Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108 in Software
• Brand: Focus Multimedia Ltd
• Released on: 2007-01-22
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista

Nick Barratt, TV's family history expert
Family Tree Legends is easy enough for beginners to understand, but includes powerful features that can be used by serious genealogists.

Manufacturer's Description

From tracking down long-lost ancestors on the Web, to creating beautiful family keepsakes you can share, this complete suite of software does everything you need. Even if you're a computer novice you'll be able to start creating and sharing your family history in minutes.

Family Tree Legends Deluxe Edition:

• Easy to use - start by entering everything you know about your relatives, and watch your family tree come to life.
• Over 40 customisable family trees, charts and reports.
• Design and personalise your own family trees and charts with photos, backgrounds, borders, colours and fonts.
• Build a multimedia scrapbook for each family member.
• Share with family and friends - your family tree can be printed out, published on the Web or sent by email.
• Burn a standalone CD-R containing all the research from your family tree, viewable and printable on any PC!
• Create a precious heirloom - a complete family book.
• Help is at hand - a printable reference manual and on-screen help make this software ideal for beginners.

Access over 350 million UK records online:

• Trace your ancestors online and add them to your family tree.

  • Search UK Census, Birth, Marriage and Death records.
  • 30 day online free trial - no credit card required to sign up.

  Family History Guide Book:

  • Step-by-step guide to researching your family tree.
  • View the book on-screen or print it out.

  Research Workbook: Still don't know where to begin? These printable forms will guide you through the research process, ensuring that you collect ALL the valuable data you need to enter into your family tree.

  Internet Research Centre: Save time and money with this invaluable resource which puts the best genealogy websites at your fingertips.

  Digital Reference Library:

  • Gazetteer of the British Isles 1904
  • Handbook of Heraldry
  • Kelly's Titled, Landed & Official Classes 1890
  • Origin of English Surnames

  Plus Bonus content worth £300:

  • Claim 3 free copies of Ancestors, the official magazine of The National Archives.
  • Money off photo restoration and cine-film transfer.
  • Save £250 off Census CD-ROMs.
  • Register Office Application Forms - apply for Birth, Marriage, Death and Adoption certificates.
  • Genealogy software for Palm/Pocket PC - research on the move.

  Family Tree Legends is easy enough for beginners to understand, but includes powerful features that can be used by serious genealogists. Nick Barratt, TV's family history expert

  Box Contents
  

  • 1 X CD-ROM
    
  • Register Office Application Forms apply for Birth, Marriage, Death and Adoption certificates.
    
  • Genealogy software for Palm/Pocket PC research on the move.
    
  • Claim 3 free copies of Ancestors, the official magazine of The National Archives.
    
  • Money off photo restoration and cine-film transfer.
    
  • Save £250 off Census CD-ROMs.

Customer Reviews

Disappointed
Had great difficulty loading this program and had to remove 2 updates to windows XP and revert to Adobe 8 before it would load. Works OK then albeit a bit clunky. Reloaded newer versions of Adobe etc and it still works.

Family Tree..
After reading the good reviews on Amazon, I couldn't wait to get going with the software. I must say it has some nice functionality in the charts and reports etc, but the user interface is not that friendly and quite cumbersome to navigate around, far to many pop up windows all over the place whereas, I would prefer all the updating, inputting of notes, images etc to be in 1 window with appropriate tabs. I am glad I didn't spend too much money as I would have been really dissapointed.

Excellent value for money
There are so many of these programs on the market these days the choice gets rather bewildering. This package is a fraction of the price of some of the allegedly better-known programs, yet I find it hard to imagine what more anyone would need from genealogy software. Family Tree Legends is easy to use out of the box and is quite intuitive - yet the manual is comprehensive and easy to understand if you get stuck. Easy for the beginner, there's plenty of 'growing room' as you get drawn in to this fascinating hobby and plenty of extras too. Highly recommended.