Genealogy Dream Job at ProGenealogists

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Occasionally there are job postings for genealogists by the different genealogy companies.  A "dream job" (in my mind, at least!) was posted recently by Ancestry.com on their Careers page - see RESEARCH DIRECTOR - ProGenealogists.

My impression of the person who would compete for a "Research Director" at an Ancestry.com subsidiary company, with the required qualifications stated in the job posting, is someone well known in the genealogy industry, with a national presence, with many years of experience as a manager, educator and presenter.  I was somewhat amazed by the summary job description:

"The Research Director will be responsible for all genealogical research at ProGenealogists, the official Ancestry.com research firm. The organization seeks an experienced and innovative individual who has a strong passion for genealogical research to communicate with the public while providing support to staff and clients in a corporate setting. The Research Director will design and refine training programs, evaluate research to insure quality, act as a consultant on difficult cases, and serve as lead research asset on the most challenging cases.

"Only those candidates with strong problem solving and communication skills and at least 5 years professional genealogical research experience will be considered."

Only five years of professional genealogical experience are required?  That didn't seem like enough, given the job responsibilities, but it surely includes a wider range of individuals than, say, 15 to 20 years of that experience.

Then I remembered my aerospace industry experience, and realized that this position is targeting one or two individuals who satisfy all of the position requirements, while not excluding those with much more experience.

Putting two and two together, can you figure out who might be the top candidates for this position?  Please comment if you care to with your guesses.

Saturday's "Good Genea-Reads"

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Since I'm not doing a regular Best of the Genea-Blogs this week (with my own picks), I do want to highlight some of my favorite genealogy blog posts that I've read on Saturday:

*  A first look at the new Facebook profile by Carole Riley on the Social Media and Genealogy blog.  Carole gives us a sneak preview of the new Facebook Timeline and profile that will be released on 1 October to all users.  Great work, Carole!

*  Two Plus Two May Equal Six: School Days by Susan Bankhead on Susan's Genealogy Blog.  Susan provides several examples of how school records have added to her family history knowledge.

*  Back to Fair Use for Genealogists by James Tanner on the Genealogy's Star blog.  This is part of James's series on copyright issues, and is very important for genea-bloggers.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What does Spokeo Know About You?

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Hey there, genea-philes - it's Saturday Night -- time for more Genealogy Fun!!

I'm always on the lookout for websites that can find living people.  I read about Spokeo this week and thoguht that I would try it out.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  Go to Spokeo - www.spokeo.com and put in your name (or any name). 

2)  See what Spokeo says about you.  Is it accurate? 

3)  Share what you want to share with us in a blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook, or in a Stream post on Google Plus.

Here's mine (complete with some screen captures):

I went to www.spokeo.com and entered my name as Randall Seaver.  It found people with that name in six places:

I figured that I was the one in California, so I clicked on the blue stick pin in Southern California.  The to of the next page is:

This screen tells me the following:

*  Gender:  Male (correct)
*  Age:  Late 60s (correct)
*  Phone:  (right area code and prefix, number hidden, correct as far as I can tell)
*  Address: (right street, number hidden, correct as far as I can tell)
*  Location:  Chula Vista, California (correct)

In the bottom half of the screen above, there are boxes for different items, including:

*  Male (correct)
*  Late 60's (correct)
*  Married (correct)
*  Residence: Single Family (correct)
*  Home Value: $362L (approximately correct)
*  Hobbies: Travel, Cooking (not exactly!)
*  Ethnicity:  African-American (um, wrong according to DNA testing)
*  Zodiac: Libra (I've always thought I was a Scorpio)
*  Politics:  no info
*  Religion:  Protestant (correct)
*  Education:  no info
*  Occupation:  no info

For any of these boxes, if you click on them or a link you are taken to the subscription page.  Presumably, if you pay up, they will provide this information.

Further down the page is a Google Street View picture of my property...but it's the north edge of the property fronting on the street below - a hillside.  Further down are lines for the property information, but it's not filled in.

The next section is Family:

It says that I have seven family members.  There's myself, my wife, my two daughters, and my deceased mother.  The ages are approximately correct.  They added another entry for my wife and one of my daughters (and got her age wrong).

Below that is the Wealth section.  A dial shows my economic health as tending toward low and there is no indicator on the Wealth bar.  I think that these are generic, not exact.  Below that is the Lifestyles and Interests section, and it is difficult to figure out what the symbols mean - again, this is generic without paying the fee.

Next is the Astrological information, then the Photos and Videos (generic, not my photos), the Social Networks (generic), and the Neighborhood (generic, not accurate).

It is apparent that, in order to get the full information set, that you need to subscribe ($2.95 per month for 12 months, $3.95 per month for 6 months, $$4.95 per month for three months).  That is pretty cheap compared to some of the other living person information websites. 

I tried my brothers, my daughters, and several geneabloggers (heh heh) and it found almost everyone.  It didn't list my grandchildren, however. 

I am curious as to their sources and accuracy of the information.  The disclaimer at the bottom of the page says:

"All data offered is derived from public sources. Spokeo does not verify or evaluate each piece of data, and makes no warranties or guarantees about any of the information offered. Spokeo does not possess or have access to secure or private financial information. Spokeo is not a credit reporting agency and does not offer consumer reports. None of the information offered by Spokeo is to be considered for purposes of determining any entity or person's eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, or for any other purposes covered under the FCRA."

I believe that we all need to be aware of the various services available on the Internet and the information that each site might provide.  If I was looking for long lost relatives, or supporting a family reunion or class reunion, this might be a good investment.

Surname Saturday - FISHER (England > Medfield MA)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 277, who is  Abigail FISHER (1711-1785), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through five generations of FISHER  families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1969)

68. Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69. Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton was born on 18 Aug 1708 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 8 May 1756 at the age of 47 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He  married on 3 May 1731 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
277.  Abigail Fisher was born on 10 Sep 1711 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 19 Feb 1785 at the age of 73 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

John Plimpton and Abigail Fisher had the following children:  John Plimpton (1731-1754); Amos Plimpton (1735-1808); Olive Plimpton (1737-1768); Abner Plimpton (1742-1814); Unity Plimpton (1746-1828).

554.  John Fisher was born on 22 Dec 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 14 Aug 1727 at the age of 49 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He married on 23 Apr 1705 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
555.  Abigail Smith was born on 18 Dec 1686 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 3 Feb 1725/6 at the age of 39 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

John Fisher and Abigail Smith had the following children:  Solomon Fisher (1706-1706); Abigail Fisher (1707-1711); Sarah Fisher (1709-1711); Abigail Fisher (1711-1785); John Fisher (1714-1777); Sarah Fisher (1719-1756); Joshua Fisher (1725-????).

1108.  John Fisher was born on 18 Feb 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 15 Oct 1727 at the age of 75 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was married on 6 Mar 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1109.  Hannah Adams was born on 16 Jan 1656 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 1 Nov 1746 at the age of 90 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

John Fisher and Hannah Adams had the following children:  Hannah Fisher (1674-????); John Fisher (1677-1727); Rachel Fisher (1680-1712); Mehitable Fisher (1682-1751); Joshua Fisher (1685-1749); Josiah Fisher (1692-1781); Abigail Fisher (1698-1701).

2216.  Joshua Fisher was born before 2 Apr 1621 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.  He died on 10 Aug 1672 at the age of 51 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was married on 15 Mar 1643 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2217.  Mary Aldus was born before 18 Oct 1623 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. She died on 3 Sep 1653 at the age of 29 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Joshua Fisher and Mary Aldus had the following children: Mary Fisher (1644-????); Joshua Fisher (1645-1646); Hannah Fisher (1647-1648); Abigail Fisher (1649-????); Joshua Fisher (1651-1709); John Fisher (1652-1727); Hannah Fisher (1653-????).

4432.  Joshua Fisher was born before 24 Feb 1585 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.  He died on 9 Nov 1674 at the age of 89 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was married before 1619 in probably Suffolk, England.
4433.  Elizabeth died before 11 Sep 1638 in Syleham, Suffolk, England. She was born in England.

Joshua Fisher and Elizabeth had the following children:  Elizabeth Fisher (1619-1651); Joshua Fisher (1621-1672); Mary Fisher (1623-1691); Hester Fisher (1625-1625); Sarah Fisher (1627-1627); Amos Fisher (1630-1630); John Fisher (1634-1668);  Samuel Fisher (1635-1638).

Useful publications include:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, "English Records of Joshua Fisher of Dedham, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, Volume 66, Number 3, July 1991.

*  William S. Tilden (editor) History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (Boston, Mass.: Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).

Friday's "Good Genea-Reads"

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Since I'm not doing a weekly Best of the Genea-Blogs this week, I do want to highlight some of my favorite genealogy blog posts that I've read on Friday:

*  Darned Second Enumerations by the writer of The Ancestry Insider blog.  Here is an interesting explanation of second enumerations, and why the results don't always match up.

*  Notes on Preserving Your Family Collections by Lynn Betlock on the Daily Genealogist blog.  This article includes a list of archival supply companies.

*  Genealogy Columns in Newspapers: Important Resources for Your Research by Carolyn Barkley on the GenealogyAndFamilyHistory.com blog.  Excellent article about a rarely mentioned and rarely used resource. 

*  Why we don’t always need source citation templates … and … but we do need Evidence Explained. by Michael Hait on the Planting the Seeds blog.  Well said!

Dear Randy: " I've searched everywhere for my ancestor. What Now?"

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My society colleague "Mary" (not her real name) emailed me recently, saying:

 "Dear Randy:  I've searched everywhere for my ancestor.  What else can I do?  He seems to have dropped out of the sky into the 1850 census with no known parents." 

Dear Mary:  Your problem is a common one for researchers for ancestors in the first half of the 19th century.  I have several similar "brick wall" problems myself that just don't seem to be possible to solve. 

We discussed, via email, your particular problem, and you noted that you have scoured the online databases and family trees at www.Ancestry.com, www.FamilySearch.org, www.USGenWeb.org, www.Rootsweb.com, www.FindAGrave.com, Google Books, and the Internet Archive for information about your ancestor in the places that he lived in the 1850 census and afterwards.

Here are the places that I would search next:

1)  Check the FamilySearch.org Library Catalog (https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=place) for the records that are on microfilm or microfiche for the PLACE (state and county and town) where your ancestor resided.  You should pay close attention to the vital, church, land, probate and tax records.  Order the microfilms/microfiches and search them for your ancestor and others of the same surname (or variants). 

2)  Check the FamilySearch.org Library Catalog (https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=surname) for the records that are either on the shelf in Salt Lake City or that are on microfilm or microfiche for your ancestor's SURNAME, including variations in surname spelling.  Order the microfilms/microfiches that might have your ancestor in them and search them.  Put any on-the-shelf books at the Family History Library in SLC on a to-do list and travel to Salt Lake City if necessary.

3)  Contact the genealogical and/or historical societies for the state, county and town (if extant) by postal mail, email or telephone, and determine if they have family files (sometimes called "vertical files") for your ancestor's surname, and determine if they will copy them and send them to you (for a fee).  Inquire as to what other records they might have (indexed or unindexed) that you can search (or have searched for you).

4)  Search the holdings of the County or State Archives in the locations where your ancestor lived.  State Archives often have a wealth of material that is not indexed and not digitized.  State Archives collect records from state governments, and often from county or city governments withing the state. You will probably have to travel to the Archive location (or hire someone to do it) kin order to access these records, but they may contain the absolute unique records that you need to solve your problem.    Start at http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/state-archives.html to find the state archive of interest, then search their catalog. 

5)  State and regional libraries collect items that pertain to their state and its inhabitants - like family history books, city and county books, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, paper collections, etc.  Search for the name and location for these repositories on the state or county www.USGenWeb.org pages.  Use the online catalog for each library to search for records of interest.  Many manuscript collections at repositories are listed in NUCMC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections).

6)  Search the U.S. National Archives for military service and pension records, immigration and emigration records, citizenship records, federal government legislative, employment and court records, land records, and much more in their archival collections.  Start at http://www.archives.gov/research/.  Very few of these records are indexed or digitized. 

7)  Historical newspapers may be available for your location or region of interest.  Check the U.S. NewspaperDirectory, 1690 to Present (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/) for the names of newspapers published in your location, and the years covered.  Then check the Online Historical Newspapers Website (http://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/), the Historical Newspapers Online site (http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/hist/onlinenewspapers.html), and local, regional and state libraries to determine if they have been digitized or indexed.  

All of these resources may contain original source records that may have information about your ancestral families. 

As most of us know and understand, the online historical record collections are a great benefit to our research, but not all records are digitized as images, and not all historical record images have been indexed.  In fact, some "experts" think that 3% (or less) of "all" genealogy records are digitized or indexed, and some think that the number is even smaller! 

The conclusion that can be drawn from that statistic is that there is a wealth of  genealogy and family history material available only in libraries, archives, homes and businesses that researchers should try to access and review in their ancestral search.

What would you add to my list above?  I tried to make it fairly general so that readers could apply it to their own research "brick wall" problems.  Please make comments on online and traditional resources. 

J.K. Rowling's "Who Do You Think You Are?" episode (England)

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I had great genealogy fun last night, and learned quite a bit, and was mesmerized watching the BBC episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" featuring Harry Potter novelist J.K. Rowling.  The episode can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6399QxJiPM, or click on the video below:




All of the publicity and commentary I've read about this episode focussed on the fact that the family thought that her grandfather, Louis Volant, was a Legion of Honor medal recipient, but Jo finds out that it was wrongly given to the family. 

For me, the best part of this story is the challenge of finding her grandfather's mother's name and her family.  It's very touching, and the records reviewed in the entire episode are very interesting.  I noted that they didn't visit Ancestry.com very often, either!

Follow Friday - Weekend Genealogy Fun

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Here are my recommendations for some Genealogy Fun this weekend:

1) Listen to Geneabloggers Radio tonight (Friday night, 10 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. CT, 8 p.m. MT and 7 p.m. PT) hosted by Thomas MacEntee. This week's topic is "Genealogists Bore Their Families – What You Can Do About It." The special guests include:

*  Michael Katchen of the startup company 1000memories.com discussing ways in which you can engage your family in genealogy and family history.
*  Walt Grady of Couragent, Inc., the innovative maker of the Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner – the hottest gadget in genealogy right now .
*  Genealogy blogger Joan Miller of Luxegen.ca will share some of the innovative ways in which she personally has been able to share her genealogy research without having family members run in the opposite direction.

2) Listen to the FGS Radio - My Society show on Saturday (2 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. CT, 12 noon MT, 11 a.m. PT) hosted by Thomas MacEntee this week. The topic is "Your Society’s Facebook Presence." 
The highlights:

*   Using a Q&A format which was popular in workshops at the recent FGS 2011 conference, Thomas will review some of the issues involved with making sure your genealogy society can harness the power of Facebook.
*  We’ll be highlighting the Elgin (IL) Genealogical Society in our weekly Society Spotlight feature.

3) Check out the recent Webinars on:

*  Researching Your Connecticut Ancestors. by Marian Pierre-Louis (free until 3 October 2011)
* Exploring FamilyLink.com and WorldVitalRecords.com by their founder, Paul Allen.
* Facebook for Genealogists, by Thomas MacEntee (free until 26 September 2011).
* "Newspapers for Genealogists: Using GenealogyBank.com to document every day of your ancestors' lives" with Tom Kemp.
* "Organizng for Success" with Karen Clifford (available free indefinitely from Legacy Family Tree)
* "The Power of DNA in Unlocking Family Relationships," with Ugo Perugo (available indefinitely from Legacy Family Tree)
* "Leveraging the Power of "We": a Watershed Event in Discovering Where to Find Your Ancestors (Research Wiki, Research Courses, and FamilySearch Forums)," with Michael Ritchey (available from Legacy Family Tree).
* RootsMagic Webinars (all free) available at http://www.rootsmagic.com/Webinars/
* National Genealogical Society (NGS) Videos (some are free to view) at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/videos_online
* Thomas MacEntee's Explorinar on Easy Website Creation (free to view).
* Thomas MacEntee's Explorinar on Evernote - Easy Note Taking UPDATED (free to view)

4) Respond to my Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge, posted on www.geneamusings.com soon after 12 noon Pacific time (that's 1900 GMT for those who understand time zones).

5) Go to a local genealogical society program, or go to a library or repository with genealogical resources. I'm going to the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Fall Seminar on Saturday featuring Anne Bowman and Donna Bradley.

6)  Go to a local or close repository with genealogy and family history material.  Do some research in traditional resources or order FamilySearch microfilms online with original source records.

7)  do some online research in the latest record collections at FamilySearch  (free, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list), Ancestry ($$, http://www.ancestry.com/cs/reccol/default), Fold3 ($$, www.fold3.com), WorldVitalRecords ($$, www.WorldvitalRecords.com), American Ancestors ($$, www.AmericanAncestors.org), GenealogyBank ($$, www.GenealogyBank.com), etc.

8) Add material (names, dates, places, notes, images, sources, etc.) to your genealogy software program. I have three inches of paper collected from my vacation, and will try to enter some of it into my database this weekend.

9) Spend time with your family doing fun things. Linda and I are going to the Padres-Dodgers game on Saturday and the Padres-Cubs game on Monday.

10) Go to a local cemetery and clean stones, take gravestone pictures, or transcribe epitaphs for your local society, for Find-a-Grave, or a similar online service.

Whatever you decide, please tell us about your genealogy endeavors on a social network or in a blog post. You never know when your experiences may stimulate or encourage others to do useful genealogy work.

Thursday's "Good" Genea-Reads

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Since I'm not doing a weekly Best of the Genea-blogs this week, I do want to highlight some of my favorite genealogy blog posts that I've read since I've been home (since Wednesday night).

*  Jerks, Genea-Karma, Donuts & Dreams by Caroline Pointer on the Family Stories blog.  She had me just on the title, but the example of using RestingSpot.com is great!  Makes me want to get smart phone with this App.

*  The Journey Through Hallowed Ground, Day 2  by Liz Tapley-Matthews on the My Tapley Tree ... and its Branches.  Liz and her mom visited Monticello and shows us what she found.

*  Genealogy in Greek Speak by Susan Bankhead on Susan's Genealogy Blog.  Susan summarizes what NUCMC, PERSI, worldCat and JSTOR mean. 

*  BIFHSGO 2011 Conference – Day 3 by Elizabeth Lapointe on the Genealogy Canada blog.  Elizabeth summarized her day at the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa.  Read the other day summaries too.  Sounds like it was a good conference.

* FHC and Me by Kim von Aspern-Parker on the Le Maison Duchamp blog.  Kim works at an FHC, and extrols the virtues and benefits of using them for genealogy research.  Amen!

Family Tree Maker 2012 Pre-Sale

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As an Ancestry.com newsletter subscriber, I've received several emails about Family Tree Maker 2012 with TreeSync software.   The 8 September email offered a 20% discount from the retail price of $39.99 to $31.99.  The 22 September email offers a 40% discount price of $23.99. 

If a reader goes to the Ancestry.com Shop site, or the Family Tree Maker website (www.familytreemaker.com), the link is to the $31.99 site (http://www.ancestry.com/cs/apps/P-4942).

The link for the $23.99 price is http://www.ancestry.com/cs/apps/P-4943.  I'm choosing this one!

Both sites say that FTM 2012 will start shipping in "the last week of September 2011."

The "What's New" description says:

*  TreeSync — lets you easily synchronize your tree in Family Tree Maker with an online Ancestry.com tree.

• Access and update your tree anywhere. Continue your research wherever you are whether it’s through your computer, Ancestry.com, even your iPhone or iPad.
• Easily share your tree with your family, and even work on it together. Your family and friends can view the online version of your tree without any software or a subscription. They just login with their name and email and they can always see the latest version of your tree, and can even work on adding to it if you’d like them to.
• Collaborate with the largest, most active family history community in the world. You can keep your online tree private or make it public so that others researching your family can always find the latest version of your research. You may connect with others who have insight on your ancestors or even rare photos to share with you. And you may even find relatives you didn’t know you had.

*  Blended family view — shows combined families, including stepfamilies and adoptees at a glance.
*  Improved Smart Stories — give you new tools for adding and editing details.
*  Chart personalization — lets you personalize charts by adding text and displaying generation labels such as parents, grandparents and great–grandparents
*  Index of individuals report — lists every individual in your tree, plus their birth, marriage and death dates.
*  Customized fact sentences — let you change wording and choose what data is included in sentences that Family Tree Maker generates for certain reports and Smart Stories.
*  Descendent charts between two people — make it easy to choose two individuals in your tree and create a descendant chart that shows their relationship. 

Ancestry.com is also offering a "Family Tree Maker 2012 Complete" package (see the "Compare Products" tab on http://www.ancestry.com/cs/apps/P-4943) for $47.99 (retail price $79.99).  This includes (in addition to FTM 2012 and a 14-day free trial to Ancestry.com):

*  The Companion Guide to Family Tree Maker 2012:
This printed version (size 7x9) of the Companion Guide helps you get the most out of Family Tree Maker 2012. It takes you beyond the simple step-by-step instructions to the why, how and when of the software’s most popular features.

 

*  The Family History Toolkit:

• Abbreviations and Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians – Explanation of abbreviations and acronyms found in census schedules, soundex indexes, mortality schedules, court records, etc.
• Ancestry’s Concise Genealogy Dictionary – Definitions of unusual terms you might encounter in cemetery, probate, court, and medical records.
• Hidden Sources: Family History in Unlikely Places – Overview of sources that are often overlooked and where and how they can be found.
• Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records – Guide to printed sources such as vital records, family histories, land records, and more.
• The Official Guide to Ancestry.com – Become more proficient with searching the site. Explore obscure databases you didn't know existed.
• The Official Guide to RootsWeb – Learn to use the resources on RootsWeb and read success stories from the RootsWeb Community.

*  Photo Explosion Album:Make every photo picture perfect with the easy-to-use retouching tools in Photo Explosion Album. Fix exposure, adjust lighting and color saturation, sharpen images -even preserve photos on a DVD or CD. Plus, use with Family Tree Maker to print charts, manage photos, and make your family tree look better than ever.

 Amazon.com, and other online book/software sites do not have Family Tree Maker 2012 on sale yet.  A user can expect to see an FTM 2012 Essentials (with one month Ancestry.com US subscription), FTM 2012 Deluxe (with three month Ancestry.com US subscription), and FTM 2012 Platinum  (with six month Ancestry.com US subscription) in the coming months for a discounted price.