Family Tree Maker 2010 Platinum [OLD VERSION]

by Nova Development Corp

Product Features

• Family Tree Maker 2010 Platinum can help you create a family tree faster, easier, and better than ever before
• Platinum version includes discounts on Ancestry.com products and The Deluxe Ancestry.com Reference Library DVD
• Import data from other genealogy programs, including Personal Ancestral File, The Master Genealogist, and Legacy Family Tree
• Easily add records and images from the millions of available historical records at Ancestry.com
• Bring your family tree alive with attractive charts and reports; photos, audio, and video; timelines and interactive maps

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.3 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002ASAEHO
• Item model number: 17640
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 9, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,015 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #25 in Software > Home & Hobbies > Genealogy

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Family Tree Maker makes it easy to discover your story, preserve your legacy and share your unique heritage as you explore your family tree on your personal computer. Family Tree Maker 2010 introduces even more rich storytelling and organization tools that can add new life to your family history.

Discover your story, preserve your legacy and share your unique heritage. Click to enlarge.

Once you've started your tree, you can add photos, video, audio and more. You can also create and print a variety of interactive maps, timelines, charts and reports.

Family Tree Maker 2010 also includes a subscription to Ancestry.com--the world's largest online collection of family history resources, featuring more than 7 billion historical records. Search for your ancestors and use what you discover on Ancestry.com in your tree.

Family Tree Maker 2010 lets you easily:

• Organize your family story privately and conveniently on your personal computer.
• Create charts and reports in a variety of formats to share with friends and family.
• Discover new information anywhere on the web and add it to your tree instantly.
• Integrate with the 7 billion names in historical records on Ancestry.com. Even receive hints linking you to matching records.
• Incorporate photos, documents and audio, video and other files into your tree.
• View timelines and interactive maps.

Attach photos and rich media files that bring your family history to life in Media View.

Use dynamic maps to explore the places where your ancestors once lived in Places View.

Generate timelines that show your ancestors' lives in historical context.

Access 15 invaluable family history reference books with the Deluxe Ancestry.com Reference Library DVD.

What's new in Family Tree maker 2010?

• New tools and charts that help you tell a richer story
• Better ways to organize photos and other media
• Create slideshows from the images in your tree
• Family books made from your tree
• Standard source templates that help you reference the right information
• A view of your relation to everyone in your tree
• Extended family birthday calendars
• Images scanned directly into your tree
• Family migration paths over time
• Easy family tree download from Ancestry.com

And don't forget the features you've come to rely on:

• Dynamic user interface that lets you quickly switch between important features
• The ability to import data from other genealogy programs, including Personal Ancestral File
• Powerful sourcing tools that let you document AND rate each of your citations
• Interactive maps and lists that give you a bird's-eye view of where members of your family come from
• Place authority database of more than 3 million names that helps you standardize your place entries
• Photo AND file management features so you can easily incorporate all types of media files into your charts and reports
• Timelines that highlight personal, family and world events
• Easy-to-use tools for merging duplicate individuals, calculating dates, creating to-do lists and more

How can you make the most of Ancestry.com?

• Family Tree Maker 2010 comes with a subscription to Ancestry.com, the world's largest online collection of family history resources.
• Your software works seamlessly with Ancestry.com so you can easily search for your ancestors and add the information you discover to your tree.
• You could find missing facts about your family in census records, draft cards, passenger lists, image collections and other historical resources.

Use Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker together. Get the most from both.

• Search the extensive record collections at Ancestry.com without ever leaving your family tree. Quickly merge new records you find into your tree.
• Take advantage of Ancestry Hints. Family Tree Maker automatically suggests records that may match people in your tree.
• Share heirloom-quality books and attractive posters that you create with the self-publishing tool at Ancestry.com.

Your Family Tree Maker 2010 Platinum software includes:
Interactive Training Tutorial for Family Tree Maker 2010 (included on Family Tree Maker disk)

• Get step-by-step instructions and tips that will help you easily build and grow your family tree.

The Getting Started Guide to Family Tree Maker

• Follow simple directions to begin a project and master the program's basic features

The Family Tree Maker Little Book of Answers

• Read short sections that will tell you how Family Tree Maker can work best for you.

Discounts on Ancestry.com Products

• Save 20% on a subscription to Ancestry Magazine and 20% on DNA testing.

The Deluxe Ancestry.com Reference Library--Access to 15 invaluable family history reference books, compiled and indexed on one DVD.

• The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy
• The Red Book: American State, Country, and Town Sources
• The Ancestry Family Historian's Address Book
• Ancestry's Concise Genealogy Dictionary
• They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins
• Finding Answers in the U.S. Census
• U.S. Military Records
• Military Records at Ancestry.com
• The Official Guide to Ancestry.com
• The Official Guide to RootsWeb.com
• Abbreviations and Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians
• Hidden Sources: Family History in Unlikely Places
• Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records
• Library of Congress: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research
• The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches (Out of Print)

Product Description

FamilyTree Maker® makes it easy to discover you

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Tree Maker 2010, October 18, 2009

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shiviolet - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Family Tree Maker 2010 Platinum [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

This product is wonderful! I have been struggling to build my tree in [...], and have so many duplicates, much less difficulties navigating (I have over 4000 names in my tree), and this is the first version of Family Tree Maker that I have used that actually INTERFACES with Ancestry, and allows me to clean up duplicates, and update my tree in virtual time! I no longer have to build my tree, then upload it, because it is working on my actual tree at the same time I am...can't say enough about this product!

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FTM 2010, September 25, 2009

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L. Kambeitz "Genealogy buff" (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Family Tree Maker 2010 Platinum [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Have had a few problems and have had to get tech support. Program quits when I want to merge duplicates. Very frustrating. However, tech support is awesome! Finally had to reinstall program and import facts all over again. So far, so good. Not to say this won't happen again! FTM needs to make sure they have all of the bugs out before they sell their CDs! I have Vista. Hope problem is solved before Windows 7 comes out! Linda

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Went back to my old favorite, January 23, 2010

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Carolyn Smith "Carolyn in Black and White" (Terrell, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Family Tree Maker 2010 Platinum [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I am getting back into my family's genealogy after a few years' absence and I thought I wanted a simpler program than the one I had used in the past - The Master Genealogist. After a month's trial with the Family Tree Maker, I went back to TMG - it is not that much more complicated than this one and it is so much more flexible and more comprehensive in almost every way. For instance, once a woman marries, she is shown in the index under her maiden name and her married name.

I did like that 6 months' free access to [...] was included with FTM. There is nothing really wrong with this program, it's just if you've ever used TMG, nothing else compares.