Personally I don’t find this feature terribly important, since I can see at a glance whether there are any notes, sources, or source media or not. So filtered lists from FTM 2017 will have to be recreated if you want them to be Smart Filters. I really need some help!!! Next of Kin is a https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/ I don’t want to do each page manually, but getting the entire database into some kind of project that could be tweaked would be amazing. So until a better app comes along, I think FTM 2019 and Ancestry are ideal companions. Perhaps MacKiev plans to rebrand the app under a less controversial name? the copied files to load-up. Fortunately, there’s a trial version you can check out. 1. There used to be, but not any more. A better option would be to provide successors direct access to FTM files, For Support, You Can Always Reach To www.familytreemakersupport.com. Most good apps will help the user locate the “missing” files, but it’s an extra step that can be confusing, frustrating, and time-consuming, depending on the app. Personally, I hate merging FamilySearch profiles with my tree because it can create multiple badly formatted source citations, since not only is a citation for the profile itself created, but also citations for all the citations in the profile. Are there any items “lost” when using FTM for the first time and grabbing the tree from Ancestry? Was told the companion guide would be here in April I assumed the CD would come with the companion guide. I was hoping they were allowing all the family tree software to sync now. The smart filters which have been enhanced from FTM 2017 filtered list feature. Genealogy Software Tutorials for Mac & PC. The new edition was released on September 29th, 2019. Which family tree website or program you use depends on your own personal criteria. It might be time for you to finally upgrade your FTM version to 2019 (which is what the article you commented on is about). Family Tree Maker 2019 Released – A Review (Updated 26 Oct 2019) 30 Sep 2019 by Keith Riggle 47 Comments Family Tree Maker* (FTM) 2019 was released on 29 Sep 2019, as a 30 th anniversary edition. Ciao! I want to make sure that these photos (and anything else in the Gallery) make it into the gedcom file that I gift. It’s the same as the rest. Once advantage of RootsMagic is that there’s a free version you can try to see if you like it. Thanks. RootsMagic cannot make fan charts. It took me months to reorganise things in both apps so they were a better fit. There are probably others, which you can find online in various user groups. d. Always check the sync log before you commit to any changes. You can find more info about each app and how to download your tree from Ancestry here: 1. I have the old Family Tree Maker Version 7.0 on an old XP computer that finally crashed. No, you can sync as many times as you want. The pre-order sale email from the current developer, Software MacKiev, touted 10 main reasons to upgrade to version 2019. My cost was $39.95 CAD which is about $30 USD. to receive your FTM license and access to your TreeVault in the event of your A GEDCOM exported from Ancestry includes the URLs of attached media, but most apps probably will not import them—FTM tries, but since it expects the actual fiiles, it treats them all as missing. simple tool to designate a primary and alternate person by first and last name Will all the media files that were uploaded to Ancestry transfer to FTM? I still have the FTM book that came with the CD-ROM I posted a whole series of articles about it. So if it works fine in your FTM perhaps there is something wrong with my copy of FTM. I am considering suspending my Ancestry account and maybe re starting again in a few years to get updates to minimize costs. If so, where and how much for either?