Family Tree Maker 2011 joined the rest of the genealogy software world in their 2011 release by adding an automatic numbering feature. It can add numbers to individuals and relationships. You can add a prefix or suffix. Best of all, it doesn’t stomp on identification numbers you may have manually entered. In this video I show you how to set it up and how manually entered numbers are handled.
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Monitor Member Connect Activity in Family Tree Maker 2011
The web dashboard in PC genealogy software Family Tree Maker 2011 now includes updates from the member connect activity on Ancestry.com. This video shows you where it is and how to use it. [Read more…] about Monitor Member Connect Activity in Family Tree Maker 2011
Managing Historical Events in Family Tree Maker 2011
The historical events you can include in timelines are now manageable in Family Tree Maker 2011. You can add new events and edit and delete any of the events as well.
I noted the absence of a historical event for the 1918 flu pandemic in the set that comes with the product. In this video I show you how to add this event and how to edit and delete other events. You’re welcome to use the 1918 flu pandemic entry I wrote and added to FTM:
Event Title: 1918 Flu Pandemic
Event Date: bet Mar 1918 – Jun 1920
Place: World
Category: World History
Description: This influenza pandemic spread widely across the world between March 1918 to June 1920. It affected primarily young, healthy adults. Unbeknownst at the time, the flu caused an overreaction of the body’s immune system. The healthiest people were at greatest risk of death due to the strength of their own body’s reaction to the virus. It is estimated that 10% to 20% of infected people died as a result of the flu. Current estimates hold that 50 to 100 million people worldwide were killed. [Read more…] about Managing Historical Events in Family Tree Maker 2011
Smart Stories in Family Tree Maker 2011
It just got easier to create narrative stories about your relatives using Family Tree Maker 2011. One of the new features in this version is called Smart Stories. They enable you to create stories by dragging and dropping facts, media, and historical events into a document. In this video tutorial I give you an walk-through of the Smart Stories feature. [Read more…] about Smart Stories in Family Tree Maker 2011
Marking Only One Branch of Your Family Tree Using Reunion for Mac
Sometimes during your genealogy research you want to create reports, charts, lists, or GEDCOM exports that include only a specific branch of your family. Reunion for Mac has a feature called mark groups that enables you to selectively mark people in your family file.
In this video I’ll walk you, step-by-step, through using this feature to mark ancestors of a specific person.
Do you have any tricks or favorite uses of marking groups? If so, please share by leaving a comment on this post.