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Summary: Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials
Comment: Works great . I like the product. Finally updated old 1996 version .

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Summary: Family Tree Maker Essentials 2009
Comment: 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

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Summary: Lots of stuff, not easy to learn
Comment: 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.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Much bettre
Comment: 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.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Worth Every Cent
Comment: 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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