Mac genealogy software updates

Two Mac genealogy programs were recently updated. (Update: MacFamilyTree also offering a discount, at $29.99, 40% off, through October 27.)

The first is Heredis, now called Heredis 2014, and available through the Mac App Store at 50% off through November 3, at the price of $29.99 (instead of the normal price of $59.99). The updates for this version are listed as:

This highly innovative feature allows you to take a look at where you are in your research and highlights known or missing items from your genealogy. It suggests different ways forward and proposed various online research tools targeted to websites such as Heredis Online, Ancestry, My Heritage…

EXTENDED FAMILY VIEW.

This new and more comprehensive view of your family shows its composition as a whole: siblings, remarriage, stepchildren, step- brothers and step-sisters, children from other unions of the different partners… noting or not when they belong to the direct lineage.

FIND RELATIONSHIPS.

It presents all the ties that may link two people. Within seconds, this exciting tool analyzes all the connections in your genealogy file to find how two people can be linked, whether they are relatives, or they have common ancestors or they simply have other links (godmother, heir…).

MIGRATIONS MAP.

Trace the movements of a whole family just a few miles away or at the other end of the world on the Migrations map. Pins are numbered to show the sequence of movements and display the list of events recorded in this place.

HEREDIS ONLINE.

Share your discoveries on Heredis Online, the new service for publishing your genealogy data and research on the Internet. You will have a website dedicated to your genealogy, searchable by your family and your friends. Start your research also on Heredis Online directly from your Heredis software over hundred million of people in the online family trees. Get in touch with your cousins!

MANAGEMENT OF BRANCHES.

Memorize the status of your family branches, with ancestors as well as descendants. You may filter only the branch ends, or only complete persons, or only those persons for whom further research is required. You can hide already complete persons or sort by modification date. New charts show the progress of your research.

DESCENDANTS VIEW.

Work on the Descendants View that displays the descendants of the primary person for the number of generations you will determine.

The second application updated is MacFamilyTree, now at version 7.1. Also available via the Mac App Store, for $49.99 ($29.99 through October 27). The updates for this version are listed as:

Configureable Themes
Live preview
Direct FTP upload (secure connections supported)
Includes Videos, PDFs and Audio Media
Improved user interface
Free upload to our web service MacFamilyTree.com

Statistics Map (using Apples new Maps, requires OS X 10.9 Mavericks)

See where your ancestors lived the longest or married earliest
Play slideshows of your ancestors living places across the globe
Detailed physical or satellite maps

Chart Backdrops

Add background images for all charts
Includes 50+ backdrop images
Import your own images as backdrops

Improved FamilySearch integration

Revamped FamilySearch user interface
FamilySearch Discussions added
FamilySearch change history is now available directly from MacFamilyTree
>Improved FamilySearch integration in the Interactive Tree

Private Information

Mark Persons, Events, Families or Sources as private
Exclude private information from charts, reports and GEDCOM export

User Interface

Refined user interface
Improved navigation
Entries count is displayed above each list in the edit mode
Sections added to family list
Sections added to places list
Associated To Do items are now displayed directly for each person, family, event or source.

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