Why buy a magazine?
I know for a long time that there is a magazine called FamilyTreeMagazine – but why buy this when I have all of these interesting online sources for free?!
Anyway – I gave it a try …
Janaury 2010 was the first issue I got. I downloaded the digital copy as an pdf-file and navigated to the 74 pages of genealogy stuff.
I have a subscription of the german Computer Genealogie for 2 years now and wrote some articles on my own so far, but FamilyTreeMagazine is already a step ahead and more professional when I compare these both magazines.
Not every article is of my interest, but wich magazine could achieve this? The January issue has a lot of nice articles like:
- Vintage advice
- WebGuide to FamilySearch.org
- 10 Best Web Tools
- Tutorials
- and more …
The complete magazine has a fresh style with nice old elements wich makes it nice looking and good to read. I really enjoyed my first issue …
I’am more the online guy and like to read my email, blogs and twitter news and spend a lot of time behind my desk! Anyway sometimes it is nice to hold a “old-school” paper in hands and relax on the couch and read … and so I think it is worth buying this magazine and got a year-subscription of FamilyTreeMagazine (Print) 
Where to get it?
Buy FamilyTreeMagazine at www.shopfamilytree.com or browse theier contents and catalog at www.familytreemagazine.com!
Need more genealogy informations? You could listen to their free podcast at www.familytreemagazine.com/Info/Podcasts or read the Insider blog at blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider
Von Thomas MacEntee 24. Januar 2010 - 20:29
I agree with you Timo – Family Tree Magazine is very useful and I also enjoy writing for them (this issue had my Twitter article in the Toolbox section) – they are a great company to work with and they encourage new ideas about genealogy!
Von Timo Kracke 25. Januar 2010 - 10:10
Thanks Thomas!
I’ll let you know when I have the similar article for the german Computer Genealogie ready