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The Family Tree Maker (FTM) training programs will be presented at three different libraries: 1) Community Room next to the Harmony Public Library, 4616 So Shields Street in Fort Collins (West side of Front Range Community College campus, ie, closest building to Shields Street, Phone 204-8206), Ben Delatour Room at the Fort Collins Main Library at 201 Peterson Street (Phone 221-6380), and at the Community Room in the Loveland Public Library at 300 No. Adams Street (Phone 962-2665).
FTM Training Programs dates will be announced by email. Normally we will present the programs during the first or second week of each month at 6:30 or 7 pm for two hours. A Q&A session will begin each program to review any problems. Handouts will be at each meeting and included on this web page after each month's program is presented. A large video screen is used at each library so attendees can view the software features.
The classes and handouts discuss the features for most versions of Family Tree Maker, however we always discuss the latest features of Version 16.
Please contact Bob Larson for more information in regards to meeting content and/or
locations at
Robert Larson
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Meeting Presentations Scheduled for the year 2008:
January's Program:
Basic Training Part I; Using the HELP menu, looking for specific problems, using online help and technical support resources, Using the File Menu: making and saving new FTM files, restoring lost or corrupted FTM files, merging or exporting GEDCOM or FTM files, printing different FTM sheets, changing FTM software preferences, and privatizing family information when printing or saving files. Use of backup sources including external hard drives and portable USB memory sticks are discussed.
February's Program:
Basic Training Part II; Using the Edit Menu: Cut, copy & paste text items, find individuals, find and replace text, listing sources and editing master sources, adding and managing website bookmarks, go to individual history page; Using the People Menu: editing and deleting individuals, editing marriages and other individuals, fix relationship issues, copying individuals to windows clipboard, inserting and moving children, and merging individuals. Entering personal information into Notes, Facts, and Marriages in Family View. We'll spend extra time on entering images into the Source Textbox. Use of the Internet will be used for listing images into each source.
March's Program:
Basic Training Part III; Using the Tools Menu: Using spell checker, finding relationship errors, using the relationship calculator, using the Soundex calculator for census reports, using the date calculator to find problems, finding file statistics, sharing your info with others, compacting files for sending to others, and checking map locations of individuals; Using the Internet Menu: starting and using Ancestry.com effectively, using web search to find ancestors, finding other researchers and cousins, using message boards to locate more family info and cousins, creating and editing a personal family website page, and adding tree charts and pictures to your family website.
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November's Program:
December:
Please direct questions about the availability of past presentation to
Robert Larson at
Robert Larson.
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Intermediate Training Part I: Using the Picture/Object Menu: adding pictures to scrapbook, modifying picture quality, placing pictures in different charts, adding captions to pictures, and using cameras, scanners, and picture CDs. Use of the Internet will be used to retrieve maps and pictures for the scrapbook
Intermediate Training Part II: Using the View Menu: switching between family and pedigree charts, Looking for individuals, adding pictures to scrapbooks, selecting different tree charts, creating multiple family reports, reviewing important dates in the calendar, creating address labels for mass mailing, creating maps using birth, marriages or death locations, creating timeline charts, creating a research journal to prevent research duplication and for planning future genealogy research, using research data CDs, and using zoom on specific charts.
GenSmarts training: This is an special class that supplements the FTM software. GenSmarts uses artificial intelligence to analyze your FTM family file, and produce recommendations on researching your ancestors and provide a detailed journal log for you to track each ancestor. This is a $30 software package that works with FTM or any other genealogy software that makes recommendations and hunts for answers by accessing the most popular databases that you may or may not have subscriptions. Many databases are from state archives. It lists the databases and the answers for you to compare and merge into your family file if you feel the information is valid. Use of the Internet is required for this program to access over 50 databases.
Summer months- No meetings! Use this time to complete
your family tree information!
Advanced Part I: Using the Format Menu:
using family tree templates, creating biographies and other notes, adding pictures to your biographies, using
different text fonts and sizes, using framing and lines options, and changing maps for great family
presentations.
Advanced Part II: Using the Book and Contents Menus: publishing your family history
from cover, table of contents, to family group sheets, biographies, pictures, notes,indexing and
using special publication features.
Advanced Part III: Finalizing your family history book or report using the great
templates provided in FTM, review of several members' publishing book and experiences, and a special guest is invited to discuss
writing your family hisstory! We'll have a
final review of the FTM software before adjourning for the year.
No Meeting! Happy Holidays!