I know some of you are using Family Tree Maker. Dick Eastman's blog points his readers to the first part of Keith Riggle’s blog which looks excellent. Well worth the read if you are thinking of migrating. Wishing you all a Good Christmas and a Happy New Year. Andy. > >---------- > > > ><http://blog.eogn.com>Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 4 new articles > > > > > > > ><http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/21/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/>Replacing Family Tree Maker, Part 1: How to Scrub Your Data > > > > > >Following the recent announcement of the “retirement” of Family Tree Maker, many users of that program are planning to switch to a product made by a different producer. Of course, anytime you move data from one program to another, maintaining both the accuracy and the completeness of that data is critical. Ben Sayer has written the first of a multi-part article that addresses the problems and offers suggestions as to “how to do it right.” Ben writes: > >“That’s... > ><http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/21/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/>Read the rest of the story »

The thing about grand new plans is. what if all the other providers of family tree programs go the same way. Surely they will have to compete? Marg -----Original Message----- From: Andy Micklethwaite via Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:36 AM To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] FTM migration I know some of you are using Family Tree Maker. Dick Eastman's blog points his readers to the first part of Keith Riggle’s blog which looks excellent. Well worth the read if you are thinking of migrating. Wishing you all a Good Christmas and a Happy New Year. Andy. > >---------- > > > ><http://blog.eogn.com>Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - 4 new >articles > > > > > > > ><http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/21/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/>Replacing >Family Tree Maker, Part 1: How to Scrub Your Data > > > > > >Following the recent announcement of the “retirement” of Family Tree Maker, >many users of that program are planning to switch to a product made by a >different producer. Of course, anytime you move data from one program to >another, maintaining both the accuracy and the completeness of that data is >critical. Ben Sayer has written the first of a multi-part article that >addresses the problems and offers suggestions as to “how to do it right.” >Ben writes: > >“That’s... > ><http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/21/replacing-family-tree-maker-part-1-how-to-scrub-your-data/>Read >the rest of the story » ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message