Family Tree Maker For Dummies

by Matthew L. Helm

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Do you rummage through your grandmother's attic for pictures of oldrelatives? Have you ever wondered where your family came from?Would you like to know if you and someone famous share a commongreat-great grandparent? If you've answered yes to any of thesequestions you might be an amateur genealogist without even knowingit! Genealogical programs like Family Tree Maker are widely availableand do not require any special training to use. That's right --with a PC, a computer program, and an show more interest in discovering yourroots you can begin tracing your family's history from its earlyyears to today. Along the way you just might visit exotic lands,meet famous relatives, or dabble in a foreign language! Family Tree Maker For Dummies is your guide to getting the most outof today's most popular genealogy software on the market. Begin byinvestigating the many features Family Tree Maker offers allbudding genealogists. Find out what you need to get underway andhow to start recording data you have collected. The book helps youcreate an investigation strategy that taps into close (and distant)relatives, high-tech resources, and other genealogists from aroundthe world! You can also explore options for presenting yourcompleted family tree, from including photos and video in the finalproduct to making copies for relatives. Family Tree Maker ForDummies makes preserving vital family records a fun and rewardingexperience. show less

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Standard “dummies” book, but published in 2000. In the last 25 years there has been a lot of software changes, making this book next to useless.

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Nonfiction, Technology, General Nonfiction
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929.1History & geographyBiographies, Genealogy, HealdryGenealogy, Flags, Heraldry, Civil RecordsGenealogies
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CS14 .H45Auxiliary Sciences of HistoryGenealogyGenealogy
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