fyi as a follow-up to the original email regarding alternatives in case anyone is
considering a FTM replacement.
There are several threads in the FTM forum in ancestry's Online Support Community
discussing alternatives.
It appears that Roots Magic and Legacy are reaching out to FTM users.
Someone referenced an ancestry blog, where ancestry seems to be willing to integrate a
third party desktop app with online ancestry.
One person was testing exporting from FTM to Legacy.
Someone commented that Legacy has already updated its GEDCOM import to correct FTM's
export problem with sorting children by birth.
I noticed several who think Legacy and Roots Magic are better than FTM.
Here's a link to a blog on the subject that was provided by a FTM user, who recently
helped me with a FTM issue.
http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-soft...
-----Original Message-----
From: carpenter-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of
John R Carpenter via
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 9:39 AM
To: Rootsweb Carpenter
Subject: [CARPENTER] Fw: Ancestry to Retire Family Tree Maker Software - replacement
programs
Hello Carpenter List,
Please remember that FamilyTree Maker (FTM) will continue to run just fine on your
computer, but it will no longer be supported after Jan 2017. It will not magically stop
working on 1 Jan 2017.
FTM will join PAF (Personal Ancestral File) which also is no longer supported. And PAF
still works fine!
As a side note, I have run PAF on a Windows 8 tablet and it still works very well on the
upgraded Windows 10! It is a very robust older genealogy program that is excellent for
what it does.
Replacement aka newer genealogy programs, that have FREE versions which restrict print,
web page generation and other special features include ...
Roots Magic – usually $19.95 for the full version. It is said to be a simpler to learn
program without many frills.
Ancestral Quest – usually $29.95 for the full version. It is the only one that has a Mac
version. AQ is the great, great grandson of PAF with many similar features and commands. I
personally like this one because of the web page generation and other neat features.
Legacy – usually $39.95 for the full version. It is the Cadillac of this list of genealogy
programs. It has a bit of a learning curve with many very fine features. It is a
genealogy program that has most if not all the bells and whistles you will ever need.
The following San Diego California FamilySearch Library hyperlink has links to the free
and paid versions of each of these programs. This includes the venerable PAF 5! Click here
or use them following link:
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/San_Diego_California_FamilySearch_...
I encourage people to try the free versions then make your informed choice.
John R. Carpenter
Carpenter Cousins Project
http://carpentercousins.com
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