Family MattersŪ
Copyright 1995 - 2021 Ray Nicklas dba MatterWare
All Rights Reserved
18 June 2021

WELCOME. Family MattersŪ is a Windows genealogy program
from MatterWare, authored by Ray Nicklas, reachable via e-mail
at ray@matterware.com. If you have already registered your copy of 
Family Matters, you have the ability to store as many persons in as 
many different files as you wish. If you have not yet registered, 
each data file is limited to twenty families. Submission of the order
form will provide you with a User ID and Key Code.
(See ORDER.TXT for registration information.)

If you already use a genealogy program, Family Matters can import your 
GEDCOM data. Whether registered or not, import as much as you like, 
though the un-registered version will not allow additions once the 
twenty-family limit is exceeded.

A fully capable web site can be generated, without limit to the number
of families or persons contained in the data file. Once you have 
placed your FM-generated genealogical site on the web, drop me a line
at Ray@MatterWare.com, with a short paragraph describing its content,
and your URL. There will be a page at the Family Matters web site
linking the sites that send me that type of information.

INSTALLATION from downloaded .zip file. Unzip the downloaded zip
file into a folder such as ...\Documents\Family Matters\.
If you were a past user of Family Matters 97, you may choose to 
unzip them into ...\Documents\Famat97\, though the former will 
be the preferred location going forward.
There isn't an installation setup file to run.

To run the program just run the supplied .accde file (or Famat500.accde)
with your 32-bit Access, version 2007 or later.
If you are using Windows 10 your computer may
set up the Access 2016 Runtime for you. If you do not have any
version of Access, go to the Microsoft web site to download and
install the free 32-bit Access 2010 or 2013 or 2016 Runtime at
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10910.

Note that Access 2016 is recommended because that's the version
used for development, but the file format is also compatible with
Access versions 2010 and 2013. 

SUPPORT. The User ID and Key Code, supplied when you register, will 
unlock updated versions of Family Matters that you may later install.

On the Internet, the Web site http://www.matterware.com will 
contain the necessary replacement files, and instructions for updating.

Should you decide not to use Family Matters, drop me a line at
ray@matterware.com and tell me what features you felt you needed,
what version number you tried, and what caused you to choose not to
purchase at this time. Please also indicate the relative importance
of your needs.

Please read the file EULA.TXT for a full discussion of your use and 
distribution rights. See ORDERS.TXT for registration and ordering 
information. See VERSIONS.TXT for a version/release/upgrade history.

Good luck on your Ancestral Hunt.

Ray Nicklas
MatterWare
381 Garnet Court
Fort Mill, SC 29708

Access and Windows are registered trademarks of the Microsoft
Corporation. Family Matters is a registered trademark of MatterWare.