If you were planning to use Generations for the first time I would definitely recommend that you look at Family Historian rather than starting with such an old program as Generations
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Generations has been a brilliant piece of software for genealogists and in all probability may have been the best program available for a number of years. Other programs in the past have never quite been able to match it, in all of its functions. However the program has become increasing more difficult to support and has suffered interference from many other programs over the last five years. In addition to this the authors of a much newer program 'Family Historian have made a great effort to build into their program many of the best features from Generations and in our opinion have now come up with a product that is much better than Generations. We are confident in recommending Family Historian as a replacement for Generations and it has received several awards for being the best software available for Family History and professional genealogists.
Please take a look at Family Historian. It handles images in a much better way than any other family tree program and almost has the complete functionality of your old program.The later versions look very much like the Generations program including images on the family screen. If you are ready to add photographs to your Generations database then changing to Family Historian is highly recommended as it is able to handle images in an extremely clever way.
You may download a 30 day trial version of the new Family Historian and import a copy of the Gedcom file that Generations is able to produce from the file menu in your old program. If you have an old Generations file and you are not able to open it or produce a gedcom file then we can do this for you for you.
Have a play with your own data in Family Historian and see what you think.
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Testing with the trial will give you the opportunity to check how your source data transfers over.
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Sierra Generations Family Tree & Windows 7 By Mary Schnacky April 07, 2010 at 01:18:04. I have the Sierra Generations Deluxe Edition Family Tree Software which was produced in 1998.This edition does not work with Windows 7.Does anyone know if there is an upgrade that will work with Windows 7 and will it accept a transfer of data from Windows XP? Features of the 21-CD product are extensive and include a photo repair CD, Ellis Island records and a family tree and chart maker. Users will have access to registries with over 350 million names, and online resources provide access to over 500 million more names.
SierraHome, a division of Sierra On-Line, Inc. and a developer and publisher of home-productivity software, has announced the release of the Generations Family Tree Millennium Collection. According to the company, this is the first compendium of Ellis Island immigration information ever available to consumers, making it easier than ever to research this aspect of immigration history through CD-ROM, the Internet, and video.SierraHome’s Generations Family Tree Millennium Collection amasses more than 200 years of records and resources for discovering and preserving family history into one complete collection. With more than 350 million names on CD-ROM, plus access to 60,000 genealogy Web links and flexible charting capabilities, Generations is a tool that grows through each phase of family history research. In addition, an extensive multimedia tutorial walks new Generations owners through each step of researching and recording their family history. Furthermore, users of other family tree-making software can easily import their data into Generations.
“More than 19 million Americans are actively tracing their roots, and it’s becoming more important than ever to preserve this precious family history information for future generations,” said Mark Winters, senior brand manager for Generations at Sierra. “SierraHome’s Generations Millennium Collection is the ideal tool for doing just that: researching, preserving, and charting out your family tree.”
Generations Millennium Collection includes these features:
- The most comprehensive collection of Ellis Island information available in a software suite, according to the company
- Actual digital images of the handwritten 1800 Census for the three main immigration ports of entry: New York, Charleston, and Philadelphia
- American immigration content spanning over 200 years
- 60,000 Web links, including immigration and naturalization records
- An extensive history of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- A 1-hour documentary video titled Remembering Ellis Island: Everyman’s Monument
- A free book titled American Naturalization Records 1790-1990, a how-to guide on using naturalization records to research an ancestor’s entry into the U.S.
- Family tree clip art—for adding beautiful backgrounds and images to your family tree chart
- Information on 19th-century immigrant ships
- A collection of U.S. marriage and land records spanning from 1560-1907
- A multimedia virtual tour of the Ellis Island experience
Heritage Quest, the world’s largest private supplier of genealogical data and services, is now a part of the SierraHome/Generations family. Among other things, Heritage Quest is pioneering the efforts to digitize and index the U.S. Census records so that family history enthusiasts everywhere will have easier access to this valuable information at home. According to the company, Generations owners are the first to benefit from these efforts, with access to the 1790, 1800, and 1870 digital Census on CD-ROM. Other popular titles in the Generations family tree software line include: Generations Grande Suite, Generations Deluxe, and Easy Family Tree. The Generations Family Tree Millennium Collection is $69.95 and comes on 21 Windows CD-ROMs.
SierraHome (http://www.sierrahome.com) publishes software in categories that include home publishing, family heritage, cooking, gardening, home design, personal improvement, Web page design, and digital imaging.
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Sierra On-Line, Inc. is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader in interactive content, and is one of the world’s largest publishers of education, entertainment, and home productivity software.
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Source: Sierra On-Line, Inc., Bellevue, WA, 425/649-9800; http://www.sierra.com.
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