Ancestry iOS App 3.0.1 Update

Fire up the App Store! An update to version 3.0.1 of the Ancestry app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is available. Here are the changes listed in the version notes: Shaky leaves Simple merge tool In app purchase of records Information automatically added to photos Changeable privacy settings Integrated feedback and support The note [...]

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Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Pre-Sale and Release Date

Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 is available for purchase during a pre-sale. See what’s new, the release date, discount coupon code, and more on my Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Buyer’s Guide page. There’s a link to place your order there too!

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Family Tree Maker 2012 Overview Video

The accompanying video will show you the major elements of Family Tree Maker 2012. At its most basic, Family Tree Maker consists of the following workspaces. Plan People Places Media Sources Publish Web Search The workspaces group related features. They are made up of tabbed views and panels that you use to plan, research, analyze, [...]

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Family Tree Maker for Mac Upgrade Release Date

Tana Pedersen mentioned the release date of the Family Tree Maker for Mac upgrade in an Ancestry.com blog post about the arrival of Family Tree Maker 2012. She wrote: For those of you interested in Family Tree Maker for Mac, a new version with TreeSync capability is slated to be released by the end of [...]

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Index of Individuals Report in Family Tree Maker 2012

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It’s hard to believe that a report of all individuals in your tree wasn’t already in Family Tree Maker! Ancestry has corrected this oversight in FTM 2012. Now you can print a report listing the persons in your tree. It can be all of them, but doesn’t have to be. You can make a report [...]

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Family Tree Maker 2012 Discount Coupon Code

Update: Sadly, this coupon code no longer works. You can still get 40% or 20% off by clicking on this link. I just found a 20% off coupon code. I tried applying it to the full and upgrade versions of Family Tree Maker 2012 and it worked! The full and upgrade versions are already on [...]

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Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 to Sync With Ancestry.com

Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 will include the ability to synchronize your tree with Ancestry.com (a function called TreeSync). This news is according to the Program Manager for Family Tree Maker (FTM). He had more to say in answer to my question about the PC and Mac feature inequality: We are very committed to [...]

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Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 and 2012 Feature Inequality

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I received a correction to the information in my recent article, “Will Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Features Match Windows?” The Family Tree Maker 2012 Product Manager informed me that even though the features in the Mac version of FTM 2012 are not set, Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 will not include all [...]

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Family Tree Maker 2012 Ship Date

Wondering about Family Tree Maker 2012 ship date? There hasn’t been a definitive statement from Ancestry yet. We’ll have to go on the timing announced with the pre-sale. In August, Ancestry announced that the pre-sale would begin early in September and the Family Tree Maker ship date would be the end of the month. They [...]

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Will Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 Features Match Windows?

Since the Family Tree Maker 2012 pre-sale and release date announcement, I’ve been asked whether the Mac version will have all the same features as the Windows version. I asked that question of my contact at Ancestry.com and quickly got the reply that all the features of the PC version will be in the Mac [...]

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