FTM 16

I received a notice that FTM 16 was available and it looks somewhat
interesting for the price. Usually I would abandon genealogy if FTM
was the only program.

I don't think they have a demo program or a free, but crippled, for 30
days trial. Is that correct? That's a no-no in my opinion.

I presume the icon to enter Ancestry.com requires membership in
Ancestry. I have been a member for years and surely it's not a
freebie.

FTM is so commercial I question whether they can unilaterally "mine"
your information if you use the program.

Lesley Robertson...

I've been using FTM since about ver 4, and I've had parts of my tree on
their user's web paged since about ver 7, and as far as I know, they haven't
"mined" it. With an afrikaaner mother and a scottish father, I have some
pretty unusual name combinations, so I think it would show up.

I don't remember the names but I know a couple of FTM users I respect
post here - what are the things FTM does better than other programs
and where are the "potholes"?

Lesley Robertson...

I think I still use it because I'm used to it (I'm only on ver 13, I only
upgrade when they introduce something I fancy having). I've tried many of
the others' demos over the years, and always come back to FTM. Some of it's
laziness, but I do like their all in one tree. It'll even generate trees for
everyone in the database, whether related or not. As I have most of the
trees for my 1-place study in there, it's very useful for spotting isolated
individuals in among the various unrelated families.
Lesley Robertson

Eagle...

Thanks, Lesley. Familiarity is certainly persuasive.

It would be very easy for me to wind up with 3 or 4 programs to use
for specific benefits.

They have a 30 day money back but I don't like to return.

Paul Blair...

Kinda looks like a cupple minor changes, and some free storage space
(well, for 3 months anyway). This (presumably) is the pre-Vista cleanup,
so maybe it will run in 64-bit? Does anyone know?

Paul
Australia

singhals...

Between me, 'n' thee, and the gatepost, I don't _think_ you'd like it.
It has some personality quirks that don't match your style (g). It
does have some unique charts, so if you want that chart, you're in
clover; otherwise R E Lee was a steamboat, you know?

Eagle...

I 'spect yur rite.

I looked at a ratings site a cupla hours ago and FTM was ranked with
Legacy as the top programs. I never saw it ranked so high before - not
since Paul Burchfield anyhoo.

The hint to buy the program now at a fire sale for $15 and upgrade to
v16 online sounds good - I'd do that just to try the program. I need
some frustration - haven't had any lately. 8-)

Merci, Cherie - oops, that's Cheryl,

singhals...

Lemme loan you some of mine?

singhals...

du rien, mon vieux!