Ancestry.com announced a sweepstakes to accompany season two of their popular genealogy TV show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" They call it the "Ultimate Family History Journey Sweepstakes." The grand prize is $20,000 in travel money, 8 hours of … [Continue reading] about Ancestry.com Sweepstakes for WDYTYA Season 2
MacFamilyTree Updated to 6.0.11
There's a new update available for the genealogy software, MacFamilyTree. If you're uploading to MacFamilyTree.com or doing web exports this one will be of interest to you. Launch the application to get the update. … [Continue reading] about MacFamilyTree Updated to 6.0.11
RootsMagic 4 on Your Mac
Last week there was a post on the RootsMagic blog about running RootsMagic 4 on a Mac. I've had this topic on my list of future videos for a while and this post pushed it to the top. As the post says, there are a few options for running RootsMagic … [Continue reading] about RootsMagic 4 on Your Mac
Family Tree Maker 2010 for Mac Version 19.2.1.241 Released
Launch your copy of Family Tree Maker for Mac to get the latest update. It's apparently loaded with undisclosed bug fixes and enhancements. Here's what the upgrade dialog lists: Numerous stability fixes were made Child sort order is shown … [Continue reading] about Family Tree Maker 2010 for Mac Version 19.2.1.241 Released
How to Abstract an Obituary for Genealogy Research
Obituaries often contain information helpful to genealogy research. Unfortunately they're subject to copyright so you can't legally transcribe nor share them unless they are in the public domain. The next best alternative to transcribing them is to … [Continue reading] about How to Abstract an Obituary for Genealogy Research