Family Tree Maker for Dummies

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Summary: Tremendous
Review: An excellent guide to compiling a family tree which has shed some pretty interesting light on my uncle Sandy's claim that his father was the man who delivered the punch which ruptured Harry Houdini's appendix.

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Summary: Comments on Family Tree Maker for Dummies
Review: I think the book is helpful in many ways. However, I think buyers should be advised that the book is not compatable with some older versions of Family Tree Maker.

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Summary: Family Tree Maker for Dummies - Is for All - new and Old
Review: Pluses: This book has clear instructions and good hints on entering family information, and some of the tougher jobs such as exporting and importing files. The book has a unique section, not in the "official" manuals or companion publications: Chapter 16, "Ten Ways to Avoid Calling Technical Support". Here there are hints here that have never been published. Chapter 15 "Ten Things That Can Save You Time" has more short cuts than in the "official" publications. The short cuts are either not in the manuals or hard to find. All users will find some of them useful. The book also covers some of the fine points of Genealogy and computer management: Cite sources and Back Up, Back Up are two examples.

Minuses: The authors examples are a ridiculous genealogy of household pets,"Greyhound Canine" and "Tabitha Zee Feline". Their example did not allow the complexity of a real family. The animal parallel was distracting from the excellent work explaining the program. Some information and relationships which are in many family files were not covered.

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Summary: Family Tree Maker for Dummies - Is for All - new and Old
Review: Pluses: This book has clear instructions and good hints on entering family information, and some of the tougher jobs such as exporting and importing files. The book has a unique section, not in the "official" manuals or companion publications: Chapter 16, "Ten Ways to Avoid Calling Technical Support". Here there are hints here that have never been published. Chapter 15 "Ten Things That Can Save You Time" has more short cuts than in the "official" publications. The short cuts are either not in the manuals or hard to find. All users will find some of them useful. The book also covers some of the fine points of Genealogy and computer management: Cite sources and Back Up, Back Up are two examples.

Minuses: The authors examples are a ridiculous genealogy of household pets,"Greyhound Canine" and "Tabitha Zee Feline". Their example did not allow the complexity of a real family. The animal parallel was distracting from the excellent work explaining the program. Some information and relationships which are in many family files were not covered.

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Summary: Family Tree Maker for Dummies - Is for All - new and Old
Review: Pluses: This book has clear instructions and good hints on entering family information, and some of the tougher jobs such as exporting and importing files. The book has a unique section, not in the "official" manuals or companion publications: Chapter 16, "Ten Ways to Avoid Calling Technical Support". Here there are hints here that have never been published. Chapter 15 "Ten Things That Can Save You Time" has more short cuts than in the "official" publications. The short cuts are either not in the manuals or hard to find. All users will find some of them useful. The book also covers some of the fine points of Genealogy and computer management: Cite sources and Back Up, Back Up are two examples.

Minuses: The authors examples are a ridiculous genealogy of household pets,"Greyhound Canine" and "Tabitha Zee Feline". Their example did not allow the complexity of a real family. The animal parallel was distracting from the excellent work explaining the program. Some information and relationships which are in many family files were not covered.

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Summary: An easy and effective guide on using Family Tree Maker
Review: Spending time going through census records, birth and death records, military files, and countless genealogical Web sites is only part of the work that you need to do to have a coherent and well-organized family history. The other part that you need is a software package that can help you create sense out of the chaos of your notes and a good guidebook that teaches you how to use the software efficiently.

That's where Family Tree Maker For Dummies fits in. We try to give a no-nonsense look at the key pieces of the product, give practical advice on how to use the it to meet your research goals, and show you some undocumented tips and tricks to make using Family Tree Maker a lot easier and more enjoyable.

Good luck with your research!

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Summary: Family Tree Maker for Dummies
Review: This is a good book for people who are new to Family Tree Maker software. The authors take you step-by-step through the different screens, explaining how to enter data, make changes to it, and print it out in the various formats. They also show you how to search the web for data and how to import to your database and export it to a friend or relatives database. All in all, it's an easy to follow book that will help you feel comfortable using this program.