Why PAWriter II Was Developed

If you are curious about why Personal Ancestry Writer II was developed, Howard Metcalfe has put together a page (accessed here) about why he developed PAWriter II

iRemember Scrapbooking Contest

If you are into scrapbooking, and have used iRemember from Intriguing Development, or are thinking about it, there is a contest that you might want to join. iRemember is Mac OS X “digital scrapbooking” software.

Personal Ancestry Writer II Version 50 (23 April 2006)

Personal Ancestry Writer II (PAWriter II) version 50, 23 April 2006, was released yesterday. This is a free Mac genealogy application that was written to have many of the same features found in the original Personal Ancestry File genealogy program (PAF for Mac), to allow for an easy transition for those moving from PAF for Mac. One of the new features is that it’s distributed in a disk image format, and the developer notes that if upgrading, you should only copy over the new version of PAWriter II and the reference guide – ignore the example data and scrapbook files.

Personal Ancestry Writer II Version 50 (15 April 2006)

Personal Ancestry Writer II (PAWriter II) version 50, 15 April 2006, has been released by Howard Metcalfe. This is a free genealogy application that can run under either MacOS 8.6/9 (Classic) or Mac OS X. It’s written with the goal to have many of the same features found in the original Personal Ancestry File genealogy program (PAF for Mac). This version consists of enhanements in the outpout/reports and the navigation window.

MemoryMiner 1.0.6

GroupSmarts, LLC has released MemoryMiner 1.0.6. MemoryMiner is a Mac OS X appliaction (Mac OS X 10.4.3+/Universal Binary) that allows you to use photos as “individual frames in a type of endless story board. The story elements are linked to each other by way of annotation layers identifying the people, places, dates and events captured in each frame. As links are made, it becomes easy and tremendously interesting to explore the threads which link people’s lives across time, place and shared experience.”

The only change in 1.0.6 was to “Adjust map downloading code to keep up with changes in the Mapquest web site.”