Comments on: The Next Patch

By: hugh mccurry

hugh mccurry — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:46:32 +0000

how do i get into ftmdata

By: Melanie McLennan

Melanie McLennan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:21:29 +0000

The more I do detailed searches in the different available historical records the more I find that that records exist that I didn’t know were there. An index and quick link to reach these various records would be helpful. Right now, for example, if I want to get to the Irish Flax Growers List I have to scroll through many pages of available records to get to it.

By: William Siner

William Siner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:41:19 +0000

I have just purchased Familytreemaker
2009, and although I have a very good internet connection. My familytreemaker will not connect to the internet. It keeps coming up with authentication to server failed. I only bought the 2009 version on the 4Nov 2008 from Genealogy Supplies my Computor is the vista version, can you please help me with this problem.
William Siner

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:48:52 +0000

OK fine! I just wasted 5 hours of work. The backup file I have been making for months seems to be useless. Is there ever going to come a time when TGN can be trusted? It doesn’t work? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Ernie

Ernie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:19:02 +0000

In the final line of my penultimate paragraph I “miswrote” the word “presemce.” I should have said I dislike the “absence” of the book feature in v16.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:03:14 +0000

Re Clovis LaFleur 2-4-08, No. 79.

Clovis

I, too, used/use the “compose in Word, Copy, Paste” method for my Family History book.

Besides not working worth a d… I missed the “Book” feature of v16 in the new 2008. After trying tech support several times I finally sent my 2008 back for a refund.

Am hoping for a complete “back to square one” rewrite that will produce a usable product. Meanwhile I am waiting for the new update to Legacy, v7, that will be out soon. I have Legacy v5 and v6 and like them very much, especially the tech support, and dislike the presence of a “Book” feature like FTM v16.

I am a FTM user back to Banner Blue but it looks like TGN s driving FTM users away in droves and will no longer be in business one of these days.

Ernie

By: Lea Mitchem-Wade

Lea Mitchem-Wade — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:33:54 +0000

Would like to sign up to help.

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:49:09 +0000

I was just on the main Ancestry.com web site, and an ad appeared for the new version of Family Tree Maker 2008. It states in large, bold letters, “New charts. New reports. Better performance.” In light of what I’ve read here, it sounds like this is nothing short of deceptive advertising.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:03:49 +0000

I use multiple genealogy programs, one being FTM. FTM is not my main program, but I did use it for the great charting capabilities. What a shock, when I finally got around to updating some all in one charts, I find that it is gone! I am very disappointed.

I also found that a patch was available (559), but the automatic check for updates said I was up to date. I had to manually download and install.

I will be going back to the older version to get the charting capabilities I had.

Mark

By: James Clouse

James Clouse — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:28:30 +0000

Bill,

If you imported from 2006 into 2008, then that file is still intact.

Regards,