• GEDCOM import and export
• Ability to merge files
• Automatic backups and backups to flash drives, external hard drives, and CDs
• Files can be shared between Windows and Mac versions (with migration tool)
• Download trees from Ancestry
• Multiple databases can be opened at the same time
• Ability to export a branch of your tree
• Files from other genealogy software programs can be imported

Reports

• Ahnentafels
• Bibliographies
• Calendars
• Custom reports
• Data errors reports
• Descendant reports (NGSQ, Register, d’Aboville* and Henry* formats)
• Documented events reports
• Family group sheets
• Individual reports
• Index of Individuals reports*
• Kinship reports
• LDS ordinances reports
• Marriage reports
• Media item reports
• Media usage reports
• Note reports*
• Outline descendant reports
• Parentage reports
• Photo albums
• Place usage reports
• Research journals/task lists
• Source usage reports
• Surname reports*
• Timelines
• Undocumented fact reports*
• Save report settings*
• Save reports as PDFs, images, and text files (varies by report format)
• Customize historical events for timelines*

Charts

• Ancestor trees—pedigree, fan-shaped, bow tie, tree-shaped, and vertical
• Descendant charts
• Extended family charts
• Hourglass charts showing ancestors and descendants
• Relationship charts
• Wall charts
• Custom templates and the ability to create your own
• Add images, photos, and text anywhere*
• Change layout, borders, colors, and formatting

Books

• Desktop book-building tool that lets you use the facts, photos, and charts you’ve already added to your tree to create a family history. Import text files, automatically generate a table of contents and index of individuals in charts and reports, and export as a PDF or text file.
• Web-based publishing service that lets you create family histories or photos books with automatically generated pedigree trees, family group sheets, and timelines. Print at home or have a professionally bound book sent to you.
• Smart Stories—a narrative tool that helps you create biographies of people in your tree.*

• Media management in one central location
• Import a variety of formats: images, documents, and audio/video files
• Scan images directly into software
• Slide shows
• Categories for grouping and sorting
• Missing media item tool*
• Items can link to multiple individuals and/or sources and citations

• Alerts for potential errors
• Blended families view
• Conditional fact sentences*
• Custom facts
• Date calculator
• Fastfields to speed entry of descriptions and locations
• Find and Replace tool
• Find Duplicate People tool
• Global fact updater
• Global spellcheck
• LDS facts and display options
• Locations database with more than 3 million places for consistent data entry
• Multiple formats for date input and display
• Name Converter
• Notes for people, research, facts, media items, and sources—2MB per note (about 200 printed pages)
• People index can be sorted and filtered
• Reference numbers for individuals and relationships*
• Relationship Calculator
• Soundex Calculator
• Support for foreign language characters
• Web-clipping tool to capture any online information

Sourcing

• Source templates for simple and consistent source entry
• Sources and citations can be linked to multiple people and/or facts
• Repositories
• Media items can be added to sources and citations
• Ratings systems
• Copy-and-paste for citations
• Merge for duplicate sources

Mapping

• Dynamic road and satellite maps
• Migration maps for individuals and families
• GPS support
• Identification of nearby cemeteries, churches, and other places of interest

• Ancestry facts and records merge directly into your tree
• Images can be downloaded to your computer
• Hints from Ancestry about records that might match people in your tree
• A desktop tree can be synced with an online tree for access anywhere
• Mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices
• Connection with a community of other researchers
• Multiple privacy options for your online family tree

• Updates available by download
• Contextual and online help
• U.S.-based telephone support
• Video tutorials*
• Electronic user manual
• Message boards
• Online Knowledge Base and FAQ
• Windows version compatible with Microsoft Windows® 7, Windows XP SP2, and Vista™/Mac version compatible with OS X 10.5 or later (including OS X 10.7 Lion)