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Re: Genealogy program for Mac

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On 30/09/13 19:08, Gerry wrote:
> In article <l2cam7$kq9$1@dont-email.me>,
>   John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On 9/30/13   PDT 5:59 AM, Justan Oldfart wrote:
>>> In article <1la08mh.2bqhmn7c59umN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com>, Peter James
>>> <pfj@doesn't.exist.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> At present I'm doing my family research on a Windows computer using
>>>> "Family Tree Maker".  I find the latter to be clunky and not at all
>>>> friendly to use.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend a program for genealogy that will work on the Mac
>>>> and to which I can import my current infromation?
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>
>>> I have experience with:
>>>
>>> Reunion ($$) - probably the best
>>> Family Tree Maker for Mac - has bugs (worse than Windows version)
>>> Mac Family Tree - OK but has a learning curve
>>> iFamily for Leopard - older but still works well on Mountain Lion
>>>
>>> All will import your gedcom file and I think they all will let you try
>>> before you buy.
>>>
>> I would endorse the Reunion app. If your GEDCOM doesn't import the way
>> you want, trash the file in Reunion, export another one from the program
>> you have, and import again till you get it the way you want.
>
> I'm a former genealogy librarian with a state historical society and
> have used Reunion back to when it was first based on HyperCard, and I've
> tried the other programs and I've always come back to Reunion, besides
> it being a very easy program to use, the developers have always been
> responsive to questions and have continued to develop the program; and
> an added benefit is the Reunion Forums, where you can share and get help
> from fellow users.
>
IMHO he best genealogy program, available for Mac and Windows is 
HEREDIS. It can, of course generate GEDCOM files.
I started using it about one year ago, with some family papers , to 
begin with , and I am now far in the middle of the seventeen's century, 
thanks to the fact that in France, where I live (being French), most of 
the civil and parochial registers are available on line for free.

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Genealogy program for Mac pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2013-09-30 09:53 +0100
  Re: Genealogy program for Mac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-30 10:38 +0000
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-09-30 14:56 -0700
  Re: Genealogy program for Mac Bo Davis <bodavis972@gmail.com> - 2013-09-30 05:46 -0500
  Re: Genealogy program for Mac Justan Oldfart <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-09-30 07:59 -0500
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-09-30 09:59 -0700
      Re: Genealogy program for Mac Gerry <xyz@abc.com> - 2013-09-30 10:08 -0700
        Re: Genealogy program for Mac Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2013-10-05 21:40 +0200
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-09-30 20:31 +0100
  Re: Genealogy program for Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-09-30 14:36 -0400
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-09-30 14:50 -0400
      Re: Genealogy program for Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-09-30 15:02 -0400
  Re: Genealogy program for Mac Jim Jaeger <jimjaeger@verizon.net> - 2013-09-30 14:11 -0700
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-01 11:42 +0000
      Re: Genealogy program for Mac Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2013-10-05 21:36 +0200
        Re: Genealogy program for Mac Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@powys.org> - 2013-10-06 13:51 +0100
  Re: Genealogy program for Mac pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2013-10-01 07:41 +0100
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2013-10-05 21:31 +0200
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2013-10-05 21:33 +0200
    Re: Genealogy program for Mac Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2013-10-05 21:42 +0200
      Re: Genealogy program for Mac John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-10-12 07:34 -0700

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