Select any image (or other scrapbook item), which is a part of the Scrapbook of one record in your file and share the media item with the scrapbook of other records in your file.Įasily add Country names, such as add “United States” to all states or remove “United States” or “Canada” from all states or provinces. Share Scrapbook Items by Adding Just Once & Share.Place the background image of your choice on reports for Pedigree, Fan, Ancestry (Standard and Wallchart), Descendant (Standard, Wallchart and Dropline chart), Line of Descent, Calendar, and Timelines. Share Custom Events with Anyone in Your DatabaseĮasily share an event with other individuals in your database quickly with all the other members of your family, without having to individually add the event to each record.The status of a relationship can be ‘blank’, indicating an ongoing relationship, or it could have terminated as Divorced, Separated or Annulled. Relationship types now are Married, Not Married, Common Law, and de facto. Version 16 separates the type of relationship from the status of the relationship. Record Same-Sex or Non-Traditional Couple Relationships in addition to Traditional Couple Relationships.This gives you another way to view and navigate the records within your database. The Descendant’s view joins the Pedigree, Family, Name List, Individual, and Timeline view tabs along the top of the program.
Descendant’s View at a Glance Up to Six Generations.Receiving hints and search results from all sites are free, however, accessing some records may require a subscription or fee.* Family Tree Heritage Gold provides the tools for an amazing journey to build your family’s unique history and tell your story.
This new gold version provides exciting, easy to use new features, including a new Descendants View, printing of background images on many charts, improvements to the ability to sync with FamilySearch™ Family Tree, recording non-traditional couple relationships, plus more efficient ways to enter important genealogical data.Īccess over 14 billion historical records, photos, and documents to discover your family’s history for FREE! *įind important documents for your ancestors, with one click, for seamless searches to the world’s largest genealogy databases. I use functionality unique to both products and find that they complement each other well.Build Your Family Tree and share Your Family Story with Family Tree Heritage Gold. All you need to do is Export from FTM 2017 in 2012 format which then imports into RM fine. If you are also a RootsMagic user, which I am, you probably already know that RM 7 cannot Import FTM 2014.1 or later. button when on the Plan work space where you sync from): tree size ~2500 people, FTM file size ~ 24M, Facts ~ 15000, Citations ~13000, media items ~ 6000)
I have been able to sync OK If it helps you make a comparative assessment of what to expect, my tree size (click on More.
The upgrade to FTM 2017 is solid, and I was able to sync like I used to The fact that my disappointment/opinion was not related to the software itself nor to the syncing should speak for itself.
All I know is that he has been asked, and I expect MacKiev will be able to encourage him since they have gone down the path of a common code base for the MAC and PC versions of FTM (at least that was their verbal opinion at RootsTech). I forgot to add: Stefan Harms Family Book Creator has a new build and it also works well with FTM 2017 – no visible impact, so if you are an FBC user, you should also get a fresh build (it will prompt you). I’ll have more to say about FTM 2017 after it’s been released and I’ve had a chance to review it. It’s also not a bad idea to make sure you have the latest 2014.1 or 3.1 installer, in case you decide to roll back your installation of FTM to the earlier version.
If you’ve been following the news about Family Tree Maker, you’ll know that a brand new version, Family Tree Maker 2017 for both Mac and Windows, is set to be released on 31 March 2017.