My fellow geneablogger, Randy Seaver, of Genea-Musings has written several wonderful articles on Sources in Family Tree Maker 2011. The information has been very informative and has helped me immensely! Thanks, Randy!
I’m hoping that he or someone else can help me with a few other tidbits related to FTM 2011:
- In previous versions I could filter the individual list by women’s married name. This really helps when I’m on Find a Grave and come across a transcription. Sometimes it doesn’t list the maiden name of the woman, so in FTM 2011, I’m left to scan through several of the males to see if the wife has the same name as the person I found. The previous way, I could find the woman more easily. So my question – how do I filter by married name? Or is this even possible in FTM 2011?
- Okay – maybe that’s the extent of my observations right now! I had wondered about the medical information and cause of death that I had entered in a previous version, but I’ve located that information as it shows up under the individual facts.
If anyone can help answer question #1 (Randy?!), I’d appreciate it!
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I’m awake and kicking…glad you like the Sources stuff. Nobody else has really commented much about it.
Here’s how to make the wife’s married names show up in FTM 2011 (you can toggle this on and off as you please):
Go to Tools > Options
On the Names/Dates/Places tab there is a check box (bottom left corner) to “Use married names for females.”
I assume, but do not know, that they will show the last married name for a woman with multiple marriages… of course, your targets may have married again without telling anybody else.
Cheers — Randy