Import Family Tree File From Family Tree Maker Into Ancestry

I sympathise that many users don't care nearly Sources and Citations. Over the years, I have learned how important they are. I take also learned how to manage that issue. I want ALL Facts with a Citation, even those Facts that I create and the I use for my purposes to maintain the file.

Working with two (2) new files, in the by iii years, I learned to run the Undocumented Fact Report Daily. By doing so, and I can go along this consequence under control. That is Gear up the event, based on the piece of work that I did that mean solar day.

I took those two files and merged them into my Master database. That feel is a whole other topic. Because for the past two or three years I was in the habit of running the Undocumented Fact Written report I ran it for the first time in my Master database. What I ended up with was a 169 PAGE Study. Shocked, to say the least.

To run this report, go to the Publish Workspace, select the Source Written report in the Collection Tab, select Undocumented Facts, and then Create Report.

When the "Create Report" push button is selected, I want to make certain ALL Individuals are included.

Then I realized 1 problem that really brought the importance of this report. A change, many versions agone, about the "Sex" Fact had been changed requiring a Citation. Many Records either state that every bit a fact or tin can infer that fact, and should exist documented. Family Names / Given Names are not always obvious. Then we were given the Citation field for that Fact.

That second epitome is the inkling /  reminder to me equally to why there were then many pages of Undocumented Facts. I have some make clean up work to practise. I had to develop a Plan to deal with all of these Undocumented Facts. What I was NOT going to do, is clean them all upwardly right now.

Every bit you may know, nosotros tin Edit the Profile, from the Written report, by double clicking on the Name (that is bolded) and the Person View will announced.

The Sex Fact does not have a Citation, but the Proper name Fact does take a citation, This is a quick and easy style to resolve this problem, Re-create the Citation from the Proper name Fact, and Paste Link to Source Commendation. The Copy source citation is the ICON to the Right of the "New" and left of the Edit (Pencil) ICON. That is the Family Tree Maker Clipboard (not Windows Clipboard)

So select the "Sex activity" Fact, and By Link to Source Citation.

That process will take care of those Facts that did not crave a citation from previous versions. Like shooting fish in a barrel but time consuming and needs to be done.

BUT, the next profile had other Facts that did non have Citations. From my analysis since I started this clean upwardly project, over the many versions of Family Tree Maker, some Citations were lost and / or unlinked from Facts. So I needed a PLAN.

My plan is to utilise the Filter Characteristic to aid me manage those profiles that accept 1 or many Facts without a Commendation. To do that, I created a "No Documentation" Fact. That way, I tin can Filter In or Filter Out, anyone with the No Documentation Fact. The name of the fact is non important, that was just the i I chose.

Keeping in the Undocumented Fact Report, I would Add that Fact to every person in that report AND put a Citation on that Fact. Here is my citation (Reference Note)

Worthington, Russ, [ Accost FOR PERSONAL Utilise, ], File Citations; This is a "No Documentation" citation, where there are no citations on Facts.

As I started to go through this process, three things were seen.

1. No Citations on any Facts in that profile
2. Only One Fact without a Citation
3. A number of Facts without a Commendation

Number 1 was may be a large problem, as at that place is non inkling, on that screen to tell me where that data came from. More fourth dimension involved, but in the People Workspace, Person View, looking at other information, specially a spouse, parents, or children. Clearly non in the report.

It became articulate, that this phase of the project is to Mark All Profiles with a Citation effect.

Number 2 and 3 are a little easier, in that I take at least 1 Citation on other Facts. I tin can review those citations to see if that record addresses the Fact(s) that are non documented. The Only 1 fact, should be an like shooting fish in a barrel fix.

This is time consuming, but here is where the Filter In / Filter Out feature comes in very handy.

Lets say I added the No Documentation Fact to the Showtime Page in the Written report. I can now go dorsum to the "Individuals to Include". Select ALL, Filter OUT, select the "No Documentation Fact", Any Information, and those profiles with that Fact will be removed from the report.

For me, this does a couple of things, Lets me focus on the easy fixes, or the ones that will have more fourth dimension, and I can resolve that one fact that doesn't accept the citation from previous versions of the program.

In looking at the Undocumented Fact Report, information technology became obvious which Profiles had that one fact, not documented. It included on the Proper noun and the Fact.

I tin fix them right then and there, equally noted above.

Once all of the Undocumented Facts are identified what the No Documentation Fact, I can then get back to research and when I come across a Profile with that FACT, I can bargain that that undocumented fact so, considering I can see it in the Listing of Facts.

I marked the No Documentation Fact every bit Individual, so only I can run into it. In this instance, I do not know the persons Name, (5 underscores), only when I expect at the total contour, I run across that this is a Spouse of someone in my database. I tin await at the Citations for the Spouse, to choice up the Citation for this person, that has NO Citations on either Fact.

The No Documentation in the Fact Description field, may be an easy fix, or may be  not so easy.

My goal is to KNOW who has one or more than Facts that are not documented. Using the Filter In / Filter Out feature, and get that Undocumented Fact report to Null, then I can go back to my research. AND I tin can also go to the People Workspace, and employ the Filter In Feature, to Filter IN all who take the No Documentation Fact, and further include, if I want, the No Documentation, Undocumented Fact, or Undocumented Facts in the description.

NOW, one time I have all of the Facts documented in the Profile, I can DELETE that No Documentation Fact from that Profile. Now running the Undocumented Fact Report is important to be run frequently, with the goal of No / Zero profiles on that report (over again, filtering out the No Documentation Fact).

Lesson Leaned: Run the Undocumented Fact Report daily
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