Photo Release -- Ancestry.com Releases Family Tree Maker 2012 With TreeSync(TM), Allowing Family Tree Updates From Anywhere V...
September 29 2011 - 8:00AM
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.
A photo accompanying this release is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10703
"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.
This photo is also available via AP PhotoExpress.
CONTACT: Heather Erickson
Ancestry.com
(801) 705-7104
herickson@ancestry.com
Ancestry.Com Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:ACOM)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2024 to Jun 2024
Ancestry.Com Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:ACOM)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2023 to Jun 2024