Review: Mac Heredis 10.2 (Macworld)

Jeffery Battersby has written another Mac genealogy review, this time of Mac Heredis 10.2 or X.2. Mac Heredis 10.2 is a commercial Mac OS X genealogy application that was released in late 2005, with a few updates since then.

He stresses GEDCOM importing and lack of LDS ordinances, quote:

Like almost every other genealogy program we’ve reviewed recently, Heredis is very limited in supporting LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) ordinances, handling only baptism, confirmation, endowment, and parental links. It would be possible, though not optimal, to enter the missing LDS ordinances using one of the program’s customizable fields.

Heredis also can import data saved as GEDCOM files, a standard among genealogy programs, and easily handled my test file with well over 1,000 records. In addition, the program will find and merge duplicate entries in your database—a valuable, time-saving feature.

Full review at Macworld

Note: Their reviews are starting to show up in the offline Macworld Magazine!

Macworld Reviews MacFamilyTree 4.4

Macworld has published a new review of MacFamilyTree 4.4, following in the footsteps of their other reviews of genealogy software. They called it an “effective and visually pleasing genealogy program that makes excellent use of your Mac’s built-in audio and video tools as well as your iPhoto library”, and gave it three and half mice, pointing out its geography features (allowing you to use Google Earth to pinpoint important places to your family), etc.

Full review at Macworld.com

Macworld Reviews Reunion 9

For the second time in a week, Jeffery Battersby at Macworld has reviewed another Mac genealogy application, this time it’s Reunion 9.04, a popular Mac OS X genealogy application that recently underwent a major overhaul. Jeff mentioned “Pod Cards” which allows you to export your genealogy files/notes to your iPod and view them on there (text only). They gave it five out of five mice, saying:

It’s been four years since the last major release of Reunion, Leister Productions’ beautifully designed and easy-to-use genealogy program. The latest version adds dozens of new features and enhances dozens more, resulting in more than 100 updates to an already excellent program.

Full review at Macworld

Macworld Reviews Personal Ancestry Writer II

Macworld has reviewed Personal Ancestry Writer II v69. Personal Ancestry Writer II is a free Mac genealogy program that has a lot of features previously found in the old Personal Ancestral File (PAF) for Mac OS/Classic.

The had quite a bit to say, and seemed to be impressed, giving it 4 out of 5 mice and saying:

it’s well designed, has excellent documentation and support, allows you to collect a nearly unlimited amount of information, and is capable of exporting your genealogy documents in a variety of formats. While people whose genealogical needs are more religious in nature may need to look elsewhere to find all the features they need, the everyday genealogy enthusiast will be very happy with this program.

Full Review