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Merlin38

Merlin38 Report 22 May 2008 07:13

I use Reunion, and like it very much. Kate has made a very good point concerning minimum detail requirements, having to stab a guess at year and place of birth isn't all that clever.

There is a freebie program, known as Osk, available from time to time on FH magazines, but I know nothing about it.

Researching:
Barratt, Brownhill - Nottinghamshire Brittain - Massachusetts and NY State

Kate

Kate Report 22 May 2008 00:22

I like Reunion, too. It doesn't force you to put minimum amounts of detail in, as the tree on this site does - if you have a married in relative and only know that she was called Mary, born in 1812 in Lancaster (or something) that is all you need to put in. If you know nothing about someone, you can put nothing in.

Also it has a lot of different options for making reports and charts and so on.

feralcat

feralcat Report 22 May 2008 00:06

I'm using HEREDIS Mac X.2. It costs around £40 but there's a trial version you can download at:

http://www.myheredis.com/

feralcat

Frank (Francis)

Frank (Francis) Report 21 May 2008 22:43

Kaz, Thanks. It looks the best to me despite limitation. Looks like the one to go with. Cheers. Frank

Kaz in a Tizz

Kaz in a Tizz Report 21 May 2008 09:56

Hi Frank

I use Reunion on my mac, it is expensive but do find it it easy to use.
It is a shame Family tree maker haven't brought out a mac version.

The only thing I can suggest is uploading your tree to ancestry as you can keep it private or tribal pages.

Kaz

Frank (Francis)

Frank (Francis) Report 21 May 2008 08:23

The Genes United is a great site, and the record & display structure is user friendly and useful, & I will continue with it. What I would like is a similar system to use privately on my own MacIntosh computer - what I can't find on the web is any similar useful software that suits - any ideas? Thanks. Frank.