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Ancestry.com Family Tree Maker software gives you 100+ new and exciting ways to discover your family history and preserve it for generations to come. Rich storytelling tools let you build your family tree, create charts and reports, plus incorporate photos and video. The Platinum version comes with a free six-month Ancestry.com membership that provides access to three billion U.S. immigration, marriage, and census records. You'll even find photos, news stories, other family trees, and a helpful community of members that you might be related to.
Brand-new user interface plus more than 100 software enhancements makes it easier than ever to discover your family's story.
Features
- Easily discover and preserve your family story privately and conveniently on your PC.
- For over 20 years, Family Tree Maker has been the choice of millions.
- Includes six months of free access to Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history resource containing immigration and marriage records, census data, and more.*
- Organize media files with drag-and-drop simplicity.
- Write family stories that automatically update as facts change in your tree.
- View timelines and interactive maps highlighting events and places in your ancestors' lives.
- Bring your family tree alive with attractive books, charts, and reports; photos, audio, and video; timelines and interactive maps.
- Enhance and repair family photos--Photo Explosion Album software is included.
- Delight a friend or family member with their own copy of Family Tree Maker--a second copy of the software is included.
- Learn more with the Family History Toolkit DVD.
View maps to see where your ancestors may have lived--and track your family's migration paths.
Discover your family story.
Follow the hints.
Just enter what you know into Family Tree Maker. Soon you'll see green leaves or Hints when we've matched one of your ancestors with historical records, family trees, and photos. Click on the leaf to learn more.
NEW -- Learn more from other members.
Ancestry.com has a helpful community of millions. You could easily find other members researching your ancesters, compare notes, and discover more together.
1930 Census Record
Put your ancestors on the map.
View maps to see where your ancestors may have lived -- and track your family's migration paths.
Preserve your discoveries.
Save to your desktop.
Family Tree Maker makes it easy to save information you discover on Ancestry.com to your family tree, complete with an electronic copy of the original record.
NEW -- Create Smart Stories.
Just drag and drop facts from your tree to the new Smart Stories page. Each time you edit your tree, stories update automatically.
IMPROVED -- Manage photos and more.
Store photos, audio and video files, electronic records, and more right inside Family Tree Maker. New tools help you to manage them faster than ever before.
NEW -- Try our iPhone app.**
Upload your family tree to Ancestry.com and then easily view and share it on the go.
Share your family tree.
IMPROVED -- Print charts.
Choose from hundreds of chart options. Add images anywhere you like. Then print right at home -- or print professionally.
Invite friends and family.
Upload your tree to Ancestry.com and send email invitations to loved ones so they can view your family tree. You get to decide what each person can see and do in your tree.
An extra copy of the Family Tree Maker for a family member or a friend.
NEW -- An extra copy of the software
Delight a friend or family member with their own copy of Family Tree Maker. The Platinum version contains an extra copy of the software to give to anyone you like. (Ancestry.com subscription not included)
IMPROVED -- Create reports.
See and share your tree from different perspectives -- by location, migration path, family name, birthdays, and more.
What's New?
Use five new report styles and four new fan chart designs. Enhance your charts with new backgrounds and embellishments.
- Write family stories that automatically update when facts change in your tree.
- Organize media files with drag and drop simplicity.
- View more events that occurred during your ancestors' lives. Even edit, delete or add your own historical events.
- Use five new report styles and four new fan chart designs.
- Enhance your charts with new backgrounds and embellishments.
- Automatically number every person in your tree for quick reference.
- And much more.
We make it easy for you.
NEW -- The Companion Guide to Family Tree Maker
Learn Family Tree Maker's most popular features with quick lessons that make research fast and fun.
NEW -- Photo Editing Made Easy
Make every photo picture perfect with the easy-to-use retouching tools in Photo Explosion Album. Fix exposure, adjust lighting and color saturation, sharpen images, and more. Then preserve your photos on CD or DVD.
NEW -- Family History Toolkit
Access six invaluable family-history reference books -- volumes of information that can help you with your research -- compiled on one DVD.
* U.S. Platinum Membership term begins upon Family Tree Maker registration and activation of Ancestry.com subscription with a valid credit card. You won't be billed unless you let your subscription renew after the free six months has ended.
**Requires software download.
Product Description
Rich storytelling tools enable you to add photos, documents and videos. You can also incorporate historical records from Ancestry the worlds largest family history website. Family Tree Maker Platinum Software comes with a free 6-month membership giving you access to immigration and marriage records, census data and much more. Even create charts and reports of your tree in a variety of new formats to share with friends and family. The end result is a family history youll treasure for years to come.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Corrupt Disc, decent program
-- VERY difficult installation --
Dec 15 - I got this in the mail today and was very excited about it. But trying to install, I got error message 1305, and error -1603. Seems this is a problem for many XP users -- and apparently people with Windows 7 are having these problems as well. I've been trying to follow online troubleshooting guides for six hours, but no success yet. BEWARE before you buy unless you have a recent and fully-up-to-date computer.
Dec 16 - I install the backup/share CD to my Vista and XP machines. But I haven't been able to install or copy the main CD (the one that gives you the six-month online subscription) on Vista, XP, or Windows 7 machines. I sent an email, then called Ancestry.com's phone support. The phone disconnected twice from the same rep.
Dec 17 - Tech support emailed to say I had a corrupt disk and should call for a replacement. I called Ancestry.com but they referred me back to Amazon.com for an exchange, which is now being processed.
-- Initial thoughts based on backup install --
This is my first time using FTM, as I've been using familysearch's no-cost software for the last eight years or so. I found the import from PAF to be easy, as was fixing import errors through the task list.
However, I'm not impressed with their standardized place formatting. Many places (e.g. manor, then town, then city, then England) get compressed into City, England. This might make for nice maps, but loses a lot of local flavor. It also wants to turn old place names into the modern and standardized equivalent, which is rather anachronistic! You can choose to keep or ignore their suggestions, but as with their online "leaves," these suggestions can be a bit heavy-handed.
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Dec 25 - Well, I've upped my rating to two-stars, because after working with this ALL day on Christmas, of all days, I... never got my replacement CD to work on three different computers, as before. But I did finally get a combination of files from the old broken CD and the new broken CD to actually install and give me the promised 6-month subscription. I still can't recommend this program, as I also find it buggy and slow, but I've spent so much time on it that I'm keeping it. I've heard that FTM 2006 v.16 is the fastest and most stable to date, and have seen a lot of other people having trouble and posting online with FTM 2011, so until the bugs and slow software are worked out, you might consider an older version. Best wishes on finding and recording your own family's history!
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Update June 2011 - I haven't used the program much, and still turn to familysearch when I need a quick review of my information. My advice in general if you want something fast and stripped is to use familysearch. If you want something that syncs well with Ancestry.com, however, and you have a high-speed internet connection and processor, then perhaps you'll find this works for you!
-- VERY difficult installation --
Dec 15 - I got this in the mail today and was very excited about it. But trying to install, I got error message 1305, and error -1603. Seems this is a problem for many XP users -- and apparently people with Windows 7 are having these problems as well. I've been trying to follow online troubleshooting guides for six hours, but no success yet. BEWARE before you buy unless you have a recent and fully-up-to-date computer.
Dec 16 - I install the backup/share CD to my Vista and XP machines. But I haven't been able to install or copy the main CD (the one that gives you the six-month online subscription) on Vista, XP, or Windows 7 machines. I sent an email, then called Ancestry.com's phone support. The phone disconnected twice from the same rep.
Dec 17 - Tech support emailed to say I had a corrupt disk and should call for a replacement. I called Ancestry.com but they referred me back to Amazon.com for an exchange, which is now being processed.
-- Initial thoughts based on backup install --
This is my first time using FTM, as I've been using familysearch's no-cost software for the last eight years or so. I found the import from PAF to be easy, as was fixing import errors through the task list.
However, I'm not impressed with their standardized place formatting. Many places (e.g. manor, then town, then city, then England) get compressed into City, England. This might make for nice maps, but loses a lot of local flavor. It also wants to turn old place names into the modern and standardized equivalent, which is rather anachronistic! You can choose to keep or ignore their suggestions, but as with their online "leaves," these suggestions can be a bit heavy-handed.
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Dec 25 - Well, I've upped my rating to two-stars, because after working with this ALL day on Christmas, of all days, I... never got my replacement CD to work on three different computers, as before. But I did finally get a combination of files from the old broken CD and the new broken CD to actually install and give me the promised 6-month subscription. I still can't recommend this program, as I also find it buggy and slow, but I've spent so much time on it that I'm keeping it. I've heard that FTM 2006 v.16 is the fastest and most stable to date, and have seen a lot of other people having trouble and posting online with FTM 2011, so until the bugs and slow software are worked out, you might consider an older version. Best wishes on finding and recording your own family's history!
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Update June 2011 - I haven't used the program much, and still turn to familysearch when I need a quick review of my information. My advice in general if you want something fast and stripped is to use familysearch. If you want something that syncs well with Ancestry.com, however, and you have a high-speed internet connection and processor, then perhaps you'll find this works for you!
65 of 73 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
As I started getting three legal pads full of notes and having to search them everytime I needed references, our family genealogist recommended that I purchase a Family Tree Maker. This super organizer makes it fun and easy to trace ancestors and to find information quickly and easily. By purchasing the platinum version I received 6 months of Ancestry free. That is like joining Ancestry for 6 months and getting the Family Tree Maker Free. Amazon had the best price and the best service for this application.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Trying to upgrade from FTM16 to FTM2011 Platinum and it is just awful. Can't get the new program to acccept the data file form the old one without losing the images, etc. The display is so cluttered I can't figure out what goes where and how to do anything. I'm returning this baby and sticking with the older version. I don't think anyone upgrading to this will like how cumbersome it is. It isn't worth the free 6 month membership. Family Tree Maker 2011 Platinum
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I just purchased the Family Tree Maker Platinum to enhance data collected on Ancestry.com. The installation was so easy I was amazed after reading some of the other negative... Read more
Published 9 months ago by galady
I love this
I received Family tree maker for a mothers day gift. It had a subscription for ancestry.com. I love this so much! I like to describe it as a treasure hunt. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Conniedgl
Software hoops to jump through
I bought Familytree Maker thinking genealogy would be something I would be interested in. The software did not install correctly and I could not get it to even open. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dan W. Kayser
Excellent product
Great product, just like Ancestry.com format so it is easy to use. Downloads Ancestry.com trees easily. Read more
Published 10 months ago by C. Emley
Keep It Simple, Stupid
Ancestry.com are you listening? Ill-concieved; hard to use; cluttered; back and forth between pages; bewildering buttons, buttons, buttons; no common sense to this program at... Read more
Published 10 months ago by gotrocks
Good Bargain on Family Tree Maker
As a person who inherited our family genealogy when my Mother died, I can only say "thanks" for the internet. She did it for over 30 years....by mail and telephone.... Read more
Published 10 months ago by barbara
Needs Finishing Touches
Family Tree Maker has it's share of bugs. When I try to update it manually, it gives an error message that I cannot because I'm not logged in as Administrator, even though I am... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dierk Sr.
Easiest Yet
This is my third Family Tree Maker program! And this is ... by far... the easiest of them all!
They have fixed limitations that the 2008 software had and is larger in scope... Read more
They have fixed limitations that the 2008 software had and is larger in scope... Read more
Published 11 months ago by daputman
Family Tree Maker 2011 Platinum
My wife said she liked it alot better over the Gold edition. More thing to help you and easy to transfer from the other edition.
Published 11 months ago by Thomas J. Malotke
An ancient program with little improvement
Just a short review on this software to express my disappointment.
I've used FTM for over a decade, and each new version seems to add little and the basic search engine... Read more
I've used FTM for over a decade, and each new version seems to add little and the basic search engine... Read more
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