I have now had a chance to install and try using Family Tree Maker 2008.

It started out with importing my Legacy database file directly and that really impressed me. I didn’t have to make a gedcom first. It took about 20 minutes to import almost 10,000 people and their information.

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Anyone who’s been reading this website for any length of time knows that I’m what Marlo E. Schuldt of Heritage Collector calls a “cobbler”, i.e. a patcher of bits and pieces.  In this case, software.  It sounds like a character flaw.  Marlo can discourse for hours on the failures of various organizational systems.  He’s a brilliant man and he’s probably right.  But cobbling in e-space as on Earth is just my nature, I can’t help it.

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As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Passage Express is just a folder tree with pizazz. Worthwhile pizazz to be sure. It’s an attractive way to present your family history.

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For longer than I can say I have been trying to use my photos in multiple locations and finding it way too much work. And this is not the first time I’ve been looking for a cure. Being in the usual labyrinth with my now-12,000 photographs, and yet-another filing system experiment, I went to have another look at what the rest of the world is doing.

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Footnote.com Announces New Partnership with the Largest Public Genealogy Library in the U.S.

Lindon, Utah – August 2, 2007 –Today, Footnote.com announced a new partnership with Allen County Public Library (ACPL), the largest public genealogy library in the United States to digitize millions of historical records making them available online for the first time at Footnote.com.

The ACPL collections feature unique American and International records including family histories, city directories, military records and historical newspapers.

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