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.
This software went from good > bad > worse > horrible. 18 June 2014 Reviewer: Greybear from Herkimer, NY
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I've used Family Treemaker sine 1998 when it was by Broderbund. Ancestry has done nothing but destroy what was a very good, easy to use program. Today I found out that I can't access my Family Treemaker 2012 because Ancestry.com is having problems. Apparently, my info isn't stored on my computer but on Ancestry's servers. They say they're working to resolve the problem but in the meantime I can't even look at my data.
In summary, I would not recommend Family Tree Maker (by Ancestry.com) to a friend.