This reply is also so old that you may not need it anymore. If you only have a name is it a name from your mom or your dad? If it is from your Dad you are more likely to have some luck. The best thing to do is to just research the family name and then try to find a starting place. If you would like some help or dont mind sharing information I would be glad to try and help you. You can email me at bgmsanders@aol.com. Barbara
Has anyone tried finding out about family when the only thing you have is a name???? If you have any tips please let me know, I would definitely welcome them. Please Help!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Megan,
This reply is three months after your posting, so maybe you have found something by now. If not, I will try to help a little.
Please let me know a little more of what you are looking for. Be as specific and detailed as you can. Are you trying to get started on a family name, without knowing any individuals? Are you looking for a specifici individual?
If I put my mother and father together on the free family tree builder program, it makes them married.
They were never married.
If I put my step dad on there, it says he is my father.
If I add my step dad as another spouse, there is no way to add children between him and my mother...
Hiya, Just wondering if anyone else is having problems with the free family tree software? Mine keeps crashing. Also how do I hide the living in this software? Is anyone monitoring this site for messages and does admin followup on feedback and tech problems?
Sorry it took me so long to answer your messages. For future reference, please post questions of this kind in the support message boards located here.
This problem should be taken care of in the latest version of Family Tree Builder. If you continue to experience problems, please write an email to support@myheritage.com and someone will look into the problem as soon as possible.
I just created a website here but....I will tell you what I have learned. I entered family members that are living. When I logged out and came back to review my site it shows them as <private>family name.
I also made my site where it is both private and public so that may have something to do with it.
Don't know if this helped or not.
Kem
Hiya, Just wondering if anyone else is having problems with the free family tree software? Mine keeps crashing. Also how do I hide the living in this software? Is anyone monitoring this site for messages and does admin followup on feedback and tech problems?
I've been using it for less than an week. It has crashed on me repeatedly. I reinstalled the software, it crashed again in less than 10 minutes. Free software, huh? I am going to uninstall & reinstall it one more time. If that doesn't work, its going away.
What good is a piece of software, especially one using a database, if it isn't stable enough to run more than 15 minutes?
Anyone else having similar issues.
At this point I would not recommend this software. If you are using it make sure you backup your data OFTEN. Warning, crashing database software can corrupt your data, use Save As and save it under different names periodically. You have been warned.
