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Researching Distant Records Now Easier

I’ve published a new article and screencast on your new genealogy site: GenealogyTools. Rather than separate Mac and PC genealogists, I’ve decided to create videos and provide news updates on one site. I do not plan to move nor remove any of the content here. I’ll simply be releasing the new tutorials on GenealogyTools.com. Click [...]

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Ancestry.com Tree to Go Updated to 1.1.1

Ancestry.com fixed a problem viewing photos in their iPhone (and iPod touch) genealogy software. Get your update in the App Store.

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Easy, Free Way to Share and Backup Genealogy Files

I just started using a service called Dropbox to store a remote backup of my genealogy database and share GEDCOM files with family members and other genealogists. Free accounts are limited to 2GB of storage. More space is available for a monthly fee. The drop-dead easy install creates a folder in your home folder (you [...]

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MacFamilyTree 6 beta 8 Released

Synium have made available for download, another update to their free beta of their upcoming release, MacFamilyTree version 6. Their web page says it: Full featured User Guide now available from the help menu or the startup window Several localization updates Fixed issues on PowerPC based Macs Smaller user interface fixes I missed the release [...]

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Parallels Desktop 5 Build 9370 Released

There was an update last Friday to this PC virtualization software. It’s used by some MacGenealogists to run Windows genealogy software on their Mac. There doesn’t appear to be anything in this build of particular interest to genealogists and no major fixes. Here is the list of enhancements and fixes according to the producer: Mac [...]

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Ancestry.com Tree to Go Updated to 1.1

There’s an updated version of Ancestry.com Tree to Go in the iTunes App Store. The version notes say the iPhone (and iPod touch) genealogy application can handle bigger trees (“including trees with over 2,000 people”), the ability to delete a person from a tree, and “improved performance.” I’m downloading it now. Try it out and [...]

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