GenealogyJ or GenJ v2.4

After more than a year, GenealogyJ (GenJ) has been updated to version 2.4. GenealogyJ is a cross-platform genealogy application written in Java.

Official Description:

GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenJ supports the Gedcom standard, is written in Java and offers many views like family tree, table, timeline, geography and more.

Download it from here if you are curious.
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Installing Gramps under Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

If you are curious about running GRAMPS under Mac OS X 10.4 (aka Tiger), over on the GRAMPS blog, the developers posted an article a few weeks ago about what you need to do.

GRAMPS stands for “Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System”, and is a genealogy program written for Linux and other Unix-like systems (the various *BSDs, etc.), and can be run under Mac OS X with X11 (installed with OS X or off of the OS X CDs/DVDs).

GRAMPS 2.0.6

GRAMPS 2.0.6 is now out.

GRAMPS is a genealogy program for Linux and other UNIX-like systems. The GRAMPS name stands for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.

GRAMPS helps you track your family tree. It allows you to store, edit, and research genealogical data. GRAMPS attempts to provide all of the common capabilities of other genealogical programs, but, more importantly, to provide an additional capability of integration not common to these programs. This is the ability to input any bits and pieces of information directly into GRAMPS and rearrange/manipulate any/all data events in the entire data base (in any order or sequence) to assist the user in doing research, analysis and correlation with the potential of filling relationship gaps.

This is a major release concerning reports – with 2.0.6, the Web Page Genearation has been enhanced (you can see a sample here concerning narratives).

GRAMPS can be compiled for Mac OS X. You can read the build instructions here

Update: Nisus Writer Express 2.5 (beta), Hog Bay Notebook 3.5 (164)

Nisus Writer Express 2.5 public beta has been released.This new version adds significant new features such as right to left input (for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew), bullets and numbering, support for LinkBack, an improved style sheet navigator, and many bug fixes and enhancements. Nisus Writer Express will be available later this year for $69.95. This update will be free for current Nisus Writer Express users.

Hog Bay Software has released Hog Bay Notebook 3.5 (164). This fixes an issue withnew notebooks failing to save under Mac OS X 10.4. Requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Note:According to postings in the Hog Bay Notebook forums, Spotlight capabilities are going to be integrated into the next major release, which the author is currently working on. This would allow youto search individual entries in your notebook(s) through Spotlight.

Java: GenealogyJ 2.3.2

GenealogyJ has been updated to version 2.3.2. This is mainly a maintenance release. GenealogyJ (GenJ in short) is a full-featured standalone Java application that can handle all of your genealogic information (GEDCOM compliant). It provides different graphical components for working on your Family Tree.

Official Site and SourceForge.Net Project Page

Changes:

* Fixed bug using ‘standard’ EditView mode and editing Fams
* Made GedcomReader more lenient on read
* Added Almanac for Timeline

This is a minor release fixing an important bug and containing slight adjustments. Files are:

*app – the application (the minimum you need)
applet – the applet (optional)
de – german resources (optional)
en – english resources (optional, included in app)
fr – french resources (optional)
es – spanish resources (optional)
nl – dutch resources (optional)
hu – hungarian resources (optional)
pt_BR – portuguese resources (optional)
*help_en – english help (optional)
help_fr – french help (optional)
help_de – german help (optional)
help_es – spanish help (optional)
lnf – look&feel support package (optional)
win – windows installer (all you need on windows, double-click installs GenJ)

Create a base-directory for GenJ – every file you choose
from above has to be unzipped into that same directory
while preserving directory structure (* marks files for a
basic setup).

To start GenJ execute one of the ‘run’-scripts included in
the distribution (depending on the OS you’re using).

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