{"id":837,"date":"2015-12-17T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=837"},"modified":"2015-12-17T12:15:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:15:47","slug":"the-genealogy-wheel-is-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"The Genealogy Wheel Is Turning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/121715_1915_TheGenealog1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Over the past week I have seen a lot of chatter about the upcoming demise of Family Tree Maker genealogy software. As one of the more popular record-keeping software products, many genealogists rely on it for their work. Understandably, they are unhappy.\n<\/p>\n<p>I faced the same situation some time ago when Wholly Genes discontinued my software product, The Master Genealogist (TMG). Do I see a trend developing?\n<\/p>\n<p>The Geneablogger Thomas MacEntee seems to think so. He argues that desktop genealogy software is becoming a thing of the past. The industry is heading toward subscription-based cloud products. These offer the user several benefits including off-site storage and continuous updating.\n<\/p>\n<p>So what should the frustrated genealogist do? For my own work, I have continued to use TMG with no problem. I like the trees and reports I can run from it. I do not want to follow the learning curve needed to effectively work in another product.\n<\/p>\n<p>Yet I do not know how long I can continue with TMG as Windows evolves. I keep receiving prompts to upgrade to Windows 10. Will TMG play well in the new sandbox? If not, what should I do?\n<\/p>\n<p>My long-term plan for preserving my research is to post it with Family Search. I have already submitted everything I know about my Norwegian and Finnish ancestors to them. Each time I complete a research question, I add my results to my online tree. Perhaps I can begin using their site for my work when TMG ceases to be a viable option.\n<\/p>\n<p>The technology world continues to evolve faster than many of us would like. Family Tree Maker users, I feel your pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past week I have seen a lot of chatter about the upcoming demise of Family Tree Maker genealogy software. As one of the more popular record-keeping software products, many genealogists rely on it for their work. Understandably, they are unhappy. I faced the same situation some time ago when Wholly Genes discontinued my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}