Family Tree Maker ?

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Phantom

Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Phantom » 10 des 2004 04:42:08

I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with it
in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family. Will
this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I went to
there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a $2.00/min.
charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as good or better
that I can import these files into? Thanks.

Jack

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Jack » 10 des 2004 10:45:58

Hi!

Try Legacy, I think it is very good, and you can import your PAF.

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Index.asp?mid=4A17Nvi



"Phantom" <somebody@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with it
in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family. Will
this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I went to
there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a $2.00/min.
charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as good or better
that I can import these files into? Thanks.


Nick Spalding

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Nick Spalding » 10 des 2004 11:18:34

Phantom wrote, in <10ri6oj98dc7u4f@corp.supernews.com>:

I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with it
in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family. Will
this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I went to
there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a $2.00/min.
charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as good or better
that I can import these files into? Thanks.

You should have no trouble getting 4.0 to work under XP. I have just done a
trial installation of it on my laptop and it runs just fine.
--
Nick Spalding

Bruce Remick

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Bruce Remick » 10 des 2004 13:44:20

"Phantom" <somebody@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with it
in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family. Will
this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I went to
there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a $2.00/min.
charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as good or better
that I can import these files into? Thanks.


I'm still using FTM version 7.5 for Windows 95/98 and it recently
transferred over to XP with no problems. There were some slight differences
in the screen appearance on XP, but all my data and photos of thousands of
folks made the trip seamlessly.

I had thought about installing and trying Legacy but wondered if and how all
the scrapbook photos I have in FTM could be transferred in the mass move.

Bruce

Patscga

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Patscga » 10 des 2004 15:07:26

It won't run on XP.
Pat

Nick Spalding

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Nick Spalding » 10 des 2004 15:09:41

Patscga wrote, in <20041210090726.21939.00001858@mb-m06.aol.com>:

It won't run on XP.

I installed and ran it on XP this very day. No problems whatever.
--
Nick Spalding

Phantom

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Phantom » 10 des 2004 19:22:21

I did install the version 4 on my XP HomeEdition. It worked fine and opened
all files. Except the ones I had made with a downloaded patch years ago. I
got a message that the files were made with a later version.
But it did work. Now I'm going to have to buy the new 2005 to open some of
my files.

"Nick Spalding" <spalding@iol.ie> wrote in message
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Patscga wrote, in <20041210090726.21939.00001858@mb-m06.aol.com>:

It won't run on XP.

I installed and ran it on XP this very day. No problems whatever.
--
Nick Spalding

Dan

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Dan » 10 des 2004 19:59:15

"Nick Spalding" <spalding@iol.ie> wrote in message
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Patscga wrote, in <20041210090726.21939.00001858@mb-m06.aol.com>:

It won't run on XP.

I installed and ran it on XP this very day. No problems
whatever. --
Nick Spalding

I have FTM 6 and loaded it into XP. It works fine for me.

Dan Harriman
Orange, Texas
real email is kc5gxl at sbcglogal dot net

Researching: CRANDALL; COTTON; HERRIMAN/HARRIMAN; HUGHS/HUGHES;
SHELDON, among others

James A. Doemer

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 10 des 2004 20:10:00

Phantom <somebody@nospam.com> wrote:
I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little
with it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the
family. Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new
version?

I don't know for sure, but my gut reaction is that 4.0 won't run on XP.
Family Tree Maker 2005 is out and is only $29.95 and should be able to
handle your 4.0 files, or at least a GEDCOM file.

http://www.ftm2005.com/


I went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact
them with out a $2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I
could get that is as good or better that I can import these files
into? Thanks.

James A. Doemer

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 10 des 2004 20:10:36

Nick Spalding <spalding@iol.ie> wrote:
Phantom wrote, in <10ri6oj98dc7u4f@corp.supernews.com>:

I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little
with it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the
family. Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new
version? I went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact
them with out a $2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I
could get that is as good or better that I can import these files
into? Thanks.

You should have no trouble getting 4.0 to work under XP. I have just
done a trial installation of it on my laptop and it runs just fine.

There ya go then.

David J Grimshaw

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av David J Grimshaw » 10 des 2004 21:41:51

Phantom wrote:
I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with it
in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family. Will
this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I went to
there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a $2.00/min.
charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as good or better
that I can import these files into? Thanks.



Hi Phantom,

Go with Legacy this can be down loaded from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com and it is free for the standard version
plus you get most minor up grades free.
By all reports it appears that Family Tree Maker ver 2005 has some bugs
in it that need ironing out so would recommend you steer clear of that
one untill they fix the problems.
Hope this helps some.

Lesley Robertson

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 10 des 2004 22:08:33

"David J Grimshaw" <Grimason_nz@yahoo.co.nz> schreef in bericht
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Phantom wrote:
I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with
it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family.
Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I
went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a
$2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as
good or better that I can import these files into? Thanks.
Hi Phantom,
Go with Legacy this can be down loaded from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com and it is free for the standard version
plus you get most minor up grades free.
By all reports it appears that Family Tree Maker ver 2005 has some bugs in
it that need ironing out so would recommend you steer clear of that one
untill they fix the problems.
Hope this helps some.

Odd, this is the first I've heard of it, and I've been using FRM 2005 for a
while now without any problems. Would you care to elaborate?
Lesley Robertson

James A. Doemer

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 11 des 2004 00:03:00

"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
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"David J Grimshaw" <Grimason_nz@yahoo.co.nz> schreef in bericht
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Phantom wrote:
I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with
it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family.
Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I
went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a
$2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as
good or better that I can import these files into? Thanks.
Hi Phantom,
Go with Legacy this can be down loaded from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com and it is free for the standard version
plus you get most minor up grades free.
By all reports it appears that Family Tree Maker ver 2005 has some bugs
in
it that need ironing out so would recommend you steer clear of that one
untill they fix the problems.
Hope this helps some.

Odd, this is the first I've heard of it, and I've been using FRM 2005 for
a
while now without any problems. Would you care to elaborate?
Lesley Robertson


Me too, I bought it a few weeks ago and have had no problems with it.

Dar

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Dar » 11 des 2004 22:28:28

My only problem with 2005 is that there is no direct link to
genealogy.com as there was in the past. Now the only direct link takes
you to ancestry.com. So if you lose your cookies to genealogy.com you
can't go in from the program to reset them. You have to email their help
desk to get it fixed. Frustrating, but not fatal!

James A. Doemer wrote:
"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
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"David J Grimshaw" <Grimason_nz@yahoo.co.nz> schreef in bericht
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Phantom wrote:

I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with
it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family.
Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I
went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a
$2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as
good or better that I can import these files into? Thanks.

Hi Phantom,
Go with Legacy this can be down loaded from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com and it is free for the standard version
plus you get most minor up grades free.
By all reports it appears that Family Tree Maker ver 2005 has some bugs

in

it that need ironing out so would recommend you steer clear of that one
untill they fix the problems.
Hope this helps some.

Odd, this is the first I've heard of it, and I've been using FRM 2005 for

a

while now without any problems. Would you care to elaborate?
Lesley Robertson



Me too, I bought it a few weeks ago and have had no problems with it.



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¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:-
Dar - Vancouver, WA
d1simpson at comcast dot net

Phantom

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Phantom » 12 des 2004 00:41:07

I went to pick up FTM today, and saw Family Tree Legends, which I mistakenly
thought was Legacy. It said on the box it would import FTM files. I bought
it. Since you can't return opened software, I downloaded an evaluation copy
and zilch, it will not open FTM files like it said. Thus, it goes back
tomorrow and will pick up FTM like I should have to begin with.

"Dar" <d1simpson@aol.com> wrote in message
news:0EJud.175516$5K2.152123@attbi_s03...
My only problem with 2005 is that there is no direct link to genealogy.com
as there was in the past. Now the only direct link takes you to
ancestry.com. So if you lose your cookies to genealogy.com you can't go in
from the program to reset them. You have to email their help desk to get
it fixed. Frustrating, but not fatal!

James A. Doemer wrote:
"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
news:lfoud.70$FG5.10@fe39.usenetserver.com...

"David J Grimshaw" <Grimason_nz@yahoo.co.nz> schreef in bericht
news:cpd1mo$jf6$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...

Phantom wrote:

I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little with
it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family.
Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I
went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out a
$2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as
good or better that I can import these files into? Thanks.

Hi Phantom,
Go with Legacy this can be down loaded from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com and it is free for the standard version
plus you get most minor up grades free.
By all reports it appears that Family Tree Maker ver 2005 has some bugs

in

it that need ironing out so would recommend you steer clear of that one
untill they fix the problems.
Hope this helps some.

Odd, this is the first I've heard of it, and I've been using FRM 2005 for

a

while now without any problems. Would you care to elaborate?
Lesley Robertson



Me too, I bought it a few weeks ago and have had no problems with it.



--
¸..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:-
¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:-
Dar - Vancouver, WA
d1simpson at comcast dot net


James A. Doemer

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 12 des 2004 00:56:42

Well, frankly, I never used the direct link anyway. Though I can see where
that could be frustrating.

"Dar" <d1simpson@aol.com> wrote in message
news:0EJud.175516$5K2.152123@attbi_s03...
My only problem with 2005 is that there is no direct link to
genealogy.com as there was in the past. Now the only direct link takes
you to ancestry.com. So if you lose your cookies to genealogy.com you
can't go in from the program to reset them. You have to email their help
desk to get it fixed. Frustrating, but not fatal!

James A. Doemer wrote:
"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
news:lfoud.70$FG5.10@fe39.usenetserver.com...

"David J Grimshaw" <Grimason_nz@yahoo.co.nz> schreef in bericht
news:cpd1mo$jf6$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...

Phantom wrote:

I have an old Family Tree Maker version 4.0. I have done a little
with
it in the past, and have a few files for it on one side of the family.
Will this install on Windows XP or should I just buy a new version? I
went to there web site but cannot find a way to contact them with out
a
$2.00/min. charge. Or is there another program I could get that is as
good or better that I can import these files into? Thanks.

Hi Phantom,
Go with Legacy this can be down loaded from
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com and it is free for the standard version
plus you get most minor up grades free.
By all reports it appears that Family Tree Maker ver 2005 has some bugs

in

it that need ironing out so would recommend you steer clear of that one
untill they fix the problems.
Hope this helps some.

Odd, this is the first I've heard of it, and I've been using FRM 2005
for

a

while now without any problems. Would you care to elaborate?
Lesley Robertson



Me too, I bought it a few weeks ago and have had no problems with it.



--
¸..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:-
¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:-
Dar - Vancouver, WA
d1simpson at comcast dot net

Rich Heimlich

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Rich Heimlich » 12 des 2004 08:27:49

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:41:07 -0600, "Phantom" <somebody@nospam.com>
wrote:

Thus, it goes back tomorrow and will pick up FTM like I should have to begin with.

For what it's worth, I just got back into this (glad I did as I hit
the jackpot) but started with FTM, spent a few days in it and thought,
"There has to be something more intuitive." I then downloaded Legacy
and within an hour I liked it so much I upgrade to Deluxe for a
whopping (sarcasm) $19.95.

The only things I prefered in FTM:

In FTM you have an "aka" field right with each person whereas with
Legacy, unless I'm misreading it, they essentially create another
record with that name. The other one is that scroll windows don't
scroll when you drag the actual scrollbar. You can scroll them a
number of ways but when you drag the scrollbar, the window stays put
until you finish and then it updates. I'm a fan of live scrolling when
you drag the scrollbar. <grin>

MisNomer

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av MisNomer » 13 des 2004 15:42:20

There is an AKA field in Legacy, but, it doesn't add the names to the names
list, so there is no feature for searching by that spelling of the name.

As for the scrolling feature - I like clicking on the scroll bar - how many
times do you need to see a name on a page?

take care
Liz




On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:27:49 -0500, Rich Heimlich <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote:


In FTM you have an "aka" field right with each person whereas with
Legacy, unless I'm misreading it, they essentially create another
record with that name. The other one is that scroll windows don't
scroll when you drag the actual scrollbar. You can scroll them a
number of ways but when you drag the scrollbar, the window stays put
until you finish and then it updates. I'm a fan of live scrolling when
you drag the scrollbar. <grin

Olav Gråthen

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Olav Gråthen » 13 des 2004 15:57:24

Hi

When you go into the index view - there is an option to the right .....
under there is an option to include AKAs in list ...


Olav

"MisNomer" <misnomer@shaw.ca> skrev i en meddelelse
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There is an AKA field in Legacy, but, it doesn't add the names to the
names
list, so there is no feature for searching by that spelling of the name.

As for the scrolling feature - I like clicking on the scroll bar - how
many
times do you need to see a name on a page?

take care
Liz




On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:27:49 -0500, Rich Heimlich <agrajag@comcast.net
wrote:


In FTM you have an "aka" field right with each person whereas with
Legacy, unless I'm misreading it, they essentially create another
record with that name. The other one is that scroll windows don't
scroll when you drag the actual scrollbar. You can scroll them a
number of ways but when you drag the scrollbar, the window stays put
until you finish and then it updates. I'm a fan of live scrolling when
you drag the scrollbar. <grin

MisNomer

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av MisNomer » 14 des 2004 04:48:24

Sure enough! cool... learn something new everyday!

take care
Liz



On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:57:24 +0100, "Olav Gråthen" <olavg@c.dk> wrote:

Hi

When you go into the index view - there is an option to the right .....
under there is an option to include AKAs in list ...


Olav

Rich Heimlich

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Rich Heimlich » 14 des 2004 11:54:24

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:57:24 +0100, "Olav Gråthen" <olavg@c.dk> wrote:

When you go into the index view - there is an option to the right .....
under there is an option to include AKAs in list ...

I just want a simple "Nickname(s)" feature. In Legacy it's a bit
cryptic how to add and manage these. For example, I have a baseball
player in the family by the name of James McGinnis who was known as
Mugsy McGinnis. I don't want to ever see two actual entries for James.
I'd just like to see James in the various views with his various
nicknames.

I'm not talking about completely different last names or various
spellings. To me, there's the correct spelling and then there's the
incorrect spelling which should, in my view, be noted as part of the
original spelling. Legacy does handle it that way but it's just not
easy to work with (at least so far).

The scroll windows are also driving me crazy even more of late. In
standard windows apps, all I need to do is put the mouse cursor over a
list and scroll. Here I have to actually select something in the list
before it will scroll.

Jack

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Jack » 14 des 2004 13:26:54

You can put that nickname into pre or post fields
Then it will be "Mugsy" James McGinnis

"Rich Heimlich" <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:57:24 +0100, "Olav Gråthen" <olavg@c.dk> wrote:

When you go into the index view - there is an option to the right .....
under there is an option to include AKAs in list ...

I just want a simple "Nickname(s)" feature. In Legacy it's a bit
cryptic how to add and manage these. For example, I have a baseball
player in the family by the name of James McGinnis who was known as
Mugsy McGinnis. I don't want to ever see two actual entries for James.
I'd just like to see James in the various views with his various
nicknames.

I'm not talking about completely different last names or various
spellings. To me, there's the correct spelling and then there's the
incorrect spelling which should, in my view, be noted as part of the
original spelling. Legacy does handle it that way but it's just not
easy to work with (at least so far).

The scroll windows are also driving me crazy even more of late. In
standard windows apps, all I need to do is put the mouse cursor over a
list and scroll. Here I have to actually select something in the list
before it will scroll.

Bruce Remick

Re: Family Tree Maker ?

Legg inn av Bruce Remick » 14 des 2004 13:47:09

"Rich Heimlich" <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:57:24 +0100, "Olav Gråthen" <olavg@c.dk> wrote:

When you go into the index view - there is an option to the right .....
under there is an option to include AKAs in list ...

I just want a simple "Nickname(s)" feature. In Legacy it's a bit
cryptic how to add and manage these. For example, I have a baseball
player in the family by the name of James McGinnis who was known as
Mugsy McGinnis. I don't want to ever see two actual entries for James.
I'd just like to see James in the various views with his various
nicknames.

I simply enter James "Mugsy" McGinnis. This doesn't interfere with any
printouts or searches and if the nickname was actually what he was called by
most people, it should appear as part of his name, IMO. A "pet" name that
only a few people called him could be mentioned in Notes.

I'm not talking about completely different last names or various
spellings. To me, there's the correct spelling and then there's the
incorrect spelling which should, in my view, be noted as part of the
original spelling. Legacy does handle it that way but it's just not
easy to work with (at least so far).

I always enter the correct or formal name of an individual, even if it's not
the actual name that person went by. Then I explain any inconsistencies in
Notes.


Bruce

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