When I tell people I don’t recommend Family Tree Maker for Mac 2, they often ask what I do recommend, which is understandable. But I really can’t recommend a genealogy program for other people without knowing what their requirements are. You must first decide what your priorities are. Then you can check on the web to see which programs meet your requirements. You can use Ben’s Feature Comparison Table or FindtheBest.com to find the features you need (but take the Smart Ratings on the latter with a grain of salt). GenSoftReviews.com lists lots of genealogy programs, although not all of them have reviews. But see Tamura Jones’ article, The Most Important Genealogy Software Feature. [Read more…] about What Genealogy Software Do We Recommend?
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Ancestry iOS App 3.1 Update: New Feature Review
The new update to Ancestry’s app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is now available in the app store.
The app can now notify you when Ancestry.com finds information it thinks relevant to your ancestors. Enabling this optional feature will cause the little red number badge to appear on the Ancestry app icon when Ancestry.com finds new information. If you’d like to use this feature, be sure to allow push notifications when prompted after launching the updated app for the first time. [Read more…] about Ancestry iOS App 3.1 Update: New Feature Review
FamilySearch Index Comes to iPhone and iPad
FamilySearch International released their indexing application for iPhone and iPad. It had formerly been PC only software. It’s called FamilySearch Index and is a free download from the App Store.
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Ancestry iOS App 3.0.1 Update
Fire up the App Store! An update to version 3.0.1 of the Ancestry app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is available.
Here are the changes listed in the version notes:
- Shaky leaves
- Simple merge tool
- In app purchase of records
- Information automatically added to photos
- Changeable privacy settings
- Integrated feedback and support
The note also promises more stability and faster performance.
That all seems pretty straight forward except the part about automatically adding information to photos. If you figure out what that means please leave a comment.
Firefox 4 for Mac Genealogists
The new Firefox 4 browser is out. It has a couple of features that can help you stay organized when researching your genealogy on the web. Firstly, related tabs can be organized in groups called, you guessed it, group tabs. With group tabs, only the tabs in the currently selected group appear on the tab bar. Secondly, app tabs narrow the tab and make it appear in the tab bar for all groups. It sounds more complicated than it is which is why I make these videos.
In this video I show you how to create a genealogy tab group and app tabs for commonly used web applications like Gmail.
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