The Family Tree Maker Special Interest Group, co-facilitated
by Ron Madson and Karen Halfon, became our first CGS Special
Interest Group (SIG) to take its meetings to the Internet. The regular meeting of the group was
held online on Zoom on May 16, 2020 at 1:00 pm. The official meeting
was ushered in by a “social hour” beginning at 12:30. Attendees were free to
chat with each other or ask questions before the meeting started.
A notable guest to this virtual event was Russ Worthington
(“Cousin Russ”), who authors the blog “Collecting Cousins.” He contributed
updates and insights on the progress, status, and functioning of the new
FTM release. We may be seeing him in
upcoming virtual meetings.
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| The Family Tree Maker Special Interest Group met online this month |
The topic for this meeting was a discussion of the newest
release of the FTM software, FTM2019.
The agenda included new features of the software program including a
function called “TreeVault” which allows users to upload a tree to the vendor’s
(Software MacKiev) cloud storage. The Vault-saved tree is updated in real time
with every update or change made to the FTM tree and can be restored to the
user’s computer when and if necessary.
A video recording of the meeting is posted on
YouTube:
The FTM-SIG plans to continue the monthly Zoom
meetings during these shelter-in-place times, at the usual time on the third Saturday of the month. The June 20th meeting program will focus on
"Family History Fact and Event Management Tools." For more information, contact:
Ron Madson (rmadson@californiaancestors.org)
or Karen Halfon (khalfon@californiaancestors.org).
Ron Madson (rmadson@californiaancestors.org)
or Karen Halfon (khalfon@californiaancestors.org).
