Ancestry decided not to support it anymore. Then someone else took over Family Tree Maker. That is my understanding. I don't know if they are up and running yet. Or if you can integrate your old Family Tree Maker with the new yet.

I just don't want to put my info up on ancestry so they can sell it.

upgrades.

They sync trees with Ancestry and notify of hints with both Ancestry and FamilySearch.org (don't know if they sync with Family Search as I don't have a tree there).

I'm glad to hear there is an updated software.

I can’t merge the work I did on my mom’s tree with work I did on mine on Ancestry. It would be ideal if I could get the info from both onto FTM.

I have a lot in my old FTM. I mean a lot! I've been adding a bunch into an Excel spreadsheet but need to organize it better.

And import that into any other genealogy software program. The problem is, some programs use different ways to link the images and sources so that can get messed up.

When I upgraded to the 2017 version of FTM, it was seamless importing my multiple trees into the new version. Since I have a LOT of people (over 25,000) in my main tree, I was worried about it getting messed up. No problems at all.

They also have a multiple user license so you can put the software on up to three computers and three different people can access the same files, update them and sync the information.

I also like the new FTM sync with Ancestry - that was an early glitch in the switchover from Ancestry to the current publisher. Now they give a sync "weather report" and if it is not green, don't try syncing right then.

Right now they're on the 2017 version with a 2019 coming out this summer. $50 for the 2017 immediate download + DVD of the 2019 version with available. Gonna try it.

The newer version interacts with both Ancestry and FamilySearch.org trees.

You can find it at: https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/

I recently paid for a new version of FTM which will be released this summer so I think if you buy now, the new version will be free.

Heredis is another program I have, mostly because it is supposed to work better with GedSite, which will convert Gedcom files into HTML web pages. My Family Tree Maker GED files do not seem to place tags that allow GedSite to make good pages and the support for GedSite seems to prefer Heredis. I have not worked with Heredis much, though so I can't do much comparison.

It is integrated with my paid subscription to MyHeritage.com, and is absolutely essential to what I use genealogy for.