Welcome to Ancestry Academy.
I'm Laura Prescott.
When you first started
working on your genealogy,
I bet you appreciated
having some software to keep
all those people, facts,
and dates together.
Today, we've
invited Duff Wilson,
who's worked with Family
Tree Maker at Ancestry
for over a decade.
Welcome to Ancestry
Academy, Duff.
Thanks, Laura.
I'm really happy to be here.
And I'm happy to have
you here, because I
think you're going to be
able to teach a lot of people
more things about
Family Tree Maker.
When I give my
presentations, I often
poll the audience to see what
kind of genealogy software
they're using, and I'm
always pleasantly surprised
to see that the majority
use Family Tree Maker.
What are you expecting to teach
people about that software?
Well, I think in
these lessons, we'll
have something for everyone.
So if you're just starting
with Family Tree Maker
or you've been using
it for a long time,
there should be something
in these lessons that
will help you.
That's great.
So let's learn something
new about Family Tree Maker.