If you’re an Ancestry.com subscriber like me, you may have noticed that The Generations Network, Inc. have improved your home page. You can now move the content of the page around to put things where you like. They also created a My Quick Links box in the right column. This enables you to add links to your favorite and commonly visited sites right on your Ancestry.com home page. Please follow along with this video from the MacGenealogist Archives to add Genealogytools.com to your quick links and to see the other configuration demonstrated.
Creating A Comparison of Macintosh Genealogy Software
Last weekend I began diligently working on a set of Mac genealogy software reviews. I discovered that I have some groundwork to do. Determining what applications are out there that are still being actively improved proved difficult. There isn’t a recent list of them. Something had to be done! If I can’t find a list how are Mac genealogists going to know what options exist?
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A Better Way to Locate Unconnected People in iFamily for Leopard
The previous article described an approach to finding “unconnected people” in iFamily for Leopard. Keith Wilson, the creator of iFamily, commented on that article. He pointed out that there is a more direct way of getting a list of unconnected people. His directions were:
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How To Clean Up Unconnected People in iFamily for Leopard
Over time, no matter how careful you have been, you’ll end up with relatives in your genealogy database that are not connected to any other person. These are called unconnected people in iFamily for Leopard. Fortunately, the software provides a way to identify them and then deal with them. Unfortunately, it isn’t as simple as it could be. I’d like to see People without Connections added to the People menu.
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