I was going to write privately to Charles, but since he may have left the reader with a slight misunderstanding, I thought I ought to write... You can view the CDs without family treemaker. They have (or at least had) a reader that you can download for free. You do not have to buy their Family Treemaker. I own it. It suffices. But I suspect they are going to lose considerable ground if they do not avoid takeovers or selling out all the time. I think such maneuvers as forcing a customer to use a certain namebrand of browser to access the "special" data they have for FTM purchasers, and fiddling with the Internet Family Finder to force you to see 27,000,000 advertisements in the form of their CD's, instead of hand-picking what you want to search, is a sad turn for the worse. I always recommended this package, but I do not do so as freely now. Oh. If you have a newer FTM, you can upload anyone's files, but if you are about two steps behind, sometimes they are "not compatible." Convenient, forced, upgrading... I do agree, Charles, that one should feel sorry for Netscape 6 users. I use 4.73, and have never seen a better one. Vince > > > Joan Wyatt wrote: > > > > Hello folks. > > I don't h ave family treemaker. Is it in book form at libraries so I could > > look up my surnames? > > Thanks > > Joan::}~ > > You don't have Family Tree Maker???? In my opinion, it is indeed one > of the finest genealogy programs available today. > > I began 'foolin' around with genealogy back in the '80s and tried more > than just a few programs, each time going back to FTM. I like it, > probably because I'm familiar with it. Few things I can't do yet with > it, like reduce the notes sections to 40 characters wide, but it'll come > some day. > > Anyhow, Egle's Notes and Queries, on a disk from FTM, self runs from > the FTM program. I don't know, but believe it won't run on anything > except FTM. I tried it as a stand-alone, but it LOOKS for FTM as it's > reader. Since I have FTM on my computer, the CD finds it and opens up. > > A simple solution to using this excellent CD on Egle's Notes and > Queries (he published a weekly newspaper column back in the 1880s) would > be to buy an old version of Family Tree Maker at a discount store for a > couple of bucks, obtain the CD, and use FTM just as the CD reader. > > You won't be sorry you spent the couple of bucks for the old FTM > program, and the $19 for the CD is a fantastic bargain. > > Give me a name, and I'll see what Egle has to say about that person > (please don't make it SMITH!). > > -- > Regards, with regrets to Netscape6 users (what a mess!) > > CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> > BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> > DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> > ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> > FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> > Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> > FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> > HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> > SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> > SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> > SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> > WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> > ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html> > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > List Ownwer Nadine Hensley for list help please e-mail me at > ndwilson@swbell.net >