Best Family Tree COLOR-CODING Tool - Family Tree Maker Tutorial

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Family Tree Maker has the BEST Color Coding tool for your family tree. Learn how to use the multiple colors at once options to emphasize surnames, DNA, or research status.
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@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

QOTD: How do you color your tree in Family Tree Maker?

@CadillacBunner Жыл бұрын

I use a combination of colors and border styles for the boxes. This was really helpfu!

@tommysts1920 4 ай бұрын

thanks for your knowledge.

@robins8769 Жыл бұрын

Too amusing! I missed the live version of this as I was on a genealogy field trip in East Texas. But I caught the "I don't like the color orange." Spoken by a true Aggie!

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Gig'em. So true. So true. Orange is not a great color for an Aggie.

@tinplategeektoo Жыл бұрын

Thank you Devon, a very helpful tutorial. I might even start to use the 8 great grandparent colouring approach as the tree collapse highlighting looks cool. I've used FTM for a while but haven't really got to grips with it or used any of the none obvious features.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to have introduced you to some cool features and different approaches.

@groundedbutstillgoing5533 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely so fascinating and Gig'em Ags!

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Gig'em Right back at you.

@lindabright4609 Жыл бұрын

Devon, once you have used the filter to find all ancestors born in Ky, how do you get back to the original index view?

@pinwheelgrl9304 Жыл бұрын

I got real excited when you said FTM could do colors 'forward and backward'. So I wanted to buy the program for dna work, but I then realized I couldn't see anywhere it had a 'descendant view' like on Ancestry. My main problem is getting lost in all the descendants - but I just have to SEE how they all blend into each other! Is anything helpful for seeing all the descendants in downline mode? Lists and ahnentafels just don't cut it. Thanks.

@cathyc6725 Жыл бұрын

I used color coding to see if my grandmother's Henderson line was related to a Henderson line that married in to another line of my grandmother's family. I was able to see clearly that they were not related to each other. I also used it to keep my 2 unrelated Jones lines separate.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@junebutka6571 Жыл бұрын

I match mine to my DNA as tagged in ancestry. To carry through the same colors to identify the DNA line connection.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Cool. But how do you account for the fact that Ancestry has more colors than Family Tree Maker?

@marciabraham Жыл бұрын

It does? I was just thinking that FTM must have way more colors than Ancestry...which only has 24 colors to code your DNA matches with. Maybe I'm not following...?

@junebutka6571 Жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics I go to the 8 grandparents and color them. The color goes up or down though their line.

@vinswellasandridge1790 15 күн бұрын

Where can I purchase the Family Tree Maker Program

@staceycoates1418 Жыл бұрын

I think I like Rootsmagic's color coding more. There are more colors and with the sets you can expand so much more. So while I would like the visual representation of multiple colors on the person, I think Rootsmagic is more versatile in the long run. But the pedigree collapse... Not that I have it in my lines but in matches lines it would be so nice to see.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

That's a fair analysis of both programs.

@AncientArchivist Жыл бұрын

Thank you Devon. Great explanation as always. Is there somewhere in FTM that you can note what you have used each colour for? or do we just keep a postit note on the side of the screen, lol. Thanks.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

Sadly, there isn't a way in FTM to note the color scheme you used. Unless you want to add this as a note for the home person. But you might not remember that you added that note. This is one feature that RootsMagic does better.

@AncientArchivist Жыл бұрын

@FamilyHistoryFanatics thanks Devon, posting note it is then, 😆.

@staceycoates1418 Жыл бұрын

I know longer use Family tree maker, but it would be nice to have the visual representation of multiple colors.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics Жыл бұрын

So true.