The recent announcement by Ancestry of the “retirement” of Family Tree Maker (see for details) has turned out to be a great gift for other genealogy software producers. Thousands of disappointed genealogists are now looking for alternative products. Several companies have announced “special offers” for Family Tree Maker users who wish to switch to a Windows or Macintosh program that will remain supported for some time. I will suggest that a new announcement this morning from MyHeritage should be seriously considered by any Family Tree Maker user. Disclaimer: MyHeritage is the exclusive sponsor of this newsletter so I could be accused of bias.

Introducing Family Tree Builder 8.0. By Esther February 5, 2016 Family History, MyHeritage Products Comments 11. Version 8.0 is available for Windows, and a Mac Extension version will be provided for Mac users next month. MyHeritage Family Tree Builder 8.0. Jun 25, 2013 - Ancestry.com would like you to use Family Tree Maker 2012, but there are several very good. MyHeritage provides Family Tree Builder Regular, the lite edition of Family Tree Builder Premium. TreeSync is a key feature, not just of Family Tree Maker, but of Ancestry.com's approach to family trees.

In fact, anyone who accuses me of bias is correct! To be blunt, I probably am biased.

Even so, I do think this is an excellent offer and I will invite readers who do not share my biases to read the announcement and decide for themselves. MyHeritage has announced a two-pronged offer: both Family Tree Builder software and an unlimited size Family Site for FREE. Of course, Family Tree Builder software for both Windows and Macintosh has always been free. (See my Free Genealogy Software article at for details.) The real gem in this announcement is the offer of a FREE family web site of unlimited size on MyHeritage.com. Both Family Tree Builder and Family Tree Maker will keep “mirrors” of your data in your Windows or Macintosh system and in the MyHeritage web site. Both products will allow access from handheld tablet computers and “smartphones.” Several genealogy programs will copy data to web sites but only two of them that I know of support true two-way synchronization: Family Tree Builder from MyHeritage and the soon-to-be defunct Family Tree Maker from Ancestry.

You can enter new data or make updates to existing data either on either the web site or in the desktop or handheld products, then synchronize (automatically update) the same changes to the other devices. If you have previously synchronized your genealogy data from your computer to Ancestry.com, you will be pleased to know that you can do the same with MyHeritage.com.

Both Family Tree Builder and Family Tree Maker will allow for private web sites visible only to the uploader and invited guests or for public web sites visible to everyone in the world. Blank eksportnoj deklaracii es un. The user remains in control of his or her own data. Until today, family web sites on the web site were free for databases of up to 250 people. Larger databases required payment, however. Today’s announcement for users of Family Tree Maker changes that. Daniel Horowitz, the Genealogy and Translation Manager at MyHeritage, sent an email to me this morning to tell me of the new announcement, He wrote: “At MyHeritage, we believe there is still a place in the world for genealogy software, and there is value in the ability to work offline, and enjoy more powerful functionality that many websites cannot offer.

We also believe that people should be able to discover and preserve their family history on whatever platform they are comfortable with. That’s why we are constantly innovating new technologies and enhancing our website, mobile apps and our Family Tree Builder genealogy software. “We are delighted to offer FTM users who move to MyHeritage, and who choose to sync their family tree with their MyHeritage family site, unlimited tree size capacity on their online family site, which is normally limited to 250 individuals on a free account.” OK, so I am biased. However, I will suggest you check out the details below (copied from the ) and then decide for yourself. The following was written by the folks at MyHeritage: FTM Users: Join MyHeritage and get Family Tree Builder with an Unlimited Size Family Site for Free As you may have heard, Ancestry® has recently announced that it will no longer sell its Family Tree Maker® (FTM) software as of the end of this month, with further plans to discontinue support for the program. At MyHeritage, we believe there is still a place in the world for genealogy software, and there is value in the ability to work offline, and enjoy more powerful functionality that many websites cannot offer.