New to Genealogy: Is this app considered user-friendly enough for someone who is just beginning to trace their ancestry and relatively ignorant in the field of genealogy?
1987600
FTM 2010 is, in my opinion, the best out there and I have been working on genealogy since 2000. Use the help functions, the on-line tutorials and go take a class on this software at you local history or genalogy center. I strongly urge a beginner to go take a basic genealogy class to get you started.
723687
The software is very user friendly. It scan business cards, greeting cards, credit cards, licenses, etc very nicely (both sides in one pass). I am not sure how it will do on receipts since they are faily narrow. It will most likely work fine, but you will probably have to guide it with your hands during the scan.
834663
Yes, very user friendly. It's very easy to change the time, your goals, and check your progress.
671061
Not really. I tried scanning OLD poloroid photos that were glued to the back of cardboard, you may be too young to remember those, but it didn't like those too much and I used my big copier/scanner for those. Also, it likes some old newpaper and not other so I would be careful about what you put thru. It did an amazing job on my photos, tho, like we got printed in the old days from Walgreen's so you can compare your project to those items. My Mom uses it for her printed out geneology that is on regular 20# printer paper and it does great. Don't know if I answered your questions but I tried.
962816
Yes you can according to Roots Magic you can import data directly from Family Tree Maker
1580363
No. Just a very large printout to allow you to write in 15 generations. It is helpful to me to have this larger view of my family tree when working on family history. Really just another basic tool to use
1880730
I imported from Family Tree maker sucessfully.. I always make sure to do a back-up before I do any importing or other changes to my data. Hope this helps.
157217
I don't have any problem accessing the phone book or register, except that it's a nuisance there isn't any search mechanism--or at least I haven't found any. Having to page through everything else till you find the number you want is a nuisance. But the records that the phone keeps seem to be accurate and accessible relatively easily.
1018250
What's up Frank! Hope you're doing well. I think you might have to update the maps. I am not a specialist, but I recently recieved a message on my GPS startup screen to update the map (have yet to do so). Last year when this issue happened, the map update helped fix address issue, temporarily. Gramin offers free up-to-date maps on their website. Overall it is a good GPS for finding LOCAL locations. I have found that once you'd been to the area with the GPS on, it records the satellite points for faster access in the future. Make sure you flip open the antennae (square flap) to connect. Accuracy is like 7.65900/10 and has internal issues like the one Frank talked about. The GPS itself (internal software) is 5/10. It's okay and has bugs when you are typing in the address. It only accepts a specific format for addresses (something like zip code, city, house #, street name). I would recommend it only if you are looking for something cheap and are somewhat are familiar with the compass rose and major landmarks in the city.
595429
I have used this product for over 10 years and have never synced with Ancestry.com (my privacy concerns). The files are maintained locally and I keep a backup on a separate removable device. I establish and use the membership, cancelling in the month to limit financial exposure, and then reestablish a membership later when I need it. I have never found this to cause me to lose information, as the files are maintained locally on my PC.
1092187
Not really intuitively. Its great for a scanner but I found that I may be to illiterate to use it to its total functionality. The set up is not very user friendly if you don't have experience. For tax returns its a good scanner to process your receipts but you will have to categorize yourself. Its a good scanner but I wish the directions were more user friendly.
1052330
Roots Magic is a standalone program and is not connected with Ancestry.com but is put out by the people at Familysearch.org. You can import your family tree data from earlier versions of RootMagic, some versions of Family Tree Maker, some version of Family Origins, or is the file is a GEDCOM format. I was a subscriber to Ancestry and when the "lease" was done, I downloaded all the data into a GEDCOM file and imported that directly into Roots Magic. It was seamless.
923925
You can track 5 different people's histories - appears you can clear the history of each
1375087
It does not write over your prior version, but if you are using Ancestry.com when you sync everything is going to load onto your your 2014 version.
74048
Unless your drawing very detailed website images I'd think you'd be okay with either. You may lose a bit of accuracy, a few shortcut buttons and some sensitivity when you push down but it doesn't really seem like you'd use the features anyway.
202259
Hard to answer. Actually this HP920 is for my wife's computer, she works on genealogy all the time, goes thru a lot of printing. Not a good answer but it lasts long AND, it's from a remanufactured case. Works well, but can't really give anything else. Just lasts a long time, we don't count 'em. Just use it until it's nearly gone or when the computer tells us. Sorry. j.w.
2283131
Very good question.. I just tried it and it scanned my license flawlessly! Hope that helps.