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Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials

Manufacturer : Encore Software
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List Price:	$29.99
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Features

Improved synchronization with Ancestry.com and access to the world's largest online collection of family history records (over 6 billion records)
A powerful new global find and replace feature that searches text in facts, notes, media, sources, and tasks
Updated charts and reports including new book layouts for charts, and new relationship, and data error reports; ability to save and reuse publication templates, charts, and reports
Includes one-month subscription to Ancestry.com, interactive training tutorial and The Family Tree Maker Little Book of Answers

Product Description

Family Tree Maker 2009can help you build your family tree, gather stories and photos and create charts and books to share with your family. The Essentials Edition includes a one-month subscription to Ancestry.com ? the world's largest online collection of family history records with more than 7 billion ancestors' names. Enter facts about your family and Family Tree Maker will automatically connect to the site. From there, Family Tree Maker 2009 will let you quickly add historical records and facts from Ancestry.com to your tree. Publish your tree online to share with the whole family. You can also preserve your heritage by adding photos, video and audio clips to your tree. Or use Family Tree Maker's interactive maps, timelines, charts and more to help bring your story to life.

The Essentials Edition also includes:

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Family Tree Maker 2009 by Ancestry.com, the #1 selling family history software, can help you easily discover, preserve and share your family history. It can help you build your family tree, gather stories and photos and create charts and books to share with your family. The Essentials Edition includes a one-month subscription to Ancestry.com--the world's largest online collection of family history records with more than 7 billion ancestors' names. You'll also receive an interactive training tutorial and The Family Tree Maker Little Book of Answers.

What's new in Family Tree maker 2009?

Exciting new charts and reports
Improved data editing and manipulation
Enhanced maps, charts and reports
A robust "find and replace" functionality
Expanded RTF and HTML export
Improved file merging and memory usage
A way to copy and paste source citations
The ability to save and apply templates
Increased overall performance

Bonus materials inside:

The Getting Started Guide to Family Tree Maker
Follow simple directions to begin a project and master the program's basic features
Interactive Training Tutorial
Get step-by-step instructions and tips that will help you easily build and grow your family tree.
The Family Tree Maker Little Book of Answers
Read short sections that will tell you how Family Tree Maker can work best for you.

Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting on your family tree, Family Tree Maker 2009 can help you create a family tree faster, easier, and better than ever before. The end result is a family history that you and your family will treasure for years to come.

Family Tree Maker 2009 lets you easily:

Organize your family story privately and conveniently on your personal computer
Create charts and reports in a variety of formats to share with friends and family
Discover new information anywhere on the web and add it to your tree instantly
Integrate with the 7 billion names in historical records on Ancestry.com. Even receive hints linking you to matching records.
Incorporate photos, documents and audio, video and other files into your tree.
View timelines and interactive maps.

How can you make the most of Ancestry.com?

Family Tree Maker Deluxe 2009 comes with one month of free access to Ancestry.com, the world's largest online collection of family history resources.
Your software works seamlessly with the site so you can easily search for your ancestors and add the information you discover to your tree.
You could find missing facts about your family in census records, draft cards, passenger lists, image collections and other historical resources.

What's New?

Create essential genealogy reports (Register and Ahnentafel)
Share your family tree with several new charting options: hourglass, bow tie, and fan. You can also use custom templates or design your own
Streamline your data entry with one-click editing of individuals from any workspace in the software
Simplify sourcing with "cut and paste" source citations
Track AND print your ancestors' migration paths on interactive maps
Enjoy faster startup times and improved file performance
Find your ancestors more easily with improved Web Search. You can even choose to ignore irrelevant results.

And don't forget the features you've come to rely on:

Dynamic user interface that lets you quickly switch between important features
The ability to import data from other genealogy programs, including Personal Ancestry File, The Master Genealogist, and Legacy Family Tree
Powerful sourcing tools that let you document AND rate each of your citations
Interactive maps and lists that give you a bird's-eye view of where members of your family come
Place authority database of more than 3 million names that helps you standardize your place entries
Photo AND file management features so you can easily incorporate all types of media files into your charts and reports
Timelines that highlight personal, family, and world events
Easy-to-use tools for merging duplicate individuals, calculating dates, creating to-do lists, and more

Use Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker together to get the most out of both.

Search the extensive record collections at Ancestry.com without ever leaving your family tree! And, when you find new records, you can quickly merge them into your tree.
Take advantage of Ancestry Hints--Family Tree Maker automatically suggests records that may match people in your tree
Share heirloom-quality books and attractive posters that you create with the self-publishing tool at Ancestry.com

Your Family Tree Maker 2009 software also includes:

Training Tutorial for Family Tree Maker 2009 (included on Family Tree Maker disk)
Getting Started Guide (included on Family Tree Maker disk)

14-day free trial subscription to Ancestry.com.
Search the world's largest online repository of family history records.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.50 out of 17 reviews

Rating :
Much bettre - Normal Guy, Nov 11, 2008

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.

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Worth Every Cent - CLCQUALITY, Nov 06, 2008

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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Family Tree Maker 2009 - M. C. Boitos, Nov 03, 2008

Have owned FTM versions since version 1. FTM Version 2008 needed patch to run on Vista - was funky and clunky - version FTM 16 better. This newer version seems to work better - and with pronises of improvements - couldbe a much better product. FTM Version 16 still is better but has compatabilty problems with Windows Vista.

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Gen - Edmund C. Lyons, Nov 03, 2008

Family Tree Maker 2009 essentials is a very complete package. It is the same item sold elsewhere for a lot more money and they have less time on the internet. It is a lot more program than past ones and will take some time to become a pro at, but is intutitive enough most anyone will be up and running in a short amount of time.

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family tree maker 2009 - Roy C. Winton, Nov 02, 2008

This product is replaced an earlier version, which no longer worked correctly since I upgraded to a Vista computer. I find that it is not quite as friendly to use as the earlier versions. On the other hand, it provides some very helpful links to possible relevent data in ancestry.com that the earlier version did not provide. I would recommend this program to anyone who is looking for family history.

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