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Hi, Thanks for replying. I've backed up to Google Drive and set up SyncToy. I use the Desktop at home and the laptop when out and about, I don't want to rely on internet connections. From my tests it seems to work OK in both directions. Work on one machine, synchronise, and then carry on on the seco...

HI,

Has anyone had experience of using Microsoft SyncToy 2.1 for Windows 10 in synchronising FH between networked desktop and laptop?

I have successfully migrated FH from the Desktop to the Laptop using the instructions Family Historian V5 & V6 Migration Guide

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David

I have now successfully imported my FTM 2017 database in FH 6.2.5 preserving all the information. I would like to thank Mike in particular for his expert and patient guidance. Handled are all the UDFs being transferred into Event or Attribute tags, or discarded as un-needed. In the process I have ti...

Hey, thank you so much.

Many thanks, Mike I agree, but it's helpful to check out my thinking

Hi Mike, Thank you. Is that the Copy LatLong in Name to LatLong plugin.? I gave that a try, but it had no effect on my FTM 2017 Gedcom; unsurprising as it probably wasn't designed for that task. If the FTM geocoding can be preserved then I would certainly make use of an adapted plugin and would be v...

These also look redundant to me. Has anyone thought on this?

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David

Hi, Importing from FTM 2017 I get a lot of UDFs as shown in the attached screenshot. 2017-12-10 (6).png I think that these are redundant and can be deleted. Does anyone see a problem with that? I expect to use Geo-coding from FH MAP ALL PLACES or the plugin MAP LIFE FACTS ( may be both). I need to w...

HI Mike, Thank you for that suggestion. That is absolutely something I will need to do when I get to the stage of synchronising desktop with laptop. At the moment I am working through the various issues with importing my FTM 2017 tree into FH 6.2.5. FH handles the import from the Gedcom VERY WELL. S...

Thanks Mike

Hi, Re this screenshot
I was looking to amend the Title showing in the top part of the screenshot. Removing ({ADDR}) achieves what I want.

Should the caption "Birth Method 1 Short Title Template" omit the word short?

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David

Thank you Mike, that worked very well. I like the way the FH had updated the results set once I had identified and entered the missing data.

Now to continue working thru the tutorials.



Regards David

Thank you Mike, that technique worked a treat on the last two items shown in this screen capture: I'm not sure how to handle the items where the place name is blank as shown. Do you have a solution?

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David

I have just run the Census Date Check in Ancestral Sources and it's come up with a short list of unrecognised items.

How do I find the individual facts so I can review them?

TIA Regards

David

Hi,

I just revisited the advice for importing from FTM Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM) in the knowledge base.

It's brilliant that this has been updated to take account of changes based on FTM 2017. This is a great encouragement to using FH.


Thanks

David

Hi Mark, Thanks for your reply and kind offer to process my Gedcom. I won't take you up on this at the moment as I really need to work out what I want to achieve. The main problem I see with the lumped source is how in Gedcom it leads to multiple copies of the citation data. There's quite a lot in t...

Hi Mike,

FINALLY I have got the message. Your workaround works a treat. Thank you.

Regards

David

Hi Mike, I am sorry, I have created confusion; which started by saying 'Random Spaces' - I should have said 'Unwanted Spaces'. To restate the issue: I created a Gedcom from my project file FTM 2017 build 1343. This included lines such as: 4 TEXT CARROT Jasper (32) bachelor married NIXON formerly kno...

Hi Mark,

I have exactly this problem importing a Gedcom from FTM 2017. Having worked with Lumped Sources, looks like I need to convert to split sources.

Would your code work in Open Office? And would you be able to share it?

Regards

David

Hi Mike, Thanks again, here is a cut and paste of a line that gives rise to an additional space. I believe it's not a double space that's the problem but a non-printing character. 4 TEXT MUNROE James Allen (27) bachelor married ADAMS Helen Margaret (23) spins 5 CONC ter by licence. Copy of original ...

Hi Mike, Thank you for your continued support. I did use the File > Project Window > New Project > Import a GEDCOM file method to import the gedcom. The Check for word-wrapping errors window definitely did not appear as I expected it to. Is this a change in FH 6.2.5 I wonder? The spaces are not rand...

Hi Mike, Thank you for your welcome. I had already studied the knowledge base item and post you suggested, before posting. The check word wrap dialog did not appear when I imported the Gedcom from FTM. Regarding the lumped/split source issue I really meant to echo what Mark had posted; haven't decid...

Hi There,

Have imported a gedcom produced by FTM 2017 build 1343 into FM 6.2.5

The import worked well, however there are random spaces introduced into the TEXT lines.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Also having lumped sources need to consider how to split these.