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Family Tree Maker 2008 For more than 15 years, Family Tree Maker has been America's #1-selling family tree program. Family Tree Maker® 2008, the latest version of this leading family tree software, gives you an easy way to build and share your family tree — and preserve your precious family history.   Family Tree Maker 2008 Program — $39.95 (Please note that Family Tree Maker's online search engine can only search our sister site Ancestry.com.) Questions? Contact Customer Service. Check out additional Family Tree Maker Products

			Family View (Click to see larger image)

With Family Tree Maker 2008, it is easier than ever to organize and preserve all the information you've collected about your family.

• A new interface makes it much easier to enter, view and edit your data.
• Media features make it easy to manage photos and other media files and incorporate them into charts and reports.
• Timelines highlight personal, family and world events that occurred during your ancestors' lives.
• A robust tool helps you sort and manage your to-do list.

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Key Features

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
• User interactive maps to explore the places where your ancestors once lived
• Design and print charts to display at home and share with family.

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.

New 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