Updates

I apologize for slacking on this site, but I simply haven't had the time to post anything for quite some time.

I went back to school about 3 weeks ago to get all the requisite Microsoft Certifications to become a Systems Administrator, so that is taking up much of my time these days between classes and homework. I am hoping that I can balance time between my family and school as well as here, so I can keep things moving forward.

In addition, I am trying to learn a new genealogy program from Family Tree Maker which is the 2008 version. A while back, I bought this version of the software because it came with more bells and whistles, and it looked like it might make things easier. I was so far off on that, it wasn't even funny. While they did add newer features that the previous version didn't have, they took away ones that I did like. They are, however, slowly adding features back that are missing. I must say that this program is much more complex than the previous one. But, once I get a handle on how it works, it will be worth it because of the newer features, such as media integration.

To give you an idea of the program I was using versus the one I am now learning, take a look at these screen shots of the main page for each program. This first picture is the old 2006 version. It seems simple enough to use right? Well, it was. There wasn't much brain power required to master it easily, so I was flying in no time.




The 2nd picture is what the new version looks like. As you can see, the main screen is now broken up into 3 little windows. The far left part of it is the entire list of everyone in the tree. The middle is the current person's family, as well as their ancestor's tree. The right hand side is the main person that you are entering information for.