This version fully supports the iPad, has improved sorting in list views, and performance enhancements.
News
Lineascope.com Now Does Parent Child Relationships
Lineascope.com has been updated! Here are the changes in this release:
- Parents’s can be specified in an individual’s birth event. Be sure to add fathers and mothers to the birth events you documented before this release.
- Parent’s names have been moved from the subject table to a new parents table on the individual sheet.
- Biological children are listed in a new children section of the individual sheet.
- The find feature on the individuals page now searches proven name too.
- The subject table on individual sheets now lists birth and death dates, description, and reference only when proven.
- Unproven characteristics and events appear in italics on individual sheets. Once proven, they will appear in a regular font.
- The count of pending searches, if there are any, appears in parentheses at the end of the research link in the navigation bar.
Family Tree Maker 2010 for Mac Announced
Ancestry.com has announced they will be releasing their genealogy software, Family Tree Maker 2010, on the Mac platform later this year.
I welcome the return of the software. It signals the growing importance of the Mac platform to genealogists and the competition is much needed.
The features touted on their web site are:
- Integration with Ancestry.com — Easily add records and images from Ancestry.com and import your Ancestry.com family tree, along with attached photos.
- Family books, charts and reports — Publish beautiful keepsakes and books to share with friends and family.
- Slideshows — Create slideshows from photos in your tree.
Standard source templates — Cite the right information every time.- Family migration paths — View timelines and interactive maps highlighting events and places in your ancestors’ lives.
Help for Lineascope
“Thank you” to all of you who checked out my evidence based genealogy application, Lineascope.com! It quickly became apparent that I needed to help people understand how to use an evidence driven approach as well as the Lineascope system.
I added messages throughout the pages. They provide information and tips to guide you. I also created screencasts that will walk you through using the application to create a proof for an event.
The videos are on the new help page. If you were puzzled by how to do evidence driven genealogy with Lineascope please visit again and look at the messages and videos. I’d love your feedback.
New Home for Lineascope.com Discussion
I want to dialog with you all about Lineascope and your experiences with it. At the same time, I don’t think that this is the place. I don’t want MacGenealogists who aren’t interested in Lineascope to be inundated with news and comments about it.
So I’ve created a group on GenealogyWise.com called Lineascope.com Fans. If you want to stay in the loop or even better participate as Lineascope develops and evolves, join the group and the dialog over there.