Since I last tested Ancestry in 2006, the company has revamped its desktop software program, FamilyTreeMaker, so the program can synchronize with Web-based data on Ancestry.com.
Users who have spent years on FamilyTreeMaker software, which has been around for 23 years, will be able to sync data from their PCs to the Web version of their family trees.
After using the Ancestry app on my iPad and adding records to my familytree, I easily synced that data with my desktop software by clicking a top-right button when I next opened the FamilyTreeMaker.