Family Tree Maker: Are there 2 different companies or just one?
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William, I think after Broderbund's Family Tree Maker going through so many companies, it is now a part of Ancestry.com and has been re-branded as such. Here's an article from Wikipedia: Family Tree Maker (FTM) is advertised as "the #1 selling genealogy software". As with other genealogy software, FTM allows the researcher to keep track of information collected during research and to create reports, charts, and books containing that information. The software was originally developed by Kenneth Hess of Banner Blue Software, which was purchased by Brderbund in 1995. It passed through the hands of The Learning Company, Mattel, and others before coming under its current ownership. A redesigned Family Tree Maker 2008 was released August 14, 2007. The 2009 version of the program corrected some of the errors and omissions of its predecessor, and introduced a few new features.[citation needed] Family Tree Maker 2010 claims to further enhance the radical re-design and be more powerful and feature-packed with faster navigation and quicker load times. A version for the Mac was released in 1997, but due to low market demand was discontinued for over a decade. A new version of Family Tree Maker for Mac was finally released November 4, 2010. Family Tree Maker Version 16 was awarded a CODiE Award in the "Best Consumer Productivity Solution" category in 2006.
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Dear Elene,You can get more information on scholastic versions and licensing here: http://www.creationengine.com/html/ld.lasso?ld=35278or you may want to consider a monthly or yearly subscription available from Corel here: http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4260069
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If you were luck and received all 3 cd's then just go to help inside family tree maker and click on "Activate Ancestry Subscription"
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Yes, I use one at work and share with several departments. I also have another at home and share files with other family members. I access both and we all update files.
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I purchased the duplicator for my son who lives in another state. I will forward your question to him. Hopefully he will have the answer to your question, please be patient as he has a business and is very busy during this time of the year.
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I don't think anyone really uses the hours of service feature. It's a nice thought, but it can't be substituted for a paper log or an elog. All it would really do is make double work or you, having to keep track of the same thing in two different places.
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no - it just has suggestions on how to enter your ancestors - correctly- on the chart. but there are many websites to help you with your ancestors and the LDS church [the Mormons] has free to the public, not church members [well they can use it too] but you can go to many church libraries in every state and get on their computers and search your ancestors for free.. that is what I do.
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Your pictures should still be there in Family Tree Maker even if you cancel Ancestry. To make sure, I would download them to a flash drive or somewhere else on your computer and that way you would have them for sure. I always put my Family Tree Maker onto a flash drive and that way if something happens with my computer I have all of my information still in tact. It is always good to have a back up on Family Tree Maker for all of the work that we put into it. I teach Researching Family History and use Family Tree Maker and always tell my classes to back up your information.
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the Old version has no tie ins with ancestry.com.IOt also ahs a better entry page than the"newer' Versions(which tie in with ancestry.com and is now up to version 2014. The site ancestry.com contains numerous wrong items. They claim you will see a leaf and it brings up information on the highlighted person. I tried the newer version and the "leaf" information had no relation to the person . Example: I could be looking for George Washington (The first president) of Virginia and it gives me a George Washington Married to "Sue Smith" . We all know President Washington was married to Martha. Many consumer watchdog sites say thee same thing.The site ancestry.com amy shoe relevant info but insist you subscribe to actually see the info. Recently they had a free trial and I did try the free access and all people I searched brought no correct information.
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Maybe Dennis is a senior, or maybe he is just helping a senior with the selection. I am trying to find something for my parents, who are 80-ish. They had a computer a while back for word processing, but have never gone online. I know they would love it if they had a very user-friendly machine.Dennis, did you find something good? I'd love to know.
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I think it's a gamble. They seem to have production inconsistencies - some people get a stable product and others get models that fall apart. Mine broke a blade on the first branch I put through it.
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Yes, but I would be careful. The reason I didn't continue with Roots Magic was that all my gedcom files did not transfer. I had a lot of information in my files other than the basic birth, death etc....things of that nature. If you don't have a lot of notes, it should be okay. If you are like me and have a lot of notes etc. then I would be wary.
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http://longlostrelatives-smp.blogspot.com/2010/12/kindle-for-genealogy-redux.html
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Just the US. If you also want to subscribe to the World membership you pay the difference between the two. Call the Ancestry customer service 800# and they will work it out for you. You cannot do this just on the web site.
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Family Tree Maker 2008 is Vista 64-bit compatible, according to Microsoft's Windows Vista Compatibility Center (the URL is monstrous so I put at end of post). Family Tree Maker 2009 is not listed, probably because it is so new, but if 2008 is compatible I'd have to think 2009 is also. There's a seriously geeky web page that looks at FTM 2009 and includes Vista 64-bit: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/ftm_2009.htm. All that said, I do not have Vista yet. I found your post because I am considering getting a new computer with Vista 64-bit and had same question. Please post if you have success or failure! Thanks. The URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Family%20Tree%20Maker%202008&v=The%20Generations%20Network&uid=17&pf=0&pi=1&c=Hobbies%20%26%20Personal%20Improvement&sc=all&os=64-bit
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I am not sure, friend. I think you can also use the cloud, google doc or drop box. I don't save much on mine. I love to use Drop box for my business and jump drives for my person stuff.
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Just go to your new version of FTM and click on open and then on your old data for family tree it will automatically update what you have to the new version, might also ask you a few questions if this is what you want to do and of course you do.