Family Tree Maker - Revision history

Jsummers: Category:Broderbund

2024-05-26T16:34:59Z

Category:Broderbund

2020-01-25T14:20:26Z

Category:SQLite based file formats

2020-01-21T14:43:48Z

Added PRONOM ID

2020-01-17T20:42:21Z

Updated References

2019-12-17T07:56:06Z

‎Software

2019-12-17T07:53:17Z

‎file extension by version

2019-12-11T01:53:36Z

2019-12-11T01:27:00Z

Add wikidata

2019-12-11T00:43:02Z

2019-06-24T20:33:06Z

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	[[Category:SQLite based file formats]]		[[Category:SQLite based file formats]]
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 |subcat=Genealogical data
 |extensions={{ext|ftm}}, {{ext|ftmb}}, {{ext|ftmm}}, {{ext|ftmd}}, {{ext|ftw}}, {{ext|fbk}}
 |wikidata={{wikidata|Q20643957}}
 |released=1989

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 * Family Tree Maker DOS versions 1 – 4 (*.FTM) 1989-1995
 * Family Tree Maker Windows versions 1 – 4 (*.FTW, *.FBK) 1993-1997
-* Family Tree Maker versions 5 - 16 (*.FTW or *.FBK) 1998-2006
+* Family Tree Maker versions 5 - 16 (*.FTW or *.FBK) 1998-2006<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110720091645/http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/08/family_tree_mak.html</ref>
 * Family Tree Maker 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 for Windows (*.FTM, *.FTMB (Zip compressed FTM))
 * Family Tree Maker 3 for Mac (*.FTM, *.FTMB)
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 ==References==
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.com#Family_Tree_Maker Family Tree Maker] - wikipedia
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Tree_Maker Family Tree Maker] - wikipedia
 * [http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1692 SQLite for Genealogy Software]
 * [https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/ftmtransferkit/Tree_File_Moving_Guide_Win.pdf Family Tree Maker 2017 for Windows Migration Guide]
 * [https://klhess.com/family-tree-maker-index/ Ken Hess (Creator) Documentation]
 [[Category:Microsoft Compound File]]

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 * [https://support.mackiev.com/873521-Converting-FTM-version-1-4-files-so-that-they-can-be-opened-in-the-latest-FTM-versions 14-Day trial of FTM 2005 SE for migrating older FTM files]
 * [https://support.mackiev.com/051362-Family-Tree-Maker-File-Migration-Utility Family Tree Maker File Migration Utility]
 ==References==

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 |released=1989
 }}
-Family Tree Maker is genealogy software for Windows & Mac. Originally developed by Banner Blue Software, was purchased by Broderbund in 1995. Versions 1-2 were under the Banner Blue title.
+Family Tree Maker is genealogy software for Windows & Mac. Originally developed by Banner Blue Software, was purchased by Broderbund in 1995. Versions 1-2 were under the Banner Blue title. Versions 3-4 under Broderbund. Versions 5-7 under The Learning Company, then Ancestry.com from versions 7.5 to 2014. Ancestry sold product to MacKiev in 2014.
 == File format ==
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 * Family Tree Maker versions 1 – 4 (*.FTW, *.FBK) 1989-1996
 * Family Tree Maker versions 5 - 16 (*.FTW or *.FBK) 1998-2006
-* Family Tree Maker 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 for Windows (*.FTM, *.FTMB)
+* Family Tree Maker 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 for Windows (*.FTM, *.FTMB (Zip compressed FTM))
 * Family Tree Maker 3 for Mac (*.FTM, *.FTMB)
 * Family Tree Maker 2010 and 2012 for Mac (*.FTMM, *.FTMD)

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 |released=1989
 }}
-Family Tree Maker is genealogy software for Windows.
+Family Tree Maker is genealogy software for Windows & Mac. Originally developed by Banner Blue Software, was purchased by Broderbund in 1995. Versions 1-2 were under the Banner Blue title.
 == File format ==
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 An encrypted SQLite database is used for version ??
-.FTW format is based on the [[Microsoft Compound File|"OLE2" document container format]].
+.FTW format is based on the [[Microsoft Compound File|"OLE2" document container format]]. All FTW files contain a file within the OLE container call "GENERAL.DB". Version of software used to write the file is at byte 4 followed by the following ascii string. "File Format (C) Copyright 1993 Banner Blue Software Inc. - All Rights Reserved"
 ===file extension by version===

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	* [https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/ftmtransferkit/Tree_File_Moving_Guide_Win.pdf Family Tree Maker 2017 for Windows Migration Guide]		* [https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/ftmtransferkit/Tree_File_Moving_Guide_Win.pdf Family Tree Maker 2017 for Windows Migration Guide]
	* [https://klhess.com/family-tree-maker-index/ Ken Hess (Creator) Documentation]		* [https://klhess.com/family-tree-maker-index/ Ken Hess (Creator) Documentation]
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		+	[[Category:Microsoft Compound File]]