Genealogy Software Tutorials for Mac & PC
Family Tree Maker 2012 is on sale starting today. A new copy is on sale for %25 off. An upgrade is discounted 30%. Click here to take advantage of the sale price on Family Tree Maker 2012. If you want more information first, see the GenealogyTools.com Family Tree Maker 2012 Buyer’s Guide.
I don’t know if the the Mac version will be similarly discounted after the Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 pre-sale is over.
When you’re choosing a new genealogy application it helps to compare the features. It’s also helpful to quickly see which ones support the features essential to your genealogy workflow and practice.
I just compiled a set of tables I hope you’ll find helpful in comparing features of PC genealogy software. I published it on the Family Tree Maker 2012 buyer’s guide page.
My plan is to update the version I have already created for Mac genealogy software and post it in the same way.
The accompanying video will show you the major elements of Family Tree Maker 2012. At its most basic, Family Tree Maker consists of the following workspaces.
The workspaces group related features. They are made up of tabbed views and panels that you use to plan, research, analyze, preserve, and share your genealogy.
This video will give you a feel for how Family Tree Maker 2012 looks and operates. This is more helpful than for other genealogy software because there’s no trial version of FTM 2012.
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It’s hard to believe that a report of all individuals in your tree wasn’t already in Family Tree Maker! Ancestry has corrected this oversight in FTM 2012.
Now you can print a report listing the persons in your tree. It can be all of them, but doesn’t have to be.
You can make a report listing the immediate family of a person. The selected can be changed by using the pedigree navigation bar at the top of the screen.
The index of individuals report can also be made to list selected individuals. This works just like on other reports.
The report lists individuals in rows with their name and birth, marriage, and death dates in columns.
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Update: Sadly, this coupon code no longer works. You can still get 40% or 20% off by clicking on this link.
I just found a 20% off coupon code. I tried applying it to the full and upgrade versions of Family Tree Maker 2012 and it worked!
The full and upgrade versions are already on sale with %40 and %20 off respectively. The code reduced the sale prices by an additional %20.
The price of the full version dropped from $31.99 to $25.59. The upgrade version, on sale for $23.99 became $19.19.
Here’s how to get the double discount:
Click on this link to visit the pre-sale page, click the “Upgrade info” link if you don’t need the full version, click the “Buy Now button”, enter this code, G5JXTRY, in the box labeled “Redeem Coupons” and click the “Apply” button.
Shipping and tax will still apply.