I was looking for an intermediate way to get information out of Ancestry and dabbled with RootsMagic but found it difficult to approach. I hope RootsMagic works out for you, and would like to hear your impressions of it as you start to enter information into it. It is a true database and offers many, many ways to search and report your genealogical data. Reunion started, I believe, as a FileMaker based project, and for all I know it still is, deep down. There is a robust utility for identifying and relinking broken links (think InDesign), but it can be a pain. Moving media, or changing a folder name, is enough to break the link. The developer does not embed media into the database, but rather depends on the MacOS file system for link references. It is a supremely Mac-based app, so the interface does not have any kludgy compromises from other OS paradigms. It handles any number of marriages, duplicate parents (for adoptions), close-relative marriages, non-marriages, and many other cases. ![]() I’d like to know more about 's concern about how it handles 2nd marriages. It is superbly well thought out and implemented. I use Reunion and have since the early '00s. I think it is clearly the crème de la crème of genealogical software. Help facility is very complete and astonishingly easy to use, and support is very responsive the two times I needed it. It’s easy to get your data into and out of Reunion, too, via GEDCOM or text file. It will also publish websites and charts of every imaginable type, including box charts of ALL my 2,502 relatives that would take up a whole wall in a warehouse. I used it to publish a book, and the results were astonishing, exceeding my expectations. I thought it was pricy, but I finally bought it in 2002, and am I ever glad I did! I have been watching it since it first ran on Mac OS 9, noticing it at an Apple expo (remember those?) in NYC. Its capabilities are probably far greater than any one person’s needs-I have 2,502 people in my database, and it runs lickety-split. It is beautifully designed database software and uses all the latest features that make the Mac head and shoulders above other computers. Reunion! Not just superb genealogical software, but superb software, period. I don’t know how far along they are on this goal, but the number of people linked to my family tree is pretty impressive. The site operators say that the goal is to link everybody into one world tree. But I haven’t gotten around to doing that yet. One of these days, I will subscribe for a few months in order to see if they have any data for my in-laws’ families, so the trees can be linked. I was invited by another member, so my tree is the big one that has been researched/linked by others, even though I’m using a free membership. ![]() In my case, my family tree is pretty extensive. This is especially nice if you or your relatives already have an established tree on the site. You can review the overlap and then join the trees together. ![]() If you opt for a paid-up membership, then the system can find other people’s family trees the overlap yours. You can choose to send invitations to family members you add, and you will be linked so you can work on the tree together. Consisting of just yourself and whatever other relatives you choose to add. If you just create a free account and do nothing else, you will end up with a very stripped-down family tree. I’ve never used an app for this, but I do occasionally visit for looking up stuff related to my family. Thank you, and have a wonderful day today!!! I’ve also heard of: Family Tree Maker 2019, Mac Family Tree, and Reunion. It should be powerful, not necessarily pretty. I would like an app that can hold a lot of data. I bought RootsMagic yesterday and will probably work with another software program as well. I’ll need to build a tree with 1000’s of family members to try to connect with those cousins on my unknown Grandfather’s side, as they know less than I do about our connection. So, I will try to use this genealogy software to pull info off of and to dig down deeper in the data. I’ve also been in touch with a few new cousins on my unknown Grandfather’s side via DNA on 23andMe. I’ve been in touch with a few new cousins on both my unknown Grandfather’s side and my Grandmother’s side there. We found my Grandmother’s family via DNA on Ancestry. ![]() I’m looking for an unknown Grandfather, as my mother was adopted. What are a few of the best Genealogy software apps for the Mac?
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