FTAnalyzer questions.

v3.7.2.0 seems to have corrected count discrepancies. Thank you.

 

I have just used the LC Referral process to setup nearly 100 census references for a potential new member who is a 7th cousin of my father. I used the Referrals report from FTA as a guide when making the selections but found that the FTA report is still not in the same sequence as the LC report. This added a LOT of extra time to the process while I had to scroll backwards and forwards to find the appropriate entry.

Similarly, FTA shows the age of each individual while LC displays the YoB. Also, the maiden name is shown for wives rather than the 'new' family name as given in the census. Both conditions add to the effort required to determine the needed references accurately.

Did these enhancements get forgotten or am I mistaken that they were ever intended to be implemented?

 

Regarding sequencing of the Referral report, isn't it just ascending reference within census (in 1881, 1841, 1911 order)?
I tried to upload my csv file from FTA but apparently that is not an allowed file type! I will send it to you separately.

As for not adding YoB and Married Name to the list of issues, I must plead guilty. Do you want me to do that now or am I too late?

 

Plead now, sentencing later?

 

In the Colour Census Report, an Orange tile indicates "Lost Cousins flagged but no census entered". This does not permit a double click to search for the census entry. Why not?

 

It would also be useful to be able to double click on green tiles even though that indicates that census/LC details have been entered already.
The double click is a VERY quick and convenient way of accessing the appropriate census record to check/obtain further details.

 

Some of my ancestors emigrated from Germany to England. They appear in the Gedcom file and are listed as individuals within FTA.
However, not all of them appear on the UK Colour Census Report. One of the missing family members was the root person's grandfather. His English spouse did appear but initially I did not know the grandmother's maiden name nor details about the marriage.

When I did determine that extra information and passed it through to FTA, the grandfather suddenly appeared in the Colour Report.

Are such foreigners deliberately omitted from the Colour Reports unless a local connection is established?

Might it be more useful if foreigners were to be included in the Colour Reports but with a tile colour of Dark Grey to indicate probable absence from UK on census night, unless there is any further reason to expect otherwise? By allowing a double click on such tiles, it would then make checking for a census entry much easier.

 

Perhaps there could be an implied hierachy of default countries when none are defined? I went through and added a country to each of my records where none was specified at the time that you added the map display feature to FTA. I can understand that some members omit the country if all of their records refer to just England or Scotland. However, records specifying just London can resonably be assumed to refer to England rather than Canada unless that country is included.

I will raise this as an issue for future consideration. I posted it here in the forum hoping that I might get support or an alternative explanation. I was not looking for an immediate amendment to FTA which might cause destablisation. This is just feedback for future consideration. (He who pays the piper, calls the tune.)

Thanks for finding time to give an interim explanation.

 

Just found this post - I've been out of the loop for a bit - and have tried the analyzer which has thrown up some errors I wasn't aware of and which I will now (hopefully) have time to sort out! One question though - it did highlight several people as not being entered into my Lost Cousins page, but in fact some of them were already entered. I can't quite work out the mismatch as I have always been careful to enter data as found on the census... can anyone shed any light on this please?

 

I downloaded FTA yesterday and loaded a Gedcom file from Rootsmagic All was working well until I went to the Duplicates tab, when my PC froze and I had to power off to close down. This happened on 2 occasions. Am I doing something wrong?
I note that the programme doesn't like 'Abt' dates or the format 1751(2). I couldn't find an answer to those issues on this forum. Have I missed them?

 

The problem with 'abt' is that a number of entries are queried as, for instance, the individual not being old enough to be married - even though the abt date and mge date make sense.
Sorry to be dense, but I can't see how to copy the Gedcom load results to you. When I highlight them in FTA and then right click there's no 'copy'. Perhaps because I'm in Oz???????