tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post713829134575737093..comments2024-03-23T19:51:52.473-04:00Comments on Fortify Your Family Tree: A Genealogy Catastrophe Made Me Mend My WaysDiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-73142603892984510262023-10-02T00:00:08.992-04:002023-10-02T00:00:08.992-04:00I use RootsMagic and do my work on Ancestry and th...I use RootsMagic and do my work on Ancestry and then download to my laptop. I sync'd for a couple of years, but it was Soooooo Very Time Consuming! I just download a new tree every time. Much faster, and I still have backups of prior versions.Susan B Farmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-4076212245059641912021-12-10T06:45:56.228-05:002021-12-10T06:45:56.228-05:00I also save a PDF of the change report before choo...I also save a PDF of the change report before choosing to proceed with the sync.DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-48469101537920124992021-12-10T06:21:06.222-05:002021-12-10T06:21:06.222-05:00Yikes! What a nightmare that was, and is. After my...Yikes! What a nightmare that was, and is. After my sync crash, I fixed my direct ancestors first, and I work on the others as I find them. My routine is to make about 3 backups over the course of a day, labeling them with the date and a, b, c, etc. Then I save my sync for early in the morning, hoping that less traffic will make a smoother sync.<br /><br />Every time I hear a story like yours, I wish there were a better way to share my tree. I do want my tree on Ancestry.com, so for now, I'll keep carefully plodding along.DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-39429584182211651032021-12-09T23:31:22.667-05:002021-12-09T23:31:22.667-05:00I too have numerous sync failures that mangled my ...I too have numerous sync failures that mangled my FTM tree. Duplication of individuals, replacing different place names with 1 place name not even close to correct. In my case it did this to both Ancestry and FTM tree file. As of now over 3000 place names to fix.<br />It took 2 months to fix all the mangled duplicate people. Then I saw that it had also disassociated the spouses. Another week fixing that.<br /><br />Reported to MacKiev gave all files and tree. Their reply "unable to duplicate". Recommend to start new tree by download tree from Ancestry. That does not get all the info or the not ancestry sites info.<br /><br />You can merge 2 trees but that is a failure too. The merge does not recognize people with the exact info name, dod, dob. <br /><br />So you are back to deleting all of the duplicated people that were created by the merge.<br />Also the changes the sync made are not in the Change Log so no automatic roll back is possible.<br />Lucky I learned to sync every 15 minutes and every 5 to 10 changes and back up before, save the sync log.<br />Both back up and sync log file name has to have time and date entered.<br />All of this is time very consuming and should have been written into the program.<br />Also the files that FTM creates are in a Temp folder that people with cpu knowledge gets deleted every day if not more. Those files will be needed for diagnosis. <br />So manually move those files before disc clean up.<br />I take the sync logs and convert to excel file and i am better able to see which persons need the changes to and then make changes to both Ancestry and FTM file. After I finish I will never sync with FTM ever again.<br /><br />Also I don't think there will ever be any improvements in FTM Ancestry has already said that that there was no money in desk top programs. That is why they were closing it down. MacKiev bought it after Ancestry said they were closing it down.<br /><br /><br />The past 2 years the sync has done this to be 6 times.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-24846000768192886512020-01-21T23:21:53.740-05:002020-01-21T23:21:53.740-05:00Sorry, I mis-spoke. My backups are 2 GB, and my Sy...Sorry, I mis-spoke. My backups are 2 GB, and my Sync Logs are relatively small like yours. However, I do save both (plus my Statistical Information file) in Dropbox after each sync.Carl Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522167375202327546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-36279629249676738332020-01-21T19:12:31.309-05:002020-01-21T19:12:31.309-05:00Thanks for sharing your practices, Carl. My sync l...Thanks for sharing your practices, Carl. My sync logs are small. Other than the 3 times I made WAY too many changes in one sitting, the average PDF sync log is 100k. Doing genealogy definitely requires us to follow our most rigorous business practices.DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-69064120033903973472020-01-21T17:53:08.987-05:002020-01-21T17:53:08.987-05:00Hi DiAnn, Thank you for your very well-written and...Hi DiAnn, Thank you for your very well-written and always interesting blog from a fellow control freak that has also gone through genealogy HELL. For the past couple weeks I've been trying to resolve two missing and duplicate Ancestry problems with the help of Mackiev, but I digress. I'm writing to pass on a couple things I do to try and avoid/resolve problems.<br />1) I keep an abbreviated daily log of my significant FTM activity in Google Docs.<br />2) I save all my FTM sync logs in Dropbox. Each file is about 2 GB, so I use Dropbox's Smart Sync feature to keep from over loading my HDD. I also include a screenshot of the current "Statistical Information About File" available from the More button on the Plan tab.<br />3) I sort my 1,000+ Media files by their Caption, and each media file's caption starts with the predominate individual's last name. This includes Censuses, Draft Registrations, Graves, City Directories, etc. <br />4) Finally, it's a good preventative measure to periodically review the Edit>"Find Duplicate People..." report. The Marriage Report at Publish>Relationship Reports is another good one.<br />Thanks again!Carl Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522167375202327546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-4163393911563330702020-01-21T07:36:47.785-05:002020-01-21T07:36:47.785-05:00There's an added level of legitimacy to this m...There's an added level of legitimacy to this more complicated form of source citations. I like that it quickly lets a DNA match see my source document, and not have to go through an individual's image gallery to find out where each document comes from. I'm in a bind now. My original sources are wrecked. Since I have to work through them all, I want to go the extra mile.DiAnn Iamarino Ohamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415937464194290775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078973036927209827.post-36226134501029840742020-01-21T07:11:01.727-05:002020-01-21T07:11:01.727-05:00DiAnn, I also use the simple sources. Except for y...DiAnn, I also use the simple sources. Except for your terrible problem from your sync failure, I am not sure why you like the more complicated sourcing. Looking forward to learning more.Steve Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679972414423100659noreply@blogger.com