FTM 2012 and Ancestry

[Parmesan]

I have just let my Ancestry subscription lapse (yesterday) but I'll probably rejoin when FTM2013 comes out.

I have been making some changes to my online tree and then syncing it with FTM.  However, the last time I tried this I am getting a message saying 'it appears this tree has been deleted'

So, my question is, do you have to have a subscription to get the full benefit of FTM?

It's a bit pants if you do!

[shirclo]

Hi
Yes, you do need to have a current subscription to Ancestry otherwise people would just buy FTM software & Ancestry would lose income. 

Regards
Shirley x

[Parmesan]

Thanks.  Not sure I quite get it, I'm only trying to sync changes.

Oh well, so be it.

[tkgafs]

Since upgrading to FTM2012 I have been getting the same message as well

I find that if I close and re-open FTM I can then re-sync the trees, I have emailed ancestry about it but got a useless automated reply telling me to check everything that had nothing to do with the  issue

Tkgafs

[Parmesan]

Tkgafs, thanks, I just reopened it and its syncing fine 

[AshkeJ]

I have just let my Ancestry subscription lapse (yesterday) but I'll probably rejoin when FTM2013 comes out.

There isn't going to be a FTM 2013, only an update to FTM 2012 as mentioned in the Ancestry Blog in August: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.software.famtreemaker/8849/mb.ashx

I don't think that you have to have an Ancestry subscription to use FTM. The only thing you'll be missing out on is the Hint utility, and the syncing of your tree. You can use the Ancestry online tree maker for free so, again, just for building a tree you wouldn't need to subscribe.

Is a subscription essential? Nope.

Is a subscription useful? Yep.

[Parmesan]

Thanks for the update on FTM.

I think I've more or less exhausted the information I can get from Ancestry (as it is now) and I do still have an FindMyPast subscription, my site of preference for searching records.

The hints I was getting from Ancestry of late were ridiculous.

[AshkeJ]

I know what you mean about the hints! Some of the ones I've received have made me hoot with laughter.

I also use FindMyPast in combination with FamilySearch, FreeBMD, Ancestry, The Genealogist, OPC sites ... I think some people have come to believe that Ancestry is some kind of omnipotent website and that if its not there then it doesn't exist!

[Parmesan]

I know what you mean about the hints! Some of the ones I've received have made me hoot with laughter.

I also use FindMyPast in combination with FamilySearch, FreeBMD, Ancestry, The Genealogist, OPC sites ... I think some people have come to believe that Ancestry is some kind of omnipotent website and that if its not there then it doesn't exist!

Absolutely agree with that.  There are so many free sites out there that are amazing and I'm still finding them.  The latest one I found was Italiangen which records BMDs and other records for New York.  Not just Italian families - all NY records up to certain dates.  Very useful! http://italiangen.org/
I believe there is a German one too but its identical.