Hello, What I don't like about the FTM is there isn't different colors you can type in like if you want to put all your documented information in black then that which isn't in red and such things be able to use different colors you are not able to so you have to look through that persons file or the notes you typed or your paper files. I have only saw 1 FTM fully filed out with pictures and documents and files and understood what the FTM was REALLY was. I like alot of others type in the names and some notes and thats it to keep track of who's who and when and where. Barbara [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] need help with rootsweb family trees > Just a geeky comment here, but with the cost of external hard drives > dropping, the cost-per-megabyte of these handy storage devices are > negligible. If you have a USB port--or even better, USB2 or > FireWire--these little things awfully handy. With 200GB models going for > around $150, I wouldn't be without one. And you don't have to worry about > file sizes. I just copy everything on my PC--except the operating system > files--over to an external drive every Saturday or Sunday night before I > go to bed. Painless. And if I ever have a hard drive crash on the > PC--which I've had happen before--it won't be as painful to get everything > back up and running and, worst case, I lost only a few days' of data. > > --Hughes Williams > http://www.relatedlines.com/ > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Sharon Dover Romanek" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] need help with rootsweb family trees > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 11:27:35 -0500 > > The one bad thing is if your file gets too large to fit on one CD when you > use your burner, it is NOT like the older versions were we used floppies > to back up to and could just pop another in the drive and continue. At > least 2005 was not. I am not sure if 2006 is set up that way or not, but I > am sure on 2005. I asked a Family Treemaker Techie and he said it was not. > I am gonna try to find out if 2006 is or not. When I do for sure I will > let the list know. One way around the CD thing is if you have a DVD burner > you could back up to a DVD and it would fit if it is too large for a750 MB > CD. Hope this helps. > > > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: [email protected] > Secondary e-mail: [email protected] > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, > Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen, Blancett > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

I personally don't FTM I like to use the family program from the Mormon website it is a free download and you can get it in different language's and it only takes a few minutes I'm really pleased with it Barbara Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, What I don't like about the FTM is there isn't different colors you can type in like if you want to put all your documented information in black then that which isn't in red and such things be able to use different colors you are not able to so you have to look through that persons file or the notes you typed or your paper files. I have only saw 1 FTM fully filed out with pictures and documents and files and understood what the FTM was REALLY was. I like alot of others type in the names and some notes and thats it to keep track of who's who and when and where. Barbara [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Williams" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] need help with rootsweb family trees > Just a geeky comment here, but with the cost of external hard drives > dropping, the cost-per-megabyte of these handy storage devices are > negligible. If you have a USB port--or even better, USB2 or > FireWire--these little things awfully handy. With 200GB models going for > around $150, I wouldn't be without one. And you don't have to worry about > file sizes. I just copy everything on my PC--except the operating system > files--over to an external drive every Saturday or Sunday night before I > go to bed. Painless. And if I ever have a hard drive crash on the > PC--which I've had happen before--it won't be as painful to get everything > back up and running and, worst case, I lost only a few days' of data. > > --Hughes Williams > http://www.relatedlines.com/ > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Sharon Dover Romanek" > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] need help with rootsweb family trees > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 11:27:35 -0500 > > The one bad thing is if your file gets too large to fit on one CD when you > use your burner, it is NOT like the older versions were we used floppies > to back up to and could just pop another in the drive and continue. At > least 2005 was not. I am not sure if 2006 is set up that way or not, but I > am sure on 2005. I asked a Family Treemaker Techie and he said it was not. > I am gonna try to find out if 2006 is or not. When I do for sure I will > let the list know. One way around the CD thing is if you have a DVD burner > you could back up to a DVD and it would fit if it is too large for a750 MB > CD. Hope this helps. > > > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: [email protected] > Secondary e-mail: [email protected] > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, > Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen, Blancett > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

dw Wills, I agree with you. I also use PAF from the LDS site. It is a really good program, and easy to use, with many options for making your tree, including making of web pages with various designs already in the package, and it has the ability to view the tree in several different ways. It also allows you to load various media which can be used to view as a photo slideshow, or as an album; it also allows you to attach the actual copy of a document. Why spend a lot of money for programs when you can get a good one for free? Deloris Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "dw Wills" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] What do you think? >I personally don't FTM I like to use the family program from the Mormon >website it is a free download and you can get it in different language's >and it only takes a few minutes I'm really pleased with it > > Barbara Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, > What I don't like about the FTM is there isn't different colors you can > type > in like if you want to put all your documented information in black then > that which isn't in red and such things be able to use different colors > you > are not able to so you have to look through that persons file or the notes > you typed or your paper files. I have only saw 1 FTM fully filed out with > pictures and documents and files and understood what the FTM was REALLY > was. > I like alot of others type in the names and some notes and thats it to > keep > track of who's who and when and where. > Barbara > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H Williams" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:46 AM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] need help with rootsweb family trees > > >> Just a geeky comment here, but with the cost of external hard drives >> dropping, the cost-per-megabyte of these handy storage devices are >> negligible. If you have a USB port--or even better, USB2 or >> FireWire--these little things awfully handy. With 200GB models going for >> around $150, I wouldn't be without one. And you don't have to worry about >> file sizes. I just copy everything on my PC--except the operating system >> files--over to an external drive every Saturday or Sunday night before I >> go to bed. Painless. And if I ever have a hard drive crash on the >> PC--which I've had happen before--it won't be as painful to get >> everything >> back up and running and, worst case, I lost only a few days' of data. >> >> --Hughes Williams >> http://www.relatedlines.com/ >> >> >> ----Original Message Follows---- >> From: "Sharon Dover Romanek" >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] need help with rootsweb family trees >> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 11:27:35 -0500 >> >> The one bad thing is if your file gets too large to fit on one CD when >> you >> use your burner, it is NOT like the older versions were we used floppies >> to back up to and could just pop another in the drive and continue. At >> least 2005 was not. I am not sure if 2006 is set up that way or not, but >> I >> am sure on 2005. I asked a Family Treemaker Techie and he said it was >> not. >> I am gonna try to find out if 2006 is or not. When I do for sure I will >> let the list know. One way around the CD thing is if you have a DVD >> burner >> you could back up to a DVD and it would fit if it is too large for a750 >> MB >> CD. Hope this helps. >> >> >> Sharon Dover Romanek >> Primary e-mail: [email protected] >> Secondary e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, >> Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen, Blancett >> >> >> >> ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >> List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html >> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. 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