Family Tree Maker Deluxe [OLD VERSION]

3.3 | 344 ratings

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Last update: 08-23-2024

About this item

TreeSync has been replaced by Software MacKiev’s FamilySync, FamilySync is now available only in Software MacKiev’s Family Tree Maker 2017 edition.
IMPROVED! Charts and Reports in a Variety of Formats to Share with Friends and Family
Incorporate Photos, Documents, Audio, Video and Other Files Into Your Tree
View Timelines and Interactive Maps Highlighting Events and Places in Your Ancestors’ Lives

Top reviews from the United States

Ashley K

Love it!

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2013

I love anything to do with my family history. So when I seen this, I snagged it. I've been using it ever since. It's totally user friendly and has tons of features that are awesome for any genealogist to have!

Some of my favorite things about FTM:

- It allows for multiple generations with multiple families per generation (multiple wives, children, etc)
- You can print your information right from the program. I was able to make pedigree charts without inputting any additional information.
- You can have different trees for different families.

There isn't a whole lot I don't like. The program is very user friendly and comes with a large manual .I strongly suggest reading the manual before using the program, as it will help you navigate better in the long run.

The one thing that I dislike about this program is that you can't have same-sex couples. I am a woman, so I had to put my spouse as a man even though I'm married to another woman. Even though it gives the option to put male/female, the default is still male. So it has our son taking my wife's last name even though he took mine. I think it would be much better if they adapted with the times.

All in all, I strongly recommend this product if you're into keeping your research organized without the thousands of papers scattered around!

Grandma GG

Not as friendly as prior editions

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2013

Family Tree Maker was an easy program to accurately track and record family facts and stories. It was easy to add new information as needed. Sorry to say, Family Tree Maker has really bollixed up their program. It is now a real chore to add a newly discovered second wife, or to add a newfound child. Adding additional info on birth, death, or any other statistics is suddenly an exercise in untangling the program and not a straightforward entry as it would have been in previous editions. Anyone who works in genealogy knows that it is always a work in progress and changes and additions occur. I wish it were a more straightforward process to add new information. The 2012 edition is far more complicated than most of us need. Unfortunately, I am captive to this product because Windows 7 doesn't recognize the prior editions, but I've warned all my family history contacts to stay away if at all possible. I worked many years for a large computer company and began using Family Tree Maker in 1984, so I am not a novice with computer programs or with documenting my ancestry, and have appreciated all the various editions until the unfriendly 2012 Deluxe. When I called the Family Tree Maker help line and complained about the changes, I was told that most of their callers were very unhappy with the new program. My advice is to stay away - wait and hope Family Tree Maker fixes this mess, or better yet, simply updates their previous tried and true product.

Jenny Kryton

Wonderful Product!

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2012

I was rather concerned when I read some of the reviews about the Family Tree Maker. I called and spoke with their customer service representative who explained it has been updated to fix the message that sometimes came up saying the records were also lost on ancestry.com. She explained when I load the disc into my computer if it is one of the earlier 2012 versions a message will pop up saying you must update. I did that and it downloaded my ancestry family trees beautifully and quickly. (I do have one terabyte of storage.) I made sure to register when prompted and that did grant me the free three month subscription to the U.S. search records. I wanted the family treemaker so I will still be able to view all of the original source documents when my three month subscription is over. I also like the ability to create stories and books utilizing the information in the Family Tree Maker. I am very happy with the automatic sync feature between the records on ancestry.com and family tree! P.S. I love the Ancestry.com phone app!!

Frank Montaniz

Add a star if you're a beginner

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2013

I've been using this product for years and while it has slowly evolved to its current features and benefits list, its fundamental flaws persist. First, though, the benefits. The newest and most important feature is "tree synching," which allows you keep your ancestry.com family tree synchronized with information you manage on your PC. And by information, I mean, just about anything: facts, sources, documents, photos, etc.
The deluxe version comes with three months' subscription to ancestry.com, which is useful if you started your family tree online and the introductory subscription has expired. If you're already paying for a subscription, you can apply the free months as you install and register the software.
Overall the product integrates with ancestry.com pretty well. Aside from synchronization, you can launch searches on ancestry.com and the internet without opening a browser. It merges information you find on ancestry.com and provides copy and paste functionality for other websites. It also uses the "shaking leaves" affordance to alert you to possible matches, just as you've seen on the commercials for ancestry.com.
If you've started your family tree using another application, such as Personal Ancestral File from familysearch.org, you can usually export your tree in .ged format and import it to Family Tree Maker. You can also start a family tree from scratch.

Forms, forms, forms: a drawback with this product is that, while providing comprehensive management of facts about your ancestors, the user interface only somewhat masks the actual task at hand, that is, the fact that you are managing a complex relational database. As a result, procedures for entering information are often rigid: You must use a series of forms. Sometimes the flow from one to another feels unnatural and unintuitive (read: clunky and effort-ful). However, I have to say that, having experimented with a variety of genealogy software, Family Tree Maker is not unique in this regard. The vendor who someday succeeds in providing an interface that is non-modal, and flows naturally, will kill its competitors.

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