"khunter" <im@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi all;
>
> I'm a very new researcher and I've got a question. My brother-in-law
gave
> me a box full of
> data disks from Family Tree Maker. Do I nee the app to read them or is
> there a 3rd party
> reader out there?
>
You should be able to get the viewer from the Family Tree Maker website -
it
used to be the demo for one of the older versions of the programme.
However, since you say you're new to this obsession, a workd of caution.
FTM
produce a number of different data discs including the results of searches
done by a company called United Ancestries. Most of their discs, however,
come from a series called Worlf Family Tree, and I think that there's a
good
chance that this is what you have. Be careful with them 0- they are made
up
from trees sent in by users. Some of them are no doubt excellent, many
have
a fair dollop of wishful thnking in them. If the sources are all quoted
and
include original dou***ents (eg birth certificates, census returns),
that's
an indicator than a tree that shows no sources, or quotes a load of web
sites or other people. Treat the discs as clues rather than hard data.
Oh- and welcome to the addiction!
Lesley Robertson
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