FTM 2009: Can anyone tell me if there is a benefit to having FTM versus just creating your family tree on Ancestory.com?
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Hi Sam, I'm Michelle Pfister, a Senior Product Manager for FTM. To answer your question, putting your family tree on Ancestry.com will work fine for you if you want the basic functionality of having historical records located automatically, and recording stories and photos for people in your tree. When you want more functionality, such as printing several types of reports, doing tree-wide searches for specific information, or keeping more detailed source information, then FTM is a better choice. Both Ancestry and FTM work together, so the record hints from Ancestry also display in FTM. You can post your FTM tree as an Ancestry tree, and we're continually working to increase better integration between the two.
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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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Thanks so much. Since I have 6 different genealogy files, and 3 of them all have over 800 pages, it looks like it might be a bit pricey, but...these are the best I've seen, so I will go ahead and order them. Wish the larger ones had a name plate on the outside. Again, my thanks...I know what to do now.
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Most definitely. The scale differentiates members of a family well when there is a bigger difference in parameters between them. If someone is a reasonable match to one of the registered users, they will be erroneously logged as the closest matching member. Our maid is forever weighing herself and sending my wife's profile off. However, if there isn't a matching member to attach the data to, it will just upload to a new guest profile.
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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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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.
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Gosh, I'm not sure how to answer that. I only use it for keeping a running total of what my balance is in my account. I don't believe it keeps a "history" of entries, if that is what you are asking. Hope that helps.
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From the complaints I've heard I'm wondering about this as well. But they seemed to have a launched an online version. They may have gone to services from the web. I'm not sure if it is intended as a full replacement, but I wonder what it means for me as I have my records from 1999 and want to keep it intact.
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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.
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You can create a "book" which would take some effort but it does allow you to add images. The book can then be saved as a pdf. You can export trees as Family Treemaker files with images/media, but the user would have to have FTM to open them. GEDCOM files, a universal file system, do not support images.
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The pedigree charts are just that it is a place to record the information you already have to be able to see a bigger picture of your family ancestry so you know where you are and which lines you need to do more research on. www.familysearch.org is avaliable to research your family for free or there is also ancestry.com or heritagequest.com that are paid sites.
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Actually, jitterbug can do it for you, do you remeber the help line, or when they call you for daily checks, you can ask them. I added my mom's contacts, via the web after we made an account for her. You're oaying s lot, you might as well use some of the services you're oayjng for
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There is a litlle extra space under "Married" where a 2nd or third marriage could be added but is is only through the 3rd Great-Grandparents then the spaces for other information from 4th and on back gets too small for much more information. I hope this helps you. (There is also a little space at the bottom of each section where infor. could be added)
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It will be clear that your parents are or are not your biological parents if you and they get tested. If a parent is unavailable, you could get your grandparents tested or your aunts or uncles or your cousins, as surrogates for the parents, but that takes a little more interpretation. In my family, our daughter shares 50% with each of my wife and me, and there is matching all through each chromosome, so it is very clear. Note that a several 23andme users have posted threads on the discussion groups about how they found that they were adopted, or their mother got pregnant by a man other than the Dad, or through artificial insemination. It will be clear that your parents are or are not your biological parents if you and they get tested. If a parent is unavailable, you could get your grandparents tested or your aunts or uncles or your cousins, as surrogates for the parents, but that takes a little more interpretation. In my family, our daughter shares 50% with each of my wife and me, and there is matching all through each chromosome, so it is very clear. Note that a several 23andme users have posted threads on the discussion groups about how they found that they were adopted, or their mother got pregnant by a man other than... » Read More It will be clear that your parents are or are not your biological parents if you and they get tested. If a parent is unavailable, you could get your grandparents tested or your aunts or uncles or your cousins, as surrogates for the parents, but that takes a little more interpretation. In my family, our daughter shares 50% with each of my wife and me, and there is matching all through each chromosome, so it is very clear. Note that a several 23andme users have posted threads on the discussion groups about how they found that they were adopted, or their mother got pregnant by a man other than the Dad, or through artificial insemination. « Show Less
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http://longlostrelatives-smp.blogspot.com/2010/12/kindle-for-genealogy-redux.html
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Then try it out yourself. Go onto the website before you ask bonehead questions. Don't be rude.
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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