Computers and Genealogy

Compiled especially for readers who use computers for genealogy,

the following is a selection of the content from 1998-2006.

A new list of "cool" genealogy sites is also featured in the magazine every month.

 

Articles   /  Software Reviews & Comparisons  /  What's New?  /  Links

Articles

ARCHWAY Online (October 2005)

Are your photographs safe? (October 1999)

Backups and Merging Data – Part 1 (August 2001)

Backups and Merging Data – Part 2 (September 2001)

Cookies – Chocolate Chip or Text? (June 2000)

European Research on the Internet (August 2004)

Family Historian 3 (January 2006)

Family History on the Internet: A Beginner's Guide (September 2000)

Family Pages on the Web (May 2005)

Filtering Email (or how to organise that Inbox) (August 2000)

Genealogical Mapping (September 2003)

Genealogy Using the Internet – a Newbies Guide to the Net (December 1998)

Hilly’s Digital Darkroom (March 1999)

How Permanent is Your CD-R? (January 2006)

How to get the best from RootsMagic (March 2005)

Information Highway Referencing and Browser Management (April 2000)

LDS Church and Ancestry.com (October 2004)

Legacy Family Tree - A Different Approach (November 2004)

Lincolnshire Convicts transported to Australia, Gibraltar and Bermuda (September 2005)

Maintaining a Professional Family History Website (November 2003)

Photo cropping and paper selection (April 1999)

Program News (May 2005)

Psst … Wanna Buy a Computer? (November 2001)

Research on the Internet (September 2004)

Rich (HTML) Text or Plain Text (May 2000)

Scanners and CD-ROMs (February 1999)

The Portable Genealogist - Mini Review (August 2007)

Using Computers for Genealogy – Part 1 (January 2000)

Using Computers for Genealogy – Part 2 (February 2000)

What to do with your Research (December 2005)

 

Software Reviews

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Ancestral Quest 2002 (March 2003)

Brother’s Keeper 6 (May 2001)

CuteSITE (January 2003)

Dynamic Family Tree Compiler 2 (October 2001)

EziTree 8 (March 2002)

FamiliaBuilder (December 2003)

Family Historian 3.0 (August 2006)

Family Reunion 1 (June 2004)

Family Treasures 4 (February 2002)

Family Tree Factory (September 2007)

Family Tree Genealogy Suite 4 (Australian edition) (July 2004)

Family Tree Legends 2 (January 2004)

Family Tree Maker 2008 (January 2008)

Genbox Family History 3 (May 2003)

Generations Grande Suite 8 (UK) (April 2001)

GeneWeaver 1.1 (August 2003)

GenoPro Gold 1.9f (October 2002)

Heredis 7.2 Premium (April 2004)

Legacy 5 (March 2004)

PAF 5 (March 2001)

Relatively Yours 3 (February 2004)
RootsMagic (February 2003)

Second Site 1.1 (November 2002)

The Master Genealogist 5 (May 2004)

Genealogy Software Comparisons


What's New?

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10 million burials online (February 2008)

1940s UK outbound passenger lists online (March 2008)

Archives Investigator (December 2007)

Automatic backups with new Mac OS (December 2007)

Lucy: a private life revealed through public documents (December 2007)

MacFamilyTree 5 released (December 2007)

New York Times archives now free (December 2007)

Search Royal Navy wills (February 2008)

The Master Genealogist v7 released (February 2008)

UK 1871 Census adds 10 counties (March 2008)

Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) (March 2008)


Links

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Software

Ancestral Quest Free demo available

Brother's Keeper Freeware

EziTree

Family Historian

Family Tree Legends

Family Tree Maker

Genius Family Tree Free 30-day evaluation copy

GENP Trial version available

GenoPro Gold

Great Family Shareware

Heredis Free demo available

Hereditree

Legacy Free Standard Edition available

Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Free, follow "Order/Download Products"

Relatively Yours Trial version available

Reunion (Macintosh) Free demo available

RootsMagic Free demo available

Second Site

The Master Genealogist

 

Chart Printing

Family Tree Printing

Sceya Chart Printing

 

 

If you are interested in any of these topics, you may like to ~

   
1.   Read the magazine at your local Library, favourite Genealogy or Historical Society or your nearest LDS Family History Centre
(many Libraries, Societies and LDS Centres in Australia, New Zealand and other countries subscribe)
OR
2.   Purchase a copy of the relevant issue of the magazine you are interested in – please see Back Issues