Interesting.
Rootsmagic is saying later in the year. Their perspective is in this blog
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2612&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RootsMagic+%28RootsMagic+Blog%29
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Mike
Clay Co
On 2/3/2016 5:41:06 AM, Linda Ziemann via <mngen(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
Hello to all of you……Just wanted to share this…..I received this today from one of my good
genealogy friends in my home state of Iowa. She was rightfully concerned about the coming
fate of FTM. And today she sent the following message…I removed her personal message to me
and have copy/pasted in the message from ancestry. I am sharing because I think we are all
interested and need to check further. Perhaps some of you have already seen this…but if
not, here is what is being told. ~Lin Ziemann, MNGenWeb, Rock CC
The message from
ancestry.com
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Dear Family Tree Maker™ community,
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, we are 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.
We have heard your concerns and are working to provide the solutions you requested. 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. You can find additional details about these Family Tree Maker
partnerships on our blog . We also encourage you to continue to check back on our blog for
future updates in the coming months.
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