[or-roots] Re: Which Family tree Maker is best??

[William L Harvey]

Pat, Melanie,

I can duplicate Pat's message word for word --- get FTM vs. 11.0 without 
any CDs  --- use your spare shekels for subscriptions to pertinent 
databases on Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com (in that order IMHO)

Bill Harvey (in CA)

Kith-n-Kin wrote:

> Well, having used them all, beginning with version 1.x, here are my 
> recommendations. I bought dozens of CDs of various kinds, and I view 
> the whole thing as a Barbie Doll. For those of you deficient in the 
> Barbie culture, suffice to say that that $15 Barbie doll needs 
> clothes. . . , lots of clothes. . . , and a new house. . . , and a new 
> car. . . and a spa. . . .     So, $250 later, your little darling 
> daughter is happy for maybe three weeks. . . until Barbie needs a . . . .
>  
> Get the most up to date version you can afford. That's 11 now, I 
> believe.  The ease of use for the newer versions makes it worthwhile.
>  
> All the information on the CDs is available on the Genealogy.com 
> website, and I'd save my shekels to get a subscription to that.  I 
> haven't looked at the CD's for a very long time; I quit buying them, 
> because of the ease of looking up the same information on the 
> internet.  I guarantee that you will want something more up-to-date 
> than whatever you are looking at on the CDs.
>  
> Good luck,
>  
> Pat (in Tucson)
>  
>  
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of M. J.
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 13:00
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: [or-roots] Re: Which Family tree Maker is best??
>
>     First, thanks for all the information and entertainment this list
>     brings. I've been "lurking" for a year or so, and especially enjoy
>     the little tips, links and websites.
>      
>     I'm going to start getting serious about this hobby, and have been
>     looking at the Family Tree software on Ebay. There are so many
>     versions, some with accompanying CDs, and I would really
>     appreciate recommendations. Are the newer versions different or
>     truly superior, or should I go for an older version that has more
>     of the CD reference guides (I'm leaning that direction currently,
>     as I am trying to avoid the subscriptions seemingly required for
>     access to a lot of the databases). Help!
>      
>     Melanie Munson
>     withthekitchensinktoo at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:withthekitchensinktoo at hotmail.com>
>      
>
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