Dear Good Prince Terry of the West You are absolutely correct. I love it, I love it, I love it... And the only bug to me is not having the descendents chart with out the boxes, from person to person, but I hope that is coming soon... so for now we have to deal with the boxes..big deal. I put everything in my FTM2009, so that I do not have to dig in the boxes once I have entered the information. That way the documents stay un-touched as much as possible, avoiding possible paper damage. PLUS if you have a fire or you have a flood... you can always grab your outside back up hard drive with one hand and run..and know that you have ALL your stuff safe... it isn't the originals but at least you wont loose everything. Hugs Princess Becky of the sunny south [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain " ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [WGS] Creating a image for your FTM2009 > Becky-- > ????? I agree 100% with what you said about importing pictures and > documents into FTM 2009...it is so easy and it works great!? A while > back, I decided to start importing in census records for every year I had > them for each individual.? So far I have done dozens, and it is so nice > to have the actual copy in the Media file for that person.? You can then > click on it and enlarge or print, or e-mail it to someone else.? > ????? I have also been scanning many other documents and pictures and > also importing into the Media files....once your learn to do it, it is > fantastic.? I am now scanning marriage and death certificates, military > records, maps...in short anything that is of value.? And with much larger > storage now available on computers, that is no longer a problem with lots > of large files.? I even bought a new Canon Elph camera that has an > optional 8 gb card in it...it will hold like 10,000 pictures of a modest > resolution. > ????? For any of those that still have not made the change to FTM 2009, > both Becky and I heartily encourage you to do it.......I also suggest > subscribing to Ancestry.com as they have so many great records and > documents online;? on FTM once you take a little time to get used to it, > you will never go back and mine works seamlessly now...........and the > new version also has back the book organizing and writing > program.....makes it very easy for you to put together and publish your > own little genealogy projects to give to family members............very > nice...it even puts together an index of all people you show in your > book! > > ??????????????????????? Prince Terry of the West >