In a message dated 2/4/01 5:07:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I have one problem with FTM, when I looked at the book publishing it didn't seem to be very flexible. I have printed 4 books, this the Perkins, being my 5 th. , it doesn't look like FTM does this very well, I STILL WANT A HARD COPY, >> I make and print out all sorts of "books" with Family Tree Maker. You can tailor the book option any way you wish. I made some small "booketts" (my name for them) when my daughter, granddaughter, Rachel and I visited New England - I included just the information on the ancestors who had lived there. I used the Book option with the Title "Rachel's New England Ancestors" and included a Descendancy Chart for each New England ancestors surname beginning with John Perkins who arrived in 1630 and ending with the most recent one still living there which was Rev. George Kames Perkins, born in 1808. I included a separate chapter for the Littlefields. I also included the notes for each ancestor and addded an introduction and an index. It turned out great and was just the right length to read in the car as we were driving from Manchest, NH to Ogunquit, Maine, etc. I find the book option very flexible. I also use the Outline Descendancy Charts in Family Tree Maker when I am going to a library and don't want to take along a lot of data. I just print out the descendancy chart for the surname, beginning with the earliest up to the latest ancestor I'm researching plus the notes and an perhaps an ancestral chart and I find I have a very useful tool to refer to while I'm at the library. I did this one summer when I visited Virginia and later New England and I could separate the data that way so I could take just what I needed to each library. Next week I am starting a course on FTM at a local community college which will be taught by a local professional genealogist. If you will send me your questions, I will ask her and post the answers. Glo Gates