I'm not the only person unhappy about Ancestry.com's decision to retire Family Tree Maker software. Dick Eastman discusses the pushback and announces a few alternatives - and discounted prices being offered by other companies - in his blog postings: MacFamily Tree (December 9) Family Historian (December 9) RootsMagic (December 10) MyHeritage (December 11) Now's the time to start considering your options. Read Eastman's blog here: http://blog.eogn.com/