« on: Friday 27 September 13 00:05 BST (UK) »
My blood just ran cold as I thought my whole tree had disappeared...
I use FTM 2008. Tonight I tried to merge two people as I found out a brother and sister on one branch had respectively married a grandaughter and a son on another*. I backed up as requested and found all the relationship info in the whole tree had gone.
So I tried to restore the backup, as I'd only entered in a couple of baptisms I could easily re-enter. It didn't work.

After ten minutes of fear, I found an old copy from this evening in the recycle bin and it seems to have worked.
I suppose, then, that I cannot merge two people in this way?
*Margaret R and Richard R are siblings. Margaret R married Robert M, Richard R married Jane S. Jane S is Robert M's niece.
West Lancashire - Leatherbarrow, Hunter, Sherman, Formby, Caunce, Cookson, Wright, Finch, Roughley, Sutch, Almond, Parr, Lea, Smith, Wignal, Marsh, Lovelady
Liverpool - Cottam, Candeland, Stewart, Breen, Owens, Wiseman, Johnson, Cross
Cheshire - Monks, Candeland, Cottam
Co. Durham - Palmer, Adamson
Shropshire - Huffa
Wales - Owens. Ireland - Breen, Wiseman