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Family history is a fun, rewarding hobby that connects you with your past — and brings you closer to your present family. Just getting started? Family Tree Maker 2008 makes it easy to explore and preserve your family heritage. Already an expert? You’ll appreciate the program’s robust features, including flexible data-management options and a wide variety of output choices.
If you’re familiar with a previous version of Family Tree Maker — the #1 genealogy software since 1989 — you’ll notice that the program has a fresh new look and feel. We’ve made it easier than ever to enter, view and edit your data.
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$39.95 
Family Tree Maker 2008 also includes:
- Training Video featuring Megan Smolenyak. Watch as America’s leading family historian presents tips and guidelines for building your family tree. (DVD)
- Our History in Images: U.S. Postcards. Add visual excitement and historical context to your family tree with more than 30,000 vintage postcards from all 50 states. (DVD)
- 14-day free trial subscription to Ancestry.com. Search the world’s largest online repository of family history records.
Discover how easy it is to explore, preserve, and share your family history. Whether you’re new to family history or a seasoned genealogist.
Family Tree Maker 2008 lets you easily:
- Build a family tree starting with names, dates, and events
- Attach photos, documents, and audio and video files
- Quickly merge new facts and records from the Web into your tree
- Use interactive maps to explore the places where your ancestors once lived
- Design and print charts to display at home and share with family
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Key Features
This completely redesigned program has dozens of new features, including:
- A new interface that combines elements of a pedigree chart and a family group sheet, making it much easier to enter, view, and edit your data
- Vastly improved integration with Ancestry.com
- A Web clipper that lets you merge data from anywhere on the Web into your tree
- Standardized criteria for rating your sources
- Features that make it easy to manage photos and other media files and incorporate them into charts and reports
- A place authority with more than 3 million place names that helps you correctly enter locations
- Dynamic lists that show you all the people and events associated with a particular place
- Timelines that highlight personal, family, and world events that occurred during your ancestors’ lives
- A robust tool for sorting and managing your to-do list
- The ability to import data from other genealogy programs, including Personal Ancestral File, The Master Genealogist, and Legacy Family Tree
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Screenshots
Redesigned from the ground up, Family Tree Maker 2008 has a fresh new look and feel. The screenshots below will give you a taste for what you can do with Family Tree Maker:
Family View

Buld your family tree starting with names, dates and events. |
Media View

Attach photos and rich media files that bring your family history to life. |
Places View

Use dynamic maps to explore the places where your ancestors once lived. |
Timeline View

Generate timelines that show your ancestors' lives in historical context. |
Web Search View

Find information online and merge new facts and records into your tree. |
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Using Family Tree Maker 2008 together with Ancestry.com, you can:
- Quickly compare information you find on Ancestry with the data in your tree and use a merge wizard to selectively import new facts and records
- Take advantage of Ancestry Hints--a contextual search feature that automatically suggests records pertaining to people in your tree
- Back up your Family Tree Maker data by automatically creating a member tree on Ancestry (you can choose to share your tree with others or keep it private)
- Create heirloom-quality books using the new Ancestry Press self-publishing tool
A richer, more complete family tree-building experience
After more than 18 years as America’s #1 best-selling family tree software, Family Tree Maker 2008 has integrated the time-tested features you know and love with a whole new generation of helpful tools.
Order Family Tree Maker 2008 Now! -- $39.95 
With this latest version of Family Tree Maker, you'll be able to create a family tree more easily than ever before. Featuring streamlined data entry and useful research tips, Family Tree Maker practically does your work for you. Customizable search criteria and improved source management make the gathering of your family data easy as it gets. The software lets you easily import historical documents and also allows for Web collaboration, so you can work with other members in your family to complete your tree. |