Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Francois Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Genealogy program for Mac Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:40:59 +0200 Lines: 45 Message-ID: <52506B4B.3060507@numericable.fr> References: <1la08mh.2bqhmn7c59umN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> <300920130759550097%nobody@nowhere.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net gdjFkw/uLJmzEpfijrJkKAp2kyBYmrx+y3dn25EOol9MevBAA1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:gElqF/ZTjcrdROS2SmuNjCSKVY0= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:18375 On 30/09/13 19:08, Gerry wrote: > In article , > John McWilliams wrote: > >> On 9/30/13 PDT 5:59 AM, Justan Oldfart wrote: >>> In article <1la08mh.2bqhmn7c59umN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com>, Peter James >>> 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.