I upgraded after backing everything up. A couple of things I've noticed. #1 When installing I did not want FTM to check Family Search.org records automatically so I unchecked that. But, I can still select check Family Search.org if I choose. Sometimes the web search feature doesn't check the area I have checked when it comes to foreign databases. Even though you can designate ALL COLLECTIONS, you can't necessarily look specifically for say an area like Slovakia. The search comes back to US records. I can search certain areas of the UK, Europe etc but the list isn't complete. Also, when making some changes in FTM to people, the screen will not show the changes momentarily...instead you get incomplete names and it appears that you have deleted very valuable information. I exited the program and came back in and my facts and people would appear normal. A little scary. But, as with any upgrade there will be issues. Just remember to backup before you install and after important changes you want to be sure to save. Keep the backup on both your computer but also on an external drive or thumb drive.
On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 9:19:25 PM UTC-7, E. Sharp wrote: > > Has anyone upgraded the old FTM 16 genealogy program to the new McKiev > program? If so, how easy difficult was it? I would like to do this but am > afraid my computer skills are very limited and when I say very limited that > is not an understatement. I have an HP laptop using Windows 7. > Thank you. > "E" > > Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
