I'm sorry Yvonne, I didn't know they were currently charging for something I read was in Beta testing. Nothing I've read online so far had suggested that. I assumed that when it came OUT of beta testing they would likely have a fee of some kind or a lower free vr more optioned paid version. Since I still haven't received a download link or code of any kind I haven't tried it out yet. But from what I've read online, and I can't say how accurate this is, that what they are trying to do is have the program read the fact RM creates and convert it directly into the format another program creates with out mangling the data in anyway. And then if you made changes in another program, it would convert that directly back into RM format. Also to be able to update your online trees from one file. They also want to offer a way for people to share a database in a group so everyone can work on it at the same time. It sounds interesting to me, although I don't think I would use this with anything but a backup copy of my data. Kim On 12/05/2012 09:17 PM, Yvonne Scott wrote: > I thought AncestorSync was free because I did not see a price on their > website. After I downloaded the program they sent me an email with a link to > confirm my email address. After clicking the link I saw they wanted me to > pay $35/yr. So I emailed them and told them I was deleting the program and > would not pay since there is nothing about $35/yr on their website. I told > them I'd be glad to be a beta testor and they sent me the code to put in. > They said it would enable me to test the software for 3 months. > > They recommend you use a copy of your database for testing and said: > "AncestorSync will work with RootsMagic 4 and 5 and we are in the process of > updating it to work with RootsMagic 6 files. If you are using RootsMagic 6 > already, please check back with us in about 3 weeks to see if we have it > ready for testing with RM 6. You do not need to register or add the code > until you are ready to test. The three months will start when you > register." > > Yvonne Scott >