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Ben Sayer

Article Rating Feature Added

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In my never-ending quest to satisfy your Mac genealogy needs, I’ve added an article rating feature to the site by which you can give me useful feedback with a single click of your mouse. Like your comments, this information will help me give you more of what you find valuable. It will also aid your fellow MacGenealogists by telling them what the community finds most helpful.

Each article will have a set of stars at the bottom. Please rate the article by clicking on a star, a rating of five stars being the best.

Now you can practice on this article. Go ahead. You won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t find value in this or any other article. I want to know what’s working best for you. This goes for comments too (I love comments!). It would be super helpful if you would go to your favorite articles and rate them.

Thanks!

How to Quickly Navigate Your Family File Using the Reunion 9 Overview Window

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The overview window in Reunion 9 for Mac makes navigating a family file quick no matter how large. It also provides a fast way to examine relationships elsewhere in the family file without leaving the current family card. There is even a hidden chart type available from this view!

The overview window makes navigating a family file a breeze by displaying a simple, interactive, 5 generation, pedigree chart like the one below.

reunion_9_overview_window

What makes it interactive is that each person on the chart is displayed as a sort of button that can be clicked to change your location in the tree or double-clicked to cause Reunion 9 to display that person’s family card.

Relationships can be swiftly explored in this view by using a popup menu that lists the person’s spouse(s) and associated children. There’s even a way to see this popup menu (shown below) for anyone on the chart, but it isn’t obvious. Watch the video to see how it’s done.

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Every feature and function of the overview window is demonstrated in this video from the MacGenealogist Archives, Overview Window in Reunion 9. In it I show you how to use the overview window in Reunion 9 for Mac to navigate your family file, explore relationships, and generate the hidden, one-page pedigree chart.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

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At this special time of year the focus is on family even more than usual. I count you all as members of my great family. Bless you all in the coming year!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

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I haven’t made any snow people this season, so last year’s will have to do.

At this special time of year the focus is on family even more than usual. I count you all as members of my great family. Bless you all in the coming year!

How to Install the Free Legacy Family Tree 7

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Legacy Family Tree is among the best of the genealogy database software for the PC and you can use the Standard Edition for free. This makes trying the application risk free, whether your new to genealogy or already using another program.

There is a Deluxe Edition and naturally it includes features not in the Standard Edition, but the free version has more than enough capability to make it useful. I’ve found that genealogy software is like shoes. All, but the most exotic are suitable, but each pair either feels right for you or doesn’t. Trying the Standard Edition will help you decide if Legacy Family Tree is a good fit for you.

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