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Swingin' in the Family Tree!

Have you ever wanted to trace your family history? If you've ever tried, you already know how difficult it can be.

Well, we have an awesome deal on Broderbund's Family Tree Maker Deluxe 9 Collector's Edition. This 20 CD software set makes it incredibly easy to trace your family history. This collector's edition includes a Photo Keepsake Box so you can keep your photos and other documents with your family tree information.

If you order now, you'll also get an additional FREE bonus - The Print Shop Photo Workshop. This is a $20.00 retail value! This bonus program lets you crop, remove red-eye, use creative effects, do colorization to B&W photos, remove dust, adjust brightness, sharpen focus, and lots more. Not bad for a FREE bonus huh?

OK, back to the program…

Using this program is a cinch - You just fill out what info you know (from you through your grandparents) and it takes it from there. The info itself is actually entered in a wizard style interface, making tracing your ancestry extremely easy. With this program, you have access to millions and millions (and millions) of names, so research becomes a lot easier!

Here are just a few features (Psst - click here for more!) -

- Indexes to immigration, census, birth, marriage, military, passenger lists, social security, death, will, cemetery, land records, and more. This program even has Revolutionary and Civil War records!!

- Researched family trees. With this incredible feature, you may discover a branch of your family tree and can add it instantly. One guy had 950 names in his tree and was up to 2800 after getting this software! Since there are over 200,000 pre-researched family trees, odds are you'll find something!

- Print out your family tree in a variety of different formats - even add your own photos! In addition, you can create different reports - calendars, birthday lists, kinship, register, medical, and more! You can even create a professional looking "family book"!

- Create timelines that show where an ancestor was in the world at a particular time.

- Tell the story of someone's life by adding information to their records. Then print it out!

This only touches the tip of the iceberg. Family Tree Maker is extremely powerful and very easy to use. In fact, it's the #1 selling Family Tree software for 10 years running and there's been over 4.5 million copies sold! And check out these reviews:

"The program to turn to for research and information"
- PC Magazine
"The premier genealogical software package"
- FamilyPC
"intuitive and easy to learn"
- TIME Magazine

OK, you want to know the price. This program retails for $149.95. We have it for only $39.95!! (that's over 70% off!) Free US shipping too! Amazon sells this one without the collector's box for $69.95, so our price is really, really great! Heck it even comes with a 90 day satisfaction guarantee from Broderbund (we still give you our 30 day too). Nothing to lose! Here's the link for more information:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/familytree-collector-9.htm

PS - This is another one time deal and I literally had to beg my supplier to sell me enough of these to justify a run. These are in really short supply, so if you’re interested, get to the site today!

Computers 101

Q:
I have several files that I need to move; however, they aren't in order. Is there a way to select a file here and there within a folder to move them at once?

A:
If you have several files that are in order and you want to move, save, copy, delete, e-mail, etc. them to a single destination, you can highlight the first one and hold down the Shift key as you move down to the end of your selections. No need to click on each one, just click on or arrow down to the last file/message to be moved, saved, etc. and the entire group will be highlighted.

However, if you want to select files or messages that are not in order, hold the Ctrl key while you click on each file that you need with your mouse.

-- Patricia McKee, Leesville, LA

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Tip of the Day

Save Your Incoming Messages - Quick!

I am an organization freak and my e-mail is not exempt from my mania. For those who, like me, have everything filed and sub-filed to a ridiculous point, there is a quick way to do your daily filing in Outlook Express.

Suppose you get a bunch of not-quite-junk mail that you eventually want to read, but don't want it junking up your Inbox at present. Simply right-click on the message and select "Move to Folder."

"My Local Folders" opens up. Then, just type the first letter of the file I want and click OK (or hit Enter) when I find it.

If you have more than one file with that first letter, just keep pressing the letter and watch the highlight move from folder to folder.

If you have folders within folders, when you get to the folder you are looking for, you can continue to use the "type-first-letter" technique, or you can change to the arrow-down keys to locate the sub-folder. (For example: When I receive a Computer Tips Newsletter from Steve, I right-click, select "Move To Folder," and press "T" for my Tips folder. I then press "S" for my Software Tips folder.) Before I had so many different tips folders I would use my arrow keys, but now pressing the additional letter is a little faster.

Note: You can do all of this without ever opening the message or after you open and read a message. When you click OK, you are immediately returned to your Inbox or where ever you moved the message from.

Neat, huh?

-- Patricia McKee, Leesville, LA

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Haunted House

Yup, it’s that time of year again! Halloween is quickly approaching and the youngsters are getting excited about Trick-or-Treat time. Well, here's a site that has a ton of resources about haunted houses, barns, trails, and other scary and spooky stuff.

Other features include a free e-mail address and yes, it could be you@hauntedhouse.com! Take polls, visit their spooky site of the week, read the scary story or visit the Munsters, and much, much more. Don’t get too spooked!

http://cgi.hauntedhouse.com/index.pl

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com