I want to share this with permission of Lorine Dornin who is the original author. She was sharing some good resources she have located recently through the rootsweb mailing list. I also want to question to see if anyone has the new version and their thoughts on upgrading. *************************************************** Here are a few of my top ones I found most useful: http://www.uswars.net/1775-1783/ List of most units and battles of the revolutionary war. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Great for finding civil war ancestors. http://www.genealogyinc.com/maps/uscf.htm Links to county formation maps. Neat to see how county lines have changed over the years and how you can live in the same location but be located in 3 different counties in a 10 year time frame. http://www.mycensusmaps.com Links to county Census maps. Kinda like the above link only shows every ten years and overlays the previous census year so you can compare the two. VERY USEFUL. http://www.ftm2005.com/ The newest version of Familytreemaker just came out. This site shows how much they changed the format from ftm 11. I am wanting to know from someone if it looks like a good investment to purchase the program or just stick with version 11. *************************************************

Hi, In response to your question: "The newest version of Familytreemaker just came out. This site shows how much they changed the format from ftm 11. I am wanting to know from someone if it looks like a good investment to purchase the program or just stick with version 11." I've been using FTM since it first came out in a Windows version over 10 years ago. I currently use version 11. I held off getting version 10 because of very little improvement in the software. I got version 11 even though I still did not see much improvement. I have yet to benefit or use any of the version 10 & 11 features. When I received the email announcing the latest version - 2005, I checked out this new version and was very disappointed in the supposed improvements offered. When it comes to managing my FTM data and assisting me in my efforts, this new version does me no good. I don't need FTM to do Google searches for me. I do not have a need to post my data to the web in FTM's format. I want better database management of my Gen. data, easier data entry features, more printout features and better export to Excel features so that I can manipulate/print my data in ways that FTM does not take the time to attempt to build into their product! FTM needs to get back in the business of improving the utility of their flagship software product and to listen to what their users want & need improved in this product rather than being totally fixated in their pursuit of maximizing their profits. Just my opinion. Mike Fairfax, VA