[5] It passed through the hands of The Learning Company, SoftKey, Mattel, and others before coming under its current ownership.

[7] Family Tree Maker 2010 claimed to further enhance the radical redesign and be more powerful and feature-packed with faster navigation and quicker load times.

[8] A version for the Mac was released in 1997; due to low market demand, for over a decade it was discontinued.

Software MacKiev touted four major improvements: FamilySearch integration, FamilySync, Color Coding, and Photo Darkroom.

FamilySync is a replacement for Ancestry.com's TreeSync feature; it provides potential matches to family trees, indexes, and records at Ancestry.com.