Family Tree Maker Version Question

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Billy

Family Tree Maker Version Question

Legg inn av Billy » 09 jan 2007 07:12:20

I started a Family Tree in Family Tree Maker 2005 Starter Edition as a
trial. I want to now purchase but the identification of the product is
so confusing. Is FTM v16 the upgrade path from this trial? Is that the
same as FTM 2006? Are these newer products backward compatible with the
2005 trial?
Who makes FTM, is it Encore or myfamily.com?

The help/about in the starter edition trial says it's made by
myfamily.com but takes me to ancestry.com to purchase, where the image
of the box appears completely differant than that of any box image on
Amazon.com, and is more expensive.

I want to be sure that I can have access to my 2005 file, yet have the
latest s/w of the product. I dont need the bells and whistles yet, so I
thought I'd buy the essentials version.

Please help!

Hugh Watkins

Re: Family Tree Maker Version Question

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 09 jan 2007 14:37:51

Billy wrote:

I started a Family Tree in Family Tree Maker 2005 Starter Edition as a
trial. I want to now purchase but the identification of the product is
so confusing. Is FTM v16 the upgrade path from this trial? Is that the
same as FTM 2006? Are these newer products backward compatible with the
2005 trial?
Who makes FTM, is it Encore or myfamily.com?

The help/about in the starter edition trial says it's made by
myfamily.com but takes me to ancestry.com to purchase, where the image
of the box appears completely differant than that of any box image on
Amazon.com, and is more expensive.

I want to be sure that I can have access to my 2005 file, yet have the
latest s/w of the product. I dont need the bells and whistles yet, so I
thought I'd buy the essentials version.

Please help!

get the single cd 2006 which has a freebie update on line to FTM 16


som packages have freebie subscriptions too

Hugh W

--

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http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/

Beta blogger
http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

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Fred McKenzie

Re: Family Tree Maker Version Question

Legg inn av Fred McKenzie » 09 jan 2007 18:03:50

In article <1168323140.194774.242860@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com>,
"Billy" <UseNewz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I started a Family Tree in Family Tree Maker 2005 Starter Edition as a
trial. I want to now purchase but the identification of the product is
so confusing. Is FTM v16 the upgrade path from this trial? Is that the
same as FTM 2006? Are these newer products backward compatible with the
2005 trial?

Billy-

You can almost certainly read or transfer your existing data into a
newer program.

If your Starter Edition has the capability to export or save-as the
Gedcom format, you will have a relatively universal file. The Gedcom
file can be imported into most genealogy programs.

I started with Brothers Keeper on an old IBM computer. Later I found
Family Tree Maker (probably version 1) for the Macintosh. By exporting
Gedcom from BK and importing it into FTM, all my data was available.

I'm now using Reunion. Some features of Reunion such as photographs,
may not be included in an exported Gedcom file. However, it has an
option to convert older-version files to the current format.

You would expect newer FTM versions to be able to read (or convert) data
from older versions. I think it would be unusual for them not to
provide such an upgrade path.

Fred

Billy

Re: Family Tree Maker Version Question

Legg inn av Billy » 10 jan 2007 00:57:47

I do not understand. I'm even more confused. What is the cd 2006? Who
makes it? Is it compatible with FTM 2005?

Hugh Watkins wrote:
Billy wrote:

I started a Family Tree in Family Tree Maker 2005 Starter Edition as a
trial. I want to now purchase but the identification of the product is
so confusing. Is FTM v16 the upgrade path from this trial? Is that the
same as FTM 2006? Are these newer products backward compatible with the
2005 trial?
Who makes FTM, is it Encore or myfamily.com?

The help/about in the starter edition trial says it's made by
myfamily.com but takes me to ancestry.com to purchase, where the image
of the box appears completely differant than that of any box image on
Amazon.com, and is more expensive.

I want to be sure that I can have access to my 2005 file, yet have the
latest s/w of the product. I dont need the bells and whistles yet, so I
thought I'd buy the essentials version.

Please help!

get the single cd 2006 which has a freebie update on line to FTM 16

som packages have freebie subscriptions too

Hugh W

--

a wonderful artist in Denmark
http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/

Beta blogger
http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

old blogger GENEALOGE
http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Fred McKenzie

Re: Family Tree Maker Version Question

Legg inn av Fred McKenzie » 10 jan 2007 04:40:34

In article <1168387067.288264.31420@i39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
"Billy" <UseNewz@hotmail.com> wrote:

I do not understand. I'm even more confused. What is the cd 2006? Who
makes it? Is it compatible with FTM 2005?

Billy-

I think you can find answers to all of your concerns if you nose around
the FTM web site,
http://www.familytreemaker.com/

Among the things I found, was a statement that new versions read files
created by older versions without any conversion.

Your FTM 2005 is apparently their version 13, if I read it correctly.
It is a little confusing when you get to version 2006, since the latest
version is "16", which apparently also came out in 2006.

I gather that version 2006 can be updated to version 16 by downloading
an updater file. It isn't clear if they charge to update version 2005,
but at least it is supported.

Fred

Hugh Watkins

Re: Family Tree Maker Version Question

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 10 jan 2007 04:43:26

THE SINGLE CD WITH FTM 2006 ON IT
as against a box full

study packages and prices

http://www.familytreemaker.com/

Already own Family Tree Maker?

Free update patch for 2006 users

http://auctions.yahoo.com/s:Other:22996 ... 06+bargain

typical $14.99

enjoy

Hugh W


Billy wrote:

I do not understand. I'm even more confused. What is the cd 2006? Who
makes it? Is it compatible with FTM 2005?

Hugh Watkins wrote:

Billy wrote:


I started a Family Tree in Family Tree Maker 2005 Starter Edition as a
trial. I want to now purchase but the identification of the product is
so confusing. Is FTM v16 the upgrade path from this trial? Is that the
same as FTM 2006? Are these newer products backward compatible with the
2005 trial?
Who makes FTM, is it Encore or myfamily.com?

The help/about in the starter edition trial says it's made by
myfamily.com but takes me to ancestry.com to purchase, where the image
of the box appears completely differant than that of any box image on
Amazon.com, and is more expensive.

I want to be sure that I can have access to my 2005 file, yet have the
latest s/w of the product. I dont need the bells and whistles yet, so I
thought I'd buy the essentials version.

Please help!


get the single cd 2006 which has a freebie update on line to FTM 16

som packages have freebie subscriptions too

Hugh W

--

a wonderful artist in Denmark
http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/

Beta blogger
http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

old blogger GENEALOGE
http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG




--

a wonderful artist in Denmark
http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/

Beta blogger
http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

old blogger GENEALOGE
http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

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