March 2009

Keeping Logs in Reunion for Mac

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I touched on the practice of logging genealogical research efforts in my recent article, Documenting Unknown Dates. I kept that article mostly computer platform agnostic so it could be as universal as the topic is for genealogists. A side effect of that generality is that I got questions about how to keep a research log. [...]

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RootsMagic 4 Released Yesterday

The incredible task of re-writing what is arguably the best genealogy database application on Windows is complete. RootsMagic 4 was released yesterday. The download version is available immediately. If you want the CDs, they will ship April 20th and you get access to the download so that you need not wait for the physical media [...]

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Documenting Unknown Dates in Your Genealogy Database Software

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Genealogists and family historians often find themselves with unknown dates for events they have researched. How to capture this in a genealogical database is not immediately apparent to many of us. We think, “Perhaps I should enter ‘Unknown,’ or a question mark, or omit the date entirely.” After all that work, it seems like something [...]

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Documenting Unknown Dates

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Genealogists and family historians often find themselves with unknown dates for events they have researched. How to capture this in a genealogical database is not immediately apparent to many of us. We think, “Perhaps I should enter ‘Unknown,’ or a question mark, or omit the date entirely.” After all that work, it seems like something [...]

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MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.4.2

An update bringing the Mac genealogy software, MacFamilyTree, to version 5.4.2 was just released. The following are the release notes from the software update dialog box: Fixes in the Family Assistant (alignment improved, pictures now always show up) Fixes in the Web Export Several localization fixes Minor Interface improvements Performance of all 3D charts improved [...]

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Reunion for Macintosh Updated to 9.09

Leister Productions released version 9.09 of Reunion for Mac. This is a bug fix release as shown in the release notes: Fixed a rare crash when sending a family file to the iPhone. Fixed a problem that could cause incorrect or missing links after a crash or power failure. This problem was accidentally introduced in [...]

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Death Records Database at SeekingMichigan.org is Back Online

This morning I was able to connect to and use the Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920 database at seekingmichigan.org. Access was quick! Give it a try. Alas, I found no hits for my ancestors. I’ll check again when more records are added.

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SeekingMichigan.org is Adding Capacity

I received an update from SeekingMichigan today. Their systems have been “overwhelmed,” to use their word. They’re making changes that will increase capacity for us by this weekend. Happy searching! Leave us a comment if you find anything good.

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Quarter of a Million Michigan Death Records Now Available Free

I got great news from Seeking Michigan today! The partnership between the State of Michigan and the Library of Michigan has resulted in a quarter of approximately 1 million Michigan death records (between the years of 1897 and 1920) being available online, at no charge. The details of the initial launch are in this blog [...]

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Walkthrough: MacFamilyTree V5.4.1 Update

I just put together a screencast video to show you most, if not all, of the visible changes in the recent 5.4 and 5.4.1 releases of Synium’s Mac genealogy software, MacFamilyTree. Download this video to your computer for your private use [available to members only (you choose the amount to donate)].

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