My Family Tree Review by Roger Collin, Dec 16, 2012
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“My Family Tree” is a very nice and easy Genealogy program to use. It is very visual and it probably the best program out there that allows large numbers of ancestors and descendants to be visualized on the screen. Entry and linking of new people is easy to do. There are some minor interface issues that could do with a tweak e.g. in the Edit Relationships panel on the right of the main screen only one child is shown at a time. This could easily be fixed to show all children for the selected person. The other main issue I have is that searching is very slow. I have about 950 individuals in my genealogy. It can take some time just to recognize that I am typing in the search box, with additional time to find the person concern. Modern database systems should be much quicker than this.
However, apart from these concerns, you can tell that a lot of thought has been put into this excellent program and it is a pleasure to use. My Family Tree is free, which is really great, however it beats many paid-for genealogy programs in terms of features and usability and I would be happy to pay to use this program.
Biggest Pro: Truly excellent visualization of the family tree, both descendants and ancestors.
Biggest Con: Slow for searching
“My Family Tree,” Friend, October 2016, 11
Our stake president gave our stake a challenge to find family names to take to the temple. It was called a 40-day challenge because we had 40 days to find the names. During the challenge I went to FamilySearch.org.
The next thing I did was look for them on my family tree. After a while I found one ancestor who needed temple work. After that I found more ancestors needing temple work. After a little bit I found five families needing temple work. After I found all the names, I got a warm feeling in my heart. Now my parents have family names to take to the. Though the interface was horrible, it had all the needed functionality to build any kind of family tree. I was able to invite my brother and my cousins to help me build this and the collaboration was good too. So I eventually built a tree here. But it didn’t feel complete, I don’t think it ever does. What's Hiding in the Attic? Begin your family tree by gathering together everything you have —.
As I was looking at my ancestors, I got this feeling that I never had before. I felt that some of my ancestors did not have their temple work done. The next thing I did was look for them on my family tree. After a while I found one ancestor who needed temple work. After that I found more ancestors needing temple work.
After a little bit I found five families needing temple work. After I found all the names, I got a warm feeling in my heart. Now my parents have family names to take to the temple. I fulfilled the stake president’s challenge to find one or more ancestors that need their temple work done.
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Even though I am seven years old, I am still a good example. I still have that feeling, and I am still looking for ancestors that need temple work done. This is the best experience I have ever had, and I will never forget how I felt.
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Go to FamilySearch.org with a parent to find your family tree!