Family Tree Maker 2008 UK Edition Release Date Information
Update 8th October 2007. The Deluxe and Platinum UK Editions are now in stock.
Update 5th October 2007. The publishers have informed us that the release date of the Deluxe and Platinum editions will be Monday 8th October 2007. We are not expecting this date to slip any further.
Update 1st October 2007. We have almost caught up dispatching the £19.90 1CD packs -- Phew!. The publishers have advised us that the release of the Deluxe and Platinum editions will take place later this week, but they do not know which day yet. We will dispatch the Deluxe and Platinum editions by first class post as soon as our stock arrives.
Update 26th September 2007. Our stock of the 1CD packs has arrived. We are working long hours dispatching orders. Thank you very much for your patience.
Update 24th September 2007. The publishers have informed us this morning that we should receive our stock of the 1CD packs on Wednesday 26th September 2007. We will start dispatch as soon as our stock arrives.
Update 20th September 2007. The publishers have informed us today that they have encountered a further delay in manufacturing the 1CD packs and that we should expect to receive our stock of the Family Tree Maker 2008 UK Edition 1CD packs about Wednesday 26th September. We apologise for this situation which is completely outside of our control.
Update 17th September 2007. The release of the UK Deluxe and Platinum Editions is expected to be 1st October 2007.
Update 16th September 2007. The publishers have confirmed that the release of the 1CD pack will take place sometime this week (the week beginning 16th September 2007) but the precise day is not known yet. We will work flat out dispatching orders as soon as our stock arrives. We will dispatch by Royal Mail first class post (or by Royal Mail airmail) precisely in the sequence that we received orders, so those that ordered first will receive their copy first.
Update 5th September 2007. The publishers have indicated today that the release is scheduled for the week beginning 16th September 2007. Thank you very much for your patience. We will work long hours dispatching orders when the UK Edition is released.
Update 27th August 2007. The publishers have not yet announced a release date for the Family Tree Maker 2008 UK Edition because the program is still being developed. Our best estimate for release is mid-late September 2007.
Update 14th August 2007. The USA edition which is very USA orientated has been released. We are not selling the USA Edition. We are taking orders for the UK edition customised for UK use (also suitable for people with British roots) which is still being developed and is expected soon - around early September 2007. Please place your order as soon as possible to secure the best possible place in our queue. Only £19.90 with free delivery. We will not charge your card until we dispatch.
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New features in Family Tree Maker v16
Bug fixes
Some minor bugs in Family Tree Maker 2006 have been fixed.
Individuals To Include in Source Usage Report
The new Individuals To Include allows you to focus the report right down to an individual, date or date range as in other Family Tree Maker reports. You can now tailor your Source Usage Report to include only what you wish to focus on. There is also a new "Hide master sources with no citations associated with them" option that makes the report a more manageable size.
Type Ahead search in the Find Master Sources list
This facility now works correctly, drilling down the list automatically as you type -- not just going to the first letter as before.
Edit Button in Master Source area
This is an additional Edit button that takes you directly to a New Master Source dialogue box assisting you to quickly add a new master source to your list.
Extra protection against file corruption when you export Family Tree Maker 2006 files to previous Family Tree Maker file formats
Updates in the notes section for Windows 98 users
Family Tree Maker v16 options
New features in Family Tree Maker 2006
Colourful Charts And Reports
Some editions of Family Tree Maker 2006 come with the easy to use Charting Companion, worth over £14. Charting Companion lets you view, customise, print and publish generations of your family tree. Choose from a variety of formats and more than 16 million colours. Even create your own custom colours. Includes a new bow-tie tree (like an hourglass tree on it's side) and a very nice full circle fan chart. To install Charting Companion, insert the Family Tree Maker 2006 CD, skip the tour, and click on Bonus Software.
Notes
And now you can enter about thirty-two times as many notes in the Notes field - up to 1MB of text - about 250 pages instead of 8 pages, allowing you to capture an individual's entire story! You can quickly see your sources and update your data.
Streamlined Data Entry
Family Tree Maker continues to ease important data entry tasks. The new and improved Edit Individual box simplifies the process of entering basic information about a person from the Pedigree view. It also makes it easier for you to see related sources for that person. Changes to the Edit Individual dialog enable you to enter an individual's data from almost any location in the program.
Internet Backup
Make sure you never lose your family history. Protect your Family Tree Maker data against computer failure by storing your own private backup copy on the Family Tree Maker secure servers. Store up to 3GB in a password-protected online location only you can access. This storage space is free to you for the first three months.
Improved Source Management
Manage sources better than ever before. Advanced users will welcome the significant improvements to Family Tree Maker's source management. The new and improved Edit Individual box simplifies the process of entering basic information about a person from the Pedigree View. New dialogues make it easier to see what sources are associated with a fact or individual. View all the sources associated with a single fact or person in the new Source Usage Report. Easily connect a single citation to multiple facts with the new Copy and Paste feature. The new copy and paste functions allow you to quickly transfer those sources to any other fact or individual in your file. You can also quickly identify and replace duplicate master sources without losing any information. If a source is merged from Ancestry.com the link to the online record will be included in your source so you can find that record in the future. You can quickly see how your sources are being used by viewing the new source usage display or generating a source usage report. There's also more room to store source citations and text, so you'll no longer need to leave out important information.
Web Search Enhancements
Change web-search criteria in various ways without ever changing your data in Family Tree Maker by using the improved Web Search, providing you with greater flexibility as you seek your ancestors. You can now change search criteria without modifying the data in your file. If you want to search for a person using her married name, you can do it right from the search results view! If you know what Ancestry.com databases you would like to search you can tell Family Tree Maker to focus on those databases and leave all of the others out, maximizing the time you spend on research. Change web-search criteria in various ways without ever changing your data in Family Tree Maker. Search on both married and maiden names and limit your search to specific records on Ancestry.com.
Web Merge Improvements
Merge Ancestry.com records and images with any individual in your records and edit citation information before merging. Another helpful addition: all records stored in Family Tree Maker 2006 can now be linked directly to the related source records on Ancestry.com. Several enhancements the Web Merge Wizard increase your ability to move data from Ancestry.com into your family file. You can now choose to merge Web data into any individual in your Family File with the click of a button. You can also merge an entire source citation, including any associated source images, directly into your file. That means you no longer need to note source details on a piece of paper and add it to your source citation after the merge is complete. And census, newspaper and other supporting images will be available right in your family file for future reference.
Family Facts And Research Tips
Get interesting and helpful research information about you family name. See where your ancestors are likely to have originated, the meaning of their names, where they lived, their most likely occupations and more.
UK Spellcheck (UK editions only)
Search UK+Ireland Databases using the websearch button in Family Tree Maker UK editions. If you already have a subscription to ancestry.co.uk ALL editions of Family Tree Maker will link in with your subscription.
Ancestry UK freephone helpline (in addition to our own helpline 01284 828271).
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: - Component Minimum Requirements
Windows 98/ME/XP
We and the publishers also know many customers who successfully use Family Tree Maker in Windows NT, 2000, and XP Professional
For Windows 98/ME; a 300 MHz Pentium, or compatible, processor and 32 MB of RAM
For Windows XP; a 333 MHz Pentium, or compatible processor, and 128 MB of RAM
Super VGA (800 x 600) video adapter (1024x768 recommended)
Hi-Colour (16-bit) colour quality
A CD-ROM drive (for installation only; to use the CD back up features, a CDR/CDRW is required)
150 MB disk space
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. (A full install package for IE 6 is provided if your system does not already have it)
To take advantage of the online features, a 56 Kbps modem and an Internet connection
Printer Support: Works with most popular printers (monochrome and color) supported by Windows
System requirements are based on requirements to run the Family Tree Maker program. User's Operating System requirements may be higher than those listed here.
System configuration may require minor adjustments to the configurations of your operations system and/or updates to the hardware component drivers
As with all Windows programs, a faster processor, more RAM, and more free disk space will enhance performance.
Family Tree Maker 2006 options
Note: All subscription activations require product registration with a valid credit card.
New features in Family Tree Maker 2005
New Input Interface
Much of the input side of Family Tree Maker 2005 has been updated and reorganised to present an up to date Windows type look and feel, and to simplify the overall use of the program, including entering information, moving around within your family tree, and accessing all of Family Tree Maker's rich features and tools.
New Family View and Toolbar
The new Family View replaces the old Family Page. See three generations instead of two, and up to eight children at once. The Edit Individual window (formerly the Individual Facts Card) has been enhanced to make it easier to add all the details about an individual in one central place. Another example is the streamlined toolbar with more intuitive buttons. The new design is much easier to use.
New Pedigree View
The all new Pedigree View is in addition to the Pedigree Tree, and allows you to quickly and easily navigate your family tree. You can view up to seven generations or as few as three. When navigating to other generations in your tree, animation helps you to see how the tree is changing so you don't lose your way. A side panel makes it easy to view anyone's pedigree through the click of a button, while also providing details on a selected individual. In addition to giving you a great visual overview of your family and making it easy to move around, the Pedigree View allows you to quickly analyse your tree and identify areas in need of research. The Pedigree View is extremely powerful and has lots of features that you will love.
Web Search
Family Tree Maker 2005's new web search feature will automatically search Ancestry.com for more information on the people in your tree, and will rank the results to easily identify the ones that are most likely to be your ancestors. The Family Tree Maker Web Search Report makes it easy to compare the information found online with the people in your tree, so you can quickly determine which information is relevant to you. You can then mark the ones of interest to you and hide the ones that are irrelevant. Once you've identified the information you'd like to keep, you can easlily add that data right into your own tree using Family Tree Maker's Web Merge feature.
Web Search Report
With Family Tree Maker's new automatic Web Search running in the background, you can instantly view and analyse search results through the Web Search Report. You can easily compare the information found online with the information you already have - side by side! Filter the results to show only the ones you're interested in - by their ranking, by the type of data (e.g., census record, birth record, etc.) or by a status set by you. You can mark a result as something to follow-up on, something to ignore or something you've seen and haven't decided upon yet. Family Tree Maker provides you with the tools to quickly and easily analyze a lot of information to make building your tree really easy!
New Web Merge Process
Merging and appending data from the web has never been easier. Now Family Tree Maker takes the guesswork out of merging. An easy to use wizard guides you through the incorporation of each new record that you find. You can either accept Family Tree Maker's recommendations and add the data in one step, or you can use the wizard to choose which information to add, and whether to make the data 'preferred' or 'alternate' information. None of your existing information will be overwritten.
Bookmarks and History
Now you can quickly jump to the people in your tree that you view most frequently by creating bookmarks or viewing your editing history. Bookmarks are set by you to identify the individuals you access frequently. The History feature automatically tracks the last 30 individuals you edited enabling you to jump to recently changed people. You can use bookmarks and history in both the Family View and the Pedigree View.
Helpful Adjustments
A number of smaller adjustments have been made to Family Tree Maker 2005 to improve your experience with the program. These include an automatic notification when program updates are available, a default date display that follows the standard genealogical (UK) format of dd mmm yyyy, a more intuitave toolbar, improvements to the GEDCOM importing process, a menu item for compacting the database, and improvements to the process of uploading information to a user home page.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: - Component Minimum Requirements
Windows 98/ME/XP
For Windows 98/ME; a 300 MHz Pentium, or compatible, processor and 32 MB of RAM
For Windows XP; a 333 MHz Pentium, or compatible processor, and 128 MB of RAM
Super VGA (800 x 600) video adapter (1024x768 recommended)
Hi-Colour (16-bit) colour quality
A CD-ROM drive (for installation only; to use the CD back up features, a CDR/CDRW is required)
150 MB disk space
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. (A full install package for IE 6 is provided if your system does not already have it)
To take advantage of the online features, a 56 Kbps modem and an Internet connection
Printer Support: Works with most popular printers (monochrome and color) supported by Windows
System requirements are based on requirements to run the Family Tree Maker program. User's Operating System requirements may be higher than those listed here.
System configuration may require minor adjustments to the configurations of your operations system and/or updates to the hardware component drivers
As with all Windows programs, a faster processor, more RAM, and more free disk space will enhance performance.
Screenshots illustrating new features in Family Tree Maker 2005
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New features
in Version 11
Back Up Your Family File to CD
Preserve your heritage by protecting your valuable Family
Tree Maker data from viruses, hard drives crashes, and
corrupted floppy disks. In the event that you should ever
need your backup copy, you can restore it from the CD in
seconds.
Export Family Books to PDF
Now you can share your Family Book with family members
whether they have Family Tree Maker or not. You can easily
create a professional-quality Family Book and export it as a
PDF file to send to relatives anywhere in the world.
Add Notes to Family Books
No longer do you need to copy your notes and paste them into
your Family Book as a text item -- with Family Tree Maker
11, notes are added automatically with just one click and
drag of the mouse.
Merge Family Files More Easily
It's never been easier to append or merge data from one
Family File to another! Family Tree Maker's new merge
process walks you through the few simple steps to complete a
merge. Whether you are merging two files, duplicate
individuals, or importing new data into your file, you'll be
able to do it in just seconds.
Customize Family Tree Maker with Tabbed Preference Panels
Make Family Tree Maker run the way you want it to. Tabbed
preference panels make it easier for you to find the tools
and resources you want to control.
Work in Two Files Simultaneously
Conveniently open and work in two Family Tree Maker files at
the same time. Want to see how the file your family, friends,
or newly discovered distant cousin sent you compares to your
file? Simply open both files and compare them for similarities
or differences. Never before have you had the opportunity to
compare and edit Family Files simultaneously.
Copy and Paste Between Family Files
Now you can copy and paste individuals, family branches, or
an entire tree from one Family File to another. New
individuals are pasted exactly where you specify, and merged
with any identical individuals in that file, so you don't
have to worry about relationship errors.
Preview Your Family Book Before Printing
Take a final look at your masterpiece. You can view the
complete layout of your Family Book, exactly as it will
print, and make any necessary changes -- saves time and
paper.
Getting Started Tutorial
New to Family Tree Maker? This interactive tutorial will get you up and running in no time.
Add Individual and Marriage Notes to Books
Now it’s easy to add individual and marriage notes to books. Just drag and drop!
Export to Spreadsheet and Database Programs
Export reports to CSV file format, which most spreadsheet and database programs (including Microsoft Excel) can read automatically.
Simplified Preferences Interface
Set up your work environment using the new tabbed Preferences dialog box. You can even change the background color of your Family Page.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Windows 98/ME/XP Home Edition
90 MHz Pentium (166 MHz recommended)
16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
125 MB free hard disk space
2X CD-ROM drive or faster
640X480 display, 256 colours
New features in Version 10
Output to PDF
The new Output to PDF feature allows you to e-mail your files, have them printed at a print shop, or upload them to a website of your choice. Allows you to share your Family Trees and Family History, including graphics and photos, with friends and relatives who don't own Family Tree Maker. Easily preserve and share your heirloom quality trees and reports exactly as you intended. Send your PDF printouts to your family via e-mail, to be professionally printed for your next reunion, or upload them to your website. Whether your family member has Family Tree Maker or not, Output to PDF allows them to view your family trees and read the family reports that you have created.
Sharing your family information is easier than ever. Family Tree Maker 10 lets you preserve your family history exactly as you intended, complete with your most treasured memories including family facts, photos, captions and more! Just print your heirloom-quality trees and reports to PDF format and double click to view and print. From Standard Ancestor tree to Descendant Fan tree, Family Tree Maker 10 lets you convert all your trees and reports to PDF.
In addition, you can now save yourself time and printing and shipping costs by sending your PDF trees and reports to family and friends via e-mail. It's simple, just attach the PDF file to the e-mail and click to send. Whether your family members have Family Tree Maker or not, they will be able to view your family trees, read your reports and share the joy of discovering their unique family history with you. Preparing for the next family reunion, gathering, or holiday, just convert your favorite tree to PDF and take it to be professionally printed. It's that simple!
Upload PDF to your Family Home Page
Interested in giving your family and friends fast and easy access to your family history information regardless of their location? Look no further. In addition to the InterneTree, and html versions of your reports, Family Tree Maker 10 lets you upload PDF versions of your trees and reports to your family home page. Now you can share your family information exactly as you intended, complete with photos, images, captions, and more. Simply click on the Graphic Tree and upload your tree. It's easier than ever to share your most treasured memories with your loved ones. Family Tree Maker even lets you privatize information within your trees.
Adobe® Acrobat ® Reader® is required to view PDF files. This program may already be installed in your system. If not, go to http://www.adobe.com and follow their instructions for a free download to your system.
Output your report to RTF
This new feature allows you to conveniently customise your reports. Simply export them to RTF (Rich Text Format) and edit your reports in your favourite word processor.
Standard Pedigree Tree
The Standard Pedigree Tree is one of the genealogist's most useful tools for collecting family data. It includes empty cells where you can write in up to four generations of ancestors. Send this form to your relatives so you can confirm birth dates, wedding dates, and other vital statistics from distant branches of your family. Print out blank trees to take to the library or family gatherings to help you organize and record new information to enter later. Expand your family heritage with this new helpful research tool. Simply print a blank copy and take it with you to your next family gathering or to the library so you can fill in the family facts that you discover right on the form
Expand your family heritage with the Standard Pedigree Tree. Filling in missing information has never been easier, just take your incomplete pedigree to your next visit to the library or National Archive and fill in the family facts that you find right on the form. Want to discover more about your heritage at the next family gathering? Just print a blank pedigree and complete it with the valuable information you gather from those that know about it. You can even convert your Standard Pedigree Tree to PDF format and send it via e-mail to your family members to help you fill in missing information.
Family Tree Templates
Professionally-designed templates to enhance your trees or as a jumping-off point to create your own unique look and feel. Templates range from functional (Compact, Portrait) to colourful and stylish (Bold, Elegant, Modern, Typewriter) to thematic (New World, Scenic, Flag). Create beautiful printouts using pre-defined formats for your trees and reports. These professionally designed templates allow you to choose from a wide variety of formats. Just select the template you want and Family Tree Maker applies it automatically to your tree.
Date Calculator
Date Calculator determines your ancestor's birth date, death date, or age at special events. Easily calculate your ancestor's birth date. Simply enter the information you know, such as marriage, death, or other event and Family Tree Maker automatically calculates the date for you. Plus, you can even calculate the age of your family members at any given event, such as age at death if birth and death date are known, see the day of the week at any given date, or view an individuals age in years, months, and days.
Want to calculate the date your great grand father was born? Just enter the information you know - marriage, death, or other event - and Family Tree Maker 10 quickly calculates that date for you. Plus, you can even calculate the age of your family members at any given event, such as age at death if birth and death date are known, see the day of the week at any given date, or see an individuals age in years, months, and days. Once you have the date, simply copy it to your Family Page, Individual Facts Card or Facts Page. In addition, Family Tree Maker lets you change the individual who's birth you want to calculate without leaving the Date Calculator. Just select the individual you want from the Family Page, Individual Facts Card, and the Facts Page, and click the calculate button.
Enhanced photo editing
Preserve your valuable family photos and images with additional photo enhancing capabilities, from removing red eye to adjusting colour, Family Tree Maker makes it even easier.
Family File Statistics
View information on your family file at a glance. From the number of generations, to the average life span within your file, Family Tree Maker lets you see it all with just a click of your mouse.
Family Tree Templates
Create beautiful printouts using professionally designed Family Tree Templates. Family Tree Maker 10 lets you choose from a wide variety of pre-defined formats that you can apply to your trees. From Modern and Patriotic to Elegant and Scenic, Family Tree Maker version 10 helps you create heirloom quality trees to display and share your unique family history. Simply select the template of your choice and Family Tree Maker automatically applies it to your tree. You can even edit and save any changes you make to your tree after you apply the Family Tree Template. Version 10 also allows you to easily apply the templates to previously saved trees.
Improved Program Help
To make it easier to answer your questions, we are continuing to enhance the Help features in Family Tree Maker. Search for information on specific features by simply entering a key word or phrase into the Index tab of the Help dialog box. In addition, Family Tree Maker now provides a Getting Started Manual in PDF format within the install CD-ROM for quick reference.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Windows 98/ME/XP Home Edition
90 MHz Pentium (166 MHz recommended)
16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
125 MB free hard disk space
2X CD-ROM drive or faster
640X480 display, 256 colours
New features
in Version 9.0
New Individual Facts Card
Preserving your family's information is now easier than ever. The existing Family Page makes it easy to enter information about your family. Once you have entered information into the Family Page, the new Individual Facts Card allows you to easily display and edit the facts for a specific individual while you are in your current tree or report view. It also allows you to quickly enter or edit any information you want to record about an individual. Multiple tabs (Facts, Marriage, Address, Medical, Lineage, and Notes) correspond to each of the More About pages. But rather than navigating separately to each page, the Individual Facts Card allows you to edit any of them from one simple, easy-to-use dialog box. Just double-click (or single-click, depending on the view) on the individual and Family Tree Maker will automatically open the Individual Facts Card for the individual.
In addition to making it easy to enter facts about a specific individual, the Individual Facts Card also makes it easier to navigate through your family tree. Switch to the individual's parents, children, spouse or sibling just by clicking on the drop-down menu. Or, add new individuals. Once you have completed using the Individual Facts Card, Family Tree Maker will automatically redraw the tree or reformat the report to include the new individual.
The Individual Facts Card features multiple tabs that correspond to the different types of "More About" information in Family Tree Maker (Facts, Marriage, Address, Medical, Lineage, and Notes).
Now you can edit virtually any information from this single, easy-to-use dialog box without going to different pages. Switch to a person's parents, children, spouse, or sibling just by clicking on a convenient drop-down menu. And, you can even use it to add new individuals.
Attach Images to Sources
One of the most important tenets in genealogy is the accurate and thorough documentation of source information. Now you can add images - from a file, Scrapbook, scanner/camera, or Photo CD - to your source information. This is helpful because you can easily locate and return to the original source if you need to, plus, you have a record of which sources you've already checked.
Easily track your source images - when you print the Documented Events, Bibliography or create a customer report that lists sources, you can immediately tell if there is an attached source image in your file. The source will list "Image(s) Available" next to the source. Print the source image to store in an album or scrapbook. When you print the source image, Family Tree Maker will automatically print the source title next to it.
As a family historian, you know the value of keeping accurate and thorough track of your sources, and most genealogists agree that there's no better source material than primary documents. Now you can add scanned or other digital images of your primary source material to your Family File with ease! Never again will you have to duplicate your research efforts with this convenient addition to Family Tree Maker.
Add Siblings to Ancestor Trees
Now you have even more options for creating heirloom-quality printouts. In addition to the wide selection of trees available in Family Tree Maker, you can now show the complete heritage of a family member by also including siblings of direct ancestors in all the Ancestor Trees. Easily see relations to aunts and uncles. Produce a compact, manageable tree that still provides a great amount of information. Once included, siblings will appear in both standard and vertical Ancestor trees as well as in the ancestor portion of standard Hourglass trees.
Print photos from scrapbook
Scrapbooks are a wonderful way to catalog and preserve precious memories of an individual. Now, you can also print images that you've preserved directly from the Scrapbook.
E-mail field
Store the complete contact information of your family members. With the increased popularity of computers both at home and the workplace, e-mail addresses have become a common part of everyday life for many of us. Family Tree Maker now includes a field on the More About Address page that allows you to capture this information for individuals in your Family File. You can also print the email on all the reports where you can print address information: labels, cards, address report, custom reports.
File History
For your convenience, Family Tree Maker now includes a list of the most recently viewed files at the bottom of the File Menu. Whether you are viewing a file sent by a relative, or browsing an entry in the World Family Tree, you'll find it easier than ever to move between multiple files as you compare potential additions to your own Family File.
ME Compliant/Tested on XP
Family Tree Maker version 9.0 is now Windows® ME Compliant and has been tested preliminarily on a beta version of Windows® XP.
Improved Program Help
To make it easier to answer your questions, we are continuing to enhance the Help features in Family Tree Maker. Search for information on specific features by simply entering a key word or phrase into the Index tab of the Help dialog box.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS CD-ROM*
Windows 95/98/ME**
Windows XP (Administrator)***
90 MHz Pentium(R) (166 MHz recommended)
16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
100 MB free hard disk space
2X CD-ROM drive or faster
640X480 display, 256 colors
Internet Connection (required to access online data and
features - minimum 28.8 Kbps connection speed)****
Printer Support: Works with most popular printers (monochrome
and color) supported by Windows.
Optional: Video capture board and sound board (for video or
audio clips); Scanner (for digitizing graphic images); Digital
camera
*System configuration: May require minor adjustments to the
configuration of your operating system and/or updates to the
hardware component or peripheral device drivers
**ME requires a minimum 32 MB of RAM and 150 MHZ Pentium
to run the operating system
***XP requires a minimum 128 MB of RAM and 233 MHZ Pentium II to
run this application. Note: Preliminary testing of Family Tree
Maker 9.0 has been done on a beta release of Windows XP. User
account should be set to Computer Administrator (not Limited)
to install and run the program.
****User responsible for all Internet access fees and charges
As with all Windows programs, a faster processor, more RAM,
and more free hard-disk space will enhance performance. 50MB of
program files will be copied to your hard-drive; the rest of the
data will remain on the CD-ROMs to be accessed during program use.
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Summary of the features of older versions:
Share your research with other family members and family history
enthusiasts. The new Publishing Centre consolidates
Family Tree Maker's array of publishing tools and makes it simple to
create heirloom-quality Family Books and personal Family Home Pages
that look professionally designed. The Publishing Centre offers
the following tools:
Create a Home Page Wizard: Creating a personal Family Home
Page is easy with this new step-by-step guide. This wizard will
automatically create your own fully integrated home page with an
index, family tree, genealogy reports, and links between all the
pages. All you need to do is answer a few questions and the wizard
will do the rest. Each family member will have a genealogy report that
is linked to the family tree and index and will provide details about
his/her immediate family members, relatives, important events, dates,
and locations. And, to protect your privacy, you can privatize all
the information of your living family members with the simple click of
a button. And, you can now customize your Family Home Page with
pictures! At your request, the wizard will automatically take
pictures you select from your scrapbook and post them on each family
member's genealogy report. Preserve your family history and share it
with others by creating your own home page with this powerful Create
a Home Page wizard!
Edit your Home Page Wizard: After you have created your personal
Family Home Page, easily add more family members and update
information with this step-by-step guide. Instruct the wizard
to update all files or just specific family members. Let family
members know you have updated your home page by clicking on a button to
automatically send an email to family members in your personal Family
Tree Maker email list!
Add a Tree Wizard: Customize your Family Home Page
even further by adding your favorite family trees and printouts. Quickly add
your personal Family Books, trees, and timelines to your home page with
a few simple clicks. This wizard takes you through a 3-step process
for selecting and adding your personalized printouts created in Family
Tree Maker.
New and Improved Tools to help you research your ancestors:
FamilyFinder Tips - Not sure where to look or what to do to find
that next piece of information about an ancestor? FamilyFinder Tips
can be displayed, on demand, to review the information you have gathered on
a specific ancestor and to give recommendations on where you can
research next. The tips will guide you to vital records, national
and international archives, online resources and more! FamilyFinder
Tips make it even easier for you by including pre-formatted letters that
you can copy, sign and mail to request information and records.
Improved FamilyFinder Report- Your FamilyFinder Report now delivers
even more personalized results with Expanded Explanations. Sources
that are rated "5-star" are most likely to contain data useful to you.
They will also list the name of the oldest individual who appears in
the source, their relationship to you, and how many other names you
might be able to add to your tree from this source.
New and Improved Tools to help you quickly edit your family history
and reports: Find and Replace You no longer have to spend tedious
hours fixing simple data entry errors. Find and Replace automatically
searches your entire Family File for the information you want replaced
and then substitutes the text you prefer at the click of a button
Unprecedented Flexibility
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New "Drag & Drop" technology brings customization to new extremes in
Family Tree Maker Version 7.5. Drag & Drop lets you place boxes, captions,
and images exactly where you want them in standard Ancestor and Descendant
trees. If you've ever looked at your family tree and thought "If only I
could move this box over here instead," then this breakthrough new version
is for you.
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Family Tree Maker's new Drag and Drop feature allows you to select boxes,
captions, and pictures on standard ancestor and descendant trees and place
them anywhere on the page that you wish. This new feature offers unprecedented
flexibility, empowering you to create an even more personalized result.
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Quickly and easily move a single box or an entire branch of your standard
Ancestor or Descendant Tree and place it exactly where you want it. Simply
Drag & Drop the boxes to create your own tree layouts and enjoy the
flexibility of achieving the ultimate in customized trees. Wherever you
drag the boxes, the lines between related individuals remain connected
-- you won't need to worry about breaking up bloodlines.
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Add Captions to Photos & Images
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Users of Family Tree Maker have often requested that a new feature be added
to the program which would allow adding of captions to photos & images.
Now its here! With this new feature you can add personal touches by including
memories or stories in captions next to photos and images.
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Family Tree Maker 7.5 also lets you add exciting new elements to your tree
-- multiple images, photos, and captions. You can even add explanatory
text and include photos of various sizes. Create individual keepsakes for
family members by adding those personal touches that you know they'll enjoy
most. The possibilities for customizing your tree are virtually endless!
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Create more beautiful tree layouts than ever before with new Drag &
Drop for images. Add as many images as you like to your trees, and position
them anywhere on the page. Easily move the images into place exactly where
you want them, then add image borders for a stylish look. You can display
a different photo for each branch of your tree, add pictures of family
crests and heirlooms, and much more. By folding your family photo album
into your family tree, you'll preserve your family's history for generations
to come.
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Include your own lively comments in your family trees by writing and adding
captions. Proudly display a favorite memory of your parents, the story
of how your grandparents met, or a brief history of your family crest.
Link the caption to an individual or family Scrapbook, and then Drag &
Drop them anywhere on the page. Adding captions to your photos and pictures
is a great way to personalize your tree and turn your Family Book into
a masterpiece.
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"Save View" Option
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When you have completed your customized tree, report, timeline or map it
can be saved for quick retrieval with the new "Save View" option. The new
"Save View" option allows you to save completed reports and charts that
you could not save before. It also simpifies and accelerates saving, finding
and viewing reports and charts that you have created using Family Tree
Maker.
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Personalize Family Trees
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The best part is how easy it is to personalize family trees. You will be
impressed with all the beautiful, personalized family trees that you can
create with your own customized layout.
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Printing Enhancements
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View Menu now includes a list of all available reports so that you can
go directly to any particular one.
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Medical Information Report now shows what you've recorded about "cause
of death," very helpful in constructing a medical family history.
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Family Maps can now optionally abbreviate state names in order to keep
the page neater and reduce crowding.
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Windows 95/98, Pentium 90 (166 recommended), 16MB RAM (32 recommended),
256 Colour VGA Display, 2X CD-ROM Drive, 95MB Free Hard Disk Space (50MB
Free Hard Disk Space after installation). 45 MB of program files will be
copied to your hard drive; the rest of the data, including the Family Finder
Index, will remain on theCD-ROMs to be accessed during program use. Family
Tree Maker 7.5 will read files from all previous versions of Family Tree
Maker through 3.0. However, earlier versions of Family Tree Maker will
not be able to open files created or modified in Family Tree Maker 7.5
unless converted to GEDCOM. Please note that Family Tree Maker 7.5 is a
32-bit application and will not run under Windows 3.1 or earlier; Windows
95 or higher is required.
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Optional: Modem (for connecting to Family Tree Maker Online); Video capture
card and sound card (for video or audio clips); Scanner (for digitizing
graphic images). As with all Windows programs, a faster processor, more
RAM and more free disk space will enhance performance.
Version 7 included :-
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Mapping
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Family
Tree Maker's new fully-integrated map feature plots birth, marriage, death
-- in fact, any event for which you've entered a location -- on your choice
of several maps. Select the events and the individuals to include, then
decide if you want a map of the United States, North America, Western Europe,
or the World. You can choose between maps showing current political boundaries
or topographic detail, and you can crop and scale all maps to focus on
any area you want. These impressive displays of key events in the lives
of your family members are great for Family Books and reunions!
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Fit-to-page
Ancestor Trees
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Now
Family Tree Maker can automatically format your ancestor tree to fit six
generations on one page. This is up 50% from previous versions, which could
fit a maximum of four generations on a page. In order to show all six generations,
the amount of information about each individual may be limited.
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FamilyFinder
Centre
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This new feature gives you access to Family Tree Maker's vast genealogical resources -- from CD to Internet -- all in one convenient screen. Detailed descriptions
help guide you through the options if you have any questions.
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Improved FamilyFinder Search
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The FamilyFinder Search can quickly tell you which CD resources may contain information about your ancestors. With Family Tree Maker 7.0, the search capabilities have been improved to identify even more probable matches and weed-out false leads. View the results on an improved
FamilyFinder Report -- it now ranks potential matches more clearly, with the most likely matches prioritized at the very top of each section.
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Improved Merging
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Merging information is quicker and easier than ever. Family Tree Maker now identifies more possible matches to help prevent the creation of duplicate individual records.
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Burial Information on the Family Page
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Now you can record burial information on the Family Page, right below the death date and location. A very popular enhancement request, this makes it even easier for you to see more information at a glance.
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Alternate Names
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You see one name on a death certificate and a slightly different one on an immigration record. Both could be correct, but how do you make those distinctions in your Family File? Instead of choosing one name to show on reports and trees, display all of them, like any alternate fact or event. Family Tree Maker will know to watch for both names when searching for or reporting information.
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One-Step Scanning Support
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Preserve your family photos and documents easier than ever before. TWAIN support lets you quickly scan photos and other images directly into your family scrapbook without using a separate graphics program. Use your desktop scanner or a digital camera to capture your family memories, and Family Tree Maker to store them.
General
Description
Family
Tree Maker can handle all kinds of information about millions of your
relatives. This includes anything from basic names, dates, and places to
more personal information. For example, it stores pages of notes, such
as stories, favorite jokes, and recipes; nicknames and special titles;
height, weight and medical information; addresses and phone numbers; information
about special family relationships, such as adoptions, divorces, and re-marriages;
and other quick facts and dates, such as graduation, baptism, and burial.
In addition, you can introduce multimedia elements into your family records by placing video clips, audio clips, and even scanned documents into Family Tree Maker's Scrapbooks. Print the widest variety of family trees and reports. Family Tree Maker delivers the most attractive and versatile printouts you'll find. You and your loved ones will treasure these heirlooms for years.
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Ancestor and Descendant trees in over ten beautiful styles, with your choice of contents and size
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Genealogy reports, such as Register, NGS Quarterly, and Ahnentafel, automatically create narrative family histories, complete with names, dates, notes, sources, and more
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Kinship reports showing how individuals in your file are related LDS reports with standard formats and ordinances
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Birthday and anniversary calendars
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Custom reports listing medical history, longevity, and more
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Family Group Sheets and individual fact sheets
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Multimedia Scrapbook images, mailing labels, name tags, stickers, and more
Create
multimedia family albums
Family
Tree Maker's Scrapbooks preserve your family's true character - the sights,
sounds, and stories that go beyond just names and dates. You can include
photos, video and audio clips, and even scanned images. Scrapbooks accept
Kodak Photo CD pictures, TIF files, BMP files and other common file formats
. And, once you've placed everything you want into a Scrapbook, you can
impress your family by creating multimedia "slide shows," where each item
in a Scrapbook is displayed sequentially for the number of seconds that
you choose. You can also print Scrapbook albums, choosing how many images
are on each page, the style and colour of the text and borders, and whether
or not to include page numbers.
View and search hundreds of Family Archive CDs
Use Family Tree Maker to look for family information on Family Archive CDs - available from us as separate CDs. We stock all the CDs in this range applicable to British and Irish research. We can supply any of the CDs in the Family Tree Maker/Broderbund/Genealogy.com range. These CDs provide dates, places, and other details on people who appear in centuries of records. All you need to know is a relative's approximate last name, and the FamilyFinder Index will tell you exactly which Family Archive CD has more information. This way, you can quickly make progress right from your own computer.
Sources
"Sources" database tracks your research with expert efficiency. Keeping an organised record of your information sources is one of the cornerstones of genealogy. It allows you and future generations to follow your exact research steps in case some of the information is ever called into question. To keep track of the sources you've used in your family history research (such as family Bibles, wedding albums, or government records), Family Tree Maker has a
sophisticated new system that tracks all your sources in detail. Each source has its own notecard-style screen where you list the source's title, author, reliability, and other details. You only need to record each source once - then, whenever you include information from it in your Family File, you can "point" to its listing in your Master Sources database. Of course, you're not limited to just one source for each piece of information (such as a name, date, or location) - you can list as many sources as you have.
Easily create professional-quality books
A Family Book combines your choice of printouts - such as Ancestor trees, Family Group Sheets, Kinship reports, and narrative Genealogy reports - and assembles them into one continuous document. You can include page numbers, a list of source citations, and more. Family Tree Maker can automatically generate a Table of Contents and an Index that shows all the pages where each individual appears. Just drag and drop the printouts you want to include...it's that easy! Family Books can also include free-form text pages, so you can record heart-warming stories that go beyond the names and dates. And you
can bring your stories to life by inserting pictures! It's like having
a word processor right inside Family Tree Maker.
Now you can create a lasting record of all those special times - anniversary parties, vacations, holidays, reunions - to preserve the true character and spirit of your family. Once you've selected the trees, reports, and stories to include in your book, one click of the "Print" command puts it all together. Better yet, you're not limited to just one style of Family Book. You can design several different Family Books and specify what to include in each. Whenever you want, you can edit the contents of existing Family Books or create more new Family Books. Genealogy reports automatically create narrative family histories.
When it's time to print your family information, Register (descendant ordered), NGS Quarterly (descendant ordered), and Ahnentafel (ancestor ordered) reports are the recognized way to publish family information in text format (as opposed to chart format). Writing one of these reports by hand would take several hours. Instead, Family Tree Maker can create them for you instantly - complete with your choice of fonts, layouts, and information. It takes names, dates, notes, sources, and other information in your family file, and automatically weaves them into a narrative story. You'll read about
each generation in real sentences instead of just bare facts. Use them
in your family books, or attach them to your user home page to share you family history with others. Book Layout trees show up to 99 generations without splitting boxes. For trees larger than one page, Family Tree Maker can neatly split your tree onto as many standard-size pages as it takes, labeling each split with the page number where that branch is continued. With Book Layout trees, boxes are never cut in half on page breaks. Each person's entire box is printed on a given page, and (if necessary) reprinted in connection with generations on later pages.
Step-by-Step Genealogy "How-To" Guide
This computerized "How-To" Guide is your expert family history companion. It tells you how to start, whom to contact, what to ask, and more. Topics range from doing overseas research to interpreting centuries-old handwriting. Built-in form letters and address directories make requesting official county records simple. The "How-To" Guide is also available online right here on Family Tree Maker Online. But it's handy to have an extra copy of it on your Family Tree Maker CD-ROM for quick reference.
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