Family Tree Maker Deluxe 5.0 (4 CD Set)

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Summary: Simple to use, hard to save and retrieve
Review: I really enjoy this program and have found it excellent for saving all of my family data. But it's method of saving is a bit obscure. It has what is a backup system to floppies which can not be read from, but must be reloaded to a hard drive instead to be read. I find this tedious, and would much rather the program save to floppies like most programs and then be able to read the information directly from those floppies. I have also found that I have had little luck finding ancestors on any of the additional CDs, so would not recommend purchasing anything beyond the 4CD set. Although you might get lucky, one never knows. It really depends on where your family came from and where they settled in the United States. Otherwise it is a very user friendly program and a great way to store family information and photographs and I would recommend it to anyone trying to organize their genealogy.

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Summary: Family Tree Maker V5
Review: This is a great product and I would highly recommend it for a beginner. I have no problem saving data. It saves automatically. It allows you to fill in the blanks to add info and also gives you tons of room to add notes. It also gives you a variety of methods for report viewing and printing. Info can also be used in "copy/paste format". I studied and priced alot of this kind of software, and decided to invest in a least costly product for my first purchase. I will definately update as I get more info and experience in geneology.