From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Thu Nov 27 16:06:07 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA18836; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:06:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA25925 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:08:25 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA06004 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:08:25 -0800 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA25374 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:57:23 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA16078 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:55:02 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-From: 73372.1745@compuserve.com Thu Nov 27 15:55:02 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA16069 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:55:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from arl-img-6.compuserve.com (arl-img-6.compuserve.com [149.174.217.136]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA25371 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:57:21 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by arl-img-6.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.9) id SAA07648 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 18:57:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 18:56:48 -0500 From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com> Subject: FTM -- Fixing Relationship Mixtakes Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com To: ROOTS-L Message-ID: <199711271857_MC2-29E4-4A42@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-30.rootsweb.com id PAA16069 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-30.rootsweb.com id PAA16078 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-30.rootsweb.com id QAA18836 Rich WIGHT wrote: > I am wondering if the problems I am having after I did a merger of two > of my family tree maker files are solely due to my own ignorance and > stupidity or partly due to the programĘs ineptness in this area. Among > other problems I have ended up with two paternal grandmothers and my > best efforts at straightening this all out have only exacerbated the > problems; wiping out whole groups of records and leaving others in an > unattached never-neverland. Because I use Family Tree Maker to organize my data, I've had a lot of experience with the "Fix Relationship Mistakes" menu. I have yet to find a data condition it can't handle, whether it was a mistake the program made itself during an automatic merge or something I did wrong. Rich, I'll be glad to help -- just e-mail me off-list. Anyone else needing similar assistance -- ditto. Sharon McAllister 73372.1745@compuserve.com