Ancestry.com Releases Family Tree Maker 2012 with TreeSync™, Allowing Family Tree Updates from Anywhere via the Cloud
Update of the No. 1 Selling Family History Software Makes Researching & Sharing Family History More Rewarding Than Ever
PROVO, Utah (Sept. 29, 2011) – Ancestry.com,
the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the
release of Family Tree Maker® 2012, an improved and expanded version of
the world’s No. 1 selling family history software. Now with its new
TreeSync™ capabilities, Family Tree Maker 2012 enables family history
enthusiasts to sync their desktop family trees and their trees online at
Ancestry.com unlike any other desktop software available on the market.
“We
have a long-term vision to make family history simple and more
accessible to the masses,” said Eric Shoup, Senior Vice President of
Product for Ancestry.com. “Now with the combination of Ancestry.com, the Ancestry mobile app and the new Family Tree Maker, users can work on their family tree anywhere, anytime.”
Family Tree Maker 2012 introduces TreeSync, which enables family historians to sync their online tree at Ancestry.com
and their desktop family trees, including photos and other historical
records they have attached. This enables Family Tree Maker users to
bring their desktop tree online to share with invited guests and
continue their research from wherever they are.
The new software comes with a free membership or free trial to Ancestry.com
that gives users access to billions of historical records, and millions
of memory-making historical photos, stories and family trees.
Membership with Ancestry.com
connects Family Tree Maker 2012 users to the largest family history
community in the world, and helps users find other members who might be
researching the same ancestors so they can compare notes and discover
more together.
Other improvements in Family Tree Maker 2012 include:
- An easier-than-ever user interface to get users started right away
- Upgraded help content and video tutorials
- Improved content-generation and editing options to create engaging “Smart Stories” about family history and family members
- The ability to combine families into one harmonized tree, bringing step-families and adoptees into the main family tree
- Simple generation labels and text boxes to make family trees more interesting and informative
Expert users of earlier Family Tree Maker releases will find new power-user tools in Family Tree Maker 2012, including:
- Upgraded personalization capabilities enabling users to add their own images, adding narrative text and displaying explanatory generation labels to charts
- Index report of every individual in a family tree with birth, marriage and death dates
- Chart the line of descendancy between an ancestor and any descendant in your family tree
Pricing and availability
Family Tree Maker 2012 for PC is starting at $39.99 and is now available to purchase online at http://www.familytreemaker.com and at Best Buy, Office Depot, Amazon.com
and other select retailers. Family Tree Maker for Mac is also
available, and will include the TreeSync capability in the upcoming
version slated to be released by the end of 2011.
(PLEASE NOTE: Internet access is required for all Web integration)
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com
Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM) is the world's largest online family history
resource, with nearly 1.7 million paying subscribers. More than 7
billion records have been added to the site in the past 14 years.
Ancestry users have created more than 26 million family trees containing over 2.6 billion profiles. In addition to its flagship site www.ancestry.com, Ancestry.com
offers localized Web sites designed for nine countries that empower
people to discover, preserve and share their family history.
Forward-looking Statements
This
press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Such risks
and uncertainties include our ability to retain existing and attract new
subscribers by regularly introducing new or improved services as well
as our ability to acquire historical content and make it available to
subscribers. Information concerning additional factors that could cause
events or results to differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements is contained under the caption "Risk Factors"
in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2011, and in discussions in other of our SEC filings. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our
views as of any subsequent date and we assume no obligation to publicly
update or revise these forward-looking statements.
