How to Backup Family Tree Maker in XP

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Tip 1 - Changes for Family Tree Maker Support When Used with Windows XP | Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter on WordPress.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tony Chawla | permalink

Anyone using Family Tree Maker as their genealogy program probably has already seen this warning that now pops up when you launch the program: We’re making updates that may impact your Family Tree Maker experience. Starting in October 2014, Ancestry Web Search within Family Tree Maker software will have reduced functionality or may not be…

For further reading: http://blog.eogn.com/2014/08/13/changes-for-family-tree-maker-support-when-used-with-windows-xp/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Recover Family Tree Maker Files | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dan Liddy | permalink

Family Tree Maker is genealogy software developed by Ancestry.com which helps you create family trees with photos, time lines and other features. Family Tree Maker includes an easy to use backup creator to copy data onto external drives and blank CDs. If your computer's hard drive is corrupted or destroyed you can recover your files via the backup....

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_6146593_recover-family-tree-maker-files.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Restoring backup files from XP to Ubuntu

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nicolas Stenko | permalink

Since XP is no longer supported and I have no desire to enrich Mr. Gates any more by upgrading I have decided to take the plunge and run Ubuntu on my main home desktop. The goal here is to complet...

For further reading: http://askubuntu.com/questions/495919/restoring-backup-files-from-xp-to-ubuntu ^[3]