Tony Proctor's incredibly thoughtful post reminding genealogists andgenealogy software to step back from the focus...

Tony Proctor's incredibly thoughtful post reminding genealogists and genealogy software to step back from the focus on lineage at the expense of ancestral stories. His recent trip to RootsTech gave him hope and he now reports on conversations with vendors.

http://parallax-viewpoint.blogspot.com/2016/02/evolution-and-genealogy.html

Here is Dick Eastman's view on the new home for Family Tree Maker.

Here is Dick Eastman's view on the new home for Family Tree Maker. As others have publicly stated, I agree with his view

http://blog.eogn.com/2016/02/12/future-plans-for-family-tree-maker/

Guess I need to re-think managing my 10,000 + photos. Don't know ifthis is good news or bad news. Off to learn more.

Guess I need to re-think managing my 10,000 + photos. Don't know if this is good news or bad news. Off to learn more.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/12/google-is-finally-killing-picasa/

Another view on the Future of Family Tree Maker

Another view on the Future of Family Tree Maker

Blog post on my initial reaction to the new home for Family Tree Maker

Blog post on my initial reaction to the new home for Family Tree Maker

Here is the official Ancestry.com Blog on the Family Tree Maker update.

Here is the official Ancestry.com Blog on the Family Tree Maker update.

This is exciting news for ALL, not just those of us who use FTM2014 but also those who use RootsMagic. I have seen that Roots Magic expects to have a new feature that will use the option mentioned in this blog post.

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/02/02/good-news-for-users-of-family-tree-maker/#sthash.G9hIgRMF.hpvt

Sorry in my delay in posting this, but I was on an airplane or 3 tryingto get to Salt Lake City.

Sorry in my delay in posting this, but I was on an airplane or 3 trying to get to Salt Lake City.

This company developed FTM-3, so they do know the program.

More when I find out more.

Russ

Originally shared by DearMYRTLE

News from Ancestry.com:
Family Tree Maker will continue with a new owner, and RootsMagic will sync with Ancestry.com. Here's the link: http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2016/02/mackiev-acquires-family-tree-maker.html