Hi,
We’re planning a webinar on Family Tree Maker 2009, and we’d like to answer as many questions as possible. Please post the questions you have regarding the new version. Thanks!

Hi everyone,
I’m Michelle Pfister, a Senior Product Manager working on Family Tree Maker. I’m looking forward to joining the conversation and hearing your suggestions for Family Tree Maker 2009. Thanks for your active participation!
First, let me give you an update. Some of our Family Tree Maker 2008 registrants have already received an email explaining how […]

Duff Wilson, Product Manager for Family Tree Maker, talks about FTM 2009 in this week’s edition of DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour genealogy podcast.
Duff explains some of the exciting new features in this year’s version of FTM and when the software will be available.
You can listen to the podcast on DearMYRTLE’s website here. (The segment with Duff begins 35 […]

One of the new features in Family Tree Maker 2009 is the ability to see an entire migration path for an ancestor’s life.

For our valued Family Tree Maker 2008 customers:
As we announced earlier, we’re giving our loyal Family Tree Maker 2008 customers a free upgrade to 2009. Last year around this time we released Family Tree Maker 2008. There was some initial customer dissatisfaction with the functionality in that release. We heard from customers who felt they […]

The Family Tree Maker team is pleased to announce the release of Family Tree Maker 2009. We are excited about the new features and user requested tools included in this version.
Over the past year, we have been making patches available that include additional functionality and features that our customers have asked for. In […]

I wanted to post a quick thank you to the Family Tree Maker community. I have decided to pursue a new career opportunity that will allow me to expand into some new career areas, so I will be leaving The Generations Network. Thank you for the opportunity to communicate with so many of you. As […]

We are now taking applicants for the Family Tree Maker 2009 beta test. We are looking for testers that are willing to find and report any bugs as well as give input into features and direction. 
If you are interested in being a volunteer beta tester please fill out the screening questions at the following URL:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey.zgi?p=WEB227Z3B5DELF
You […]

I wanted to make everyone aware of our next Family Tree Maker Webinar. It is open to the public and is scheduled for June 5th at 8:00 p.m. EDT (2 a.m. June 6th Greenwich Mean Time).
The following items are scheduled to be presented:
• Find and Replace
• Filtering Features
• Working with media
• Sources and Source Citations
• Searching anywhere on the Web
There […]

Service Pack 3 is now available.
Service Pack 3 contains critical stability and performance enhancements. I strongly urge you to install this service pack at your earliest convenience.
The following updates are included in Service Pack 3:

Major enhancements in performance
Major enhancements in stability
Book layout in charts
Ability to create saved versions for all charts and reports
Ability to save user […]