The OS 3.0 tested version of the iPhone genealogy software from Synium Software GmbH, MobileFamilyTree is available it the iTunes Store. The update is said to include “many fixes for iPhone OS 3.0.” You can get the update through iTunes.
Citing a Marriage Event in Reunion for Mac
The marriage event is different from the events for individuals and even “generic” event for the couple in the Macintosh genealogy software, Reunion. Even though it is accessed and stored differently, it’s just as important to cite sources of your event information. Like other sources in Reunion, marriage event sources can include multimedia. This makes it easy to include images of source records when you have them.
Adding a Marriage Event Citation in Reunion for Mac, I show you how to add a citation to a marriage event. I include adding an image of the source record. This part trips some people up because they (quite reasonably) expect it to be connected with the multimedia window, but it isn’t; multimedia for sources is separate.
Reunion for iPhone/iPod touch Updated to 1.0.2
Leister Productions released the version 1.0.2 update to its Reunion genealogy software for the iPhone and iPod touch today. According to their website, the changes are:
- Added full compatibility with iPhone OS 3.0.
- Added dual color to the Overview when two people are in the same box.
- Added Swedish localization.
I hadn’t checked whether the copy, cut, and paste functions were working in 1.0.1, but they are now. I assume that, and possibly other things, are addressed by the first bullet.
The dual color feature in the overview looks like this:
The Secret to Entering Census Events in Reunion 9 for Mac
Entering census events into Reunion 9 for Mac can be time consuming and error prone if you don’t use the copy and paste feature.
Census events often apply to multiple people in our genealogy databases. Fortunately, events and their associated source citations can be copied an pasted to other records within Reunion. This method of populating event data can be more efficient and result in fewer mistakes when used for event records that apply to more than one person, like censuses.
In this video, Copying Events in Macintosh Genealogy Software Reunion 9 for Mac, I show you, click-by-click, how to use this time saving and error preventing feature.
MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.5.8
Synium released an update to their Macintosh genealogy software MacFamilyTree. According to the software update dialog, version 5.5.8 includes the following changes:
- Many fixes for the Person Merge Feature
- Person Merge can now be accessed from the Family List as well
- Many other bug fixes
- Minor user interface enhancements
- Localization bugs fixed