Family Tree Legendsįamily Tree Maker, Personal Ancestral File and Legacy Family Tree are popular genealogy applications.įamily Tree Legends used to be a popular genealogy application.įamily Tree Legends was a commercial product of Pearl Street Software, one that its users were already abandoning because Pearl Street had stopped supporting its users, when Pearl Street was Presumably, the version 5.1 User's Guide will provide a complete list of the databaseįormats that Family Tree Builder 5.1 can import from.
The Import Genealogy File dialog box mentions that it will import from Family Tree Legends, Family Tree Maker, Personal Ancestral File, Legacy and others. If you know where the database you want to import is, open it by browsing to it. That may be handy option to have, but will take some time of you have many files to scan through. When you choose to Import GEDCOM or Genealogy file, the next dialog boxĪllows you to either browse to the file you want to import or scan your system That is less than ideal for end users, but it does allow me to bring you the scoop on the 5.1 features even before MyHeritage does.Īs already noted, the dot-one news seems to be direct import. Even the page describing what's new in version 5.1 isn't available yet.įor whatever reason, MyHeritage got ahead of itself. The version 5.1 software is available for download, but the Family Tree Builderĥ.1 User's Guide is not. The Family Tree Builder version 5.1 software seems to have been releasedĪ bit early. The version 5.0 User's Guide mentions GEDCOM, it does mention direct import. When the download was done, and the file opened in Adobe Reader, it turned out toīe the Family Tree Builder 5.0 User's Guide. It would be so much more practical for MyHeritage to include the User's Guide with the installation. User's Guide from the help menu, and then Family Tree Builder will download itįrom the MyHeritage site - if you have an Internet connection when you try that.
It is not included in the Family Tree Builder installation, you need to choose There is no Windows help file, but there is a User's Guide in Adobe PDF format. That the last update to that page happened on 2010 November 1. The most recent information it provides is for version 5.0, and it helpfully notes The menu item opens a page on theĪlas, that page has not been updated with information on Family Tree Builder 5.1 yet. The What's new in Version 5.1 menu item does not confirm that, at least not yet.įamily Tree Builder lacks a Windows help file. Offers to Import GEDCOM or Genealogy fileĪnd the next dialog mentions some of the database formats thatįamily Tree Builder 5.1 will import from.Īpparently, MyHeritage added a direct import feature in version 5.1. Import GEDCOM file, the Family Tree Builder version 5.1 Quick Start Wizard While the Family Tree Builder version 5.0 Quick Start Wizard offers to There is small but significant difference between the Family Tree Builder versionīoth offer four options, but they are not exactly the same. When you start Family Tree Builder, it greets you with its Quick Start Wizard. Item on the help menu, but I noticed a difference right away. what's newįamily Tree Builder 5.1 has a handy What's new in Version 5.1 menu All the files in this auxiliary ZIP file seem to be standard components of Family Tree Builder 5.1, that could just have well been included in the installation package itself. It is this file that contains, among other things, the files that are at the heart of its latest feature direct import from several competing applications. The MyHeritage.log file produced by Family Tree Builder itself states that it downloaded family_tree_builder_5131_aux.zip. After starting Family Tree Builder 5.1 for the first time, it immediately decided to download additional components.
I have discussed the download and installation issues of Family Tree Builder 5.0 in detail, and did not pay much attention it, butĬould not help but notice that the installation wizard no longer allows you to uncheck the Run MyHeritage Family Tree Builder 5.1 option shown on its last dialog box. Initially, download and installation of Family Tree Builder 5.1 did not seem to differ much from The version number from 5.0 to 5.1 that made me curious. to be precise, but it was the increase of MyHeritage did not announce it, but they just released Family Tree Builder 5.1. Family Tree Builder 5.1 adds Direct Import MyImport licensed from the competition Family Tree Builder 5.1