Review by RicoTX

If you are interested in your family history and want to create your family tree, the Family Tree Essentials is a great way to get started. I used to have a very old version of Family Tree Maker, so I was interested to see this new version. The 2012 version has a lot of features that my old one did not. There is also a free trial to Ancestry.com included, so you can get some serious research done during your trial period, which is a great plus of the software. If you are an advanced user of family tree software, you may find this software to be too simple. However, if you are new to family tree makers or just have a really old version, you should consider this 2012 version.