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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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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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New Home for Lineascope.com Discussion

I want to dialog with you all about Lineascope and your experiences with it. At the same time, I don’t think that this is the place. I don’t want MacGenealogists who aren’t interested in Lineascope to be inundated with news and comments about it. So I’ve created a group on GenealogyWise.com called Lineascope.com Fans. If [...]

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I Built Something For You

While I’ve been enjoying time with my family I’ve also been working on a project for you. I’m ready on this special day (my birthday) to extend to my MacGenealogist friends, this invitation: Please use the evidence driven genealogy application I’m building. I call it Lineascope. It’s an Internet application for recording, analyzing, and presenting [...]

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Parallels Desktop Build 9344

There was an update yesterday to this PC virtualization software. It’s used by some MacGenealogists to run Windows genealogy software. There doesn’t appear to be anything in this build of particular interest to genealogists, but it looks like there are some worthwhile fixes, so go update your copy. Here is the list of enhancements and [...]

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Ancestry.com “Tree To Go” iPhone App

I’ve checked out the iPhone (and iPod touch) app recently released by Ancestry.com. The free app is called Tree To Go. It enables you to examine and update the trees you have on Ancestry.com through your iPhone—no, you can’t search the databases at Ancestry.com through the app. A synchronization feature keeps the data in your [...]

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