Ancestry Family Tree - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Updating trees

TerryBlyth — 2 Oct 2008 11:42:33 GMT

I have updated my tree onto ancestry having saved census information to a previous version but they don't show up on new tree. How can I merge the two trees to ensure my records are attached to the current one?

Blocked photos by mistake

reevehills — 26 Sep 2008 4:51:24 GMT

Hi,
I've somehow managed to block my photos's on my Ancestry tree - I couldn't remove a photo that was wrongly attached soI clicked on an option thinking it would block the one photo now I can't reverse the block - anyone know how to re -instate my 50 or so photo's - please.

TIA Reeveh Hills

Frequency of record updates?

madelson1 — 25 Sep 2008 5:52:09 GMT

Hi there. Just a question on this as I have only been here for a few weeks. For the 10 days or so, there seemed to be new records available daily but so far this week there have not been any new additions. Do they typically get posted sporadically or does this delay mean that a much larger collection is to become available?

Also, why don't the newspaper articles show up as hints? I'd like to attach some of these too as supportive information.

Thanks!

Jr and Sr?

madelson1 — 17 Sep 2008 2:05:21 GMT

How should these be entered in Ancestry.com? I notice that if I append it to the end of the Surname, then when exported in GEDCOM format, it becomes NAME Jr., Jr.

Just working on getting the hang of this...thanks.

Mac OS X Computer 10.4

mekyle72 — 21 Aug 2008 4:18:08 GMT

i'm looking for family tree software for my mac computer does anyone make it? And is it good? my email is mekkyle72@telus.net

HOW CAN DELETE OLD FAMILY TREE?

JuriAlp — 10 Sep 2008 7:47:32 GMT

Hello!
Help please, I need delete old family tree
How make so?
Best regards Juri Alperovich from Riga

AFT Software Reload

ftm157 — 27 Sep 2005 11:55:58 GMT

Hi, I have been using AFT Version 9.0.3 for a while on my PC. I would now like to load it on to a laptop, but can't see where to download it from. Is it still available for free download? I don't want to learn a new package, now I am used to AFT software. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

How I can delete one member from my tree

JuriAlp — 20 Aug 2008 8:41:41 GMT

Hello!
Help please, I need delete one memeber from my tree, I have added this member ( foulty) and can not found, how I can delete this member from tree
Best regards Juri Alperovich from Riga

AncNet.DLL

danmcgovern180 — 11 Feb 2006 1:52:30 GMT

All of my geneology info is now locked into a CD back up disk I made when I changed computers ( started over ). I cannot open the file without the AncNet.dll file which I cannot find anywhere. I just want to retrieve the info without losing it. Does anyone know how I can get the missing AncNet.DLL file or retrieve the info from Ancestry Family Tree 9.0.3. without the missing dll file?

help, computer crashed

cyndi2001 — 17 Aug 2008 3:33:30 GMT

I just began using an old version of family tree maker (2001) and had gotten a LOT of data entered. I did get it uploaded or published as it promts you to do, but before I had a back up made, my hard drive crashed. I have to start over. does anyone no if there is a way to retrieve it. Like I said I'm new to this.

Curious

floetry — 11 Aug 2008 12:51:06 GMT

I'm curious. I just tried a program by MyHeritage and oddly enough they have software that syncs with the website. Not to mention they even have reports that members can create on site. They tie in a message board, calendar and customizable home page WITH notification; not to mention albums that let you sort your pictures by families. Why isn't Ancestry offering this, its not like the technology doesn't exist. Sites ARE doin it with their software. When will Ancestry be on board?

HELP! NEED AFT SOFTWARE PROGRAM

clanlockard — 13 Apr 2008 12:47:36 GMT

I have a huge tree I created with Ancestry Family Tree (AFT) and, when I transferred my files to my new computer, my AFT program wouldn't transfer. I downloaded AFT long ago, for free, from Ancestry.com and they no longer offer it. Does anyone have this software that I can download to my new computer? I'm desperate!

Two sisters married two guys who are cousins

RouX_Renard — 27 Nov 2007 1:23:14 GMT

Hi,

I have discovered after building my tree on Ancestry.co.uk that two Sainsbury sisters married two guys who were cousins.

Edith Sainsbury married Reg Whiting. Bertha Sainsbury married Percy Wheeler. Reg and Percy are cousins. This has resulted in me inadvertantly building duplicate trees above these two guys. I only discovered it when I started down-filling the lines from the most distant ancestors.

I thought I was getting deja vu, or forgetting to update. If I went into the tree one way, the info was there... if I went in another way the info was gone!

It's a mess! About 30-40 people are duplicated.

Is there a fix for this?

regards,

RouX (TJ Clelford-Phillips)

Export a Ancestry.com File so I can use it in Family Tree Maker 2008

familycollins — 25 Jul 2008 5:11:38 GMT

Hi,

I have been using Ancestry.co.uk for a number of years, is there a way to export every thing I have as a file in Ancesttry.co.uk, then import it into Family Tree Maker 2008, including photos, images etc ?

I want to use FTM 2008 as the source and Ancestry then as the upload to if you get what I mean.

Thanks

Dave

Ancestry com web site

rejoycn4him — 8 Apr 2008 11:48:30 GMT

Hi,
My sister has an accout on Ancestry.com. I have entered a good amount of information for her in one of the trees because I am the one that inherited it and used to do some research years ago. Is there any way to download the info that I have entered? Seems a waste to continue to enter the info and I can't do anything else with it.

Thanks in advance,
Naomi

AFT 2008 Will NOT Install!

Cmccr2003 — 13 Apr 2008 10:50:33 GMT

Hello. I purchased Ancestry Family Tree Essentials 2008. I put the CD in the disk and the Flash splash screen appears, I choose to install the program and I get the little box in the bottom right that says preparing for download, it goes through, that box closes, and then nothing else happens. I cannot get past this. I am running windows vista, and the installation works on another computer in the house that is Win XP, but this isn't my computer, so I can't really use it often. I tried returning the software but they said since it was opened they can't refund the money due to copyright law, so I exchanged it for the same program because that was all I could do, same problem. Grrr. Any help?

Help with error message when merging or saving images

markkurt47 — 13 Apr 2008 11:09:53 GMT

Hello,
I am having a problem with FTM 2006, and hope that someone can help.
I was merging census information into my file and saving the image as well. On one of these attempts I got the following error message "A problem has occured in writing to your disk. Please check that the disk has space availble, that it is formatted and that the drive door is closed." Now whenever I try to save an image either by merging or just attaching an image to a fact, I get the same error message.
I have space available, over 14Gig on both of my partitions. The disk is formatted and I am writing to a hard drive.
I tried loading an older FTM database and this works as my current database used to work. It saves images any way I try. Did I somehow corrupt my current database? Is there a fix for a problem such as this? Please help!!!!

Ancestry Family Treemaker (AFT )problem

mhunter56163 — 11 Apr 2008 3:41:13 GMT

Hi all, I've just uploaded my tree from genesreunited, and opened it up with Ancestry Family Treemaker (old version)
The problem is all the RIN numbers have changed, and it doesn't open with myself as the home individual. I am now RIN 3982!, whereas I was previously RIN 1.
Does anyone know how to rectify this? I have already changed it so that I am the Primary Individual.
Regards Mark

How to combine trees

sciross — 30 Mar 2008 2:42:15 GMT

Somehow quite a while back I saved my trees on my computer and made a couple of copies in case something happened. Well, I started working with one and added a ton more stuff and then one day I accidently I opened the other one and added again a lot of stuff. Now without retyping all that work on the one or the other. How can I combine them so they mesh together? I hate to lose all that work. Any suggestions?

dont know what i did

kathypevley — 25 Mar 2008 3:26:12 GMT

i dont know what i did to get on ancestry. but someone emailed me the link and i didntknow what and now i am on it and dont want to pay for it. so i cant cancelled cause i didnt even signed up for it and it wont cancelled

help

recommendations please

ruthhay2 — 24 Mar 2008 10:52:58 GMT

i have a tree on ancestry but not in an actual software package,can anyone recommend a good one thats easy to use? i like the style of ancestry, and would like it if i could get my tree from the web to my computer so i can work offline. thanks Ruth

I am wondering how to get my name and info listed on your website

joker5774 — 21 Mar 2008 2:32:43 GMT

My Great Grandfather is listed in your website and show info about his children but I would like to update the info on some of the family and would like to know who I would have to speak to on behalf of this info! If anyone can contact me I would appreciate it!
HENRY YANCEY
281 608 8791

Any DEMOWARE versions to test it out first??

wxfear — 10 Mar 2008 10:58:17 GMT

I checked and their doesn't seem to be any demo/shareware version to try out FTM before investing nearly $40 into it...

Am I wrong or is it located somewhere else?
thanks

Lost Information on AFT

nebraskabelz — 2 Mar 2008 10:58:42 GMT

I lost information on thousands of relations when my computer died. I have most of it saved on a CD (and on-line at Ancestry/Rootsweb), but haven't been able to download yet. Bought Ancestry Quest and also tried the last AFT availible, but still can't get my information. I have read all the past information, but still lost. Where should I get AFT software? Should I get the old 2005 Maker. I'm good at genealogy, but suck at computer I guess.

Gencom 5.5

rwscull1 — 25 Feb 2008 3:08:36 GMT

I have an old gencom that I would like to import into the new Family Tree Maker. I get an error that says it must be a gencom 5.5. Is there a way to convert my old gencom to 5.5 so I can use it?

Thanks

Ancestry Family Tree

mikalb249 — 14 Jan 2008 12:53:42 GMT

I had a crash in my computer. I'm now working on Family Tree Maker software. However, I have about 3/4ths of my data on an Ancestry Family Tree program I downloaded from Ancestry.com about five + years ago. It is saved on a cd, however I can't access the data to transfer it to my new program. I'm guessing it is because I no longer have the base program on my new hard drive. Does anyone have a copy of the program available or must I start again from scratch? I realize that I'll have to re-input the data as it won't transfer, but it still would save me time to copy and paste rather that re-look up all the data. Thanks

Tree too big?

mavityre — 9 Feb 2008 2:40:21 GMT

I apologize if this is a duplicate post.

I have an ancestor WAY back in the tree that I want to find, and then print out a descendant tree. How do I do that? I just want one that show the direct line from that ancestor to me.
Also, what's the easy way to start from me and find these ancestors that are so far into the tree?

Thanks!!!!

Old Free Versions of AFT

sportsmedic1 — 22 Dec 2007 4:20:04 GMT

I downloaded a free program from Ancestry.com in 2003 in which I logged many hours of research into. I went to look at some records tonight and realized I had lost the program during a reboot. I can't find any downloads anywhere. Is there anyway to download an older version for free or are there any free programs available to view aft files? Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks!

Tree too big???

mavityre — 9 Feb 2008 2:34:35 GMT

Hi there.
I have an ancestor I'm trying to trace back to me. I know it's there because I saw it. How do I choose that ancestor and then print, or show a direct decendant chain to me?

Thanks

Help recovering filesfrom earlier version of AFT

jamesedwinsneed — 3 Apr 2005 2:50:24 GMT

I have been using AFT to work up a (now rather extensive) family record for some time. I recently suffered a near total meltdown on my system, having in the end to reformat the hard drive and reconfigure the entire machine. I had extensive backups of all my data, but not the program files. I've just downloaded the current version of the software and it will not recognize my data files. Instead of the needed .AFT file, my data appears to have been stored in three parts: a small .afa file, a larger .AFm file, and a very large .afz file. Ancestry.com's technical people were very nice, but said they knew of no way to recover my data. Does anyone outthere still have an older version of AFT that can read these files so I can save them. I have pedigree charts for all the direcrt ancestors, but the thousand or so 1st to 4th cousins appear to ve vaporized if I cant get back into the files.
Many thanks for any suggestions (and yes, I've now backed u the program files for the new version, I am at least somewhat ttainable)
Jim

AFT program help!!!???

hamboz — 9 Sep 2007 10:17:02 GMT

Ok, here's the deal. Back in 2003, I began researching my family. I used the Ancestry family tree program provided by Ancestry.com which was a free download. Later, I bought the Family Tree maker 2006 program, at the time I had difficulty in transferring the data from the free download to the FTM 2006 (the date and place of marriage did not transfer) so, I kept the old program as a back up, and when I came across a missing date, I would find it on the old program and put it in the new one. Last month we bought a new computer, I thought I had backed up all my records, but, that free AFT program download was not backed up. So, I have the info, but not the program to run it...
Is there a kind soul who would send me a copy of the old AFT program so I can open my information???
Thank you !
Catherine

Deleting "UNKNOWN" Spouses

HGrisso — 15 Nov 2007 6:58:20 GMT

The HELP section says to highlight the unwanted spouse and then right click, then click delete. This does not work, nothing happens when you right click. Is there some way to get rid of UNKNOWNs?

Importing individuals into my tree and making radical changes

spandjr — 23 Oct 2007 6:42:08 GMT

Help! I'm a new ancestry member - and thoroughly enjoying the experience - but I have individuals about whom I have collated extensive information and sources from ancestry, and now want to insert them into my rapidly growing member tree. Is this possible without re-entering all the information I have gathered? Also I have just discovered that a family full of children have a different mother to the one I had supposed... How do I append the correct information?

Many thanks for any help anyone can give me!

Help getting my family tree off the web and onto a disk..

chellebyerly1 — 23 Sep 2007 11:55:09 GMT

At one time I was doing my history. I worked hard and even managed to get it onto the web. Its being hosted by my ISP.. I am fixing to change ISPs and need to find a way to get it back.. I no longer have the computer I worked with, nor do I have the program I used.. (treemaker) My house burnt and all the pics and the hard work went up in smoke.. That is why I am no longer doing the work.

BUT I dont want to loose what I did do.

the website is http://www.inu.net/mlbrbyerly/atreethat/

Can anyone tell me how to get it on a disk? I dont just want to DL it to my computer. they die. I want it on a disk. so I can put it in any computer and look at it if I want to. I cant afford to buy another tree maker program. Thats part of the reason I am leaving this ISP they are too much a month. There are lots of pictures that are ONE of a kind. I had the only copies. those copies are now gone and the ones on the web are all thats left.

Please help me if You can think of a solution..

Thank you
Michelle

Clearing misspellings affecting use of "Quick Entry" option?

rebholzg — 12 Sep 2007 4:32:11 GMT

Any trick out there to clear misspelled or style changes to name and place entries in AFT that plague me while using the Quick Entry feature? It seems pretty clear that the entry history stays with the data file, and is not stored within the application. Just thought I'd ask.

Backup Problem

Ray Fry — 23 Sep 2002 2:13:00 GMT

I am having trouble backing up my AFT files. I have the latest AFT version. When I try to backup, I get the message "file already exists, do you want to replace it? I hit yes, the backup goes about 50% then I get a message "AncestryFamilyT.exe generated errors and is creating an error log". Then the program shuts down. After I restart the program and retry the backup, I find that the old backup file has been removed and the second backup attempt is successful. I assume the error log is a file named something like BOa01380. I have tried to read this file using notepad but the information is in code and can't be understood by me. Please help me with this problem.

History: The files have been imported from a RWCD that I made when I upgraded from my old computer to a new one. Before I imported the files, I upgraded my Ancestry Family Tree program and also installed the upgraded Ancestry Family Tree program on my new computer. I have added a lot of new information to my files and now they won't backup properly.

Thank you

R. Fry

New. Question. How do combine trees?

mountainwolf100 — 1 Aug 2007 4:56:33 GMT

So I started one for my family and my husband started one for his. Lets say I want to do one big one, how do combine the 2? I figured I could just search and the other 2 would come up in the search but they don't.

current date in printed book

jhy001 — 23 Jul 2007 1:30:59 GMT

Family Tree Maker says you can automatically put the current date in book printouts. e.g. in "Edit" for Table of Contents,
Select "Contents" -> "Title & Footnote" and check
"Include Date of Printing" under "Page Number and Date".

However, this section is not "lit up" so I can't change
anything. The "Include Page Number" is checked (but not
"lit").

How do I get the current date into my Book?

I've tried getting to this in different ways, but it
is never "lit" to be selectable that I have found.

I have FTM v. 16.0.350.

Thanks, John

AFT File

DarsiC — 24 Jun 2007 5:21:15 GMT

I have a backup copy of an AFT file but cannot get the Family Tree Maker 16 to recognize and restore.... I have tons of info on the disk please please help

WHICH TREE???

MarthaAnnWilliams — 24 May 2007 5:02:18 GMT

Hi:

I have read all the info on the different trees. Which tree should I put my info in. OneWorld, Ancestry family tree, or public tree. I am a little confused. Thank you.

Martha

Exporting Ancestry tree to rootsweb?>

somedeafguy — 23 May 2007 4:59:22 GMT

How do I do this please??
Eddie

The last copy of Ancestry Family Tree online (aft)

Jacqke — 15 Jan 2007 4:36:23 GMT

Ok, I found a legally downloadable copy of Ancestry family tree online. Here's how to get it.

1. Go to:
http://www.iomega-activedisk.com/servlet/moonshine/goto?page...

2. Download the software.

3. You need a removable media of some kind. I used a USB pen drive, available at Wal-Mart. A zip disk would work too.

4. Double click on the downloaded file ancestrytree-w32-x86-90a.exe

5. If it asks if you want to install Active disk software, say yes. When it is done, you may have to double click the ancestrytree-w32-x86-90a.exe again.

6. Tell it where to install Ancestry Family tree to (the USB Pen Drive).

7. When it is done, you will have a complete set of the files on your zip disk or pen drive.

8. Open the Zip disk or pen drive. Look for a folder called App.

9. Copy the folder App to your My Documents folder. Everything you need to run Ancestry Family Tree is in that folder.

10. Open the App folder and double click on AncestryFamilyTree.exe

Your program will run as normal. Now you'll just have to point it to your files.

Re: Plzzzz help, need to know how to make Complete Tree

kirsten112 — 12 Apr 2007 2:46:54 GMT

Okay, I would like to know how to do this on AFT. Can anyone help?

Ancestry Family Tree Software *shareware"

WABHARRY — 9 Apr 2007 12:12:17 GMT

Anyone currently using this program? if so please send me copy, Please!

James S. Harry

How do I remove of edit a story?

gabriellestaples — 5 Apr 2007 2:07:25 GMT

I recently uploaded a story to my tree but noticed once it was there that I had made some typos on the introduction. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me work out how to edit it or at worst remove the whole thing? Has anyone else had this problem or found a solution?

Old Ancestry Family Tree software?

Kirsten_Craggs — 16 Jun 2006 1:27:25 GMT

We updated our computer and thought all our files were copied. To my horror I have discovered that the only thing remaining of my tree is a backup .afz file which, as AFT is no longer available, is useless. I've tried to find the old program but to no avail.
Does anyone out there know of a solution besides buying the Ancestral Quest program? Or can help me out with a copy of the old program just so I can retrieve my files? Pleeease help! There are hours of work at stake!
Kirsten.

Modified Register Problems

weather321 — 12 Feb 2007 9:39:23 GMT

I know this program is no longer supported, but we have some great experts on the board. 1. When using .rtf to print the index, some names are in bold print. Is there a fix. 2. Would like to make surnames bold print. 3. In 'other options', 'suppress RINS' is dim and am unable to check this box.

It might be time to go with Bob Juch's suggestion and buy a commercial program not affiliated with ancestry.com

ANcestry Family Tree Charts and Reports

burke3084 — 20 Jan 2007 6:52:08 GMT

I'm not having much luck getting the free version of FTM to print reports and charts in a meaningful and esthethically pleasing manner and I'm thinking of purchasing software. Does the Ancestry version of FT provide more user-friendly output formats? Thanks!

My aunt NevaDean Beem

bayme1 — 18 Jan 2007 1:22:59 GMT

Looking for my fathers sister,Neva Beem.also her daughter Donna beem.Neva was born in michigan in 1894 to henry and grace dean. some after 1915 she married mr. been who was from ky.any help would be great.

Making mistakes!

alan1uc40listkekht9u63pp4es3j19lc — 2 Jan 2007 4:31:04 GMT

I have attached someone, and all the family tree that follows, to the wrong father. Whoops. How do I detach all the descendants and reattach them to the right father? I don't want to reinput all the information again. Thanks.

Alan Jenkins

Ancestry Family Tree - AFT 9.0.5

hubleyns0251 — 29 Dec 2006 4:51:24 GMT

Hello,

Just a quick question? Does anyone have, or know where one can obtain the install program for the old Ancestry Family Tree program?

Thanks,

John

P.S. You can email me directly at johnreinders@hfx.eastlink.ca

Ancestry Family Tree

MICHELLERASBERRY — 20 Dec 2006 3:43:19 GMT

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this program. I have a backup of my information but need the program.

disappearing information

roblross — 2 Jan 2007 11:52:28 GMT

In my tree I clicked on the little source leaf that let's you know there are records etc which may match the person in your tree. Sometimes, besides records, there are also links to other peoples trees who may have the same person and if you accept their info you might also get other connections like that persons parents etc. and this info is then also added to your tree. Has this changed recently? Because it looks like I've lost some of those connections within the last 48 hours.

FTM & Ancestry.com benefits

Burnette333 — 2 Jan 2007 1:46:54 GMT

Hi all,
Can someone please tell me how much of the online information you get access to when you purchase FTM... Are there certain pages/databases you get access to by purchasing the software? Do you get some kind of 'limited time' access to all the information? What are some of the benefits to using FTM?

Thank you!
Lisa

Types of Family Trees on Ancestry

Jillaine_Smith — 4 Dec 2006 10:37:17 GMT

Can someone clarify for me the different options for sharing a family tree on Ancestry.com? I seem to see THREE different methods:

1. Ancestry Family Tree which is the counterpart to Rootsweb's WorldConnect (more or less).

2. Online Family Tree

3. Personal Member Trees

The knowledge base attempts to distinguish between #2 and #3 but I don't quite get it.

This is coming up because people are asking here and elsewhere how to download their ancestry trees so they can incorporate them into their computer's genealogy software (like Family Treemaker).

It appears-- from the knowledgebase-- that you can download GEDCOMs in #1 and #2, but that you cannot get at your family tree file if you've used #3 above.

Please clarify. And also, please respond via the message board, I'm not on the list. Thanks!

-- Jillaine Smith
Washington DC

Saving Sources

MarkSParsons — 4 Nov 2006 6:08:46 GMT

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to save sources from the FreeBMD links that come up in searches direct from Ancestry Family Tree? There doesn't appear to be an option to save them like there is with any Census.

Thankyou, Mark.

lost my link

Diane_Roger_Eddy — 28 Oct 2005 7:21:12 GMT

my computer went poo-poo and I lost my link to ancestry.com, when I tried to get it back via back-up diskette, it wouldn't do it. Bob Juch wrote a suggestion of getting AncestryQuest and I did that and that free download allowed me to open the AFT files but would not let me open the AFZ files on the second diskette. I tried everything I know to get it to work. Bob, if you're reading this, please help. If someone else is and can offer suggestions, more the merrier. Thanks peeps. Di

Does Anyone Have Ancestry Family Tree Installation

lins1669 — 16 Sep 2006 11:34:28 GMT

I have a new computer and need to install Ancestry Family Tree. I installed Family Tree Maker and do not like that I can not printed Places Lists like Ancestry Family Tree? Lindsay

Import ancestry .com into family tree maker

dmaiden70 — 31 Jul 2006 3:03:31 GMT

Help! Is there anyway to import the monstrous family tree I've already created in Ancestry.com into Family Tree Maker? Many thanks

In desperate need of help!! Endless Loop etc..

Sharney Cord — 21 Jun 2006 10:37:14 GMT

Hello,
I am in desperate need of help please. I have just started to have problems with my media section in AFT. When I try to add any photos etc.. I am getting boxes popping up saying the following …”Cannot Find Image File” then when I browse and enter the photo; I get another box’s saying “Endless Loop Error” etc... I am running the older AFT, from memory 2003.

Would anyone out there know how I could fix this problem? PLEASE!!

In addition, would you be kind enough to dumb down the answer for this very computer illiterate person?:>) Thank You!

Regards,
Sharney

can't find my family tree

Janie — 21 Apr 2006 4:56:55 GMT

I bought a new computer and now I can't find the program to open my ancestryfamilytree. I need to download the free program but can't find it. Any help would be appreaciated.
Janie

"Prepared by" Data

weather321 — 4 May 2006 9:59:26 GMT

Was wondering how can one fill in the data for this section at bottom of Family Group Sheets. Thank you.

Tried updating version and now nothing runs

auntnannyh1 — 27 Apr 2006 2:30:01 GMT

I have ancestryfamilytree.exe, 9.0.3, and I tried to update from the internet. Now, when I click on my icon, nothing happens. The mouse goes to the hourglass and then the arrow. Have I lost everything? Why won't my .exe run?

Unwanted event - how to delete

CarolGardner24 — 3 Apr 2006 7:26:25 GMT

I mistakenly added an "adoption" event in one person's individual information. Now I would like to remove that event from that person's information. Would someone know how to do that?
Thank you.

ARGH!!!!

msjhwiu — 11 Mar 2006 10:13:34 GMT

I just accidentally deleted my AFT program. The data is still there (both on my hard disk and my flash drive), but the program is gone. I tried downloading the trial version of Family Tree Maker, but it's not reading my AFT data. It starts to convert, then bails after 40%. I've spent about 6 hours trying everything I can think of and at this point I'm *so* open to suggestions!! HELP!
Judi Hardin
msjh@wiu.edu

Linking Family Members Within Family Tree ("Kissing Cousins")

AliciaCFox — 28 Feb 2006 1:24:51 GMT

The farther back I go, the more often I come across first cousins who married one another. Is there a way to link two cousins as spouses using the ancestry.com system? If not, is there a version of Family Tree Maker that allows for this (fairly common) occurrence of "kissing cousins"?

Event Calendars

HGrisso — 9 Feb 2006 9:01:44 GMT

I know AFT is no longer supported, but how can one display the screen to do an event calendar? Nothing in their HELP section helps. Thank you.

Howard

Duplicate wife won't go away -- now UNKNOWN

rel8ively — 21 Sep 2005 9:34:29 GMT

I have made several errors and need help resolving my mess. First, somehow I added a second wife twice -- same name, same kids, everything. I was afraid to delete either one for fear of losing all the kids too, so I just unlinked one of them. The kids were still attached to the remaining 2nd wife -- so far, so good. I then deleted the unlinked wife.

Now I still have two second wives, but one is named "UNKNOWN" and I can't delete it/her. I tried renaming it and then deleting. It just deleted the rename and UNKNOWN is still there.

How can I get rid of "UNKNOWN"?

AFTSetup.exe self installing file.

Bookwizards — 13 Sep 2006 1:18:40 GMT

About a year ago I made CD's for family members many of whom have slow dialup or no internet connection at all. I downloaded AFTSetup.exe and put it and the AFT family file onto the CD and handed these out to family members so they could see what had been done with the information that they had provided.

I would send this file to a few people who could then see it is made available. It is a 5+ meg file and takes about 5 minutes to scan and send the file. I have not sent anyone the file so do not know how the email compression would affect the file upon running it.

Please contact me off list bill@bookwizards.com and I will email a copy to someone and verify that it installs OK before emailing it to others.

Can backup tree after Windows XP upgrade

mvrc1 — 11 Dec 2005 6:50:58 GMT

I recently upgraded my PC from Windows ME to Windows XP. Whenever, I attempt to backup Ancestry Family Tree I recive a Microfost Error Popup with the message: Ancesty Family Tree has encounted a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenicence.

When I click on the technical information link it contains:
AppName: ancestryfamilytree.exe AppVer: 9.0.5.0 ModName: ancestryfamilytree.exe
ModVer: 9.0.5.0 Offset: 0002c26c

Does anyone know what is causing this problem and what I need to do to resolve it?

Tree update errors

Whitney_Huddleston — 30 May 2005 9:58:43 GMT

I am unable to update my tree. I receive 80072EFF code. I am also unable to export a GEDCOM with any other info but the names. I have also asked for help from tech support and didn't get an answer. Is there anyone who can help?

marriage notes in web pages

Neil Trebilcock — 10 Jul 2005 7:30:34 GMT

Hi all,
Is it possible to include marriage notes when you create a web page?

Cheers
Neil

Noe Family Tree

gemini45 — 12 Dec 2005 9:40:47 GMT

Help! A couple months ago I sent in what family tree I had. Since it took over 7 hours to send, I was assuming it had been received at the other end. I lost the information on how to send it in less time and was wondering if someone could send me directions?

Too many results (metaphone)

baggeh — 23 May 2005 4:59:28 GMT

Hi, i wonder if there is a way to limit they way AFT searches by default?
For example, when you open it up in pedagree view AFT will go off and retrieve results using the metaphone search by default. This returns tens of thousands of results on alot of my tree.
Is there a way to make it search by exact matches by default?

Moving people on a tree

sugarflowers — 16 May 2005 5:22:45 GMT

Well, I've begun the big job of retyping my data (see message below about my problems) and I'm wondering is there a way to move a branch of the tree to another position. (When typing I missed out a generation).
Thanks
DianeM

Sharing data

Bill Lewis — 15 May 2005 2:43:11 GMT

Yesterday I went to a family get together they have all become interested in what we have done so everyone showed up with their shoeboxes of pictures and other information. This worked really well as photos of people were identified by the various people there some family friends and relatives we had not found were remembered because of the interaction between family members in remembering things that fit together to create a missing piece of information.

I took a CD with a copy of the AFT setup file and the .aft database and associated images files. I had done this to a second computer here sending the files via email to it saved a CD and everything works fine. I loaded the files on my wifes sisters computer. Aft installed fine but the AFT database opened in write protect mode. They are not able to use the database with their family since they can not alter it. Also the image files do not get found although the path to them is the same on their computer as it is on ours.

C:/Genealogy/Images/ (Surname Folders) I made a copy of the entire images folder to the CD then using Windows explorer dragged it to the C:/Genealogy/ folder I had created on their computer. I can use Windows Explorer to open the files and the photos are there.

Any ideas why it did this There are 3 other families and it would be nice to get them all involved in this and be able to share the information.

Of course this now makes me the enterer of all of the data unless there is a way to fix this problem. Also I do not know why the image files do not link. I do not mind the extra data entry I do not believe the interest will last and at least if I do it I know it is being done. If the image files would work I could live with that and the read only would protect the database from becoming scattered in 4 different locations each a different version.

Need identity of genealogy software with extension .afz

kccpa — 16 Feb 2004 2:09:14 GMT

This is going to sound really stupid. I begain building the family tree a few years ago. I purchased a genealogy software online which uses the extension .afz and I can't recall which one it was. My hard drive began giving me signals that it was getting ready to crash so I backed up all my data files. Lucky for me that I did because my hard drive did crash about a month later. Now, I'm left with all the work I did on our family tree locked in the file with the .afz extension.

If anyone knows which genealogy software uses the .afz extension I would GREATLY appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!!

Problem with Descendant Charts

HGrisso — 1 Apr 2005 12:32:17 GMT

Printed 10 differet family descendant charts today and one family had this added to only one generation; **Printed on Page 1**

Anybody know how to get rid of this? and why is this printed? Thank you.

Merging Duplicate Individuals

jenmay76 — 13 Dec 2004 6:50:31 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am in the process of adding my family tree to Ancestry's Online Family Tree. I have 3 or 4 families that intermarried with each other a few times. Does anyone know how I enter their common ancestors without creating duplicates? I e-mailed Ancestry.com and received the typical "How to" instructions. But that did not help.

Thank You,
Jen Magers

error 80072eff

dreita — 16 Nov 2004 8:45:39 GMT

alguien por favor me puede decir que es lo que esta pasando con internet. no puedo entrar a algunas paginas y no puedo iniciar sesion en hotmail.
si alguien me ayuda le doy muchisimas gracias... chaup:p

Multiple Marriages and Ahnentafel Charts

HGrisso — 16 Feb 2005 10:33:49 GMT

How does one get all marriages to an individual to print when printing an Ahnentafel chart?

Using AFT to Create a CD ROM for Distribution?

SeaShay — 18 Feb 2003 12:53:39 GMT

My 5th cousin once removed made up a beautiful CD ROM of the family genealogy, which he distributed to over 40 members of the extended family. With it one can view generations by descendency or search by name or surname index.
Viewers open it by running: [CD drive]:\wc\index.htm and it opens a browser window. One can click on links to see a person's scrapbook or biographical information, decendants and forebears. It is fantastic!
I want to make a similar CD for my paternal side. But, very sadly, my cousin died just a few months after making the CD, and apparently didn't tell anyone just how he did it.
I would greatly appreciate any ideas on how to make such a CD. Thanks in advance.

-Shay

Source question...

goo_daddy — 6 Jan 2005 5:54:01 GMT

If I have a personal email from a John Smith AND I am using a message board posting from the same John Smith...

.. how do I record the sources? Are they citations from a common John Smith source? Do I need to have a separate source for each email or internet posting?

I guess this goes to some pretty basic documentation issues. I have been a little nervous about the appropriateness of my habits and am considering re-organizing all my sources in AFT.

Very Confused About Edit Source List

cricha9216 — 9 Sep 2004 12:11:43 GMT

What would one enter as a source type in attempting to document Census Records located on Ancestry.com that are indexed and linked to images? There seem to be about four or five possible types, but the only thing I find at the bottom of the database description is a vague reference to the fact that the information was taken from National Archive Microfilms. Should I enter the type as Census? Electronic File? Internet? Electronic Database? National Archives? Photo? I know the last one is a bit of a stretch, but it is an image I'm ultimately dealing with! Too many options, too little documentation! Even the book I bought about the software doesn't say much. Need to have something that links the website to the software it promotes (or used to promote) Sorry, ranting here, will post that in a more appropriate forum. Any input/guidance greatly appreciated.

tree update errors

fmartin650 — 12 Dec 2003 11:43:14 GMT

hoping someone can help me out....not able to update my tree, give off an error 80072EFF. I am able to upload trees from scratch but cant update. I appreciate any suggestions.

I'm confused...

mamamckie — 18 Nov 2004 4:34:52 GMT

Hi.

I am researching the genealogy software, trying to decide which to purchase to replace my Generations Liberty Edition
Version 8.5.0.0 - which has become very quirky lately. I don't want to buy another program and then find out it is just a quirky. I also want a program that will publish to a cd - and publish in book form.

So can you tell me if "Ancestry Family Tree" is the same software as "Family Tree Maker 2005"?

What can you tell me about this program that would convince me that it is the one I want? Thanks! I value the opinon of real people who are using the program.
Vicki

Windows XP Problem

DonFuller60 — 31 Aug 2004 4:23:18 GMT

Ever since I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 I have been unable to download certain census images. Actually I can only download 1930, 1880 and 1870 images. All others give me a server error. Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so have you got around it? Help!

Web page html output issue

julesjohn — 21 Sep 2004 8:33:48 GMT

I noticed that the html output has an extra set of tags at the head of the documents. Also the first "Body" does not have a ">" on it. Looks like a bug that IE seems to allow anyway.

Here is what I am seeing above my header HTML:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Ancestry Family Tree Version 10.0.-1 - 9/18/2001">
<title>Selected Families/Individuals - TOC</title>
</head>
<body<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Ancestry Family Tree Version 10.0.-1 - 9/18/2001">
<title>Selected Families/Individuals - TOC</title>
</head>
<body>

Slide for entire tree

julesjohn — 17 Aug 2004 8:52:29 GMT

I realize a slideshow can be run for one individual. I wonder if it is possible have a slideshow run for an entire tree seemlessly. I am going to a reunion where I wanted all individuals with photos to have a running continuous slideshow of pictures and multimedia run for me.

I didn't see that this was possible, so should I submit this as a feature request? Thanks.

Using Living and not reporting living

julesjohn — 17 Aug 2004 2:15:30 GMT

I am trying to determine when it is appropriate to use "Living" for the first name of a person in my genealogy? I want to keep the data in my GED but when submitting to Ancestry or to a web page or report I want the option to mark a first name as living instead of typing in the actual text of "Living" and keeping their first name written somewhere else.

I also do not see where I can choose to mark an individual or individuals as not wanting them to be included in a print. Should I assume that each time I have to ensure I don't select these names when reporting? Thanks.

Global changes

nowitmom — 4 Aug 2004 7:42:04 GMT

Does anyone know if I can make global changes using th ancestry software? Thanks.

"Error Code 80072EFF" when transfering file to Ancestry

VirginiaKay40 — 30 Jul 2004 5:30:37 GMT

Does anyone know what to do?
Thanks
vka

Exporting part of a tree

Matt Sandy — 14 Dec 2004 6:01:56 GMT

Does anyone know how to export only half of my family tree to a gedcom. For example I want to export all of the individuals on my mother's side of the family including me.

Reports in Ancestry Family Tree Program

geezer67 — 21 Jul 2004 11:04:26 GMT

HELP!!!

I've downloaded the program, entered data and created a report. I want to run the report, save it to file and then Email it to a friend. When I try to save the report to file, I run into all sorts of problems. Is there anybody out there who can help?

Lose information when export to gedcom

aproberts_1 — 2 Jul 2004 11:46:50 GMT

When I export to gedcom my "Occupation" field is lost.
Does anyone else have this problem? Or does anyone
know how to solve it?

Thanks,
Tony

Ahnentafel Numbers

PennyEves1 — 21 Jun 2004 11:12:09 GMT

Can anyone help me with a rather fundamental (and probably rather silly!) query regarding the use of ahnentafel numbers on my Ancestry family tree.

I've managed to type in all of my pedigree information (some going back eleven generations). When I click on "ahnentafel" on my own individual record sheet it only lists the first six generations. If I want any more numbers, I have click to on another individual further "up the line" and then, of course, the ahnentafel numbers are incorrect as they start with that person at "1" (also sometimes there is no "ahnentafel" option and often only two or three further generations are shown!).

Hope I have made myself clear - can anybody help, please?

Thanks,
Penny

How do I make my ATF file a GEDCOM file??????//

fedx12 — 11 Jun 2004 3:27:43 GMT

I want to make it so I can make my ATF file a GEDCOM file so I can view it in other programs and make it easier to send. Anyone know the way how to do this?????????????

Lost my genealogy software, the extension is .afz. Does anyone know what this is?

kccpa — 15 Feb 2004 6:28:04 GMT

Sharing Family Tree with Photos to Others

Tina — 18 Mar 2004 9:59:04 GMT

I want to copy my family tree file to a CD along with the photos that are linked to the family tree. But when I do this and try to read it on another computer, it searches the original path that was on my computer. So when you try to open a picture it can't find it, but searches for the path that was used on my computer to open photos. I am trying to give copies to my family. Help please!

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