Make copies and have them in multiple locations.
No matter what software you use or what cloud-based solution you have, don’t let that be your only copy of your tree.
As I’ve advocated before, don’t put all of your genealogy eggs in one basket - real or virtual. Having multiple copies raising the chance that at least one copy will survive. Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe - the LOCKSS Principle - means just what it says. (It just won’t sync your online tree or do other things that interface directly with Ancestry.) 3. In addition, as long as your computer’s operating system will allow it, it will keep running on your computer after that. Family Tree Maker Will Still Work on Your DesktopĪncestry is supporting Family Tree Maker “at least through January 1, 2017,” per the announcement. (You can do this using something called a GEDCOM file that your software program can export or you can create one manually.) People also put trees on Ancestry without using FTM. Their trees on their computer do not automatically sync with a tree they have on, but they still do research. Thousands of people every day use the databases on Ancestry without using Family Tree Maker. You Can Use Ancestry Without Family Tree Maker Here are 3 things you need to remember concerning the end of Family Tree Maker. Not surprisingly, this news has been met with strong reactions.
However, they have pledged to support the program and its functionality (including TreeSync) through 1 January 2017. They will cease sale of it 31 December 2015.
It is important that this update be run.Ancestry recently announced that it would retire its Family Tree Maker genealogy software.
then please do a manual install as described above If no notification is displayed and your product version is not 22.0.0.260 or 22. If the update was successful the version number will be 22.0.0.260 for the 32-bit and 22. On the Product Information tab there is a version number. Open Family Tree Maker 2014, but do NOT open any trees yetĬlick the Help menu item at the top of the programĬlick About Family Tree Maker from the drop down menu You can select either the Family Tree Maker shortcut located on the desktop or the ftm.exe file which should be located in the C:\Program Files\Family Tree Maker 2014 folder. Note: When installing the executable patch, you may be asked to locate the file to patch. Note: If you are using Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 you may need to open the file as an administrator.
(64 bit) you can download the latest patch here: If your installed version of Family Tree Maker 2014 is not version 22.0.0.260 (32 bit) or 22. A window will come up that lists which version of Family Tree Maker you are currently running, similar to the one pictured here. If you do not receive an update notification and you are not running version number 22.0.0.260 or 22., you will need to install the latest update.Ĭonfirm what version of Family Tree Maker you are running by clicking on “Help” and then selecting “About Family Tree Maker”. But if it doesn’t auto-install, below are the details for manually updating. Click here for step-by-step screenshots for auto updating. Covering general bug fixes, and also TreeSync, this is an update that everyone with FTM 2014 should do.Īlthough updates to Family Tree Maker 2014 usually install automatically, some users may need to manually update Family Tree Maker to the latest update, which is version 22.0.0.260 for the 32-bit patch and version 22. Some issues have been discovered in Family Tree Maker 2014, and their programmers have been working on fixes which are included in this patch update.