FYI,
Really good news for FTW and Roots Magic Users.
John R. Carpenter
Carpenter Cousins Project
http://carpentercousins.com
http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-fami...
New Family Tree Maker Options
Posted by Kendall Hulet on February 2, 2016 in Family Tree Maker
Since our Family Tree Maker announcement last December, we have continued to actively
explore ways to develop and support Family Tree Maker and ensure you have choices to
preserve your work in ways that matter to you.
Today, I am pleased to announce two options for desktop software that will work with
Ancestry.
Software MacKiev
Software MacKiev, with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is acquiring the Family
Tree Maker software line as publisher for both Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev
has been the developer of Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is
thrilled at the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for Mac and
Windows.
This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new versions from Software
MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new versions of Family Tree Maker from Software
MacKiev as they are released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry
searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree Maker moving
forward.
RootsMagic
We have made an agreement with RootsMagic, a leading genealogy desktop software program
publisher, to connect Ancestry with the RootsMagic software by the end of 2016. With this
new relationship, RootsMagic can serve as your desktop family tree software, while having
access to Ancestry hints, Ancestry searches, and the ability to save your tree on
Ancestry.
These new agreements will make it possible to preserve your work on Ancestry and Family
Tree Maker, and enable future features and benefits to help you discover your family
history. Be assured that Ancestry, in cooperation with Software MacKiev and RootsMagic,
will continue to support you as you discover your family history.
We ask for your patience as we work diligently through all the details to make these
solutions available. Be sure to check back here on our blog as we share more information
about Family Tree Maker in the next few months.
For more information on Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, click below:
•Software MacKiev:
http://www.mackiev.com/
•RootsMagic:
http://www.rootsmagic.com/
About Kendall Hulet
Kendall Hulet has served as our Senior Vice President of Product Management at Ancestry
since March 2015. He joined the Company in 2003 has held a variety of roles in the product
organization including Director of International Product Management and most recently Vice
President of Product Management for AncestryDNA. During his tenure, he was deeply involved
in some of the most popular innovations at Ancestry, including the “Shaky Leaf” hinting
system that has delivered over five billion discoveries; the Ancestry Family Tree system
that has led to the creation of over 70 million family trees containing six billion
ancestors; and the creation of the award winning Ancestry mobile app, which has been
downloaded more than 12 million times.
- See more at:
http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-fami...