Please note that Family Tree Maker (by Ancestry.com) has been discontinued and is no longer available. You can read our old review of Family Tree Maker (by Ancestry.com) below, or check out the rest of the Genealogy Software we've reviewed.
FTM 2012 04 December 2012 Reviewer: Pcaverly from Csame byldraftanada
194 of 398 people found this review helpful
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If you are forced to move from an earlier FTM program to FTM 2012 you may be disappointed. Many users loved the older version and rated it #1. The 2012 version is much slower and will not accept backups form the older FTM. If you must (because of a major computer failure) purchase a new computer most come pre-installed with Windows 7 or 8. The older FTM will not install on computers with Win 7 or 8. You should consider doing backups to a gedcom file as well since your normal backups on FTM will not install on FTM 2012. FTM 2012 will accept a gedcom but you do loose some data features so read the instructions regarding the gedcom. Many software review sites still rank FTM 2012 #1 but these were reviews by people not actually using the software just trying it out. Dig deeper to read how users are rating FTM 2012 and you will find it drops to a 2 out 5 rating while some other new software programs get a user 5 out 5 rating by users. I would not recommend FTM 2012 and consumers should shop around for a genealogy software program they will enjoy using more then the newer FTM.
In summary, I would not recommend Family Tree Maker (by Ancestry.com) to a friend.
