November 2008

How To Save a RootsMagic 3 Wall Chart to a PDF File

How to create an image file of large charts to be printed as wall charts from RootsMagic.

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A Tribute to Keith Wilson

The Mac genealogy community has suffered a significant loss. Keith Wilson, the creator of iFamily for Leopard (and Tiger before that), passed away unexpectedly on November 2nd. I’ve called him a maverick and meant it with great respect. His ingenious contributions will be missed. When considering an appropriate tribute to Keith my first thought was [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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In the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving today. I hope you all had as great a day as I did. My wife Carrie and I prepared a wonderful vegetarian—almost vegan—meal. We shared it with our children, Logan, and Paige as well as Carrie’s mom and step-dad. We are so blessed! On this day it is [...]

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Starting with Another’s Data: A Descendant Report, part 1

Sometimes when one starts with the genealogy obsession hobby, it is with information collected by someone else. Ironically, even given some starter material, it’s not always obvious where or how to begin. This article is a case study of such a start. It’s a specific one in that the starting material is real and limited. [...]

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Adding Adoptive Parents in RootsMagic 3

How to enter an adopted child in RootsMagic.

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See How Easily You Can Backup Your Files to CD or DVD

One of the many great things about using a Mac is how many functions that just seem like they should be included in the operating system actually are! One of these is the ability to create (or “burn”) CDs and DVDs. This feature is great for anyone creating and or storing a lot of data [...]

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Parallels Desktop Updated to 4.0.3540

The computer virtualization software, Parallels Desktop, that many Mac genealogists use to run Windows genealogy applications has been updated. The new release is described as containing bugfixes and improvements. The information provided during the upgrade describes the following changes: Bugfixes and improvements in Parallels Desktop 4.0 Update (build 4.0.3540) Improvements in the upgrade procedure: BSOD [...]

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How To Clean Up “Unlinked People” in RootsMagic 3

How to find and clean up records for people who aren’t linked to anyone else in your RootsMagic genealogy research database.

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50th Screencast

The video included in my most recent article includes the 50th screencast created for MacGenealogists since I launched the site in July! I’d like to take an opportunity presented by this milestone: thank you for the wonderful support you’ve given me.

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How to Link Images to Multiple People in iFamily for Leopard

Sometimes it’s appropriate to have an image applied to more than one person in your family history database. iFamily for Leopard includes a simple, space-saving way to add an image to one person then link it to other people. This allows you to avoid having multiple copies of the image in the iFamilyData/Pictures folder on [...]

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