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 Family Tree Maker Seminar

10 October 2024

DRAFT Seminar topics: Two sessions will be split by morning tea and lunch, and the presenters will share each session. Each of the sessions is expected to be about 1 to 1.5 hours in length. 

Session 1: Getting the Most Out of Family Tree Maker & Family Book Creator

Session 2: What’s Coming in Family Tree Maker 2024 & Family Book Creator

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DRAFT Seminar topics: Two sessions will be split by morning tea and lunch, and the presenters will share each session. Each of the sessions is expected to be about 1 to 1.5 hours in length.

Session 1: Getting the Most Out of Family Tree Maker & Family Book Creator

• Why Family Tree Maker among so many alternatives for building a family tree?
• Exploring approaches for getting started with building a family tree.
• Customizing to make things work for you.
• Seven family history workspaces. Soon to be eight
• Working with Ancestry and FamilySearch
• Introduction to Family Book Creator
• The story behind Family Book Creator.
• How to use Family Book Creator.
• Family Book Creator and Microsoft Word a perfect match?
• And more…
• Q & A

 Session 2: What’s Coming in Family Tree Maker 2024 & Family Book Creator

• Introduction to Family Tree Maker 2024
• Connect! A completely new workspace and new Relative Hint™ feature that make it easier than ever to share your tree and collaborate with your family.
• Easy on the Eyes™: a revolutionary way of enlarging parts of the screen right when you need it. An answer and relief for those of us with tired old eyes.
• Introducing AlbumWALK® — Making your photos talk — literally.
• Turn Back Time expansion to remembering your last 5,000 changes.
• Hyphenated dual surnames support following the Hispanic tradition.
• Improved support for managing and reporting relationships.
• Tools for cleaning up orphaned items (media, sources, and citations).
• Advanced features of Family Book Creator.
• How to publish your results.
• Q & A

Bookings: via Eventbrite (PayPal is the secure method of payment).  Should you prefer to pay by bank transfer, contact the organiser for details (familytree@qfhs.org.au).

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This is an in-person event & will not be available via Zoom. Recordings will be made available to registrants for a limited period after the event. 

We Remember Them: wartime stories in our family tree

A group portrait of nine Australian soldiers, most in uniform, posing somewhere in South Africa during the Boer War. (Image: State Library of Queensland)

The We Remember Them project will gather stories from our members focusing on the wartime stories in their family trees.  A virtual Honour Board will be created on this website to display an image of the individual and a few vital statistics. Each image will be linked to the story of that person’s wartime experiences. Read More