Occasionally I find an individual in a tree with relevant records and/or sources attached, but so far most of those matches lead me to individuals with no sourcing.
The blue squares indicate matches to FamilySearch trees, but I will probably turn those off until they indicate matches to FamilySearch records. The potential uses of these range from adding a specific color for individuals in your direct line, people who served in the military, immigrant ancestors, DNA matches, and more. To the left is an example of the color coding on the tree view – you’ll notice that the home person has all four colors, and the home person’s parents have the two colors each from their parents.Īlong with the colors used above in Mary Hill’s system, additional colors are also available. These colors will not sync with trees on Ancestry, but they are very useful for quick visual identification inside of Family Tree Maker. One of the new features in the recently released 2017 version of Family Tree Maker is the ability to color code your ancestor’s profiles. Example of Family Tree Maker (FTM) Color Coding
