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From: "Carl E. Queen" <>
Subject: Re: [FTST] Using FTST With FTM Import
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:09:12 -0500
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Just so you don't feel bad Sandy, I also use FTM and find FTST Very hard to
use or understand how to make the thing work. I have started six times to
use it and get frustrated and dump what I have put in to it. It looks like
it was a sales gimmick for TMG. Anybody want to buy it?
Carl E. Queen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Lewis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: [FTST] Using FTST With FTM Import


> Before I get started I should explain that I am a total idiot when it
> comes to FTST. I do not use TMG, but have considered purchasing it. I
> have always used FTM (Family Tree Maker), currently Version 7. My
> question is this: Are there some options in FTST that actually require
> TMG to work? For example, the Research Log. If I understand my
> software correctly, FTM only uses one Research Journal for the entire
> program. In other words, each person is not allotted a "Research Log".
> So when FTST imports the data from FTM, the Research Journal is
> virtually useless, correct? Since FTST is a "read-only" program, data
> must be imported from your genealogy program. If that genealogy program
> does not use the same "options" as FTST, is there a way to get around
> this?
>
> I was also most interested in the "Timelines" discussions that I picked
> up in the FTST archives. I would love to create my own, but haven't
> figured out quite how to go about this.
>
> Thanks for any feedback. I hope I'm not getting "laughed" right off the
> list :-)
>
> Sandy Lewis
>
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