Windows 7 security prevents Family Tree Maker 2011 from detecting and updating Family Tree Maker 2011 if it’s not run as an administrator. This video will show you step-by-step, how to update your genealogy software despite this “protection.”
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Family Tree Maker 2011 Updated to 20.0.0.376
The first bug-fix release is out for Ancestry.com’s PC genealogy software Family Tree Maker 2011. The update lists the following fixes:
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- General performance improvements throughout the program
- Resolved memory usage and performance problems with larger images in Smart Stories
- Performance and size improvements to enhancing merged images from Ancestry.com
- Re-enabled right-click functionality in Web Search
- Resolved issue of media not being merge properly during Ancestry.com Web merge
- Resolved issue of extra media links appearing after file import
- Resolved issue with multiple empty pages in book preview after importing file from previous version
- Resolved issue where user is unable to modify reference notes in Sources workspace
It also states that there’s full list of fixes here.
Where are Notes About Facts in Family Tree Maker 2010?
Notes attached to characteristics and events (so called facts) are a good place to store proof statements and arguments. Strangely, these are not enabled by default in Family Tree Maker 2010. In this video I show you how to enable fact notes and provide some valuable tips about how these notes export in GEDCOM format. I also show you where the same type of notes can be found in other PC and Mac genealogy software. This may make it easier to figure out which notes go where when importing a GEDCOM in Family Tree Maker 2010.
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RootsMagic 4.0.9.7 Walkthrough
This update of PC genealogy software RootsMagic was primarily a bug fix release. It did contain three changes that may help you to be aware of:
- Place details displaying on the edit person dialog
- An option enabling you to paste plain text into notes
- People and place indexes at the end of the individual list report
See each change in this video:
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Charting Direct Descendants in Family Tree Maker 2011
I noticed a question about charting direct descent that went unanswered on the ancestry.co.uk Family Tree Maker software forum (actually, there was one answer, but it said there was no feature to accomplish this). Here is the kernel of the question:
“Along these lines is there a way of naming two people and creating the chart showing how one is descended from the other?”
There is a way to do this. It’s called a relationship chart. In this video I show you how to create a relationship chart that shows direct line of descent.
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