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So.........spill Dea? FMT, I thought was Family Tree Maker

I am sitting here with my up foot resting cos I have slightly sprained my ankle :-( Don't ask me how as I don't have a clue.... :-S Hopefully it will settle down soon.



ja...x didn't you post something earlier about the new boy on the block? I started to reply and the phone went. Can't see it now..... :-S


Jonesey makes some good points about staying around don't you think?


Can't remember what FTM stands for Lainie (apart from Family Tree Maker) but I remember joining it but never really used it that much. Didn't find it that easy to be honest. I like Rootschat but not to chat - if you know what I mean.

oopps - I found it!!!! :-D

I also discovered that I joined this forum back in 2009!! :-S [losing it - it went ages ago :-D]

When I google it - all that comes up are gay and transexual websites!!! :-D

Actually, is was interesting thinking back to FTM - I was in fact one of those original defectors from GR who were instrumental in creating that site.

I had the 'honour' of giving it it's original name which was 'Genealogists XGR' (Get it - Ex GR?? , OR 'Xtremely great researchers', OR anything else which you might believe the initials to stand for, like GTI or XGR etc on 'posh cars' ) - It 'might have been 'Geanealogy' XGR. ?? - I can't quite remember now!

Anyway, when we first 'broke off' we were looking for a name and we all gave sugestions and each was voted upon. - Mine won, and for a while, It was named as per my suggestion.

It then became FTF. (Not FTM)

I did stay for a while and it was quite a good site and I am sure it still is but I wandered back here!

Dea x

FTM?? What is that Sylvia?

Is it something I said Ginns? I have only just joined this group and now you are going? I will stop eating lots of breakfast? Me and Dea will save you some if you stay?? <3 :-D <3

I am CERTAINLY going to get one that defrosts itself next time !!!

I have had my fridge and freezer for about 15 years now so it wasn't an option then and unfortunately, I built the kitchen at the same time so they are a 'particular size' to fit and they stand side by side and match !!

If one of them 'goes', I will have to find another matching pair to fit the gap that I created !!!

I DO hope that is going to be possible :-S

Anyway, It is done now for another 6 months or so!

Dea Xxx

Glad you are here Dea.....seems everyone else is out 'partying' :-D

Hmm I have a NOT frost free freezer but it was so nice I thought I would put up with having to get the hair dryer on it every so often

The fridge still thinks its a freezer and likes to suprise you now and again by giving you nice frozen salad when you get home from work :-|

I havent been able to find a fridge/freezer that I like (that will fit!) so Im still with the one thats got health problems

If someone is in its OK caus the fridge can be switched off and the freezer left on....its when none of us are in that the naughty thing decides to 'chill' out....far too much

I is here Ginns - have spent several hours defrosting and sorting out my freezer ready to fill up for Christmas !!

Am just having a rest now ;-)

Dea Xxx

So where is everyone tonight?

LK you seem to have fat finger disease when using your phone to post ;-)

Ive come home early because it was snowing like a gud un....now its turing to rain

We've had snow, rain, hail, sun and wind today.....

and.........................I as a buddy nail in my front ofside tyre grrrrrrrrrrrr it was new about eight weeks ago

:-D :-D :-D

Dea x

Pigeon post wss essier
:-D

Yeah! from my phone. but still having difficulty with
my tree.

Testing what LK ???

Dea x

Testing. :-D

Gin,

I can clearly see the cause of your frustration but I am not so sure that leaving the site at this stage would be the right thing to do.

Like yourself and I am sure many others, I enjoy getting my teeth stuck into trying to help others find answers to their genealogical questions. There is no denying that the number of opportunities to do that are greatly reduced from what there used to be. The decline in board activity really seems to go back to the time when GR "Amalgamated" some of the boards and introduced the new "Find Living Relatives" board. I'm sure that GR did what they did with the best of intentions but being a fully paid up member of the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" party, I don't believe that their action was necessary, or as things have turned out, beneficial to the site.

Similarly I believe that a lot of the current problems in using the site, E.G. Speed of the site, Constant error messages ect, are the result of site "Improvements" that frankly were not thoroughly tested prior to release and were probably not necessary in the first place. Several of these "Improvements" have contributed to the instability of the site which in turn has led to frustration amongst the regular site users and has also no doubt put some of them and newer members off posting.

It appears to be a common problem that many sites, not just GR, suffer when the sites "Programmers" or "Developers" feel the need to constantly tinker. They probably do it to justify their existence or simply to try to stay in employment. Let's face it, if someone successfully brought an everlasting light bulb to market then there would be no need to produce any other type.

The heartening news is that GR via Phil has I believe announced a moratorium stating that there will be no further "Improvements" until the sites basic problems have been resolved. If that is true then maybe we can look forward to a more stable site in the not too distant future. Perhaps that in itself will lead to more board use where only 5% instead of 50% of the posts are critical of the sites operation.

We can but hope.

Cyns that might be a very good idea, to have a word with Phil about advertising the boards

I guess I could renew as its only a few quid and not going to break the bank but Im really peed orf with the lack of postings at the moment plus I have other stuff to sort out

Cyns are you going to PM Phil, youre good at writing letters....

We have a snow covered Sheffield today :-0

ja...x

I've just checked and yes, I sent a message to Charlotte on 16.11. It was opened but I have received no response. Have just sent another note to her.

Morning all. Thanks for the breakfast Sylvs.......I just need to nudge Dea up a bit as I think she is eating enough for both of us :-D



Hi Grace - sounds like you had a great if somewhat tiring time. Hope you get a picture up soon - and don't go overdoing things or you will end up in a worse state. :-)


Ja...x, I've always had the latest thing from GR on my FB home page I think. What HAS altered for me is that my friends are now on the right hand side in Christian name alphabetical order......anyone else got that?


I wonder why the boards have slowed down so much? I don't mean any of the technical difficulties we have had, just the sheer lack of queries.

Maybe either people are losing interest in research or the Community boards aren't well advertised enough....... :-S


Have to admit, I didn't look at the boards when I first joined as I was too busy building my tree. Didn't realise what an asset they were.


Maybe we should have a word with Phil to get the Home Page designers to make more of a feature of the boards????????




Wet, windy but no snow.......... :-D :-D :-D