tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258065769249726190.post2071711126932297274..comments2023-07-20T03:35:35.571-07:00Comments on Out on a Limb Genealogy: Fixing the Gender in my Family Tree Maker FileCharlene M Filipiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023779577048953696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258065769249726190.post-33473884714778171162021-01-26T21:49:20.317-07:002021-01-26T21:49:20.317-07:00Confirming that I've sporadically encountered ...Confirming that I've sporadically encountered the same issue in FTM 2019 (Mac). While it appears that I'm able to choose a gender, it resets back to Unknown as soon as I navigate away and then back. <br /><br />I too suspect it's one of the (many) ways syncing with Ancestry messes things up in FTM. Bad place names, bogus fact labels created from descriptive info, sloppy source citations, duplicate facts…. I wish Ancestry wasn't the most convenient way to quickly add lots of info, complete with media images, to my tree. Sigh. tipostrambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744092646159455045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258065769249726190.post-55749966559935655242016-08-23T13:12:16.889-07:002016-08-23T13:12:16.889-07:00I have run the Data Error Report on my real databa...I have run the Data Error Report on my real database, but this one was just a little database. <br /><br />I only called this a glitch because I was unable to change the gender from Unknown. Every time I tried, it looked like it took it. Then it would go back to Unknown. I have used the Unknown sex when a person's obituary states they had six children and only three are living and I am not sure what sex the other three are. I have always been able to change an Unknown Gender to either male or female. However, those are for people that I manually added. This is my first database that I let Ancestry hints add people. <br /><br />I did try the Compact file on this database and still it would not let me change the Unknown Sex to either Male or Female.<br /><br />I just found it strange that I was unable to change the gender.Charlene M Filipiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023779577048953696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258065769249726190.post-87223765872278696412016-08-23T04:57:41.081-07:002016-08-23T04:57:41.081-07:00Charlene,
Do you ever run the Data Error Report? ...Charlene,<br /><br />Do you ever run the Data Error Report? It will show you this type of error.<br /><br />Not sure that what you are seeing is a glitch, as I have never seen it, or a merging issue. I have seen the Unknown Sex but I find it in the Data Error Report.<br /><br />Also, do you use the Compact File, and Back Up utility on a regular basis?<br /><br />RussCousin Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.com