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Family Tree Maker 2008 Platinum [OLD VERSION]

Family Tree Maker 2008 Platinum [OLD VERSION]

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From: Encore Software
Category: Software

List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $43.90
You Save: $56.05 (56%)

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 25 reviews
Sales Rank: 705

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Platinum
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0

MPN: 14860
Model: 14860
UPC: 705381148609
EAN: 0705381148609
ASIN: B000SQNBP2

Release Date: August 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
   Software for exploring, preserving, and sharing family history
   Build a family tree starting with names, dates, and events
   Attach photos, documents, and audio and video files
   Design and print charts to display at home and share with family
   Includes 6 months of premium access to ancestry.com

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Family Tree Maker 2008 Platinum Edition makes it easier than every to explore your roots. Organize your family's precious history, search billions of historical records, create charts, timelines and memory books, and much more! The Platinum Edition includes a 6 month U.S. Deluxe subscription to the Web's largest collection of family history records, and many more bonuses!


Customer Reviews:   Read 20 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Another great program from FTM   September 15, 2008
Kaye (Arkansas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The FTM Version I had wouldn't work with MS Vista so I chose this new version to load and learn before I had to upgrade to a new operating system. It is a little hard to get used to the new screens, but after working with it a bit I think it is going to be great.
Like the way the trees print out. Awesome.



1 out of 5 stars Does not support Family Tree Maker Web Sites version 9 and earlier!!!!   August 18, 2008
Family Tree Maker Customer (North Carolina)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have been maintaining a family tree with Family Tree Maker 9 and earlier versions for a number of years. I needed to update the site. In the process I decided to upgrade to the lastest version of Family Tree Maker 2008. I recieved the product and soon learned from the Family Tree Maker technical support that this version would not work with my current Family Tree Web Site version 9!!! It took a great deal of time and effort to create my current Family Tree Web Site. Now to use the latest version of Family Tree Maker 2008 I must creat another Family Tree Web Site. What are the people of Family Tree Maker thinking? It is questionalbe how long they will keep the old web site up, techinal support was not sure. Must I maintain two web sites now? I believe the software should be seamless and all changes created by Family Tree Maker should be transparent to the customer. I feel let down and decieved by this product.


4 out of 5 stars Family Tree Maker is amazing   August 16, 2008
S. Webb
This software is amazing. It is also overwhelming - there is a lot to learn to really utilize the software completely. It is easy to spend hours "lost" in family history. One thing that sold me on this product was the six months of Ancestry.com for free. It has allowed me to try this site before purchasing a subscription - which is expensive. I am very pleased with the product.


2 out of 5 stars Not compatible!!!   August 14, 2008
F.H. Hubbard (New Jersey)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have the Family Tree Maker version 3.01 and I've had it for many years. Loved it, but decided to upgrade to the 2008 Family Tree Maker and see wha was new. I have a desktop and laptop, both with Windows XP and a new desk top I got in Dec. '07 with Vista. Since this 2008 version said it was compatible with Vista and XP, I bought it. Well, I will say, it is compatible with XP. Everything wenr in as it was supposed to and even went to other sites and my old version and entered information into the program. But when it came to Vista, the program went in okay, but when I tried to get data from other sources, nothing happened. When there was a clue online about any of my relatives and I clicked on it, the program closed. All I can do is enter information. The only saving grace with all this is they gave me a six month membership to Ancestry.com.

I called support and a nice woman from Utah told me, after we tried several things to make it all better, she would send me instructions about how to do a "clean boot". The instuctions were five pages long and I barely got through the first page. Okay, I'm not a technical person, but I know a little. Now they have sent me an email telling me that they are going to send me the newest version of FTM, 2009.

The only reason I gave two stars instead of one is because the woman I talked to was not in India. I have nothing against the Indian people, but I can't understand most of them.

So don't believe all you read on the box. They lie, like so many things it is not compatible with Vista. Microsoft, get on the ball!!!



5 out of 5 stars great product   August 11, 2008
Derek S. Partin
Great product!! I bought it for my dad and he loves it.
He was using an older version and needed to upgrade. I found a good deal on amazon for the Platinum edition. He still goes on and on about how great it is.