Visual Family Tree Maker was added by dirkvancoillie in Mar 2015 and the latest update was made in Jun 2015. The list of alternatives was updated Feb 2017 There is a history of all activites on Visual Family Tree Maker in our Activity Log.
For those from many countries throughout the world, we find out about an offer from MyHeritage with over 40 languages capability. From Daniel Horowitz, Chief Genealogy Officer we learn: 'At MyHeritage, we believe there is still a place in the world for genealogy software, and there is value in the ability to work offline, and enjoy more powerful functionality that many websites cannot offer. We also believe that people should be able to discover and preserve their family history on whatever platform they are comfortable with. That's why we are constantly innovating new technologies and enhancing our website, mobile apps and our genealogy software. Please which includes information on how to claim this gift, and let me know if you have any questions.' UPDATE From Audrey, company rep at Heredis: We have learned that Ancestry will stop selling its Family Tree Maker software at the end of the year.
We invite Family Tree Maker software users to try the Heredis genealogy software. In addition, we offer - 50% on all Heredis 2015 software until January 3: a good opportunity to change the software. Heredis accepts the GEDCOM format for transfering your data from Family Tree Maker software to Heredis for Windows, Mac and mobile devices. Happy family tree climbing! Myrt:) DearMYRTLE, Your friend in genealogy. Blog: Facebook: G+ Twitter: @DearMYRTLE Second Life: Clarise Beaumont.
This is Part 2 of the series Family Tree Software Alternatives, which was originally motivated by the planned demise of Family Tree Maker (FTM) (FTM was subsequently bought by Software MacKiev and revived). If you haven’t already, please read Part 1 first on. In Part 1 I showed how FTM does not produce GEDCOM standard compliant files (have you contacted Software MacKiev yet?) and explained a few things you can do within FTM to fix your data. In this article I’ll go through the steps to export your family tree to a GEDCOM file and edit the file directly to fix things that can’t be changed in FTM. But you don’t want to edit your GEDCOM directly until you’re completely finished making changes in FTM.
The steps for both the Mac and Windows versions are similar, but the figures shown are from a Mac. Most people probably know how to export their family tree, but for those who don’t, here are the steps: 1.
Go to File > Export (Fig 1) Fig 1 Export 2. Select either the entire file (most cases) or selected individuals, GEDCOM as the file type (not GEDCOM for FTM16), and make sure the boxes to include private facts and notes and media files are checked.
Do NOT check the box for “Privatize living people.” If you choose selected individuals, check the box “Include only items linked to selected individuals.” Click the Export button (Fig 2). Note: you cannot export tasks, charts, reports, or books.