From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Adding Coordinates to Multiple Events in MacFamilyTree

Genealogists using the software MacFamilyTree have the ability to add geographic coordinates, expressed as latitude and longitude, for places in their family database. This is a process known as geocoding. The information can be added on an place-by-place basis by entering it in the edit place windows. If you have many places that are not [...]

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Is the Virtual Globe Bloat?

I’ve been working on a MacFamilyTree screencast this evening. It’s related to geocoding which is related to the “virtual globe” feature. As is usual for me when I explore features, I asked myself, “What value does this offer genealogists?” I’m having a hard time coming up with something nice to say about this one.
Yes, I [...]

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A Caution About Logs in Reunion

A recent discussion thread on the MacGenealogist group on GenealogyWise reminded me that I wanted to share a caution about the Logs feature in the Macintosh genealogy software, Reunion. I didn’t include this tidbit in the screencast I recently produced about Logs in Reunion for Mac.
Don’t expect your log entries to export to GEDCOM; they [...]

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The Program that is Preventing Genealogy Research from Being Lost and Forgotten

One of the common problems MacGenealogists shared with me in my recent “One Problem Survey” is the fear of your genealogical materials being lost or forgotten after you pass on or can’t manage it yourself any more. This concern coincides with a recent story.
I know a genealogist that passed away on January 1st, 2007. His [...]

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MacFamily Tree Updated to 5.6

Synium released an update to their Macintosh genealogy software MacFamilyTree. According to the software update dialog, version 5.6 includes the following changes:

New Virtual Tree

Drastic performance enhancements by using multiple processors/cores when available
Much improved 3d alignment, especially in complex scenarios
Can only show partial subtrees within a database
Displays pictures of persons directly [...]

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Handling People with Multiple Names in the MacGenealogist File System

People change names for many reasons. What’s surprising, at least when new to genealogical research, is that it’s relatively common for a person’s name to change during their lifetime. Since it’s common and adds complexity to our practice, I devised a solution with respect to storing computer files. There are three predominant problems that it [...]

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