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Jan Murphy

19:36

Q: Genealogy Chat week of 11 December 2015 | Data migration and transitioning to new genealogy software

This week Ancestry.com announced that its desktop software Family Tree Maker will no longer be sold as of 31 December 2015, and that support will end after a year (1 January 2017). Let's talk about what we need to consider when choosing new genealogy software, and other strategies for future-p...

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CRSouser

21:24

To add to the conversation.. with the retirement of FTM.. there is a reasonable question of does one still need a locally installed editor.. I would say yes even though with FTM I think the main thing one is loosing is the reporting features.

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CRSouser

22:51

On my own comment I want offline editing as well as I want at least cloud backup. A challenge with using software like MacFamilyTree I have to have an app on my iOS device or use a Mac (both work offline) but if I have more tedius work to do it would be great to not be forced to the inefficent online interface of Ancestry.com