press release from TGN

The Generations Network published a press release today regarding Spectrum Equity’s buyout. TGN CEO Tim Sullivan is quoted:
“Spectrum Equity has been an incredibly supportive and strategic-minded investor in our company for several years, so I am thrilled to have them acquire this majority interest in The Generations Network,” said Tim Sullivan, company President and CEO. [...]

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Family Tree Maker 2008 continued

It has been one week since I installed Family Tree Maker 2008 from the replacement disks they sent me and things appear to be going much more smoothly. A couple of things need tweaking but my computer no longer runs like molasses on a cold day with it installed.
I was comforted to see the message installing Family Tree Maker [...]

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Care to own stock in Ancestry.com?

According to a post today on TechCrunch, Spectrum Equity Investors is acquiring a majority interest in The Generations Network. TGN is the parent company of, among others, Ancestry.com and the folks who gave us Family Tree Maker 2008. (I wonder if this means they will be changing their version numbering system again.) There is talk of [...]

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the hog is dead

My Family Tree Maker 2008 died. I know now that it was inevitable, but in the beginning everything seemed fine and I thought we could work it out. After installing the software from the CD, downloading and installing service pack 1, and doing some maintenance and upgrades, I thought we had made peace. However, after returning [...]

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Family Tree Maker 2008

I recently upgraded from Family Tree Maker 2005 to FTM 2008. Surprise! The new version is a major resource hog but what a stinky, muddy, goody-rooting hog it is.
Buzz abounds of its upgraded search capabilities enabling you to search various websites within the same window. Yawn, I can’t get excited about a “new” way to web search. Still [...]

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