The top 5 best family tree software to help define your ancestry.
Genealogy Software Basics There are a bunch of things that you can expect any genealogical software to do: • Build a family tree • Record information on your ancestors: dates, locations, relationships, etc. Family Tree Maker 2017 Family Tree Maker, or FTM, has been around for decades, and is the best known and most widely used genealogy software.
It packs a lot of power, and is good all-around at just about everything. Pros and Cons Family Tree Maker provides all of the features that you would expect from a genealogy program, and it does most of them very well. The latest version of Family Tree Maker added a unique feature called FamilySync, which lets you automatically synchronize up to three family trees. This is perfect if you have relatives who are working on the same tree as you. Any information you enter gets added to their trees, and vice versa. They have also added the ability to color code your ancestors with up to eight different colors each.