Family Tree Maker 2008 Platinum [OLD VERSION]
by Encore Software
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Software Reviews of Family Tree Maker 2008 Platinum [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Family Tree Maker Platinum Edition
Summary: 5 Stars
Family Tree Maker has improved there program ten fold. Have to relearn how to do some things that I considered basics but it is there best program ever.
Family Treemaker Platinum Edition 2008 - The reports that you can generate are fantastic - can add photos to the background of the tree like a watermark. Makes the Family Tree beautiful instead of plain Jane. You can have one of your ancestors as the watermark, makes the tree very impressive.
Also, can find more Ancestors by just clicking on the leaf of the Ancestor you have and it takes you directly to any Family Trees or Census Date etc. there might be. I have increased my Ancestors ten fold.
Also, support staff have been wonderful answering any questions I had with regards to the program! I rate this A++++++.
Familiesareus.
Customer Review: Is Amazon Selling Beta Versions ??
Summary: 3 Stars
I encountered an Instillation problem with my new Platinum Family Tree Maker 2008 during set-up. The problem occured when my system crashed while the "InstallShield Wizard" was performing the "Family Tree Maker Beta Set-up function". I assumed that I had purchased a new, full version program, so I did a reload and checked it agin. It was true , it read "Beta". You can check this out by going to your control Panel and run either the repair or removal program and read the Family Tree Maker 2008 Setup Wizard status message. Check It Out!
Customer Review: WORKS GREAT FOR ME!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Very early in 2008 I set-up an online account with ancestry.com. I was never interested in genealogy until this year. Now that I discovered nearly 3,000 relation online, I decided now was a good time to purchase the Family Tree Maker (Platinum Edition) 2008. Initially, I was put-off by the other reviews that I read on this site. I am glad I finally decided to take it for a spin myself. Just received my package, yesterday, and have it loaded on my PC and then downloaded an update for it. It was then a snap downloading my online information to my desktop and then loading it into my new software package. Works Great!!! I already had a one-year "world" membership to ancestry.com and they "extended" my subscription an additional six (6) months by purchasing this software package. Thank-you ancestry.com!!! If you're a bit nervous about reading the other less than positive feedback on this site about this product, I recommend you do what I did and go ahead and purchase the software and decide for yourself. You won't regret it!!!Customer Review: Invaluable but incomplete
Summary: 4 Stars
I've been using this product for about 3 months. I'm not tainted by having used the previous versions of Family Tree Maker.
The killer feature for this tool is its tight linkage to [...]. As you add people to the family tree, Family Tree Maker automatically looks for references to that person in [...] very extensive data base. This feature alone makes this version of Family Tree maker invaluable. I've filled out my family tree to about six generations in just a few weekends of usage. To me that is just freaking amazing.
The downside is that the tool is not as complete as I would like. I've found that I need to use another product (RootMagic) to do basic editing and error checking because I've found Family Tree Maker lacking in general editing and importing.
Even with these deficiencies, I'd still say Family Tree Maker is a good value (considering it includes a subscription to [...]). I highly recommend Family Tree Maker but would also recommend RootMagic as a companion piece of software.
Customer Review: Horrible, horrible, horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
Version 2008 is unstable, buggy and has very limited functionality. Reports in particular have been dramatically shortchanged; working with sources and media files causes numerous crashes. Data entry is non-intuitive and time consuming.
FTM 2006 is still available for purchase, and this was the last, completely working version of the product. It has far more features and doesn't crash on you every 5 minutes, and you gain nothing by upgrading to 2008.