ohmiGene 0.90 Final

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ohmiGene 0.90 Final has been released. ohmiGene is “software for the creation and the management of genealogical data … which works on MacOS X and Windows, even Linux. A database created on Mac works on PC (Windows or Linux), and vice versa. The structure of the database was defined to be in maximal agreement with the GEDCOM format: if any context concerning the submission of a file to the church LDS is absent, almost totality of the other contexts are correctly handled (import, manipulation and export…) : OhmiGene is a software which respects a GEDCOM file at import (and export).”
ohmiGene 0.90

You can see a screenshot of the main interface here, or view the new menus/changes here (both of those are at ohmi.celeonet.fr).

It can be downloaded here (ohmi.celeonet.fr). Both Mac and Windows/PC versions are available. There is also a program at the bottom of that page that will allow you to transfer your genealogy data from ohmiGene 0.7.x.

Some Characteristics:

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New iPod nano – 1GB

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By now, you may have heard about the new iPod nano that came out to day – it has a capacity of 1GB and retails for $149. Yes, it holds 240 songs, but that’s not the selling point for a genealogist – the selling point is that this one holds up to 15,000 photos (and it can display them on the built-in color display – not a big deal, or on a TV screen, which is a big deal). It pulls the photos through iTunes/iPhoto (and it can provide a musical soundtrack to any photo slideshows you may put on).

Classic Environment on an Intel-Based Mac

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HardMac.com has information about software that may possibly run MacOS 7, 8, or 9, under an Intel-based Mac. Originally the software was being developed to run under Linux or PowerPC based Macs, however it has been ported to Intel Macs. Note that the developers don’t have access to an Intel Mac just yet, however this looks promising.

The project is called SheepShaver, and it’s Open Source. On a PowerPC Mac, it runs the applications at native speeds, otherwise it emulates some of the hardware. It runs MacOS 7.5.2 thru MacOS 9.0.4.

Give this project a few months, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see something come out of it, that works. This would be important to those Mac-based genealogists who are using older software that runs under a Classic environment, and who want to upgrade to a new iMac or MacBook Pro.

FTLCtimelines X 0.9.5.6.06

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FTLCtimelines X version 0.9.5.6.06 is now avalailable. FTLC stands for “finite time lines and circles”, and FTLCtimelines X is a Mac OS X-only program that allows you to generate and work with timelines. This version mainly concerns bug fixes.

Family Ties (Familienbande) Jan 28, Feb 2 Updates

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New versions of Family Ties/Familienbande have been released – January 28, 2006, and February 2, 2006. It’s a free Mac OS X (and possibly MacOS 8.6/9 with Carbon) genealogy application from Stefan Mettenbrink. It’s currently only available in German, however it is useable by non-German speaking genealogists. We’ve provided a page with a list of translated features here.
familienbande/family ties

Note: The listings below were translated using Google, and they may not be 100% accurate. If you can provide an accurate translation, please contact us.

Fixed – Feb 2
* Under certain conditions, adjusted paths (file paths?) were not correctly set.
* Issue with persons with same birth/baptizing date, and/or with incomplete dates
* Problem with Windows version and special characters in names

Jan 28 – Added

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ohmiGene beta 0.90 fc2

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ohmiGene beta 0.90 fc2 (FC = Final Candidate/Release Candidate) is now available. ohmiGene is a Mac OS X genealogy application. Considering that this is a Final Candidate/Release Candidate, I don’t think anything new has been added – I believe it’s being tweaked and last minute bugs are being fixed.

You can read more abou these FC releases from this MacGenealogy.org article a few days ago.