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Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials Review
User Submitted Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials Reviews
Date: 2008-11-25
Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials
Works great . I like the product. Finally updated old 1996 version .
Date: 2008-11-24
Family Tree Maker Essentials 2009
Some what generic looking in appearance but well thought out. I've been using the version 7 for almost 10 years. I tried to load the old version 7 onto my Laptop containing Microsoft XP and failed the attempt. So, I thought it was time for an upgrade. I'm very happy......Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials
Date: 2008-11-16
Lots of stuff, not easy to learn
I've been doing genealogy on and off for years, and haven't used FTM for a while. I've been rebuilding my family history [...] and decided it was time to get desktop software, and decided to get FTM 2009 because I figured it would make things easier to switch back and forth. Now, I've been using computers since I was a child, and am quite comfortable with them, but I am having a terrible time navigating around this software. It does not recognize sources that I linked to people in Ancestry, and keeps giving me hints for these sources. I am having to go in, person by person, and ignore all these hints so I don't have the little leaf on every single person. The help files have not been useful, and the email I sent has yet to be answered. I am having problems with merging information as well. I still find it difficult to move around the tree to different people and get their information up.
I don't want to scare people off of the software. It has a lot of room for your notes and sources and media and all kinds of fun stuff. It hasn't crashed (I've got Windows XP). It just isn't really intuitive, and it's likely you'll have to sit down with the instructions to figure out how to do some really basic things (no, the 1920 census is not an "alternate fact" to the 1930 census--it's a completely new source! Gah!)I have issues with any software that you end up having to buy another instruction book to really make use of it, but that's what I guess I will have to do here.
Date: 2008-11-11
Much bettre
This version is soooooo much better than the prior one. Runs quickly, easy to import pictures and video. I run this on my old junky laptop and it runs really well. I have very little time anymore so when I sit down to work on this I need it to be easy to figure out, easy to manage, and I need it to run quickly. This version does all of that.
Date: 2008-11-06
Worth Every Cent
I inherited FTM 2003 from my Dad with thousands of family records. I upgraded to 2005 and took classes but never really got into doing much. This newest version is FANTASTIC! It does so much and makes it easy to find where I need to add/update/correct/research information. I can easily enter source information and media as well as standardize data such as locations. I recommend it highly. Also, by buying it on Amazon I saved over purchasing directly from the FTM site. Thanks!
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