Family Tree Maker 2009 Service Pack 1 Bug Fix Release

The Generations Network Released a bug fix update to their PC genealogy software Family Tree Maker 2009. This update fixes issues reported in service pack 1.

The fixes identified in the update are:

• Task category creation and use in Person view.
• Calendars fail to display when showing February 29th.
• Memory usage grows after using “Export to One Page PDF” function.
• Book items are not retaining changes.
• Reports not being created due to brackets in facts and notes.
• Chronological facts displaying incorrectly in Individual report.
• Ahnentafel numbers displaying incorrectly in the pedigree chart.
• Images aren’t added when merging information from Ancestry.com.
• Photo Album reports creating memory usage problem.
• Sorting multiple spouses for a woman working incorrectly.
• Landscape charts in a book are rotating incorrectly.

You’ll want to upgrade your copy to eliminate these issues. The update will be detected automatically if you have that feature turned on, or can be initiated by selecting “Check for Update…” from the “Help” menu item.

Family Historian 4 Officially Released Today

While Calico Pie actually made it available for purchase at the end of April, they officially annouced version 4 today. Some of the interface has been completely rewritten to make it easier to use. New features in version 4 include: Read more

Here’s a Quick Way to See Relationships in Legacy Family Tree

It’s often helpful, when viewing the data in our genealogy software, to see at a glance what relationship one person has to another. In this video: Viewing Relationships in the Legacy Family Tree Family View, I show you how, click-by-click, to display the relationships of the people on the Legacy 7 family view to a person and how to set the person you want at the starting point of the relationships.

Adding a Spouse in Family Tree Maker 2009

Adding a spouse to a person’s record in your genealogy software is a very common task. In this video: Adding a Spouse in PC Genealogy Software Family Tree Maker 2009, I show you click-by-click, how it’s done. This includes three ways to begin the process of adding a spouse, using the date calculator, and adding a source citation with an image of the record.

Initial Configuration of Family Tree Maker 2009

Configuring options in a new genealogy program is an often missed step. There are some settings that will tailor your experience so the application works the way you want. In this video: Initial Configuration of PC Genealogy Software Family Tree Maker 2009, I take you step-by-step through the initial configuration of Family Tree Maker 2009.

Installing Family Tree Maker 2009

Installing Family Tree Maker 2009 is pretty straight forward, but a walk-through can’t hurt if you’re new to the PC genealogy software from Ancestry.com. In this video: Installing PC Genealogy Software Family Tree Maker 2009, I show you how to install the application. In the next screencast in this series I’ll cover the initial configuration.

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