divorced

Selecting that ICON, you enter the various Marriage Facts, Notes, and Media as seen fit. The Marriage Facts are:

Person 2, meets and marries Person 4, so we need to first Add Person 4, as a spouse

Selecting the Spouse ICON, we Add Spouse. Then we enter the Name, on the Left (in this case)

 The Person 4 is listed correctly in the Right Panel of the Tree View

The Marriage Fact is entered

And Person 2 now has 2 spouses. Person 1, now divorced, and Person 4 new marriage

Looking a Person 2's Timeline, it reflects the correct timeline.

Looking at the Relationship tab for Person 2, it also shows the information accurately.

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AncestryAcademy on Family Tree Maker

Ancestry.com has introduced a new online product, AncestryAcademy. In that offering is a series of Videos on Family Tree Maker.

Duff Wilson, the presenter, has been involved with Family Tree Maker for over 10 years. He does a far better job than I, so it's worth your time to watch his presentations. At least I think so.

https://www.ancestry.com/academy/course/family-tree-maker

Enjoy

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