Want to load Family Tree Maker, version 16 onto lap top with Windows 7 64 bits I am trying to load Family Tree Maker version 16 on my lap top. I have Windows 7 64 bits and FTM claims it will not load on 64 bits. We are excited to be publishing Family Tree Maker for Mac and PC along with our other leading brands. We'd love to hear from you with ideas, suggestions, and anything else you'd like to tell us.
Do not download or install the Family Archive Viewer until you have read and understand the following: If you have a copy of Family Tree Maker between versions 4.0 and 16 (2006), you should not download the viewer. Visual Family Tree Maker - 2.42: Visual Family Tree Maker simplifies this process of building your family tree.Just fill in the blanks for name, birth, death and other vital information. Individuals are automatically linked with family members. Family Tree Maker 16: Deluxe (PC) overview and full product specs on CNET.
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Family Tree Maker 16 Windows 7
(updated 09/20/2008)I am an experienced family researcher and currently have just under 35,000 names in my database. I have been a Family Tree Maker (FTM) user since 1998 and have purchased every upgrade since that time. I administer two surname DNA projects and routinely help others with their family research.
* FTM v16 is currently, without question, my genealogy software of choice
Like many others in the faithful legions of FTM users, I routinely ordered FTM 2008 before it even came out on blind faith that each new version had been even better than before. Like so many other FTM 2008 users, I was truly shocked to find they had dropped approximately 39 core functions from the previous version, FTM v16, and found that I could no longer do many of the very basic reports that experienced researchers do so often. I quickly returned my copy of FTM 2008 in total disgust and went back to FTM v16 which now continues to fully meet my many needs. Not learning my lesson, I recently installed the new FTM 2009 on blind faith that surely, given a 'do-over', they would restore the full functionality of FTM v16, and it's predecessor FTM 2006. They didn't.
* I heartily recommend FTM v16 as your 'go back' version for anyone who ordered FTM 2008 or FTM 2009, returned either version in total disgust, and are now looking for a fully-featured version of Family Tree Maker. (Some users had 'upgraded' directly from FTM 2005 to FTM 2008, for example, and had missed the fully-featured FTM v16 version in the process)
* I also believe that FTM v16 compares very favorably with RootsMagic, Legacy, and other comparable genealogy softwares.
* If you are a Vista user, all you need to do is download a patch from FTM to make FTM v16 fully 'Vista compatible.'
* I also strongly recommend FTM v16 to novice researchers who are purchasing genealogy software for the very first time. It is very intuitive, starts you out very gently in a guided fashion, but then also has the more sophisticated functions you will find very useful as your experience grows.
There are more sophisticated softwares out there, but in some cases, their learning curves are just not worth the trouble. I want a software that works for me, rather than me having the feeling I am instead working for the software.
* Bottom line, I was loyal to FTM v16 before 'upgrading' to FTM 2008 and then trying again with FTM 2009, and now that I have returned back to FTM v16, I truly appreciate it's simple, clean, reliable, straightforward performance even more than ever before.
* Without hesitation, I fully recommend FTM v16 to family researchers of all experience levels.
CHT in Virginia