Hi listers I use an old version of family tree maker, I have not subscribed to Ancestry for a couple of years, but I have years if research, documents and photographs on there. I also use it for charts, reports etc to share Ancestry say they are no longer supporting this soft ware, should I be concerned? I have backed all up onto a separate hard drive. Can anybody advise me or recommend an alternative, Thanks Sue

Until you get a new computer that runs a higher Windows program, you should be ok but I'd back up often in case anything goes wrong with the program and you can't get your data for lack of support.  I'd also back up to a Gedcom file so that it can transfer into another program if necessary.    RootsMagic has a great description on how to change from FTM to their program at http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2546 and Heredis, the French program, has a very good offer right now for $15 US.  Not sure of UK price. On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 14:15:40 +0000, Susan Chapman via wrote: Hi listers I use an old version of family tree maker, I have not subscribed to Ancestry for a couple of years, but I have years if research, documents and photographs on there. I also use it for charts, reports etc to share Ancestry say they are no longer supporting this soft ware, should I be concerned? I have backed all up onto a separate hard drive. Can anybody advise me or recommend an alternative, Thanks Sue :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sue You could have a look at Family Historian www.family-historian.co.uk - has been voted as the best charting program by many. You can download a free 30 day trial copy which is the full version and not cut down Regards John Hanson Researcher, The Halsted Trust Website - www.halstedresearch.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Chapman via Sent: 09 December 2015 14:16 To: [email protected] Subject: [LAN] Family tree maker advise please Hi listers I use an old version of family tree maker, I have not subscribed to Ancestry for a couple of years, but I have years if research, documents and photographs on there. I also use it for charts, reports etc to share Ancestry say they are no longer supporting this soft ware, should I be concerned? I have backed all up onto a separate hard drive. Can anybody advise me or recommend an alternative, Thanks Sue :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message