Review by M

I have previously used FTM on a Mac about a year ago. It was okay, and I managed to get it to do it’s thing, but it can be a little confusing. However, with this new version for Windows, I have tried two PCS so far and I cannot get it to install correctly. I managed to think I finally did, but as soon as I tried to save anything, it would just freeze. I have uninstalled and attempted to reinstall several times, but no luck.

I was able to create the ancestry online account. 3 months are included in this package. Along with a guidebook. You can do quote a bit on the site, and it typically connects to the software, and you save everything on your system. If the account is only online, you have all the same tools, but you have to login to see it.

Ancestry feels a bit like Wikipedia. You really don’t know what is accurate as people can add content that another may search. If you are looking for just a few generations, it’s fine, as records more readily saved. I found quite a bit, and it’s very interesting. This is all about the ancestry site. If you don’t pay the fees every month you basically lose all your work. It would be much more appealing to pay a larger one time fee for lifetime access to the site, and people who choose to use the software version could just have the option to upgrade. I do not like being locked into auto-renewal, so I deleted my card from the site. A couple months of use was enough fun. But we should the option to pay a one time fee.