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I've always wanted to set up a family tree with pictures and details of family members but never really had the time or software to do it.
Family Tree Maker attempts to make this task pretty straightforward, using links to Ancestry.co.uk in order to provide a realtime support for family information.
The package comes with 3 months standard access to the site which has a whole host of information on births, deaths, marriages and service records among others. I found that I could go back a few generations with both sides of the family and fill out much of the information I needed in order to start off my Family Tree.
But be warned that you will still need to do a lot of your own digging around in order to complete your tree. Ancestry.co.uk will only take you so far and the way it searches means that you're likely to need as much information as possible in order to start a search, especially if the surname is quite common.
Installation on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for me was pretty straightforward, though others have commented that their Windows 7 gave them issues with the install.
Back to the software on the disc though, the Family Tree Maker program is easy to use with a nice friendly interface. It fills in what it can from Ancestry.co.uk and you're free to fill in other boxes. Links are made automatically and this can then be shown in a diagrammatic form or in a standard database table. Though there are not that many options when it comes to displaying any family tree, this program is one of the better ones I've seen.
Pictures can be linked to family members records to allow for a multimedia display and full family trees can be printed out in different styles with fancy backgrounds.
An issue with displaying the diagrams when not printing them is one of the downfalls though, you need to go to the print menu to see the links properly which can be a pain. There is also a lack of options in how to decide what links you want to concentrate on, from my experience it seems to be all or nothing.
Added to this, once the subscription runs out it's pretty expensive to sign up for full Ancestry.co.uk support and without it the data can be quite hard to track down, especially considering that the program is designed to be as easy to use with that site as possible and prevents you from having to input everything yourself.
Still, it has to be said that Family Tree Maker 2010 is one of the better Family Tree programs I've come across, even though it isn't perfect and can work out rather expensive.
(originally posted on Amazon)
Family Tree Maker attempts to make this task pretty straightforward, using links to Ancestry.co.uk in order to provide a realtime support for family information.
The package comes with 3 months standard access to the site which has a whole host of information on births, deaths, marriages and service records among others. I found that I could go back a few generations with both sides of the family and fill out much of the information I needed in order to start off my Family Tree.
But be warned that you will still need to do a lot of your own digging around in order to complete your tree. Ancestry.co.uk will only take you so far and the way it searches means that you're likely to need as much information as possible in order to start a search, especially if the surname is quite common.
Installation on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for me was pretty straightforward, though others have commented that their Windows 7 gave them issues with the install.
Back to the software on the disc though, the Family Tree Maker program is easy to use with a nice friendly interface. It fills in what it can from Ancestry.co.uk and you're free to fill in other boxes. Links are made automatically and this can then be shown in a diagrammatic form or in a standard database table. Though there are not that many options when it comes to displaying any family tree, this program is one of the better ones I've seen.
Pictures can be linked to family members records to allow for a multimedia display and full family trees can be printed out in different styles with fancy backgrounds.
An issue with displaying the diagrams when not printing them is one of the downfalls though, you need to go to the print menu to see the links properly which can be a pain. There is also a lack of options in how to decide what links you want to concentrate on, from my experience it seems to be all or nothing.
Added to this, once the subscription runs out it's pretty expensive to sign up for full Ancestry.co.uk support and without it the data can be quite hard to track down, especially considering that the program is designed to be as easy to use with that site as possible and prevents you from having to input everything yourself.
Still, it has to be said that Family Tree Maker 2010 is one of the better Family Tree programs I've come across, even though it isn't perfect and can work out rather expensive.
(originally posted on Amazon)
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I've always wanted to set up a family tree with pictures and details of family members but never really had the time or software to do it.
Family Tree Maker attempts to make this task pretty straightforward, using links to Ancestry.co.uk in order to provide a realtime support for family information.
The package comes with 3 months standard access to the site which has a whole host of information on births, deaths, marriages and service records among others. I found that I could go back a few generations with both sides of the family and fill out much of the information I needed in order to start off my Family Tree.
But be warned that you will still need to do a lot of your own digging around in order to complete your tree. Ancestry.co.uk will only take you so far and the way it searches means that you're likely to need as much information as possible in order to start a search, especially if the surname is quite common.
Installation on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for me was pretty straightforward, though others have commented that their Windows 7 gave them issues with the install.
Back to the software on the disc though, the Family Tree Maker program is easy to use with a nice friendly interface. It fills in what it can from Ancestry.co.uk and you're free to fill in other boxes. Links are made automatically and this can then be shown in a diagrammatic form or in a standard database table. Though there are not that many options when it comes to displaying any family tree, this program is one of the better ones I've seen.
Pictures can be linked to family members records to allow for a multimedia display and full family trees can be printed out in different styles with fancy backgrounds.
An issue with displaying the diagrams when not printing them is one of the downfalls though, you need to go to the print menu to see the links properly which can be a pain. There is also a lack of options in how to decide what links you want to concentrate on, from my experience it seems to be all or nothing.
Added to this, once the subscription runs out it's pretty expensive to sign up for full Ancestry.co.uk support and without it the data can be quite hard to track down, especially considering that the program is designed to be as easy to use with that site as possible and prevents you from having to input everything yourself.
Still, it has to be said that Family Tree Maker 2010 is one of the better Family Tree programs I've come across, even though it isn't perfect and can work out rather expensive.
(originally posted on Amazon)
Family Tree Maker attempts to make this task pretty straightforward, using links to Ancestry.co.uk in order to provide a realtime support for family information.
The package comes with 3 months standard access to the site which has a whole host of information on births, deaths, marriages and service records among others. I found that I could go back a few generations with both sides of the family and fill out much of the information I needed in order to start off my Family Tree.
But be warned that you will still need to do a lot of your own digging around in order to complete your tree. Ancestry.co.uk will only take you so far and the way it searches means that you're likely to need as much information as possible in order to start a search, especially if the surname is quite common.
Installation on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for me was pretty straightforward, though others have commented that their Windows 7 gave them issues with the install.
Back to the software on the disc though, the Family Tree Maker program is easy to use with a nice friendly interface. It fills in what it can from Ancestry.co.uk and you're free to fill in other boxes. Links are made automatically and this can then be shown in a diagrammatic form or in a standard database table. Though there are not that many options when it comes to displaying any family tree, this program is one of the better ones I've seen.
Pictures can be linked to family members records to allow for a multimedia display and full family trees can be printed out in different styles with fancy backgrounds.
An issue with displaying the diagrams when not printing them is one of the downfalls though, you need to go to the print menu to see the links properly which can be a pain. There is also a lack of options in how to decide what links you want to concentrate on, from my experience it seems to be all or nothing.
Added to this, once the subscription runs out it's pretty expensive to sign up for full Ancestry.co.uk support and without it the data can be quite hard to track down, especially considering that the program is designed to be as easy to use with that site as possible and prevents you from having to input everything yourself.
Still, it has to be said that Family Tree Maker 2010 is one of the better Family Tree programs I've come across, even though it isn't perfect and can work out rather expensive.
(originally posted on Amazon)