tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post2900323617675433796..comments2024-03-19T11:37:07.200+00:00Comments on The GENES Blog: More on Ancestry's planned cull of Family Tree MakerChris Patonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-73878831967473022032016-01-05T07:53:51.659+00:002016-01-05T07:53:51.659+00:00I purchased a copy of FTM & run it on my lapto...I purchased a copy of FTM & run it on my laptop. My FTM database is therefore on my laptop, and also backed up to multiple remote devices, at least one of which is stored offsite. I also Sync with FTM. I use my database offline; I do not need to be logged onto Ancestry.com. I produce reports etc offline. I only rarely purchase a monthly subscription from Ancestry. All other investigation is from other sources. My issue will when Microsoft upgrade Windows to a release level which will no longer support my copy of FTM. Until that time I will continue to use FTM whilst investigating a fallback / alternative. But I will not recommend Ancestry to anyone from now on. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411140100631010059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-24058968188613104092016-01-05T00:28:46.746+00:002016-01-05T00:28:46.746+00:00Seeing as the majority of Ancestry subscribers onl...Seeing as the majority of Ancestry subscribers only ever access the service using a mobile device, the % of customers using FTM is a minority. This number will continue to decrease over time. Considering that the current version is likely to continue to run on existing computers for many years and no doubt will work on the next version of windows, it seems a sensible decision to stop upgrading and enhancing FTM. I doubt that is is a saleable product - but one never knows someone might make Ancestry an offer they cant refuse. (being in the never say never camp - I would however liken it to pigs flying and snowballs surviving in warmer climes)Michelle Patienthttp://www.facebook.com/michelle.patientnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-35358409360798173982015-12-11T23:59:51.776+00:002015-12-11T23:59:51.776+00:00Who would buy it? Certainly none of the existing g...Who would buy it? Certainly none of the existing genealogy software suppliers.They may very well have conducted informal soundings. I am dubious about how many people use FTM, synch their trees to Ancestry and didn't have an Ancestry data subs for at least some of the time. Are these people really going to stop their Ancestry data subs in protest? Where else are they going to get the non-census data from?Adrian Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-22566278385731479372015-12-11T09:28:04.091+00:002015-12-11T09:28:04.091+00:00For a technical reason I've remounted this pos...For a technical reason I've remounted this post online - the following comment from Patrick Lobardi accompanied the original post:<br /><br />I find it interesting that Ancestry does not plan to sell off Family Tree Maker. Isn't that curious? I would think it would be considered an asset (like our DNA samples) that could be sold to the highest bidder, thus increasing Ancestry's profits. The fact they don't plan to sell it should be considered a clue. Without FTM, folks will need a subscription to access their databases and family trees will need to be stored on their website since there is no ability to sync information. I'm not sure what their intent is but it does seem there is something more to this than we are being told. Anyone else care to speculate?Chris Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.com