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Learn features of Family Tree Maker. This software makes it easier to explore the history of your family, secure your tradition.

Are you new here? so this blog will make you happy as you will learn more of family tree. And this will help you simply grow your family tree so go right ahead and use this software. if you are skilled you can go for the more advanced tools.

• Introduce a digital version of the Companion Guide.
• Build up your tree with reports, photos, charts and more.
• With the help of FamilySync®, you can Update your tree.
• See the history of family timelines and interactive maps.
• Build your family tree easily.

Color coding in family tree maker

Using color coding will change look of your family tree. You can make powerful revelation by applying up to eight colors to a single person in your tree. We hope you’ll like the simple color coding. You can start coloring all the four lines with a single click on four colors of your choice for Ancestors. The first color group is the classic set made famous by Mary Hill.

You can then add color for the particular attribute like who is the professor or who is the businessman. Now you need to index it and can color it.

How to sync your family tree maker?

It is simple. You can sync your family tree with the help of the laptop. Now if you are thinking how to do that? Well, you know you can link ancestry tree to multiple family tree.

If you have three devices and if they are in three different location, you can sync your tree from all these different location. so you will not lose your data if you working from one location and moved to another.

Know the weather with the sync?

The whether sync gives you the pop up if there is any problem with your system. so before sync your tree, you will come to know there is a problem.

There are three possibilities for it to happen. They are: –

• If the sync system is down then you will see the red window.
• Orange window opens in the case of caution. It makes you know that there may be some problem.
• The green window indicates that everything is Ok. You can move ahead and sync your family tree.
• The easiest way to recover old faded photos.
• If you are a non-FTM 2017 user then you need to switch to the FTM 2017 version. It has a tool which allows you to recover your old faded photos.
• The tool makes the old faded photos and makes them print like they were just printed.
• Search, Match & Merge in Family Tree Maker.
• Now you can easily search for the file, match it according to your needs and then merge it so you can make your tree beautiful. Now in FTM 2017, you don’t need to do all the hard work.

More Features of this software

Follow the hints

Now you can search for the file by just hinting something to the software and all you need to do is to follow the link. so it is easy for user and merge information.

Media Organization in FTM 2017

Manage your media easily in the FTM 2017. All your data will be managed with ease in the new FTM. So go ahead and enter your media.

Guide to know about the software

The guide offers here gives you all the information about the software.

Put your ancestors on the map and get access to the satellite view to see the map. so you can place your ancestors where you want to.

More features of Family Tree Maker software

so here are more features of Family Tree Maker software and detailed information. Please ask your question once you are reading this blog. we will be able to answer your question in next blog.

Also read – Family Tree Maker for Multiple Computers.

If you use a family tree maker every day. You are going to love FTM a lot because it allows you to update your family data in the software without any hassle. You can move around the software without waiting on it to load like a webpage. Customize your screen exactly to what information you want to see about any person. You can limit your software to upload your information on ancestry.com. the best thing, you can upload only what you want to upload in Ancestry from FTM software. “Don’t have an internet connection?” No problem, you don’t need internet connections to use the software without the internet and update any kind of data. There are a few things that you can do to enhance your family tree maker experience,

Reporting –

There are many ways for you to create reports. You can create pedigree charts and family group sheets, relationship charts. There is even a way you can run the report for an unsaved document. You can also print out these reports. You can also save them as a PDF and send them to your email address. The best reporting in FTM is data error reporting. It allows you to check for little mistakes that you make in your tree. For example, if you typed the wrong date of birth or name, this data error reporting feature will help you a lot. Data error reporting can be printed and can help you correct this small detailing. Which helps you a lot to build your tree faster.

Also read : Companion guide Status

Filters –

As much as you love your family history and research, the biggest challenge one always faces is “where should I start from?”

Filters allow you to narrow down and help you start from. You will know where you have started. You can focus on one thing instead of having too much information to carry together. The possibilities are having too much information, but filters help you greatly. If you have your family tree maker stories. Please share with us and we will update on our website so other people will know and can learn from your experience. For more information, you can also read our previous blog on how to make your family tree maker chart in an easy way

This is all related to features of family tree maker. You can read one of our important blog – Familysync feature and its use.

Last updated on May 20th, 2023 at 12:53 am

Family Book Creator 2019 is a software tool designed for genealogists and family historians who wish to create customized and professional-looking family history books. The software was developed by Stefan Harms, a software engineer who created Family Book Creator to help people easily document and preserve their family histories in book format.
The software is specifically designed to work with genealogical software programs such as Legacy Family Tree, Ancestry.com, or Family Tree Maker. This makes it easy for users to import their family history data into the software and create a book in simple steps.

What is new in Family Book Creator 2019?

One of the key features of Family Book Creator 2019 is its ability to automatically create family trees, descendant charts, and other genealogical reports based on the data imported from the genealogy software. The software also includes customization options, allowing users to choose from book templates, add images, and customize fonts, colours, and layouts to suit their preferences.
Another important feature of Family Book Creator 2019 is its ease of use. The software’s intuitive user interface makes it easy for users to create family history books without any prior design or programming experience. Additionally, the software includes a range of helpful tutorials and resources to help users get start and make the most of the software’s features.
Family Book Creator 2019 is a powerful and easy-to-use software tool allowing users to create personalized family history books quickly and easily. Whether you are a professional genealogist or a family history enthusiast, this software can help you document and preserve your family’s history for future generations.

Family Book Creator 2019 New User Interface

Family Book Creator 2019 has a new user interface, but all the controls have not been shuffled. An existing user finds it friendly to use. Only the look and feel have been change, It looks more modern and newer.

Enhanced Text Editor

The improved internal built-in text editor helps you to change the text elements meant for the Title page, Dedication, Colophon, Introduction and Foreword sections.

You can now insert images and zoom the page’s content using the new layout view. The new test editors’ commendable feature offers you to :

1. Open and Save Microsoft Word files, among other popular formats
2. Have complete control of settings for paragraph and font
3. You can insert Images, text boxes and tables
4. Use full-screen mode with spell checker and much more.

Word processing media in the book document

With the new Family Book Creator 2019, you can include word-processing media elements in your book documents. You can use the content from media files in word processor file formats. File formats like RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, FTMS and PDF support it.

Color Coding

With the new Family Book Creator 2019, you can use a variety of symbols in multi-colour. You can also replace yellow with grey. In addition, FBC 2019 automatically applies color coding legend based on the assigned color in Family Tree Maker.

Additional Updates

• You can now place Endnotes before the bibliography section or at the end of the document.
• You can manipulate the image. For example, while you cut the image to passport photo format, you can choose between “Passport format (top)” and “Passport format (middle)”.
• Various Date Formats are available in Family Book Creator 2019. You can now write dates in English in a variety of ways. In addition, FBC 2019 allows you to specify the output date format for reports in English.
• You have the Relationship notes available on the new FBC. In addition, you can specify if and how relationship notes should be include.
• There is now a new ‘Relationship notes’ area on the ‘Items to include’ ‘Partner’ tab page, allowing you to specify if and how relationship notes should be include.
• With the new ‘Header & Footer’ tab page, you can customize the Header and Footer on the document.

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In this blog, you will learn, what are the information will sync and will not sync when you use Familysync in family tree maker. We have mentioned a list of the information that will sync and will not sync so you will learn. When you have multiple users then FamilySync helps you a lot. Three users can keep uploading data and that makes research easy.

Things Which Will Sync When You Use Familysync In Family Tree Maker: –

1. Name of the People
2. Relationships
3. Sources
4. Facts
5. Citations
6. Repositories
7. Media

Synced items and not synced items are below: –

FTM 2017 data does not sync up to Ancestry when you use familysync

1. Private Information ( so do not keep information private)
2. Source Media
3. Media
4. Notes
5. Places
6. Facts
7. Stories
8. Tasks
9. Saved Chart
10. Person Links
11. Color Coding

Ancestry data that does not sync to FTM 2017:

1. Comments
2. Pages related to Military
3. Results belonging to DNA
4. Photo Tagging
5. weblink – syncing may affect your weblink
6. Location
7. Original Uploader
8. Documents type or Certificate type
9. Name on headstone/Birth/Death/Cemetery Headstone
10. Transcription of text

There are other changes that you must bear in mind with FamilySync in the family tree maker

1. Paragraph breaks disappear
2. a home person is not changed
3. Media Linked to a relationship
4. Resolve Conflicts Dialogue
5. Repositories
6. New Person
7. Picture of the person
8. FTM’s tree and Ancestry.com’s tree have the same label of Dates, names, places, descriptions.
9. FTM & Ancestry handle source citations differently so there could be a difference in citations.
10. Family Tree Maker allows a single citation to link to facts from multiple people. This means you can not put multiple citations.
11. Ancestry, an online database, does not allow a single citation to a single person therefore you will need to be careful when you sync your information.
12. When FTM Tree is uploaded on ancestry. The tree on ancestry will replicate the citations that are shared with multiple people in FTM so that each person has their own citation in ancestry.com.

How to Prepare for FamilySync On Your Computer

The greater accomplishment of using FamilySync instead of TreeSync is a user no longer needs to break the links.  It is because each Ancestry tree can link to many Family Tree Maker Trees. so it is hence no longer required to break the old link to download a tree to a new device like a laptop or desktop.

When you use a family tree maker on multiple devices then you need family sync. Say for instance if a user has a daughter and he/she want his/her daughter to use the Family Tree Maker on a different device there is no need to re-upload and download your FTM tree if it’s already linked to an Ancestry tree from one computer. That is going to be a hectic process and time-consuming and involves breaking the old link.

Moreover, by using the Family Sync instead of TreeSync, any change to an Ancestry tree, whether from your laptop or mobile device, will sync with your Family Tree Maker tree.

For example:-

When a user installs the Family Tree Maker 2017 on a new device, he/she may think to break the old link and then download a new fresh copy onto your new computer. It is hereby recommended not to do that so do not break old links.

Don’t think of breaking that link to move your tree to a new device. You can instead, make a backup on the old computer and move it to the new computer on a USB flash drive and restore it there.

The right way of doing it is to copy a backup (.ftmb file) to the other computer with a flash drive and restore it. Both copies will be linked to the same Ancestry tree.

In the end, both the tree will be linked to the same ancestry tree and you will be able to save a lot of time uploading the tree and then downloading it.

That’s what is the FamilySync. Multiple devices. One Ancestry tree.

In case, your Familysync in the Family tree does not work or gives you a hard time using this service. Here is our family tree maker Live Chat. Chat with our Experts and Fix your issue. You can call us our Family Tree Maker Support Number +1-888-299-3207 for more assistance.

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Last updated on May 20th, 2023 at 12:54 am

In this article, we have tried to explain the New features in FTM 2019. MacKiev released Family Tree Maker 2019 on 28th September 2019. With this release, Family Tree Maker has launched many new features. We will explain all the new features are there in FTM2019.

New Features Of A Family Tree Maker 2019?

1. TreeSync: A feature that allows you to synchronize your family tree between Family Tree Maker and your Ancestry.com account.
2. Historical Records: You can search for historical records directly from within the software, making it easier to find new information about your ancestors.
3. Source Management: You can easily manage and attach sources to your family tree, ensuring that your research is properly documented.
4. Reports: You can create a variety of reports including pedigree charts, family group sheets, and ancestry timelines.
5. Media Management: You can easily add photos, videos, and other media to your family tree, helping to bring your ancestors to life.
6. Mapping: You can view your family tree locations on maps and see where your ancestors lived.
7. Web Dashboard: You can access your family tree and research from any device with an internet connection.
8. Collaboration: You can share your family tree with others and collaborate on research.
9. Data Cleanup: You can easily check for errors and inconsistencies in your family tree data and fix them.
10. Import and Export: You can import data from other genealogy software programs and export your family tree data in a variety of formats.
11. Change Log – This is my favourite feature in Family Tree Maker 2019. With the change log feature, you can roll back and correct the mistake you made two days ago. You do not have to use a backup file or anything.
12. Enhanced FamilySearch – If you were using FTM17 and FamilySearch, you could only see hints, but in FTM19, you can access historical data. You can also download a branch from FamilySearch. 
13. Updated Index – You can get color coding and hints in the Index. It makes it easy for users to use and recognise the data.

Other Features FTM19 has that may interest you. Please find the information below

• Connect App – Every change you make, you can see on your smartphone and tablet. Please note that you cannot edit the information but can view your tree.

• TreeVault is a cloud service where you can save your data on the cloud. Since it is built, you do not have to do anything. Create your account and antenna tree and upload your antenna tree rest MacKiev will save your data. Please remember the first year is free, and then they charge monthly and yearly service.
• Better color coding feature – Now, you can color code with eight colors.
• Tree browser – Family Tree Maker 2019 has a better data browsing feature. It can list all your trees on your device, irrespective of any location on an internal or external hard disk.
• Profile picture cropping tool – The tool uses an AI to crop the image and bring the best profile picture for you to use.

There are more New features in FTM 2019; we will be posting more blogs for Family Tree Maker users, which will help users to know more New features in family tree maker 2019. Also, suppose you have any questions or want exceptional Family tree maker support from Tane Innovative Concepts LLC. Then, please chat with our Family tree Maker Software Experts.

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Scanning an image with Family Tree Maker allows you to import and digitize photos, documents, and other records related to your family history research. This can help you organize and preserve your family history for future generations. Firstly, This blog will teach you how to add media to the family tree maker program from a scanner. But, you must follow the process to add media to your Family Tree Maker Program.

Note: your scanner must be attached to your computer to complete the task. This is for the newer version of Family Tree Maker 2019.

Scanning an Image With Family Tree Maker follow the First Method Below.

1. Open family tree maker.
2. Click the media tab.
3. Click on Add button; you can find add button in the top right corner of your family tree.

4. You will get three choices. Click on scan media. It will scan your media if you have any media in the scanner tray.

Scanning Image by Second Method

Please click on media as displayed in the picture below and then click on scan media

You will need to follow these simple steps to Add media to the family tree maker from a scanner.  If you cannot scan, then your scanner may have some issues.

Please Try To Resolve A Few Known Issues

1. Check for windows updates or iOS updates.
2. Check if your printer has an inbuilt scanner and is correctly connected to your computer.
3. Please check for printer or driver updates.
4. Remove any other printer or scanner if they are not working.
5. Uninstall and reinstall your printer and scanner.
6. Remove if there is any infection in your computer.
7. Uninstall the expired antivirus from your computer.
8. Reset the Family tree maker to default settings.
9. Find out if your printer and scanner are young and use old technology.

FAQ

If you follow all these steps and cannot add media from the scanner to the family tree maker, then you can call our Family Tree Maker Support Experts. We are Tane Innovative Concepts LLC and charge for our service. We do not have any relationship with Software MacKiev Inc.

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If your family tree maker not connecting to internet, then you should read this blog and follow the steps to fix this issue. If you Need any help you can call us our family tree maker Support Number +1-888-299-3207.

Please check that your family tree maker is not in offline mode. If it is in offline mode, then you should make sure it is in an online mode.

• Open Family Tree Maker.
• Click on the file tab.
• The second last tab is to make your family tree maker go online or offline.
• If you see it says to go online, that means your family tree maker is in offline mode.
• Please click on Go Online to make your family tree maker go online.

Please check the image below.

Why Should The FTM Connected To The Internet?

• To Get the latest update and upgrades.
• To be able to connect to ancestry.
• To be able to go to FamilySearch.
• To research online on other websites (Google, Genealogy.com, rootsweb.com, etc.)

There Is Some Fundamental Reason That May Cause Family Tree Maker Not Connect To Internet

Please find the reason and fix it below. (These steps are for that customer whose internet is working and if you can go to other websites)

1. You are using an old version of FTM.
   Suppose you are using FTM14 or an older version. It will not get connected to the internet. You will need to upgrade your software to the latest version.
2. You are using a firewall.
   Suppose you are using an antivirus or a hardware firewall. Please check if your firewall is not blocking FTM from going online.
3. Your computer date and time is wrong.
   You will need to check the date and time of your computer. If it is wrong, your family tree maker will not connect to the internet. You should set the correct date and time.

4. Your computer uses proxy settings for the internet. (This is only for windows computers)
You will need to check the internet proxy settings. Please press the windows key and R key together. You will get a run box in your computer’s left-hand side bottom corner.

5. Type inetcpl.cpl in the open box and click on OK. You will get a box with internet properties in it. Please click on the connections tab and then click on LAN settings.

Please uncheck all the boxes if they are checked and make sure only “automatically detect settings” is checked. Now click on Ok. You may need to restart your computer.

FAQ

In case of any troubles related to Your Family Tree Maker Not connecting to internet, contact professionals right now. If you Need any Help you can Call us our Family Tree Maker Support Number +1-888-299-3207 or you can Live chat with our Experts.

Family Tree Maker Live Chat

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In this article, We Will discuss about How To Correct Indexing Errors In Historical Records.  If you want to edit incorrectly indexed names, dates, and places in historical records then must go through this article quickly. You can instantly edit them but before following the steps, you must be aware with some of the guidelines mentioned below:

• You don’t have to use this feature for adding name variations, nicknames or aliases. Instead of that, you need to use other information section for the same.
• Write down the details in the given field, for instance, if the image needs initial then you need to write down the initials carefully.
• If you have entered the wrong information on the image then you can easily correct it. For correcting it, choose wrong in the document option right away.

The Steps For Correct Index Errors In Historical Records Are As Follows:

1: You need to first of all, find out the incorrectly indexed record.

2: After that, you have to display the indexed content.

3: Go to the dark banner mentioned at the top and then choose edit or make a new edit option.

4: You need to go to edit option mentioned at the right of the field.

5: You have to then make the correction accordingly and then move to the image.

6: You need to then click and drag the image for creating the box properly.

7: You have to then move to some records and then apply the chance and choose save option.

Important tips:

• For editing or deleting the correction, choose edit icon.
• If you need to use the record for adding a person to family tree, you need to look for the name in the family tree.
• After making the correction, you need to properly attach the document for recording the ancestor in family tree.

In case of any troubles related to FamilySearch help, contact professionals right now. If you Need any Help you can Call us our FamilySearch Support Number +1-888-299-3207 or you can chat with our Experts.

FamilySearch Live Chat

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If you are willing to adding or changing0 profile photos then must go through this article right away. Here, you will get the simple steps for adding as well as changing the profile photos. So, you are required to move ahead and must reach Ancestry Support for any related help.

The Steps For Adding Or Changing Profile Photos Are As Follows:

Public Profile:

• You have to first of all, move to the profile page and then go ahead to the camera icon mentioned at the top left corner there.
• Go to add option and then you have to instantly go to upload a photo.
• Finally, you are require to then go to save option there.

To The People In The Respective Tree, You Need To Follow The Steps As Follows:

• Go to the family tree and then have to choose the person.
• You are require to then wait till the card gets appeared on the device.
• After that, go to the profile image and then choose upload profile picture or just choose update profile image instantly.
• Go to choose files or upload photos and then go to choose files option.
• There, you have to then choose the photo on the computer and then go ahead to open or ok option.
• Write down the details there and then choose done option there.

DNA Text, You Are Suggest To Follow The Steps As Follows:

• Go to the page on the ancestry and then have to choose the DNA tab.
• Choose your DNA results summary and then go to the pink or blue circle instantly.
• You are require to then go to the photo and then choose browse or choose file option.
• There, you need to find the photo on the computer and then choose open or ok option there and then finally, go to upload option.

Have Any Queries?

If still, something is bothering you related to family tree then must reach the professionals for any related queries. You can Visit our Website Family Tree Maker Support or you can call us our Toll free number +1-888-299-3207.

Family Tree Maker Support Live Chat

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If you need to customize, format, and save a chart in FTM 2019 for windows then must go through this article. Here, you will find the quick steps for customizing, formatting as well as saving the chart in FTM for windows. So, move ahead and must reach the FTM professionals for quick help.

Chart In FTM 2019 Preview, You Have To Follow The Steps As Follows:

• You need to go to arrow for fitting the chart into the preview pane. You have to make the chart depending on the size of the chart. If it is too small then you can easily expand it accordingly.
• Go to for zooming it up to 100% or the actual size of the respective chart. With the help of this, you can zoom the level of your chart depending on your needs. You have to just go to the arrow  for choosing the zoom percentage or simply need to write down the number in the respective box.
• After that, go to for hiding as well as displaying the page breaks. It would be only available as layout set as poster.
• You can use this for changing the paper size in the page setup.

Also Note That When You Want To Create The Relationship Chart in FTM 2019 Then You Need To Follow The Steps As Follows:

• You can use this hand tool icon for grabbing as well as dragging the document for moving around the page.
• You can use this zoom option for selecting the zoom level of your respective chart. You just need to go to the arrow for choosing the zoom percentage or just need to write down the number in the given box.
• You can use this option for directly zooming in or out.
• With the help of this option, you need to navigate to various pages of the respective document.
• You can use this option for viewing your chart as well as report from the respective distance several times.

Right-clicking options

It totally depends upon the version of FTM. For instance, if you are using relationship chart then you will find option for printing, exporting as well as sending the Chart in FTM 2019 with the help of email.

After giving a right click on the person box, you have to quickly access the preview area of your respective chart. There, you will find various options- just choose that for removing people from the respective chart. Along with that, you can instantly export as well as print from this respective window.

To import or export the branch, follow the steps as follows:

For removing the person or entire branch, you need to choose them. After that, you need to give a right-click on the selected people and them go to remove person from chart option. By doing so, you can easily remove the person from the respective chart. Along with that, you can also use the same method for deleting the people that you have selected from your respective file. Or, simply for exporting those people as own three, you have to select individuals as well as entire chart. Go finally to export from the respective window there.

For making a generation, follow the steps as follows:

You need to give a right click on the people that you are willing to mark. After that, you have to then quickly give a right click and then go to mark selected option. Finally, you need to choose marking option there. Finally, go ahead to the box and line styles for changing the appearance to your respective liking.

Chart options icons

You need to move ahead to the chart options panel mentioned to the right of the respective chart preview. There are various options that one can use:

• Items to include: This will help in adding the facts that you have properly entered into the respective tree. Along with that, you can also select include only preferred facts, include black facts, include sources, and many more. After that, finally, go to ok option and then the chart will automatically get updated on your device.

For adding the fact, you need to go to blue plus sign. But if you need to remove the fact then go to red X option. But if you need to change the order then go to the fact that you need to move. You have to then move to up and down arrows for changing it its appearance.

• Fonts: You can easily change the font option by simply giving clicking on the second icon. Go to fonts and then this will open the windows. You can easily change the font, text style, style, color as well as alignment of your font. You need to simply choose the styles and ten modify them accordingly.
• Box and line styles: If you are willing to highlight certain people then go to the icon for box as well as line styles. You can easily add as well as remove the borders and then you can instantly add the different background color. After finishing them, go ahead to ok option quickly.
• Header and Footer: This will help you in customizing the top as well as bottom of your respective chart. Also note that the chart note will be easily shown at the respective bottom of the chart quickly. Also, if you want, you can easily select to print created with family tree maker statement. After that, go to ok option there.

Insert Image or Text box

You can instantly add an image or text box by simply choosing insert a text box. If you want to insert image from media collection then you need to simply add to its family tree file. Finally, you have to choose the image and go finally to ok option. But if you need to insert family from file then you need to easily browse the entire computer for finding the image for adding to your respective chart. In case, if you need to resize the image then you have to simply give a tap on the respective image and then go ahead to the cursor over the respective boxes mentioned in the bottom right-hand corner. Give a click on the boxes for adjusting the size of the respective image as well as choose the entire image for relocating on your respective chat.

There Are Various Options Mentioned In Chart in FTM 2017:

Insert Text box

This will help in creating the box and then give a double click on the text for entering the text there. After placing it, you need to give a double-click on the respective box and then finally, you can modify the text the way you want.

Page Setup

If you want to print your chart on non-standard sized paper then you can take the help of page setup. This will help you in changing the page orientation. Or, if you are willing to change the white space then it will show between the respective chart as well as edge to the respective paper. You can go to size drop-down list for changing the size of the respective paper. You can also go for margins sections for adjusting the respective margin size of the respective chart, Then finally go to ok option there for page set-up.

Save settings

You can easily save the formatting settings by giving a click on save settings icon. If you want, you can easily select a new template or just used your preferred one for saving the settings on your respective device.

Use saved settings

You can use this for accessing the previously saved templates. For creating the multiple charts, you need to re-choose every single option mentioned there. You can also go for pre-made templates mentioned there for using your new charts. Also note that, you can use them for stimulating the formatting creativity in FTM.

Save chart

With the help of save chart, you can easily save the entire chart. You can save every formatting that you need and then you need to go to the respective icon that you want to rename. Finally, you have to then go ahead to save option after finishing the respective process. You can easily access the saved charts from the respective collections tab. It would be under workspace that is again under saved charts.

Chart In FTM 2019 Options

You can find various options under chart options panel that is just right to the respective chart preview. Go ahead and find out the different features that are available in chart options:

• Chart title

For changing the title of your respective chart, you need to go to chart title field. There, you need to make the changes that you want and then finally, you need to hold down the tab mentioned on the keyboard for applying the respective changes. Go to save chart icon finally. You can also use for renaming as well as saving the file.

• Layout

You will find two options in layout- books and poster. With the help of poster, you can put whole the chart into the respective set number of generation that would be per page. And it will also help in putting all the whole chart into a large poster easily. And if you use book then it will show the set number of generations that would be again per page. Along with that, you can use spacing, generation, backgrounds as well as pictures in FTM.

Align nodes

This will help you in specifying where the lines get connected to the respective node in the chart. Each record will be considered to be as node. The root has been connected to the two parent nodes, so, you need to go to the top.

Overlap

It helps in including more generations on the single page. You will find various checkboxes mentioned at the bottom of the respective options. They will help you in customizing the chart. You need to look for the same that would be totally depend on the layout that you have selected. It will also depend on the chart:

• Centre tree on page: It centres the chart that is vertically within the poster. When it is not selected properly then in such case the chart will start in the top-left corner of the respective poster.
• Include empty branches: It helps in allowing you to include the blank branches of the respective tree. You have to then go to the respective tree in which you have failed to write down the complete details.
• Show generation labels: It consists of the boxes that are the top of the respective chart. It is beneficial when you have a larger chart. This will not tell you immediately what the relationship to the root person is.
• Include siblings of primary individual: With the help of this, you can easily include brothers as well as sisters to the respective report.
• Includes spouses: You can also add spouses to your respective report.

Boxes overlap page breaks

It is useful for getting your chart printers on larger paper as you have planned. It will help you in managing the spaces that is between the individuals as well as single sheet. Also, if you need to print the chart on standard sized paper then you can instantly uncheck the option quickly.

General chart

You can use reset icon for resetting the marking, removed person as well as box locations. For resetting the settings, you need to go ahead to use save settings. There, you need to choose default template option.

Person locator

You need to choose select root person button. After choosing it, you can instantly go to the person that you have selected prior for generating the respective chart. Along with that, if you want, you can easily choose the list of all people in the chart. You can easily go to the drop-down menu that is just right of the respective button.

Have any queries?

You can contact us anytime you need help related to FTM. The FTM professional will guide you with the best and 100% solutions, so reach them instantly for the complete guidelines.

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Are you unable to view census records in family tree maker? Please read this blog and understand why you can not view census records in Family Tree Maker.

What Is The Census Record?

In simple words, A census record is a way for a country to know the population, lifestyle, education and many other things.

Why Are You Unable To View Census Records?

Recently ancestry launched 1950 census records. After the 1950 census record launch, something changed between the ancestry and family tree maker. We spoke to MacKiev, and as per them, their engineers are working on it, and soon they will resolve the issue.

Note: The issue is in FTM, as far as we understand, but we can not say for sure that ancestry did not cause this issue. Hopefully, they will work together and fix this issue.

Is There Any Workaround?

Please follow the steps below:-

1. Select the person whose census records you want to search.
2. Click on the Websearch tab on the top of your family tree maker 2019.
3. Search for the census records.
4. Right-click on the record and click “open link in new window”.

Note: You can still merge all census records from ancestry to family tree maker. You may not be able to view it in the browser, but when you merge in your tree, you can view it in Family Tree Maker.

When will this issue be resolved?

We do not know. We spoke to MacKiev on 15^th July 2022, and they will resolve it soon. You will get an email to update your Family tree maker as soon as they fix it. You will need to update the software, and it will fix the issue.

Conclusion: Unable to view census records is not a permanent issue, and MacKiev will resolve it, and the customer will get an update to fix this issue.

If you are using a family tree maker and need an expert to help you with technical or genealogy questions, then you can call us our FTM toll-free number +1-888-299-3207 and our expertise can help you.

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In this Blog We Discuss About Troubleshooting Sync in FTM 2017 and FTM 2019. If you are unable to resolve problems with syncing in FTM 2017 and FTM 2019 then it may be due to high volume of website traffic.

But you don’t have to worry about it, you can easily troubleshoot the syncing related problem with the help of this article. Read it and follow properly for resolving the problems with sync in FTM 2017 and FTM 2019.

Solutions Troubleshooting Sync in FTM 2017 and FTM 2019

• Internet Connection Problem

You are required to first of all, check the internet connection properly. As sometimes, due to weak connection, one can face issues with syncing.

So, you are required to check the internet connection and if you find it weak then in such case, you can connect it with the strong one.

But if you are using wireless internet connection then you are suggest to place your device near to it as due to bad signal strength, you may be facing such issue.

• Restart The Family Tree Maker Quickly

Sometimes, restarting the family tree can resolve a lot of issues. It would be best if you restart it by closing the family tree maker and then reopen it on your device. After that, try to sync, it may resolve your such kind of issues in no time.

• Repair Your Family Tree Maker File

If still, you are not able to sync then you are suggest to repair the files in FTM properly. Or, you can just create a new test tree and then have to try syncing and it occurs without any problem.

• Resolve Issues With Other Software

You should try to fix issues with other software- you can easily do so, by uploading as well as downloading or simply, you can perform clean boot on your device.

After doing so, you should try to open the family tree maker and then you can easily sync your Family tree.

• Try To Restore The Latest Back UP

You should try to restore the latest back-up on your device. If still, you are facing some issue then you need to try to troubleshoot syncing your family tree quickly on your device instantly.

• Download THe Tree Again

Finally, if nothing is helping you out then in such case you are suggest to download the family tree again on your device.

If you are not able  to sync in FTM 2017 and FTM 2019 Then you should Need to Help Genealogist Experts. If you Need any Help you can Read our Full Blog Troubleshooting sync in FTM 2017 and FTM 2019 or you can call us our Family Tree Maker Support Number +1-888-299-3207 or you can chat with our Live Agent.

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Suppose you want to know how to use the find missing media tool in FTM for Mac. Please read this content from start to end and follow the steps. This content will help you quickly find the missing tool in FTM for Mac. We hope you are one of the users who like to utilize the FTM tool. So, move ahead and read the steps guide by guide to know how to use the find missing media tool in FTM for Mac.

The Steps To Find Missing Media Tool In FTM :

• First, Click on the media button from the main toolbar. After that, the Media workspace will get opened on your respective device.
• There on the current links of the tree, you will find a list of some tools of FTM.
• Choose the checkboxes that are just next to the individual items that you need.
• After that, click on the option mentioned in the select all tab.
• It will help if you click on select all. It will select all the missing media.
• Click on search. Now FTM tool for missing media will try to search for media and will link them to your missing media.
• After that, a checkmark will get appeared in the status column.
• If you do not see missing media, then you will need to search it manually and link your missing media.
• Finally, after following the on-screen prompts, tap on the ok button to complete the respective process.

After following the above steps, we hope you can instantly find missing media in FTM for Mac. However, if still, something is bothering you related to FTM, then without wasting any more time, you are suggested to contact family tree maker support anytime you want.

Our professionals are available 24 hours a day. They will assist you with the best solution, so reach them instantly for instant guidelines.

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Do you want to use the emergency tree restore service on your device? If yes, then here in this content, you will learn the simple steps for using the emergency tree restore service. So, move ahead and learn how to use it for your Mac.

Guidelines For Emergency Tree Restore Service

• First of all, you need to install FTM 2019 and then go to connect to Tree Vault Cloud services. You can find that from the family tree maker 2019 menu and then need to login into the Tree Vault account with the correct logins.
• You need to click on the plan workspace option there.
• Go to the new tree tab and choose the emergency tree to restore from the Tree Vault option.
• You have to choose my hard drive and then crashed option.

Note: Choose or tick deleted my tree by accident or other reason option for recovering the lost tree if lost by accident in future.

• Choose the download tree to look at the information and then go to the download tree option again to quickly confirm the restore action.
• It would be best if you chose the save option quickly. First, copy the folder and quickly paste it into the restored source tree’s media folder.

Note: The antenna tree will get linked to the source tree.

Have Any Queries?

If you have some issues with emergency tree restore service, then you are free to contact our 24/7 hours available professional anytime you need. The professionals are talented, and they will resolve all your queries related to emergency tree restore service, so contact us anytime you need help.

FAQ – Restore your family tree files using to emergency tree restore service.

1. Question – Can I restore my tree file if I deleted my tree file?
   Yes, you can restore it if you have deleted your tree.
2. Question – My computer crashed, and I lost everything. Will I be able to restore my all tree?
   You can restore if your computer crashed and if you are using family tree maker 2019.

Conclusion – Family tree maker 2019 users, can use the tree restore service and restore lost family tree maker files from the TreeVault cloud service.

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What is the 1950 Census record, and why is it so important?

What is in the 1950 Census Records?

1. House Status – if a person owned a house or stayed in rent or trailer park.
2. Electronic Device – If the person had any electronic device or did not include a fan/television.
3. Members – Number of family members in the house. Suppose they were working or not!

How can I search this record?

How accurate is this record?

Census Records FAQ:-

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Before we start Troubleshooting Family Tree Maker software, we should take a back up of the family tree maker software. If you do not know how to back up your family tree then please follow the steps below.

Troubleshooting Family Tree Maker

Best way to back up your family tree files

• Copy the entire folder of family tree and paste it on an external hard drive

Windows user – Please click on start and type in search box documents and you will get documents folder option, left click on top search result and then right click on Family tree maker folder and select option Copy. Please go to your hard drive folder and open it. Click any where inside hard drive and right click, select an option paste.

• Back up on cloud

If you are using cloud service as drop box, then you can save the entire folder on drop box.

• Sync it with ancestry

You can sync your family tree maker files to ancestry and later you can use it as back up. Here you may not be able to get personal note and personal medias of the person. Please contact us for detailed information about syncing to ancestry.

Now since we backed up Family Tree Files now lets learn to repair a file

Compacting a tree file

Compacting a family tree file is a best practice and it should be used by user often to make sure their FTM is working properly.

Follow the steps – Open family tree maker software, click on tools and select compact files. Now you can browse the file that you are using and want to compact. You should compact the file until you see 0%.

Family tree maker updates

Sometime your FTM software may work sluggish or give you trouble while you are using it. You should check for family tree maker updates and update your software to have better performance.

Perform the steps to update your software – Open family tree maker app and click on help. Once you click on help you will get an option “check for updates”, left click on it and update your software.

Check for windows updates

Sometime your important pending windows update may cause a problem, you should check for updates and update it time to time. After you updated your windows and still facing issue then you should contact our FTM Support Team to get it resolved.

Installing an antivirus

If you are not using an antivirus in your computer, then you should. If you are using an outdated expired antivirus, then you should remove. After installing an antivirus program, run full scan of your pc. In case there are infections then antivirus will find the virus and remove it from your pc and that will fix your issue.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Family Tree Maker

This is one of the ways to repair your family tree maker software issue. You can uninstall the entire program by using uninstall tool of family tree and remove everything and reinstall it. It will fix your issue with FTM if it does not then you should contact us.

If you’re still having problems with Family Tree Maker after going through the processes listed above, please contact our Tech Support Team by clicking here. You can Call us our Family Tree Maker Support Experts +1-888-299-3207.

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In this article, We will discuss about The Difference Between Ancestry and Family Tree Maker. In Case you need any help you can Contact with our Family Tree Maker Experts and get fix your issue.

The difference between Ancestry and Family Tree Maker lets discusses the following:

• Website vs. Software
• Subscribe vs. Purchase.
• Online vs. Offline
• Books and Charts – My Canvas vs. Publish
• Migration maps in Family Tree Maker
• Sync Differences
• Unique Features of Family Tree Maker

Website vs. Software

The primary difference between Ancestry and Family Tree Maker is that Ancestry is a website and Family Tree Maker is a software. A website, like Ancestry, is on the Internet, and you use a web browser such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge to get to the website.

Family Tree Maker is a software that is installed on your computer’s hard drive. A software is usually on a disc that you put into your computer and install or download from the internet and then install. Other examples of programs you might have are Microsoft Office or Norton Security.

Subscribe vs. Purchase

Ancestry is a website to which you can subscribe. Your Ancestry subscription, like a magazine or cable subscription, is a recurring charge that occurs at a specified interval until cancelled.

Your subscription gives you access to the records on the website and other features such as contacting other members.

Family Tree Maker is a software that you buy, like you would buy a television or a DVD. You do not have to keep paying for Family Tree Maker. You can, however, pay to the support experts to get unlimited help 24×7. Choose to use Family Tree Maker with your Ancestry subscription to get the most use out of the program.

Online vs. Offline

Ancestry is a website, and you need a good internet connection to use it. If you do not have an internet connection, you cannot visit Ancestry or any other website. The trees and pictures you upload to Ancestry are stored on our website.

Family Tree Maker is primarily stored on your computer, so you will be able to use the program without an internet connection. There are features that will be unavailable without the internet, such as synchronizing or hints or Web Search.

But you will be able to add people and other information to Family Tree Maker without an internet connection.

Books and Charts – My Canvas vs. Publish

Ancestry has limited abilities for printing your family tree. You can print up to four generations of the chart you are looking at, a profile page, or a family group sheet. You also have the choice to print the records on Ancestry.

My Canvas will take the information in your tree and generate a book or poster according to the layout you choose which you can then customize.

Family Tree Maker has publishing options, with thirty-seven different charts and reports with a wide range of customization abilities. You can include these charts and reports in a book. Family Tree Maker books are not automatically generated, and so are much more customizable.

Once you have created the book, chart or report you want, you have the choice to print it on your home printer or export your project to a variety of formats you can take to a print shop and have printed professionally.

Sync Differences

There are differences between your tree on Ancestry and your tree in Family Tree Maker when you have a synced tree.

Uniqueness in Family Tree Maker

There are impressive features that are available only in Family Tree Maker: 

Backing up trees 

Your family trees are important, not only do they have your family’s history, but they also are hours of hard work and efforts. And creating regular backups to preserve the fruits of your toils is one of the things you can do only in Family Tree Maker.

Here you can find out more about how to make a backup in Family Tree Maker. Then, if your original tree is damaged or you want to revert to an earlier copy, you can easily restore it from the backup file.

You can restore a tree from a backup. For better prospects, you can choose to have Family Tree Maker back up your tree automatically every time you exit the program. This will make sure you have the latest backup file in case your tree gets damages or lost.

Map creation management 

Ancestry lets you view maps you have created using other software. However, with Family Tree Maker you can create your own maps within the program itself, showing all the events that took place at a certain location and the people associated with each event.

You can create maps by plotting the migration routes of your ancestors, revealing the journey your family has made over land and sea through the ages. To find out more about creating Migration Maps.

Source citations

Family Tree Maker and Ancestry handle source citations differently. Whereas the online tree system limits a single citation to a single person, Family Tree Maker allows a single citation to be link to facts for multiple people.

Furthermore, while you can view a source citation on Ancestry only when it is include in a currently open fact, the Sources tab of Family Tree Maker allow you to view and manage all the source citations in the entire tree in a single workspace.

Cleaning up duplicate facts and sources

There are tools you can use to search for and remove duplicate individuals both on Ancestry and in Family Tree Maker, but duplicate facts, sources, and source citations can be found and merged automatically only in FTM.

Note’s creation  

On Ancestry you can add person notes. In Family Tree Maker you can create a variety of notes: person, research, fact, relationship, media, and source citation. When you upload a tree to Ancestry, only person notes will be include; and they can only be seen by people you have invite to view your online tree.

More export options

If you want to share your family tree with someone or open it in different software, Ancestry.com offers you the possibility to export the whole tree in one GEDCOM format.

With Family Tree Maker, on the other hand, you can export all or just a part of your tree in a choice of FTM and GEDCOM formats. This means you can tailor what you export more closely to the needs of the person you are sharing with.

Exporting a specific branch of your family tree is easy. Go to the People workspace, select the person whose family you want to export, right-click (Control-click on Mac), and choose Export Branch.

Merge trees and branches

One of the inimitable Family Tree Maker features is the ability to merge one tree, or branch of a tree, with another.

Printing options

Only Family Tree Maker has a direct link to Family Chart Masters for printing pro quality, large format charts. Family Tree Maker for Windows is also integrated with Charting Companion and Family Book Creator plug-in, giving you add access to high-quality printing of different type of charts, reports, and books.

Unique tools 

Family Tree Maker comes with a range of handy, practical tools that will make management of your tree even easier, including three different types of calculator, options to compact files, convert names, sort children by birthdate, and more.

Organization of work

With the help of the Plan workspace, you can organize your work by creating and managing tasks, making the family tree building process even simpler and more efficient.

To know more about the difference and help on using Ancestry and Family Tree Maker, you can contact the 24×7 Support on 1-888-299-3207.

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While doing the Ancestry web-search on Family Tree Maker software 2019 you may get a Security error or a blank page. This is a known issue and Mackiev is working with Ancestry to resolve it at the earliest.

Security Error or Blank Page in Web Search?

FTM directly connects to Ancestry so you can search for records without visiting Ancestry’s website. You must have an Ancestry subscription to access the search results from Ancestry. Log into the Ancestry account on your Family Tree Maker first to use the web search feature.

You can find and use the web search feature on the Family Tree Maker toolbar. When you click on the web search tab on the toolbar, on the left side you will get the option to select Ancestry.

On you tree, you must click on the name of an individual for whom you want to find more information. Ancestry record will find the information about that person from its billions of records and will bring it for you on the same screen.

Is there any workaround to fit this issue?

You can try some workaround while the engineers from Mackiev and Ancestry are working on this issue.

There is a utility that you can download on your computer, that changes the settings to resolve this issue. After you download the tool, you must run it on your computer.

You can also edit the address by going into the address bar inside the web search. You can use ancestry.com instead of ancestry.ca or ancestry.co.uk.

Alternatively, you can use the Ancestry website to do the web search using your computer browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Safari.

Once you are done with the Websearch, you can use the FamilySync in your Family Tree Maker software to synchronize any change to your tree.

Should I contact Ancestry for this Error?

Do not contact Ancestry support for this issue since their agents are not trained to work on Family Tree Maker. You can reach us on the phone or chat to speak to a live agent and get help on this issue.

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How to Compact and Back Up a Linked Tree

It is a promising idea to first compact your tree files on Family Tree Maker and make a full back up along with the media files if you are going to update your copy of Family Tree Maker or going to make any other meaningful change like using a new synching technology like FamilySync® for the first time.

When you compact you tree, it removes spaces in the tree database and reduces the probability of errors when performing any action on it.

Here is how you can Compact your Family Tree Maker file:

Compacting Your FTM File

• Click on the Tools menu and then click on Compact File.
• Click Compact in the window that appears on the screen.
• Once it is compacted, confirm the compacting by clicking on OK.

Backing up Your FTM File

• Click on File menu. Then click on Backup.
• In the Backup the Tree window that appears, check the boxes for Media files, Historical events. If your tree is linked with Ancestry.com, you will also be able to check Allow restored file to resume syncing.
• Then click on Backup.
• Once it is backed up, confirm the backing up by clicking on OK.

Safely Store Your File

Storing your tree files on an external media like external storage device (flash drive, disc, or on another pc) is important. There is always a possibility of your computer’s hard drive crash. You should always protect your family history by storing the copies of your tree outside your computer on a regular basis. 

Tree Vault Cloud Backup

You can also use the latest feature – Tree Vault. The new feature helps you to back up your tree file on the cloud and you can restore the file in any event of mishap. Other options to back up the file is to store it on any cloud storage sever such as Dropbox or other similar service.

 Ancestry tree as a full back up

There are components of the Family Tree Maker tree on your PC that you cannot sync with your Ancestry tree. So, after the sync, the Ancestry Tree includes much of your family history records, you should not depend on it as your only backup.

For detailed instructions on how to back up your tree file on FTM , you can click here.

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In this blog, we have tried to explain how to sync your family tree maker properly. If you follow this instruction, you will learn to sync your family tree maker 2019 or later version.

Sync your Family Tree Maker 2019

• compacting

If you are ready to sync your tree, you should compact your tree first (it shortens your file size). A short file size gives you less error than a bigger size file. When you compact your tree, try to compact it several times until it shows reduced by 0%, do remember to check the box that says, “extend analysis”. If there will be any error, it will fix it.

• Take a Back up

Before you start syncing your tree, you should take a full manual backup. If anything goes wrong with sync or the data you have, you will not lose all your data. You will have back to go back to, and you will not lose any of your information. You should make sure to check the box that says, “including media”.

• Syncing time

You should try to sync your tree early morning of the next day. If you have started working on your tree and finished doing everything and now you are ready to sync your tree, then you should try to upload your tree to ancestry the next day early morning. Or you should try to upload it late at night. These two are the best time according to us.

• Way to sync

You should always sync your tree manually. You will have an option to include media. Automatic backup does not cover the media option and this will not save your media. Please remember not to change your tree name or tree file. If you will change and try to sync ancestry will create a different tree on their server on our website and you may get confused later. 

So, this is how you can sync your family tree maker 2019 or later version properly

Note : We are Tane Innovative Concepts LLC, we provide premium help on FTM software. Please remember we charge for our services. We do not have any links or connections with Mackiev or Ancestry. If you need our help, Please chat With our  Family Tree Maker Support Experts.

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You can Contact us Family Tree Maker Support Number to get your issue resolved. We provide phone support 24×7. Family Tree Maker Support number is +1-888-299-3207. So, you can call for help.

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