Family Tree Maker Version 16 Standard [OLD VERSION]

by Encore

Product Features

• 180-day Ancestry.com subscription, consultation, training DVD, and more
• Easy and complete resource for building and sharing a family tree
• Access more than 5 billion records; search online family-history collection
• Import photos and documents to professionally designed templates
• Allows for online collaboration; share unique keepsakes with family and friends

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000H22EYQ
• Item model number: 10880
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,780 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com

With Family Tree Maker Version 16 (Standard Edition), you can access more than 5 billion records through Ancestry.com as you research your family's history. The best-selling genealogy program for the past 15 years, Family Tree Maker lets you access some of the world's largest online data based, including the U.S. Records Collection, Naturalization Records, Immigration Records and much more.

Simply enter as much personal information about your family that you know.

Build a family book from scratch.

View just your own family or browse up to seven generations at once.

Find out which version of Family Tree Maker is right for you.

With Family Tree Maker, you can create a family tree is four easy steps. First you start building the tree with the information that you know. Then you search through billions of records and names to add to your information. As you build your family history, you can then design personal keepsakes and projects with pre-designed templates that you can then share your family tree with friends and relatives.

With this latest version of Family Tree Maker, you'll be able to create a family tree more easily than ever before. Featuring streamlined data entry and useful research tips, Family Tree Maker practically does your work for you. Customizable search criteria and improved source management make the gathering of your family data easy as it gets. The software lets you easily import historical documents and also allows for Web collaboration, so you can work with other members in your family to complete your tree.

As an added exclusive feature, this Standard Edition of Family Tree Maker includes $125 of bonus material. In addition to a 180-day subscription to Ancestry.com (a $60 value), you get an Introductory Genealogy Consultation (a $30 value), an official training DVD (a $15 value), and a Family Tree Workbook in PDF format (a $20 value).

Product Description

Family Tree Maker Standard Edition v16 is the #1 bestselling resource to create your family tree. It takes just three steps. First, use information you already know. With access to over 5 billion records, you’ll be able to find all the details. Next organize and design your family tree. Import photos and documents to professionally designed templates to create a unique keepsake. Share your findings with family and friends. Print out professional quality family albums. Enjoy great Bonuses ($260 Value)with an Ancestry.com Subscription,30 Minute Genealogy Consultation, Official Training DVD, Family Tree Workbook, Monthly Newsletter And more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid genealogy program, January 28, 2008

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G. Chaix "Jerry Chaix" (Ca, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Family Tree Maker Version 16 Standard [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I've used Family Tree Maker for years, and been very happy with it. I upgraded to version 16 Delux Edition after reading some negative reviews of the 2008 edition. I've never had a corrupted file in all the years I've been using it, so maybe the reviewer that complained of that has other software that causes this, or a different operating system (I'm using it on XP).

Jerry

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Concept- Terrible Execution, January 5, 2007

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sotfball grammy (Greenbrier, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Family Tree Maker Version 16 Standard [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

The list of features on this program was enough to make me salivate, but do not trust your precious research to this buggy program. Files are corrupted with such regularity that you must perform manual backups each time you make a change, and there is no way to overwrite files with the same name, so you are forced to save each backup as a new file, filling up your hard drive with multiple family trees. There is an auto-backup feature that is useless as it corrupts when your primary files corrupt. There are also firewall issues with the web search feature. A quick search of the support forums for this product reveal that many,many people are having the same problems with this software, but no fixes seem to be coming. I was really looking forward to using this program, and I'm extremely disappointed at how it performs. I would not recommend this until the problems are addressed.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Better than Miracle Grow!, August 6, 2007

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Debra W. Bergner "Village Witch" (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Family Tree Maker Version 16 Standard [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I have a family tree that includes more than 14,000 people from the two sides of my husband and my families. I wouldn't trust their information to anyone except Family Tree Maker. I've been using them for years. I tried one of the cheaper ones and I got what I paid for, lost information.
I had a computer virus once and sent my disk to Family Tree Maker and they were able to recover more than 95% of the information I thought had been lost forever.

I have a great family tree thanks to the makers of Family Tree Maker!