From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Reunion for iPhone and iPod touch Updated to Version 1.0.1

iPhone and iPod touch genealogy app, Reunion update 1.0.1 became available in the iTunes App Store on April 27, 2009.

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World History in MacFamilyTree

The new beta version of MacFamilyTree included for the first time, a feature that displays events in world history. This can help you understand the lives and events of your ancestors in the context of the world around them. In this video: World History in Macintosh Genealogy Software MacFamilyTree, I demonstrate how to how to [...]

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MacFamilyTree 5.5 Available as a Public Beta

Synium Software announced the availability of version 5.5 of their Macintosh genealogy software, MacFamilyTree. Their press release notes that this is a public beta test release. Some of the new features may be worth checking out, or you can wait for my video walk-through. If do you download it, be careful with your precious data [...]

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Brief Video Introduction to Reunion 9 for Macintosh

If you’re interested or curious about what it’s like to use the Macintosh genealogy software Reunion 9 for Mac, you’ll like this video: A Brief Video Introduction to the Genealogy Software Reunion 9 for Mac. In it I demonstrate the metaphor used for the interface, adding and editing some people, creating a family group sheet, [...]

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Keeping a Genealogy Task List, Part 2: TaskPaper

The first Mac task list software I have for your consideration is TaskPaper from Hog Bay Software. It is simultaneously a simple and powerful task manager. It meets both of the criteria I outlined in the first part of this series of articles, Keeping a Genealogy Task List, Part 1:

Unobtrusive storage
Simple, powerful retrieval

The developer has [...]

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Free Ancestry.com Resource Essentials CD

I got a nice little package in the mail today. The Generations Network sent me a package that is the “first in a list of upcoming benefits” planned for for Ancestry.com World Deluxe Annual members. It’s a CD containing PDFs of six reference books produced by Ancestry.com and a 20% off coupon for my next [...]

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