I know this is not the place to report/suggest this, but I can’t seem to find the correct way.

As you know, in Maine and Massachusetts in the 1600-1700 time frame when a person desired to get married they published a marriage intention in the Town Clerk’s record book and then when they were married another record was made in the town clerk’s reord book showing their marriage date

I see a lot of records for this marriage information published on ancestry.com. And Ancestry.com references the FHL Library for the information. Unfortunately , I think, They (either ancestry.com or the FHL) is not distinguishing between the Marriage Intention date and the actual marriage date. The record, when “pulled-” up from ancestry.com, lists both dates as the marriage date. A very small example [try it your self], Silva Nickerson is shown as marrying Benjamin Nickerson on 10 March 1798 and also on (a separate record) 22 March 1798 in Harwich, Massachusetts. It seems to me that the first date is probably the marriage intention date and the second date is either the marriage date or the marriage publication date. Again, as you know, if you look at the actual record on the microfilm it distinguishes the two events. There are many many other examples of this type of thing happening (all seem to be associated with FHL data/records) when searching for marriage records on ancestry.com.
Could you please find someone that will look into this and have them fix it——Thank you

From Dick Eastman’s Blog:

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Ancestry.com announced last spring that the company would re-introduce Family Tree Maker for Macintosh before the end of the year. Apparently, the company plans to meet that deadline. The product isn’t available yet but Ancestry.com is now taking orders and is promising delivery in “early November.” Best of all, those who order the product now will receive a 20% discount.

A new page has appeared on Ancestry.com’s online store to says (in part):

Family Tree Maker for Mac – Pre-Sale
20% Off

Introducing Ancestry.com Family Tree Maker for Mac
For 20 years, Family Tree Maker has been the #1-selling family history software. Millions of people have used it to discover, preserve and share their family stories. Now Mac users can too.

Family Tree Maker for Mac, which is based on Family Tree Maker 2010, makes organizing, researching and sharing your family history easier than ever, whether you’re just getting started or already an expert.

The web site then goes on at some length giving details of the new program’s capabilities. To be blunt, it all sounds identical to the capabilities of the Windows version and I’d suggest that is a good thing.

Near the bottom of the web page, it says “This item has not yet been released. It will be released and shipped in early November.”

Family Tree Maker for Macintosh will retail for $69.95. The Ancestry.com online store is offering it as a “pre-sale” for a 20% discount: $55.96.
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