User:GreenwoodKL/Family Tree Maker

Family Tree Maker (FTM) is advertised as "the #1 selling genealogy software". As with other genealogy software, FTM allows the researcher to keep track of information collected during research and to create reports, charts, and books containing that information. The software was developed by Banner Blue, then purchased by Brøderbund. It passed through the hands of The Learning Company, Mattel, and others before coming under its current ownership. It was offered for users of Microsoft Windows only, with no plans to release it on any other platforms until April 2010, when the company announced that it planned to release a Mac OS X version by the end of the year.

Family Tree Maker Version 16 was awarded a CODiE Award in the "Best Consumer Productivity Solution" category in 2006.

A redesigned Family Tree Maker 2008 was released August 14, 2007. The 2009 version of the program corrected some of the errors and omissions of its predecessor, and introduced a few new features.

Family Tree Maker 2010 claims to further enhance the radical re-design and be more powerful and feature-packed with faster navigation and quicker load times

Versions
Versions for Microsoft Windows include the following:

Versions for the Macintosh (Mac OS and Mac OS X) include the following: