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Tanya

Tanya Report 10 Jun 2008 10:48

Could someone please advise me on how to correct my tree. I have entered my mothers side and am now begining to work on my fathers side but when I entered my paternal grandparents they are showing up way too high, parallel with ancesters on mothers side way back. Is there any way to correct this?

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 10 Jun 2008 11:16

Yep!

Buy FTM (Family Tree Maker)2005. Or...The 'Who do you think you are' one is just the same.

Much more user friendly!

You can get one for about £10. Asda.Tesco...

It allows you to amend mistakes unlike your GR tree.

Gerri x

Researching:
Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet

Sam

Sam Report 10 Jun 2008 11:42

As long as they are all attached to the correct parents etc, it isn't necessarily a mistake.

Are you looking at your complete tree? If so, all people of the same generation are not 'lined up' parallel as you would think. My dad's grandparents are waaaaay further up than my mum's grandparents but they are all enetered correctly.

Sam x

Tanya

Tanya Report 10 Jun 2008 12:20

Thankyou both of you for your advice, I looked at the family tree maker on saturday in w.h.smiths and that along with bbc who do you think you are were 39.99. So I will be getting along to Asda or Tescos. What a bargain!

Tanya x

Angela

Angela Report 10 Jun 2008 12:51

Hi,

I made a mistake in the early days, and I emailed GR through Help. Stating what was wrong and they corrected it for me. They did it within 24 hours as well.
Angi

Tanya

Tanya Report 10 Jun 2008 13:10

Hi Angi,
Thankyou, I`ll do that as I have just made contact with a long lost relative and it would be nice that he could see my tree easily on my paternal side.
Tanya

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 10 Jun 2008 13:31

Tanya

The £10 one is just the CD (this is all you need)

The expensive one comes with "so called" freebies like 1901 census and the like....and whatever.

Gerri x

Researching:
Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet