Lowest Price

: 36.99

Brand

: Encore

Model

: 17630

Reviewer: Johnnyo| Date:2009-12-05

Have been using FTM for 15 years and the last 2 years have been very disappointing. I have issues with the Calendar.

Some of these issues are:

Can't change fonts.

Does not print all names even though they are entered correctly. (Previous versions printed 2 pages of the same month when names or anniversaries overflowed the date.) 2009 and 2010 versions print one page only and drops any names and anniversaries that don't fit. Try and figure that out when you have over 3000 names.

When you go to save the calendar it won't save it properly. I only wanted to have certain names and anniversaries on my calendar and I saved each month separately. When I went back into the calendar it reverted to the default which is to include every name and anniversary (living people only). I have had to go to "legal" size paper to make the names fit and I am not sure they all are there even doing that.

When you try and exclude someone from the calendar it is very time consuming and some of the functions do not work at all.

Some anniversaries show up even though one spouse is deceased and the proper box is checked on the options.

Occasionally a maiden name will print rather than a married name even though the proper box is checked on the options.

I had most of these issue with the 2009 version and I was unable to get them resolved through emails with customer service. I wrongly assumed that the 2010 version would correct at least some of these flaws.

I told the customer service person that I though they had a disgruntled programmer.

I am now looking for any other software that will let me download my information without having to re-enter the over 3000 names and other information I have.

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Reviewer: Carl T. Rock| Date:2009-11-23

I bought the deluxe version as my version 5 wouldnt load onto windown 98 So i just came to amazon com figuring they would have the best price Being 71 I wanted to do my family tree before i passed on The big problem was that they dont tell you the diff in the two versions As for the solfware itself its top notch and is easy to use right out of the box was quite surprisd when i found out it was $20.00 cheaper at a number of stores for the delux edition Oh well ill be sure to look around more next time Carl T Rock

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Reviewer: Mary Ann Larson| Date:2009-11-09

This product offers a lot on the description but if it can provide the information it is not something you find easily. It keeps giving you many names and cities you do not want nor have you listed. It will not give you local newspaper information on obituary or birth announcements. It will give you a lot of other information if you have most of it yourself. I still can not find my grandmother.

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Reviewer: D. Singletary| Date:2009-10-22

We are really enjoying this product. Would recomend it to anyone who is intrested in genealogy.

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Reviewer: Alexis Elliot| Date:2009-10-15

Having just started working on my genealogy I found an instant problem with compiling the many different people and generations. I decided to try Ancestry's Family Tree Maker because it offered a three month membership to [...]. It has been worth every penny. It is easy to learn and very user friendly. Finding people is a snap and adding new ones is very easy. All the additional features such as media storage, merging facts from the internet, and printing reports are great. This is a must have for anyone interested in organizing family information.Family Tree Maker 2010 Deluxe

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