Customer Reviews

Family Tree Maker Version 16 Standard [OLD VERSION]

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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

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.

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!

FTM is the most user-friendly genealogy program. It's easy to learn and data can be quickly converted for sharing files, and creating your own family record book. I'd rather have had some of their family tree disks as a bonus rather than the sub to Ancestry, since so many genealogists are already members, but this was a great upgrade from my old program.

This is THE program to buy if you're just getting started in genealogy. It'll get you started with entering data immediately, and the DVD has great info on how to research your ancestors. The program will create your choice of several different styles of family trees, genealogy reports, family group sheets, kinship reports, and even create a publishable family history book with the click of the mouse. Highly recommend

I have had the much earlier version of FTM, version 3 or 4 and loved the product then. I am very glad that I purchased this version of FTM. I have researched quite a bit of family history through the online resources and [...]. What my mother started years ago on sheets of paper is now being transformed into what will be an interesting and informative history for both sides of my family. One of the things I am finding quite intersting is some of the 'double' relationships! It is so easy to see this on the graphs. Thank you, FTM, for an awesome product!

I gave this to my mom for mother's day, and she couldn't have been happier! The program works great, and was easy for her to figure out without reading a whole lot. The 6 month ancestry.com subscription makes this a money saver too! That costs about 180$ all by itself! The only downside is that once you start the subscription you have to keep working at your tree to get it done within the 6 months, because most people aren't going to want to spend that much on it, and would rather goto a local library to use it!

I updated and old version and was told to get version 16, not a later version because of problems with them. I really like the program and enhancements made to it from my earlier version. It's a good product.

This is my third (3rd) Family Tree Maker product. I have used them for several years. I now have in excess of 2,000 names in my data base. I found the new version a seamless conversion from my old version. This is one of the few software products [of any kind] that didn't disappoint me.
I am still discovering many powerful tools [by accident, as I'm 72 years old and I don't do well with instructions]that enhance family histories. I can recommend this product without any reservation to anyone.

The family tree software seems to work fine. The files from a previous version were changed over automaticly and without incident. There was some difference in operating methods, but painless. I am very happy with the product. I have not yet determined if I can change the files from the LDS program to the Family Tree Maker format.

The product is easy to use and stores input for quick retrival. I'm still learning what all it can do.