RootsChat.Com
General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: ''Jane'' on Sunday 24 February 08 11:03 GMT (UK)
-
Hi there,
I am thinking about buying FTM 2008. Does anyone know if the free 6 months Ancestry subscription can be used to access the .com site rather than the .uk site? I already have a subscription to the uk site and would prefer to use the free 6 months one for researching my husbands family in the US.
Thanks
J
-
Hi J
All the offers I've looked at clearly state .co.uk.
Why not buy the 2006 version instead - the difference in price is roughly 3 months' subscription to the US site!
Bill
-
I would advise against buying FTM 2008. They have removed many useful features of the previous versions. Personally I much prefer my 1995 version of FTM.
Andrew
-
Hi Bill & Andrew,
Thank you for your advice on FTM 2008.
I have heard that the 2008 version wasn't so good as previous ones so maybe I'll steer well clear of it after all.
Many thanks to you both.
-
There was a thread about ftm2008 on the technical board and this link came up
http://groups.google.ca/group/soc.genealogy.computing/msg/20df97808920497c?hl=en
very interesting.
-
Cheers Silvery, will read now.
Regards,
Jane
-
I was just looking at it in the store the other day. I have the 2006 version, I think it is, and that gave me a year's subscription (.com because I am in the US). I wondered if I should upgrade and saw they only gave a few months and just laughed. And it cost more than the version I bought.
Kath
-
I find FTM 2008 an improvement on previous versions regarding layout.
Also, it doesn't replace previous versions when it's loaded so I've kept both and switch between them according to what I want to do.
Elvina.
-
Can anyone advise about FamilyTree Maker. Can you just upload a gedcom into it or do you have to add everything manually.
Also another question.
I installed Family Tree Maker 2005 SE, which was on a free cd in one of the family history mags. After installation there was about twenty icons on my desktop. I quickly uninstalled it as was afraid there was something wrong. All restored to normal.
If I bought for example FTM 2006, would it do the same thing.
At the moment I use PAF, but wondered if there was any advantage in trying something different.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
-
You can download free trial versions of nearly all of them, and they should all import the gedcom. I use paf though, as I'm not a fan of family tree maker.
-
There was a thread about ftm2008 on the technical board and this link came up
very interesting.
I'd missed that - thanks, Silvery. They have removed some very important features. I had thought of upgrading, but I'll stick with my FTM 2005 which does me just fine.
meles
-
is it any better than the 2006 version?
-
I have just been bought a Family Tree Maker Platinum 2008.
Now ,I cancelled my Ancestry because they wanted a credit card to be used and I only have a debit card ,which was fine until this year.
This is the funny thing ,the Family tree maker cost about £45.00 .It was from a somerset online store on ebay.So when it came I was surprised to see that I got 6 months free subscription to Ancestry.
I personally prefer my 2005 version as it has the All in One tree facility on it ,which i cannot find on the new one ...yet.But I worked out that it would have cost me about £60.00 to do the 6 months subscription ,so I may have a bargain here ?.
£45.00 ,6 months subscription and a new programme.
Paid by paypal it seemed worth sharing this info.
Lin
-
I agree that buying FTM for the subscription can sometimes be worth it, less expensive than the subscription. I have FTM 2006, which I got for $40 at a Sam's Club, with a $10 rebate. At that time, I got Ancestry for a year with the purchase. I was looking at FTM 2008 last time I was at a Sam's and was dismayed to see the subscription to Ancestry wasn't for as long, but still a good deal. But I like my 2006. ;D
Kath