Software MacKiev is an award-winning developer and publisher of premium quality software including Family Tree Maker®, KID PIX®, The Print Shop®, Roger Wagner’s HyperStudio®, Mavis Beacon® Teaches Typing, 3D Weather Globe™, WORLD BOOK® Encyclopedia, ClueFinders® Adventures series, Thinkin’ Things® and Thinkin’ Science®, and a growing line of iPhone and iPad apps. Biggest draws: Nifty graphics, 3-D family tree. Drawbacks: Slow GEDCOM importing. MacFamilyTree 9. Manufacturer: Synium Software. Biggest draws: Easy setup, attractive interface, fast GEDCOM imports. Drawbacks: No family group sheet. Price: $99, or $49 for upgrade from an older version. Manufacturer: Leister Productions. We are Leister Productions, developer of Reunion for Mac and ReunionTouch for iPhone/iPad.
MacFamilyTree and Reunion have free trials, so I recommend starting there. Check each one out to see how it feels for you. You won't be able to do the same with Family Tree Maker for Mac, but you could check in at your local genealogy society and Mac users group to see if anyone there can give you a quick demo. You can also see all these programs and more in instructional videos on my site, GenealogyTools.com. They each have very different workflows so using them or at least seeing them in action will help you discover which one best fits your needs.
If you know what features you require, be sure to see the comparison of Mac Genealogy software that I publish as well.
Best regards,
----Ben >@<
If you know what features you require, be sure to see the comparison of Mac Genealogy software that I publish as well.
Best regards,
----Ben >@<
Mar 11, 2011 8:15 PM
Here are the select set of resources you’ll need to explore your family’s history.
Reunion Family Tree Software For Mac
Start with Software
Your genealogy software is the repository for all the information you discover. It’s the main tool in your genealogy toolbox. Which one you choose will likely depend primarily on whether you use a Windows PC or a Mac.
Already Have Software?
Handy indexes of articles and videos by application are linked below for your convenience:
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Still Looking for Software?
I’ve also created a couple of buyer’s guides to help you make a choice between software:
See my recommendations in the following sections.
Genealogy Software for Windows
I recommend RootsMagic 7 and Family Historian. There are many good alternatives though.
- Family Historian
- Family Tree Maker 2017
- Legacy Family Tree
- RootsMagic 7
Genealogy Software for Mac
- Family Tree Maker 2017 for Mac
- GEDitCOM II
- iFamily for Leopard
- MacFamilyTree 8 by Synium
- Reunion 12 by Leister Productions
Get Good Books
Setup Folders on Your Computer
You’ll need places to put archival copies of scanned documents, photos, and other files on your computer. This series of video screencasts will walk you, step-by-step, through setting up a folder system and putting files into it. They’re created on a Mac and take advantage of the powerful alias feature in Mac OS X, but most of the system will work well on Windows too.
Get Information About Your Ancestors
Not all of the information about your relatives is online, so you’ll need to do some sleuthing in the real world. But, there is a wealth of information available online. My advice to you is to consider everything, but only trust it after you prove it. That said, these online databases provide a great source of leads! There’s some overlap between the records on these sites and they each have treasured family history that the others won’t. You can search for free to get an idea which holds the most (and most interesting) genealogy data for your ancestors.
- Fold3.com (Military Records)
- Newspapers.com
- NewspaperARCHIVES.com
- Find out how you are related to the rest of humanity at OneGreatFamily
There are tons more sites, but I want to keep this concise so that it’s most useful for you.