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The Ancestry.com application for iPhone and iPod touch has been updated in the App Store. The 1.0.1 release adds support for first generation iPod touch and fixes a crash bug.

I’ve checked out the iPhone (and iPod touch) app recently released by Ancestry.com. The free app is called Tree To Go. It enables you to examine and update the trees you have on Ancestry.com through your iPhone—no, you can’t search the databases at Ancestry.com through the app. A synchronization feature keeps the data in your phone and on Ancestry.com, well, in sync.

I’ve read some consumer reviews that complain of crashes with large trees, but haven’t experienced that myself. It seems to be a problem when the number of ancestors is in the multiple thousands.

Here are some screen captures to give you a flavor for what it does (click on an image to see a full-sized version):

The release addresses the following:

Several fixes and improvements for the coordinate lookup for the Virtual Globe

Crash issue fixed for Mac OS X 10.5

Database migration issue fixed for older Version 4 databases

You can download the latest version here.

Reunion for Mac has been updated to fix the GEDCOM import problem that was introduced in the 9.0a release, a cosmetic issue with some lists when using Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and display and printing issues with images in charts. Download a copy from here.

I noticed that Reunion for Mac has been updated to fix issues with the newest Mac OS, so I thought I’d mention it here. Here is the change list:

• Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) – fixed an incompatibility with Reunion and Snow Leopard where family files would not open if they had source citations visible on the family card. Also fixed the display of source citations in note fields.
• Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) – fixed an incompatibility with Reunion and Snow Leopard when compacting family files while displaying children and parents in the list format.
• iDisk/MobileMe – fixed some problems when uploading web reports to iDisk.
• iDisk/MobileMe – replaced references to .mac (dot mac) with MobileMe.
• Sorting Children – when sorting children on the family card, the modified date for the family card will be updated.
• Printing – improved printing quality of PDF objects pasted in charts.
• Web Reports – fixed a problem on Intel Macs when generating Google Analytics code.
• LDS – fixed a bug when applying temple date and code to marked people.
• LDS/GEDCOM Import – submitted status of LDS events will no longer be lost if a date is present.
• Manual – several improvements in the manual.
• Web Styles – several improvements to .css files.

You can get the new version here.

P.S. Before you upgrade, read the comment from Roger about a GEDCOM import bug introduced in this version!