Handpicked Software » Genealogy http://www.handpickedsoftware.com Best Software for MAC Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Gene – Genealogy database software http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gene-genealogy-database-software http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gene-genealogy-database-software#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gene-genealogy-database-software Gene is a genealogy database for the Macintosh. Use Gene to store family data and notes, draw and print family trees and pedigree charts, create web pages from your database, and exchange GEDCOM data with users of other genealogy programs. Gene is capable of handling complicated databases with thousands of names, multiple marriages and divorces, adoptions, illegitimate children, and intermarriage between relatives.

Developer’s website: David Eppstein

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gene-genealogy-database-software/feed 0 iFamily for Tiger – A genealogy application built for Mac http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ifamily-for-tiger-a-genealogy-application-built-for-mac http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ifamily-for-tiger-a-genealogy-application-built-for-mac#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ifamily-for-tiger-a-genealogy-application-built-for-mac iFamily for Tiger is a genealogy application for those who want to get the most out of their investment in the latest Apple Mac technology.

iFamily for Tiger is for people who think differently – Some Features:

  • Imports and exports Gedcom files.
  • Fast data entry and navigation.
  • Free updates.

What’s New:
Version 2.266:
 
Ancestors and Descendants Reports
 
The OneLinePerPerson option is now generated with leading tabs instead of leading spaces.
 
Family Group Sheet
 
The Family Group Sheet has been rewritten using Text Tables and can now be exported to a word processor for additional formating and editing.
 
Context Diagram
 
Added near relatives to the right click pop-up menu to enable the user to quickly navigate to Parents, Siblings, Children, Grandchildren, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, Nephews and Nieces. This provides faster navigation than using right click in the Relatives pane.
 
Ancestors and Descendants Diagrams
 
As for the Context Diagram, added near relatives to the right click pop-up menu to enable the user to quickly navigate to Parents, Siblings, Children, Grandchildren, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, Nephews and Nieces. Also added Print buttons to the Ancestors and Descendants panes in the lower half of the main window.
 
Event Dates Editing Dialog
 
Added an option to convert dates from yyyy-mm-dd and yyyy-mm to valid dates after importing a Gedcom file. These invalid date formats can be included in Gedcom files from two other (so far) genealogy applications.  
 
People Index
 
Added an option to Show Duplicates. The user can choose to match on Name, Name + Birth Year or Name + Birth + Death Years.
 
Gedcom Import
 
Added UGED as an acceptable Gedcom file extension to handle non-standard Unicode Gedcom file names from MacFamilyTree.
 
Arial Fonts
 
If the required Arial fonts are not enabled then Font Book will be automatically invoked to allow the user to enable them.
 
Event Places
 
In the printed list generated from the Event Places dialog the Place names can now be inverted and sorted before printing. For instance Kennedy’s Creek, Wayne Co, KY, USA now appears in the report as USA, KY, Wayne Co, Kennedy’s Creek. This means that all events in Wayne Co are now listed together in the report. It also means that mis-spellings like Canady’s Creek or Canadas Creek are easier to spot.
 
Sources Add/Modify/Delete Dialog
 
Added a function to merge two Sources.  It first moves all the Source Citations to refer to another Source and then gives you the option to delete the original Source. This is very useful if you have imported a Gedcom file that contains a lot of duplicate Sources.

 

What’s New in V2.260
 
Sources
 
Improved memory management for databases that contain many Sources and Source References. With large databases the spinning beach ball occasionally occurred during a change of Focal Person.
 
Added a search filter for Sources to the Sources Add/Mod/Delete dialog, with options to filter on all Source fields or on any individual field. The search options are accessed by clicking on the disclosue triangle to the right of the Q in the search field.
 
Added a search filter to the Source Citations table to filter on Page Ref. The Source Citations can be sorted by clicking column headers.
 
The location of the vertical splitbar between Notes and Source Citations is now remembered the next time that the Sources dialog is invoked.
 
Corrected a bug that sometimes occurred after deleting a Source.
 
Corrected a bug in the Events pane that occasionally occurred with large databases when there a an Active Source and after new Event was added.   
 
People Index
 
Added additional columns for database name, father, mother, spouses and todo in the comma delimited spreadsheet output.
 
The frame position of the People Index is now saved as a user default and reused in the next iFamily session.
 
Relatives Pane
 
Added a print button to generate a comma delimited (csv) file similar to the one for the People Index. This report can be very useful for creating “please fill in the blanks reports” that can be mailed to relatives to collect missing data. If you have a few spreadsheet skills then you may like to create something more elaborate.
 
Statistics Report
 
Added the statistics for Age At Death < 1, 1 - 10, 11 - 20, ... as both numbers and percentages.  
 
Colors – CYMK, HSB and Grayscale
 
Reactivated the CYMK, HSB and Grayscale colour options in the ColorPanel.  For adjusting the background colour of the Context Diagram the HSB option in the ColorPanel is great – try it as follows: Reset the default colours; Leave the Saturation at 24%, the Brightness at 98%;  slide the Hue up/down from 0o – 360o.  

Version 2.252

  • People Index – Added a button called “Generate Csv File” that creates a comma separated values (csv) file which can then be loaded into a spreadsheet application. The people included are those currently displayed in the Filtered/Sorted list of people in the table in the People Index panel.
  • Colors- Bug – Corrected a bug that occurred when choosing CYMK or Grayscale colors in the Color Panels. This bug has only been reported by one user. If you are using V2.250 or V2.251 and you get an error message that says something like “An exception occurred in iFamily V2.251 in CdDiagram.m : drawRect_1 at line 761″ and the error message also mentions a problem with colors then you need to: (a) delete the file called com.kswa.iFamilyForTiger.plist that is in folder xxxxx /Library /Preferences, where xxxxx is your Home directory, and (b) restart iFamily for Tiger and then (c) download V2.252.

Developer’s website: KS Wilson & Associates Pty Ltd

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ifamily-for-tiger-a-genealogy-application-built-for-mac/feed 0 GEDitCOM – Geneology software http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/geditcom-geneology-software http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/geditcom-geneology-software#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/geditcom-geneology-software GEDitCOM is the customizable genealogy application for the Macintosh (including Mac OS X) for editing and viewing GEDCOM genealogy files. Using the GEDitCOM customization features, you can design your own genealogy user interface. Or, if you prefer, you can use the Default Format that comes with GEDitCOM.

What’s New:
Version 3.80b1:

  • Many internal changes were done (regarding resources) that address two issues. First, GEDitCOM can now fully be run by users without administrative privilidges. Second, the internal changes may evenutally lead to a universal binary version of GEDitCOM (more on this subject later).
  • A new command for export styles permitted addition of a new export style (called “Fix INDI to FAM Links”) that can repair files downloaded from Ancestry.com that are lacking all the required individual links. The new export style is in the download, but may move to a downable export style once this version is complete.
  • Fixed bugs dealing with scrolling in dialog boxes when more than 32767 individuals and not allowing detaching of association links to non-individual records.
  • Besides the above changes, you can look for other changes in the What’s New help topic accessible through the help menu.
  • Send bug reports to bugs@geditcom.com.
  • Even if you do not find any bugs, please still send email to bugs@geditcom.com to state all looks OK. For such emails, please give information about your Macintosh. It is important to verify that GEDitCOM works in various MacOS’s 8.6 and above. (Note that Apple is not fully supporting Carbon application features for 8.1 to 8.5, but most should work).
  • If you have suggestions, send them along.
  • Some things will change before the final version is released. You should replace any beta versions you download with the final release when that is available and you should not delete your older versions until after that time.

Developer’s website: John A. Nairn

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/geditcom-geneology-software/feed 0 Family – Create family trees in the most intuitive way http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/family-create-family-trees-in-the-most-intuitive-way http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/family-create-family-trees-in-the-most-intuitive-way#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/family-create-family-trees-in-the-most-intuitive-way Family lets you easily create family trees in the most intuitive way possible.

Key features include:

  • The ability to tell each person’s story.
  • iPhoto integration
  • iSight integration
  • Intuitive User Interface
  • Spotlight-like search
  • Zero Configuration
  • PDF, JPEG and PNG Export
  • Per-Person Customizable Traits

What’s New:
Version 2.0.2:

  • StoryTelling and Additional Information are now on their own tabs.
  • It is now easier to use formatting in the StoryTelling tab thanks to an action menu.
  • Renamed Additional Information. It is now Documents and Media.
  • Replaced the document icon. (thanks Leon!)
  • Family now allows any text to be entered into the birth/death date fields.
  • StoryTelling now has the ability to have a link created, via the action button.
  • Fixed a problem with deselection.
  • Added a new, built-in help system.
  • Search now searches through dates as well as names.

Developer’s website: Saltatory Software

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/family-create-family-trees-in-the-most-intuitive-way/feed 0 Osk – Create family trees with personal details http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/osk-create-family-trees-with-personal-details http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/osk-create-family-trees-with-personal-details#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/osk-create-family-trees-with-personal-details Osk… If you work with any kind of family information, you will like Osk. It allows you to keep unlimited information on anything you want. This software is person based, so everything regarding a person is always visible.

Osk allows you to work with genealogy information in a very easy and fast way. Keep track of friends, family, celebrities, and any other information that you want to keep track of.

Some Features:

  • Full unicode support
  • Universal Binary
  • Is available in English, German, Portuguese, Icelandic, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian
  • Uses multiple cpus if available
  • Create family trees, export them as pictures, and then export your information as a web site
  • Makes it easy to handle difficult information like same sex couples, adoptions and other difficult data, for example when the same persons get married more than once
  • Add multimedia files, like sound, pictures and movies of given person
  • Add information on sources and places where people lived, as detailed as you want to
  • Very easy to use, and keeps all information at your fingertips
  • Gedcom export
  • Timelines and Points in time

What’s New:
Version 4.9.2:

  • Fixed a bug when adding first child
  • Fixed windows refrehing issue
  • Much improved Gedcom import
  • Gedcom export
  • Media handling is faster
  • Statistics
  • Printing of reports
  • Timeline
  • Points in time
  • More

Developer’s website: Studlar Software

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/osk-create-family-trees-with-personal-details/feed 0 MacFamilyTree – Genealogy application http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/macfamilytree-genealogy-application http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/macfamilytree-genealogy-application#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/macfamilytree-genealogy-application MacFamilyTree fifth release offers an entirely new GUI a highly modern, graphical user interface that is individually configurable to your needs.

By the use of Apple’s revolutionary Core Data technology it is possible to easily sift through huge databases. These may consist of information about tens of thousands of individuals, including digitized photographic images, sound files and movies.

To achieve this, MacFamilyTree 5 has been completely rewritten with the use of the most recent development technique.

Updates from previous versions are available for $25 (US)

What’s New:
Version 5.0b7:

  • New Birthdays Report
  • Many improvements in the Family Assistant
  • Fixes in the GEDCOM Import and Export
  • Improvements and fixes in the Charts Editor

Developer’s website: Synium Software GmbH

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/macfamilytree-genealogy-application/feed 0 Genealogy Pro – Catalog family relationships, draw family trees http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-pro-catalog-family-relationships-draw-family-trees http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-pro-catalog-family-relationships-draw-family-trees#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-pro-catalog-family-relationships-draw-family-trees Genealogy Pro for Mac OS X is a genealogy application for storing family relationships and drawing family trees. It is low cost, has many features, the primary features being the easy to use graphical interface, family tree charting functions and the easy to use web publishing that allows sharing of your family tree with friends and family on the internet.

What’s New:
Version 2.2 provides options of displaying fields and images for individuals in the Ahnentafel report. It also fixes a minor bug where extras spaces appeared in the inidividuals listing, when imported from GEDCOM files.

Developer’s website: Genealogy Pro Software Services

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-pro-catalog-family-relationships-draw-family-trees/feed 0 Reunion – Create a sophisticated record of your family tree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-create-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-create-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-create-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your family — your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form — people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.

Reunion makes it easy to publish your family tree information — even if you want to share it on the Web. You can automatically create common genealogy reports, charts, and forms, as well as birthday calendars, mailing lists, questionnaires, indexes, and other lists. Reunion even calculates relationships, ages, life expectancies, and statistics.

Reunion also creates large, high-resolution, graphic charts allowing complete on-screen editing of boxes, lines, fonts, and colors. Wall charts are one of its specialties.

Limitations of the demo version:

  • Only 50 people can be entered in a family file.
  • Import/Export is disabled.
  • Charts and slideshows can’t be saved.
  • Printed output will be watermarked.

What’s New:
Version 9.0.5:

  • New Feature: "Find on this Page" added to note fields, logs, and sources. This makes it easy to find words in long note fields, logs, and the free-form text field of source records.
  • New Feature: Repair multimedia links – a new feature to help you find and resolve broken multimedia links. See the new Repair button in: Reunion -> Preferences / Multimedia / Locations.
  • New Feature: "Paste as Plain Text" – a new menu item for pasting text in notes and logs that will strip text styles and colors from the pasted text.
  • New Feature: Enter source by number. If you’re familiar with your source numbers you can document the source of data even faster.
  • New Feature: Added the ability to search for "married name" in the Index and in the family card search box. Just use a dash before the name in the search box. For example, searching for "-clinton, hilary" would create a list of all the Clintons, including anybody who married a Clinton.
  • New Feature: In Sibling popup menus, child status is appended to names of siblings.
  • New Feature: Picture windows – added more zoom choices when Control-clicking a picture window or using the Picture menu.
  • Ages window – Escape key closes the Options sheet.
  • Ages window – opening/closing Options sheet properly restores the menu bar.
  • Calendar window – the "Living Only" button changes to "Married Only" if Marriage is the selected event.
  • Charts – added keyboard shortcuts for making bold and italic text in chart boxes.
  • Charts – faster updating when all objects are selected and nudged using arrow keys.
  • Charts – fixed some odd behavior with certain fonts.
  • Charts – fixed some printing problems when printing to a single page (or creating PDF files) larger than 455 inches.
  • Charts – Save Default Text Attributes is working properly.
  • Charts – the previous orientation choice for descendant charts is remembered and applied to the next chart you create.
  • CSS Web Styles- fixed some minor cosmetic problems and improved compatibility with Firefox and Explorer
  • Edit Parents window – fixed a cosmetic problem with showing results of edits.
  • Editing – fixed a problem with deleting events and facts in the Edit Person and Edit Family windows.
  • Family Card – corrected font size of title of a Note field when a non-default font was selected in Field Preferences for the Note field.
  • Family Card – refreshed after deleting marked/unmarked people so that text "x marked people" is shown properly.
  • Family Card – size of the child area on the family card is saved (this was a problem accidentally introduced in 9.04).
  • File -> Save a Copy – "Exact copy" option wasn’t overwriting file of the same name.
  • File -> Save a Copy – fixed a problem with the Return Address field in the Report Preferences when using the "Compact Copy" option.
  • Find Anything / People searches – searching for hyphen in marriage dates works properly.
  • Font Sizes – crossing platforms loses font sizes in prefs.
  • GEDCOM Export – fixed sensitive data filtering for event memos.
  • GEDCOM Import – added support for cross referenced marriage memos.
  • Index – displaying ‘Married Name’ in the Index no longer confuses the ‘Spouse’ column.
  • Index – fixed a problem with sorting and searching last names starting with "Mc". NOTE: you must rebuild the Index to see this change. Choose Reunion -> Preferences / Index and click the Rebuild button.
  • Initial Caps – fixed problem where Initial Caps was not applying to short first & middle names.
  • List windows – sorting by the "Full Name" column works properly.
  • Mailing Address Window – behavior of the Initial Caps and UPPERCASE buttons is no longer tied to Prefix Word settings in the Index Preferences.
  • Mailing Address Reports – dividing lines are included when the Include Empty fields button is unchecked.
  • Move Fields feature (in Field Preferences window) – added ability to move data to and from the "Misc Event" field.
  • Pictures – improved the quality of reduced and cropped images in web output, on the family card, in the Multimedia window, in the Picture window, and in the Print Preview.
  • Print Preview – fixed misc. problems with overlapping text, blank pages, page numbering.
  • Reports, Register & Ahnentafel – marriage data properly included in narrative.
  • Reports – Index and Surname pages in web output no longer force last names to uppercase.
  • Reports – Color in notes is output properly in Person Sheets and Family Group Sheets.
  • Reports – Color in RTF output no longer "bleeds" from one section to the title of the next section.
  • Shortcut – Command+S clicks the Save button in Edit Spouses window and Custom Date window.
  • Siblilng popup menu – fixed a problem when a person’s parents are married to each other twice.
  • Edit Source – fixed occasional crash when saving changes to a source.
  • Source List – searching now ignores diacriticals.
  • Upgrading – improvements when upgrading family files with extended characters.
  • View popup menu in toolbar – Command key equivalents appear in the popup menu.
  • Web Output – fixed a problem in notes with empty source reference when sources were not included.
  • Web Output – fixed a linking problem with media files linked to sources.

Developer’s website: Leister Productions, Inc.

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-create-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree/feed 0 GenerationX – Genealogy tool manages GEDCOM files http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/generationx-genealogy-tool-manages-gedcom-files http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/generationx-genealogy-tool-manages-gedcom-files#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/generationx-genealogy-tool-manages-gedcom-files GenerationX is an OpenSource tool for managing GEDCOM data files on Macs running OS X. It’s a brand new tool and has lots of room for improvement. I wrote it for my own use and amusement. Hopefully you’ll find it as useful as I do.

The source code is available.

What’s New:
release notes not available currently

Developer’s website: nowhereman77

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/generationx-genealogy-tool-manages-gedcom-files/feed 0 Heredis – Comprehensive geneology solution http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heredis-comprehensive-geneology-solution http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heredis-comprehensive-geneology-solution#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heredis-comprehensive-geneology-solution Heredis is a complete geneology application that has the following features:

  • Immediate display and access to all functions on one screen only
  • Comprehensive data management
  • Powerful search tools and database merging
  • Integrated mode of visualization of your family in 3D
  • Media associated with all types of data
  • Excellent sourcing capabilities
  • Pages and personal menus ready for integration on your website
  • Family trees: truly a revolution!

Developer’s website: BSD Concept

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heredis-comprehensive-geneology-solution/feed 0 ohmiGene – Create and manage genealogies easily http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ohmigene-create-and-manage-genealogies-easily http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ohmigene-create-and-manage-genealogies-easily#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ohmigene-create-and-manage-genealogies-easily With ohmiGene you can:

  • Create and manage genealogies easily.
  • Import and export files in the format GEDCOM.
  • Publish genealogy in a web site.
  • With history (30 persons), it is possible to find quickly an individual.
  • It is possible to create working lists, according to a multitude of criteria.
  • Every person can be marked by means of 24 personalized criteria.
  • And more.

What’s New:
release notes not available currently

Developer’s website: Ohm inProduction

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/ohmigene-create-and-manage-genealogies-easily/feed 0 GEDCOM Editor – Inspect, create, modify genealogy data http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom-editor-inspect-create-modify-genealogy-data http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom-editor-inspect-create-modify-genealogy-data#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom-editor-inspect-create-modify-genealogy-data GEDCOM Editor allows to inspect, create and modify Genealogy Data stored in the GEDCOM 5.5 standard.

  • GEDCOM 5.5 compatible
  • supports ASCII, ANSEL and Unicode databases
  • UI similar to Property List Editor
  • full Cocoa Application
  • directly handles Cross-References (XREF/POINTER)

Developer’s website: DSITRI

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom-editor-inspect-create-modify-genealogy-data/feed 0 Genealogy Explorer – Dig into your roots with Genealogy Explorer http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-explorer-dig-into-your-roots-with-genealogy-explorer http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-explorer-dig-into-your-roots-with-genealogy-explorer#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-explorer-dig-into-your-roots-with-genealogy-explorer Genealogy Explorer lets you explore your roots by tracing your family
tree. This demo gives you a rough idea of how the program works, but
does not include all the features of the complete version.

Developer’s website:

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/genealogy-explorer-dig-into-your-roots-with-genealogy-explorer/feed 0 Heritage – Chart your family tree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heritage-chart-your-family-tree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heritage-chart-your-family-tree#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heritage-chart-your-family-tree Heritage is a genealogy database program that can help you keep track of
your family tree. Features include data entry and retrieval of
individuals and families, tracking and display of photographs, three
different types of display, and the ability to determine and display the
relationship of any two individuals. This demo version will only allow
40 entries into any database you create.

Developer’s website: Tag Software

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/heritage-chart-your-family-tree/feed 0 TreeTracker – Bridges the gap between picturespace and familyspace http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/treetracker-bridges-the-gap-between-picturespace-and-familyspace http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/treetracker-bridges-the-gap-between-picturespace-and-familyspace#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/treetracker-bridges-the-gap-between-picturespace-and-familyspace Welcome to TreeTracker. The software that bridges the link between picturespace and familyspace.

The purpose of TreeTracker is to make it easy for family historians and geneologists to track and organize family photos and their lineage. The interface is designed to be “the simplest tool that could possibly work.”

What’s New:
Version 1.1 fixes some problems with internationalization and date formats. Adds some additional preference options, and fixes some bugs.

Developer’s website: DeVoeSquared, LLC

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/treetracker-bridges-the-gap-between-picturespace-and-familyspace/feed 0 NameFinder – Find a name for your baby http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/namefinder-find-a-name-for-your-baby http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/namefinder-find-a-name-for-your-baby#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/namefinder-find-a-name-for-your-baby NameFinder is a program that helps you to find a name for your baby (or
anything else). Many different people can enter their name favourites. A
lot of suggestions (top-ten names female/male from Germany, France and
the USA and a variety of other name proposals) can help you to find the
right name.

Developer’s website: Cyclon-Softworx

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/namefinder-find-a-name-for-your-baby/feed 0 SeeGEDCOMX – Display lists of people in GEDCOM documents http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/seegedcomx-display-lists-of-people-in-gedcom-documents http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/seegedcomx-display-lists-of-people-in-gedcom-documents#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/seegedcomx-display-lists-of-people-in-gedcom-documents SeeGEDCOMX is used to display lists of people in GEDCOM documents; draw ancestor, descendant and family trees; extract people from a GEDCOM according to year of birth, place of birth, name, etc; and generally to browse your way around a GEDCOM document in a WWW-like way. It’s fast, but does need a fair bit of memory.
The input database is read pretty quickly; 500 kilobytes is interpreted in a second or two on the slowest PowerMac. When a GEDCOM file is opened SeeGEDCOMX displays a window containing a listing of the all the individuals in the file. This is called a Group view and looks a lot like a List View in the MacOS Finder. There are ‘folder’ icons for each surname, with drop triangles that you use to display more information. This is the starting point for browsing through the entire database. It’s as easy as navigating in the Finder itself, or using a Web browser.
SeeGEDCOMX has unusual and (in my opinion!) rather nice ways of extracting parts of a GEDCOM database whether as new GEDCOM files, reports for use with a word processor (RTF), or as plain text.

There is limited support for editing a GEDCOM document. This is an area where the program is being actively developed and feedback is requested.

What’s New:
Version 0.8:

  • This version is the same as 0.8b4 except only that it will not expire. It is a PowerPC application that will run on Intel Macintoshes using Apple’s Rosetta emulation.

Developer’s website: Keith Clarke

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/seegedcomx-display-lists-of-people-in-gedcom-documents/feed 0 Reunion Updater – Make a sophisticated record of your family tree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-updater-make-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-updater-make-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-updater-make-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree Reunion is powerful software for organizing your family tree. Reunion tracks genealogy and
displays information in an easy-to-understand
format. You can print high-resolution graphics
that can be displayed on your wall and used as an easy reference of your family history. You
can even include pictures for a more graphical
appearance. The demo is limited to 35 entries,
cannot export the data, and does not allow the graphic printouts to be saved.

What’s New:
Version 8.0.5 adds the following:

  • Gedcom Import: Made some improvements that should speed up the importing of larger files.
  • Fixed a problem that would cause Initial Caps and Uppercase to be ignored in the Edit Marriage Window.
  • Options -> Startup: Calendar settings were not getting properly saved.
  • Chart Editor: Fixed a problem with the Squeeze Pedigree menu command that was introduced in 8.04.
  • Fixed a problem that would cause Reunion to beep when calculating relationships for a person with a very large number of direct line ancestors.
  • Fixed a problem in Match & Merge People that would cause incorrect matches when only one person was marked.
  • Reporting the contents of the LDS Ordinances window when nothing was listed in the family list, could result in a crash.
  • Edit Person/Edit Family: When changing an LDS Status from a popup menu, the Save button will become enabled.
  • Index of the Descendant Report was lising the wrong number for spouses of descendants when register numbers were used.
  • Source List: Corrected some sorting issues when sorting sources by the source Data.
  • OS X 10.3 (Panther) Fixes:
    • Resize box would sometimes not show when a resizable window was opened.
    • Fixed the clipping from the bottom of some popup arrows, such as the red multiple spouse arrows.
    • Fixed a problem that would cause a blank white rectangle in the top right corner of the Help window when using Search the Manual and also when clicking the Contact button in the About Reunion window.
    • Fixed a problem that would cause a blank white rectangle in the top left corner of the Edit Person window after clicking New Male Person or New Female Person in the Begin window that appears when first opening a family file.
    • Fixed some odd behavior and crashing with the Match & Merge window.
    • Fixed some undesireable behavior with the Find Anything window.

Developer’s website: Leister Productions

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/reunion-updater-make-a-sophisticated-record-of-your-family-tree/feed 0 Date Calculator – Enter a date, convert it, find its day of the week http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/date-calculator-enter-a-date-convert-it-find-its-day-of-the-week http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/date-calculator-enter-a-date-convert-it-find-its-day-of-the-week#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/date-calculator-enter-a-date-convert-it-find-its-day-of-the-week In the Date Calculator, you can enter any date and convert it between Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew, and French Republic and find its day of the week. You can enter two dates and find the time span between them. You can do various other date and time calculations and conversions as well.

A unique feature of the Date Calculator versus other date utilities is that you can enter "fuzzy" dates, like just a month and year (APR 1901) or a range of dates (FROM 1845 to 1867), an still do calculations. The calculations will give all possible answers for the date and time information provided. Being able to do calculations with imprecise dates and time spans is a very useful tool for genealogists working with imprecise date information.

Developer’s website: John Nairn

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/date-calculator-enter-a-date-convert-it-find-its-day-of-the-week/feed 0 Gedcom2Geneweb – Convert GEDCOM files to a Geneweb app http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom2geneweb-convert-gedcom-files-to-a-geneweb-app http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom2geneweb-convert-gedcom-files-to-a-geneweb-app#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom2geneweb-convert-gedcom-files-to-a-geneweb-app Gedcom2Geneweb allows you to convert a GEDCOM File and produce a new file suitable for any Geneweb application. It has been tested on GEDCOM files issued from Reunion for Mac OS X and Heredis X. French and English version

What’s New:
release notes not available currently

Developer’s website: Alain Goubault

]]> http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/gedcom2geneweb-convert-gedcom-files-to-a-geneweb-app/feed 0 Pedigree-Draw – Genealogical diagrams of family pedigree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/pedigree-draw-genealogical-diagrams-of-family-pedigree http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/pedigree-draw-genealogical-diagrams-of-family-pedigree#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.handpickedsoftware.com/pedigree-draw-genealogical-diagrams-of-family-pedigree Pedigree-Draw 6 is a Macintosh OS X application that provides for creation, editing and drawing of pedigrees, or family trees, of human or non-human extended family lineages. It was developed originally for use in analyzing population data gathered for biomedical and genetic research. Although not designed as a genealogical database per se, the program can be used to collect and edit biographical data found in the course of family history research, as well as pictures of family members, and display or print those data in hierarchical diagrams suitable for publication. Output may also be saved in Portable Document Format (PDF) for distribution via the Internet, or posting on web-sites.

A 15 day Trial License may be requested by e-mail.

Developer’s website: Jurek Software

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