I’ve chosen to write today’s Family Tree Maker blog entry on surname tips.
Multi-Word Surnames
As a general rule Family Tree Maker 2008 assumes the last word entered in the name field is the individual’s surname. However, it also recognizes many common surname prefixes. The development team has provided me with a list of those recognized prefixes. […]

The Family Tree Maker team is working very hard and is dedicating a lot of resources to the next Family Tree Maker update. Internal testing for this patch is currently taking place. We will also likely allow some volunteer users to test the update before it is released publicly. If you are interested in being […]

Before the week ended I wanted to take some time to post on the Family Tree Maker blog a list of the available shortcut keys in Family Tree Maker 2008.
The following shortcut keys are available in Family Tree Maker 2008.  The table below shows each shortcut key combination with its availability in version 16 and […]

I recently had a good discussion with the Senior UI Designer for Family Tree Maker about sourcing. I wanted to share some notes from that discussion on the blog. As always, I would be interested in hearing some feedback from the group as well. I hope this is helpful! 
A number of people have asked questions […]

Service Pack 2 is now available to the public. The major updates include the following:

Re-introduced publishing features.

Publishing features include:

Genealogy Register Report
Genealogy Ahnentafel Report
Hourglass Chart
Vertical Ancestor Chart
Updates to all reports to better display facts and notes
Updates to exporting of reports to RTF and HTML
Resolved issues within reports when making changes

Resolved issues related to speed, program stability […]

I wanted to make a quick post before the week was done to give an update about Service Pack 2, as well as answer some questions about International versions of Family Tree Maker.
As has been posted, Service Pack 2 was pulled after being available for only a few hours. Since that time the Family Tree […]

The task of sifting through questions from the Webinar, feedback form, and blog continues. I have noted that a number of questions surround the merging capability. The latest patch that is being worked on addresses some merging performance issues. I’m estimating that patch will be available in another 2 to 3 weeks.
Here are some common […]

As I dig into the questions that have been asked in this blog, in the feedback form, to the Member Services team, and in the Webinar, one common theme is the book building capability of Family Tree Maker.
Ancestry Press is not, nor was it intended to be, a replacement to the old book building capability […]

The event archive for the Family Tree Maker 2008 Webinar is now available for public viewing.
The original event was broadcast on Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 8:30 EDT. The duration is 60-minutes.
Please click the following link to launch the archived Webinar.
Family Tree Maker 2008 Webinar

I wanted to thank everyone that attended the Webinar last night. I believe it was a big success. Over 1,500 of you were in attendance! We’ve received some very informative feedback about the event so far. I encourage you to continue sending us your thoughts in this blog.
Although I personally was silent during the event, […]