khunter wrote: > Hi all; > > I'm a very new researcher and I've got a question. My brother-in-law gave me a box full of > data disks from Family Tree Maker. Do I nee the app to read them or is there a 3rd party > reader out there? > > TIA for your help > Keith As I recall, most of those data-discs came with the Reader. Shove one of them into the CD drive and see what happens. Or use Windows Explorer to see if there's an executable on one of 'em. Otherwise, check the www.genealogyone.com site and poke around; they used to hide the "Family Archive Viewer" fairly well, and MAY have deleted the link altogether by now. Cheryl

singhals wrote: > khunter wrote: > >> Hi all; >> >> I'm a very new researcher and I've got a question. My brother-in-law >> gave me a box full of data disks from Family Tree Maker. Do I nee the >> app to read them or is there a 3rd party reader out there? >> >> TIA for your help >> Keith > > > As I recall, most of those data-discs came with the Reader. Shove one > of them into the CD drive and see what happens. Or use Windows Explorer > to see if there's an executable on one of 'em. > > Otherwise, check the www.genealogyone.com site and poke around; they > used to hide the "Family Archive Viewer" fairly well, and MAY have > deleted the link altogether by now. http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=%22Family+Archive+Viewer%22&btnG=Google+Search Hugh W -- a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG