family tree maker 11

[snaggletooth]

http://www.myfamilyinc.com/default.aspx?html=overview will tell you a bit.

FTM have perfected the art of annual releases (I hesitate to say upgrades) and they are most adept at building an empire from small purchases.

A friend of mine uses FTM4 - it works just as well as my version 12, and probably better than the current offering.

Web-based computing is starting to affect sales - to see some examples, go to http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net/ and look down the left side to see "Sites using.." Stick a pin in somewhere, look around.

This type of program is a lot more flexible than the standard home-computer variety, and its free.

Paul

[Michael72.]

Hi Michael

No I have never had them contact me.

FTM is owned by myfamily.com these days.

If that figure of £2.50 is correct then you most certainly got a bargain.

downside

Thats what I paid for it.....Boyes were selling them off....I can't remember what the original price was supposed to be...it was over four years ago...

Michael72.

[downside]

Hi Michael

I paid £29.68 inc vat and delivery from jungle.com 27/01/2001.

I don't know how Boyes made a profit?  What profit?  Even if you bought a box of 10 blank CD's and copied the data from a legitimate copy of FTM version 6.0 you would would hard pressed to make any profit.

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[tawny75]

I have FTM maker 2006 the basic version.  Only cost £5.99 from Morrisons.  It is in the Who do You Think You Are box.

[downside]

Hi tawny75

The basic version is the best one to get.  I got the deluxe 8-CD set which is mostly a waste of money as it has 6 CD's of Amercian vital data all of which is irrelevant to me.

It looks like I was ripped off!

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[JeanH]

At the beginning of the year, I bought FTM Collectors Edition, priced over £60.00 from PC World.  I am happy with it but after reading the other comments on this site, I will certainly not buy the upgrade which is on offer.  I will stay with what I have until they come up with something that is usable and geared for the UK market, not American.  Regards Maeve

[trish251]

I paid alot more than 2.50 (in Australia) to upgrade from V5 to V11. I'll never upgrade again - the only new benefit was the ability to export some data to excel, which I did find handy but not worth what I paid. I don't use any of the internet features - I simply use the program to store my family data. It is VERY simple to learn & use - I tried a few different programs, but decided to stay with what is simple & easy.

I have absolutely no trouble importing new GED files and creating new FTM files. I rarely merge files, but have done a couple of times (always create a copy of the files before merging).

Trish

[Stumped!]

I'm also running FTM 2006 having upgraded from 2005.
It's major drawback as far as I am concerned is that I can't create web pages from it.
At the moment I export a GEDCOM into either Legacy or personal ancestry, both of which do but if anyone knows a better way I'd be glad to hear it.
Peter

[Michael72.]

Well that's good to know then....when I didn't get any sort of response from Broderbund, I thought it might have been something I'd said...

I must say though, it was a Godsend when I came across it....I had been muddling through collating stuff on note-pads and bits of paper for about a year and I had only just bought a Computer and started trying to get my Tree in some semblance of order using Word.....the job became much simpler and manageable, and before long everything was in order and in place for easy access....

So I must thank FTM at least for that.....



Michael72.