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Mailing Address List and Report in Reunion 9 for Mac

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How would you like to know how to create lists of contact information (mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses. etc.) for people in your genealogy software, Reunion 9 for Mac family file? Do you want to create mailing labels or do a mail merge from the same data? Well you can thanks to the mailing address list functionality in Reunion 9 for Mac.

In this video from the MacGenealogist Archives, I delve into each button, setting, and field of the mailing address list and report windows in Reunion 9 for Mac, Mailing Address Lists and Reports in the Reunion for Macintosh Genealogy Software.

Mailing Addresses in Reunion 9 for Mac

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Reunion 9 for Mac can store contact information for people in your family files. Mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and web addresses can be stored for individuals and families. Contact lists can be generated and the information can be included in reports such as a family group sheet. You can even copy the information into and out of Reunion for use in other software.

I demonstrate all this and more in this video from the MacGenealogist Archives, Storing and Using Mailing Addresses in the Reunion for Macintosh Genealogy Software.

Here’s a Way to Quickly Enter Data About Children in Reunion 9

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When you have genealogy data about children to enter into your family file you can accomplish the task fastest by using the batch entry and editing window of Reunion 9. Name, gender, status, birth, and death information can all be edited in a tabular form on one window, which is much faster than editing each child separately. The time saving gets even bigger when you’ve got more than one child in a family to add or edit.

This video from the MacGenealogist Archives, shows you the various ways to access the feature and how each option works. If you’re not using this feature you’ll want to dig right into this screencast. If you are using it I still suggest you watch the video to ensure that you aren’t missing out on any of the details.

MacFamilyTree Updated to 5.3.8

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Synium Software have released an update to their Mac genealogy software MacFamilyTree. This takes the version from 5.3.7 to 5.3.8.

According to the Software Update window the changes are:

  • Date picker for date text fields
  • Date format parsing improved
  • Fixes for the Virtual Tree
  • Search Pane can be opened with Command-F
  • Database Maintenance fixes
  • Other minor fixes

Here’s a video, Date Picker in Macintosh Genealogy Software MacFamilyTree, demonstrating the new date picker feature.

How I Find and Correct Duplicate Place-Names

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You may be surprised by the number of different ways you’ve entered the same place-name in your Reunion 9 for Mac family file. This is especially true if you don’t routinely check for and correct duplicate place-names. I recommend putting this on your calendar to do periodically just like checking for “unlinked people.”

In this video from the MacGenealogist Archives, I show you my method for locating and correcting duplicate place-names: Finding and Correcting Duplicate Place Names in the Reunion 9 for Mac Genealogy Software. As you’ll see, it’s easier to spot the duplicates the way I do it when compared to only using the places list. It works if you have 2000 or fewer place-names in your family file. If you have more than that use the places list as I demonstrate early in the screencast.