Reunion 9, Genealogy and Family Tree Software for Macintosh
Reunion is a genealogy software program -- a "family tree program" -- for the Macintosh.Reunion received the highest rating for genealogy software in MacWorld, MacAddict, and Mac Home Journal magazines.Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your family -- your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form -- people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.Reunion makes it easy to publish your family tree information -- even if you want to share it on the Web or carry it on your iPod. You can automatically create common genealogy reports, charts, and forms, as well as birthday calendars, mailing lists, questionnaires, indexes, and other lists. Reunion even creates slideshows, calculates relationships, ages, life expectancies, and statistics.Reunion also creates large, graphic tree charts allowing complete on-screen editing of boxes, lines, fonts, and colors. Wall charts for family reunions are one of its specialties.
Reunion 9, Genealogy and Family Tree Software for Macintosh Accessories
 Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 (Mac)
iPhoto '08: The Missing Manual
Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard
Apple iWork '08
Apple iLife '08 Family Pack
Apple iWork '08 Family Pack
iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
Quicken Personal Finances 2007 for Mac
Reunion 9, Genealogy and Family Tree Software for Macintosh Reviews
It is not as user friendly as I thought it would be, from information that I had read.
FTM is just ugly, where Reunion has a nice interface and is easy to use. I considered other Mac genealogy programs, but decided to stick with Reunion. You can export your family tree to the GEDCOM standard and upload it to Geni.com, or import your old Windows family tree file into Reunion, though you'll have to import all the media files separately, as GEDCOM doesn't seem to support media. A lot of genealogy applications seem to be lagging behind in that respect. You can't go wrong with Reunion.
BTW, this is a universal app, in case you're wondering. All in all, I consider this the best genealogy software available, on mac or Windoze. One of the great things about this software is the fantastic personal support that leister.com gives you. I've used Reunion since version 6, I think, and it is the best genealogy software I've ever used. I've tried Family Tree Maker on Windows and Reunion blows it away.
Wanted a Mac based genealogy program and this had good reviewshave just started using it and it looks good so far.
The program is easy to install and easy to use. I highly recommend this for anyone doing genealogy on a Mac. I'd like to see the price come down a bit on this, but as far as the product is concerned, it is everything the amateur (and maybe professional) genealogist needs to make record keeping easy and keep everything well-organized. FINALLY, a good genealogy program for Mac users.
I highly recommend it. This program is easy to use and has great charts to share with others.
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