When you create an Ahnentafel, descendant report, or Smart Story, Family Tree Maker generates descriptive sentences for each fact or event. If you are, Family Tree Maker displays a simplified user interface that looks more like older versions of Family Tree Maker.
When you install Family Tree Maker 2012, the software detects whether you are upgrading from a previous version of Family Tree Maker (version 16 or earlier). An icon next the child’s name lets you see at a glance whether he or she is the child of the father, mother, or both parents. The family group view has a new “blended families” option that displays all of a couple’s children in one location. Previously a generated Smart Story included information about the individual only. When Family Tree Maker creates a Smart Story for you, the story now includes facts about the individual and his or her spouse and children. Family and friends can view your tree (and even work with you) without any software or an Ancestry subscription. With an Internet connection, you can continue your research wherever you are whether it’s through Ancestry, your iPhone, or iPad.
Access and update your tree anytime, anywhere.Syncing your Family Tree Maker tree and online Ancestry tree has many benefits that no other software can offer: When you link your desktop and online trees together, you can update either tree and then synchronize those changes into the other tree - manually or automatically with your Internet connection. Now you can work on your family tree anywhere with the new TreeSync feature. Improved merging Merge more of the information you find on. New tree branch export Much easier to export a single branch of your tree.Īdditional editing options Copy and paste facts including related source citations, media items, and notes. Also, the Index of Individuals Report has options for anniversary, birthday, and contact lists and more. New and improved charts and reports - Additional views allow you to display an individual’s ancestors, spouses, and children together. More organizational tools Now children are sorted automatically by birth order and people can be viewed by location, grouping them by country, state, county, and city. New Family View In addition to the pedigree view, the new family view makes navigating easier, especially when you want to see extended family members such as aunts and uncles, siblings and cousins.Ī more robust TreeSync™ Lets you sync even more of your family tree info so it can be used as an additional backup to you desktop tree. And now with dozens of new and improved features.Completely Redesigned in 2008 with a whole new look and architecture.