October 2008

MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.3.2

Synium released an update to their genealogy database software MacFamilyTree today. According to their website the update includes: Greatly improved performance in mostly all areas Improved GEDCOM importer including a warning dialog showing errors and not parseable dates Improved GEDCOM exporter which supports date reformatting Date Handling improved to support more date formats Improved handling [...]

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MacGenealogist Screencast Video CD Volume 1 Announcement

How would you like to be able to view MacGenealogist.com videos without having to open them from the Internet? Now you can! I just created the first volume of MacGenealogist.com screencast CDs. It will be available for you to order in about a week. This means you can take informative MacGenealogist.com screencasts with you wherever [...]

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Views in Reunion 9: Creating Custom Views

This is the third part in a series of screencasts on the view features and functions in the Mac genealogy database software, Reunion 9. In previous articles and videos, I covered switching views and altering views. The powerful capability to remake the view section of the family card is demonstrated in the accompanying video. I [...]

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Views in Reunion 9: Altering Views

The view area in a Reunion 9 family card is very flexible. You can alter the contents of a view in many ways. Fields can be added or removed. Photos can be included or removed. In this screencast, I continue the series on Reunion 9 views by showing you how to alter the default view [...]

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How to Track Residences in Reunion 9

In a recent screencast about switching views, MacGenealogist Warren noticed that I had some residence data displaying in a field called “Reside.” He asked in a comment (I love that) if I would explain how to populate that field. Rather than explain, I recorded this video (now part of the MacGenealogist Archives): How to Track [...]

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Date Format Secrets in Reunion 9

I love it when I get questions from my fellow MacGenealogists. It helps me to produce content that will be helpful. Chances are that if you have a question, others have the same question. Dwaine asked this question in a comment yesterday: When I first started doing research into my family tree, I opened folder [...]

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Views in Reunion 9: Switching Views

The family card in Reunion for Mac 9 displays a wealth of information about a family group. Part of the family card is a section called the view. It is below the names of the parents and above the children. The view section is dynamic. You can alter, add, and remove fields from views. Altering [...]

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Email Subscribers: Please Read and Take Action to Continue Delivery

This article is no longer relevant I am moving the email feed to which many of you subscribe. For your protection, you will be required to reconfirm your desire to be subscribed. By now you should have received an email asking you to confirm your desire to receive information from MacGenealogist.com. Please click on the [...]

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How to Carry the Definitive Source Citation Book on a Thumb Drive or Laptop

I received news today that one of my favorite genealogy research books is now available in portable document format (PDF). Now you can carry Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills, into the field. Imagine searching this massive volume electronically. How much easier will that be? Don’t bother checking my recommended products list to order it. [...]

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MacFamilyTree and MobileFamilyTree Updates Released 20 Oct 2008

I was a day early on the review of MacFamilyTree. Synium released MacFamilyTree version 5.3 today. They updated MobileFamilyTree to version 1.3 yesterday. I’ve downloaded my copy of both and will check the issues I noted in the beta version. I’ll publish a report on their status later this week. The press release with the [...]

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