– Mac Genealogy Software that supports LDS/TempleReady options – Mac Genealogy Software – Unicode, UTF-8, and GEDCOMs – The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v9 Commercial, Online Demo (Feb 2012) – Reunion 9 Commercial, Demo (50 people, import/export disabled, etc.) (Aug 2010) – ohmiGene – Commercial, Demo (Watermarked, limit 509 people) (Jan 2012) – MacFamilyTree 6 – Commercial, Demo (can’t save/export) (Feb 2012) – iFamily for Leopard – Commercial, 16-day Demo (can’t export GEDCOM) (Jan 2012) – GenealogyJ – Free, Java, Open Source, (beta 2012) – GEDitCOM II – Commercial, Free “Reader Mode” (Feb 2012) – Family Tree Maker for Mac 2 – Commercial, No demo, (Jan 2012) – Familienbande / Family Ties – Free, (Jan 2012) I’m going to list them all, and then group some of them by categories.įull List – Alphabetical Order (Last updated) I’m also leaving out MyBlood and Osk as there have been no signs of active development for those two since 2009-2010. That leaves Heredis Mac X.2 out as it’s successor is still in development and there are no demos available. I’m only going to discuss actively develop Mac genealogy apps that are available right now and that have been updated one way or another (such as Reunion for iPad/iPhone). I could fill this post up with all kinds of stats and charts, and maybe I’ll do one of those in the future, but for now I’ll try and make recommendations based on very specific circumstances, and I will include links to the websites where you can download demos or even the full Mac genealogy applications. Different people have different needs and tastes, as well as requirements. For an application that you will probably be using for many months, if not years ahead, it’s worth putting the time into finding the one that meets your needs and that you feel comfortable with. It’s just that because genealogy software is something that you will be spending so much time with, I think it’s something where you should be willing to download several of the applications and try them out for a day or two, or even three. With the exception of Family Tree Maker for Mac 2, all of the actively developed Mac genealogy apps have demos that you can download and try out. What Mac Genealogy Software Do I Recommend?įor years, when people have asked me, I inevitably send them links to the major Mac genealogy software developers and tell them to download the demos and try each of them out. There is an article over at Genealogy Tools, What Genealogy Software Do We Recommend? that you should check out if you get a chance. The information below is nearly three years out of date (as of February 2015), and a new article/guide will be posted shortly. The Place Advisor coverage now covers the entire world down to, and including, the city, town, and village level. In Version 1.7 Build 2, you can now attach latitude and longitude to any address in your genealogy file.Ī “Visit” event has been added to individuals and families that can map travels. CAn be for: an individual, a family and its individuals, or all individual and family records listed in the current front window.Īs noted, for the mapping feature to work fully, you need to have latitude and longitude coordinates for places and events. Can be the entire world or select continents.Ģ) “Events Places for Windows Records” – will draw a map with pins for all events that occurred at an address or place with known latitude and longitude. I’m going to list highlights of the changes, but if you want to read the full release notes, please see the GEDitCOM II Release Notes ()Ĭhanges and Updates in GEDitCOM II Version 1.7 Build 2ġ) “Places in This File” – will generate a map with pins for all of the places listed in place records that have a known bounding box. Fortunately, no serious bugs are know in version 1.7, but some good ideas came in and this upgrade responds to some of them. Whenever a new version comes out (such as Version 1.7) some features do not make it or some great ideas arise due to user feedback on using that version. This is another major update to GEDitCOM II that follows Version 1.7 (released at the start of last month), and the developer notes: This week, GEDitCOM II was upgraded to GEDitCOM II version 1.7, Build 2 (14 March 2012).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |