Site: GenealogySoftwareNews.com

There is a new genealogy software site – GenealogySoftwareNews.com.

Back at the end of last year or beginning of this year, it was originally called GenealogySW.com. I worked with one of the individuals behind it at the time as far as the back-end/server side, but they never quite got it off the ground. I helped get the software setup (at least at the beginning), but their updates were very sporadic.

According to the email I received this morning, they’ve since added a person who is helping them out on the content side.

I was surprised/impressed to see the new site, it’s very well put together, and makes me almost wish I had considered one of the blogger-type software setups for MacGenealogy.org. They mentioned that they weren’t going to cover Macintosh or PDA software partially since I was already doing so, and partially because they will have their hands full (which is probably true). They did ask if I wanted to join them, but I think it’s better to keep things seperate – Mac and PDA genealogy software would get drowned out by the Windows software.

MacFamilyTree 4.1.6

MacFamilyTree 4.1.6 is now available from OnlyMac Software. This is major upgrade, adding several new features as well as a 30% performance boost when reading trees.

New Features:

* Reading trees are now 30% faster.
* Pictures inside subfolders of the Media Folder or a chosen folder are also searched.
* When burning a CD you can also burn the HTML-version of the Family Tree to the CD, using the preferences from Export to HTML.
* The preferences for Export to HTML are saved automatically.
* The preferences for Burning are saved automatically.
* The preferences for .Mac are saved automatically.

Fixes:

The names in quick navigation views are shown according to the preferences.

Mac OS X version of GedWise (Palm)

I spoke with Battery Park Software, makers of GedWise (MobileGenealogy.com’s GedWise page), and later this year, or early next year, they will be releasing a Mac OS X version of their GedWise Palm OS genealogy software.

What this means is that you will be able to install and update GedWise on your Palm OS-based PDA through Mac OS X. Currently they have a beta version of GedWise for Linux, and then they are moving to Mac OS X. This is being built as a cross-platform application which is good news for Mac OS X Palm users.

When this is released, it will join My Roots as the only other active PDA-based genealogy application with Mac OS X support.

Release: JDCalc 1.0

JDCalc 1.0 has been released.

This is a utility to convert between the Gregorian Calendar and the Julian Calendar.

It’s free, and it requires Mac OS X 10.3

Update: Newsletter 2.2

Newsletter 2.2 has been released:

NewsLetter is a free batch emailer, speciallly thought for newsletters. Its interface is very simple and intuitive, and it features the creation of plain text and HTML messages (simple or multipart), customization of subject and body using “smart tags” and attachments (including inline attachments in HTML messages). You can send the messages immediatelly, save them in MBOX format and place or send them through Entourage, as additional features.

Changes:

* Fixed compatibility issues with FileMaker 7.
* Hopefully, the new XMail.osax 2.3 will fix crashes in certain machines when sending lots of messages.

Cost: Free

Requires: Mac OS X 10.3.x. NewsLetter 1.0 and further releases won’t work under previous versions of Mac OS X.

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