It is personal preference, I prefer to have my tree, images and data on my laptop and use the great feature of Ancestry and FTM sync so that I can work on my tree when my laptop is not available. I even use my phone sometimes and then Sync back to my tree when I am at home Yes I could still use FTM but as of 31 Dec 2015 it is not supported. I am very aware of progress and how things change, as I use Cloud based software for my job. But I will be removing my trees from Ancestry as they contain many images, notes etc gathered over 35 years of research and will be migrating to a supported software. The new interface of Ancestry trees is also another reason I will not be subscribing again, it is the worst online interface I have seen and have heard reports of places and facts being changed to "conform" to Ancestry, it hasn't happened to me, but I have lost a lot of faith in them. You may not agree Nivard, but we all have our personal preferences and ways of working. Sharon Smith Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: [YORKSGEN] Fw: Ancestry to Retire Family Tree Maker Software Date: Wed, Dec 9, 2015 11:46 I really don't see the connection More people use Ancestry for records than the online trees and are likely to continue doing so The online trees will still be on Ancestry The user will still be able to download any record they have access to on Ancestry I see no need to migrate to another program, a program that is likely to be obsolete fairly soon as all stand alone programs cease to be produced in time As to people not subscribing again or cancelling, in my experience, each time something happens and changes are made to Ancestry, Findmypast or other site, people complain and *say* they will leave or not subscribe again, but most still do as they want the records As more mobile device users use web sites the sites are going to cater for them in preference to the stand alone user, computers are selling less and smartphones/tablets are increasing We may not like it but thats progress Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/12/2015 11:36, Pontefract FHS wrote: > Yes Ancestry do have more records than others, but I personally use FTM > as it helps to search these ever growing records. By using their Sync > process the images are already on my computer but this of course will > stop. As I have a large One Name Study as one of my Ancestry trees the > process of searching, downloading and manually linking images to the > relevant persons will be a very long winded process and of course all my > research for this study and my personal trees will have to be migrated > to another family tree software and that is not always a smooth > operation, as I do use other software to build my personal website and > some items in FTM Gedcom export do not read correctly into other programs. > > I personally feel that Ancestry are going to loose many many customers, > looking at the blog on this subject many are already cancelling their > subscriptions. > > They say they are adding more records (majority USA) and are building > more resources for the benefit of their LOYAL community, but as far as I > can see this is no benefit to anyone > > Sharon Smith --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message