Is FTM 2008 the only version available for purchase now? I was thinking about getting FTM as a b-day present to myself but now Im skeptical after the info posted here. Elise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Johnson" <t.johnson9@cox.net> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER > Joe, > I think updating from v9.0 to the 2008 version is to big a jump. I've > been using FTM for many years. I started with v3.0 or 4.0, and have > updated > just about every time a new version became available. Having worked with > computers as a software specialist/analyst for many years, I learned that > it > is best to stay current with your upgrades. Be that as it may, I was > looking through my software, and found that I still have my copy of FTM > 2005. If you would like to have it I will be glad to send it to you. You > might have better luck upgrading to it, than to 2008. If that is > successful, then you might try updating from 2005 to 2008. > Tom J. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Stout" <jwstout@charter.net> > To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:04 PM > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] NEW VERSION 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER > > >>I have been using the old 9.0 version for the last several years. My son >> just bought the 2008 version. I do have a very large number of entries in >> my >> files, over 100 thousand. The new version spent 2 days of trying to load >> my >> files and would not complete the task. Tech service had no answer for >> him. >> >> They did not even have any info on the 9.0 version since it is several >> years >> old. >> >> Joe Stout >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of TUDPaul21@aol.com >> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:47 PM >> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] NEW VERSION 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER >> >> Tom, >> I found the same problem when upgrading an older version of FTM (2006) >> before this newest 2008 FTM came out. Likewise, I lost a lot of my >> pictures that >> didn't come through. Are the new features of 2008 program worth the >> change? >> Once I get a stable program, it makes me nervous to switch. >> Thanks, >> Patty >> >> >> >> ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >> AOL >> at >> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/988 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 >> 9:14 AM >> >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/988 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 >> 9:14 AM >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Elise, Since version 2008 has just been released, I think you should be able to find version 16 still available in some of the software stores or office supply stores like Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elise Wright Myers" <bogart@windstream.net> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER > Is FTM 2008 the only version available for purchase now? I was thinking > about getting FTM as a b-day present to myself but now Im skeptical after > the info posted here. > > Elise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Johnson" <t.johnson9@cox.net> > To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER > > >> Joe, >> I think updating from v9.0 to the 2008 version is to big a jump. I've >> been using FTM for many years. I started with v3.0 or 4.0, and have >> updated >> just about every time a new version became available. Having worked with >> computers as a software specialist/analyst for many years, I learned that >> it >> is best to stay current with your upgrades. Be that as it may, I was >> looking through my software, and found that I still have my copy of FTM >> 2005. If you would like to have it I will be glad to send it to you. >> You >> might have better luck upgrading to it, than to 2008. If that is >> successful, then you might try updating from 2005 to 2008. >> Tom J. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joe Stout" <jwstout@charter.net> >> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] NEW VERSION 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER >> >> >>>I have been using the old 9.0 version for the last several years. My son >>> just bought the 2008 version. I do have a very large number of entries >>> in >>> my >>> files, over 100 thousand. The new version spent 2 days of trying to load >>> my >>> files and would not complete the task. Tech service had no answer for >>> him. >>> >>> They did not even have any info on the 9.0 version since it is several >>> years >>> old. >>> >>> Joe Stout >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of TUDPaul21@aol.com >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:47 PM >>> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] NEW VERSION 2008 FAMILY TREE MAKER >>> >>> Tom, >>> I found the same problem when upgrading an older version of FTM (2006) >>> before this newest 2008 FTM came out. Likewise, I lost a lot of my >>> pictures that >>> didn't come through. Are the new features of 2008 program worth the >>> change? >>> Once I get a stable program, it makes me nervous to switch. >>> Thanks, >>> Patty >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>> AOL >>> at >>> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/988 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 >>> 9:14 AM >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/988 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 >>> 9:14 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >