GedView 2.14.2 – New Import Options

GedView, the GEDCOM-based genealogy application for iOS devices (including iOS 4 multi-tasking support) has received somewhat of a major upgrade. Major if you download/import a lot of GEDVIEW files.

GedView for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, etc.) can import GEDCOM files from emails through the Mail.app as well as downloaded from websites.

With GedView 2.14.2, the ability to download and import GEDCOM files contained within ZIP archive files has been added. Many people have GEDCOM files zipped up on their websites or when they email them since GEDCOM files can get quite large. This should help with that and is, I believe, a first for iOS-based genealogy apps.

Changes/Updates:
* Support added for importing GEDCOMs contain in zip files. The file must be at the top level of the archive.
* UI and Bug Fixes.

GedView is currently available through Apple’s iTunes Music Store

Genealogy Gems Podcast App 1.6.1

The folks at the Genealogy Gems Podcast have updated their iPhone/iPod touch/iPad app to version 1.6.1.

They created the app to make it easier to access all of the content that goes along with the Genealogy Gems Podcast (aka Your Family History Show) – they are just limited to being a podcast. They also provide background information for the shows (PDFs, etc.), along with audio and video content that didn’t make it into the podcasts but that may still be of interest to followers. The app also allows you to call in and make comments to the show (if you’re an iPhone owner).

The 1.6.1 update (there probably wasn’t a 1.6.0 released externally) includes an in-app audio player.

Version 1.6.1 Changes:
* New feature – an in-app audio player to listen to and use other features through the app.
* Minor bug fixes

Genealogy Gems Podcast App at iTunes Store ($2.99)

If you want to skip the app and access the podcast for free, you can do it directly through the iTunes Store or visit the Genealogy Gems Podcast website.

Ancestry.com Tree to Go 1.1

Ancestry.com’s Tree-to-Go genealogy software for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad has been updated to version 1.1. It’s still not a major update for universal support for the iPad or the iPhone 4’s higher resolution ‘Retina’ display, but it does bring some welcome improvements, especially for people with larger trees (2,000+).

Keep in mind that Ancestry.com Tree to Go is a companion application for those who have Ancestry.com accounts – it acts as a mobile front-end for your Ancestry.com account, and it is useless if you are not an Ancestry.com subscriber who has genealogy information uploaded to Ancestry.com

Changes in 1.1:
* Improved performance
* Optimized to handle trees of all sizes, including trees with over 2,000 people
* Ability to delete a person from your tree

Link to App Store:
Ancestry.com Tree to Go at Apple’s App Store

FamViewer 2.3 – iOS 4, New Ways to Import GEDCOM Files

FamViewer version 2.3 has been released through Apple’s iTunes App Store yesterday.

FamViewer is an iPad, iPhone , or iPod Touch genealogy application that lets you view GEDCOM data, as well as search an index of surnames. You can view the data from the GEDCOM files in a several different ways – family group sheets, family trees, etc., using either portrait or landscape orientations. With FamViewer 2.3, you can now import or open GEDCOM files that are transferred through iTunes, in addition to files received through email using Mail.app

You can also add notes to entries, and email the new to yourself, or with a GEDCOM file. With this latest update, you can export and access the notes through iTunes.

Changes:
* FamViewer runs on iPad and iOS 4.0, iPhone OS 3.1.3
* Users can import/open GEDCOM files sent by email and received through Mail.app
* Users can transfer files to FamViewer with File Sharing through iTunes.
* New Note files can be exported and accessed with File Sharing through iTunes.
* File import step can be canceled.

Direct link to FamViewer at iTunes: Apple iTunes Store

FamViewer is not tied to a particular genealogy application on either Macs or PCs.

GedView 2.14.1 – iOS 4, Multitasking

Earlier this month, the ability to import GEDCOM files from email attachments, as well as importing GEDCOM files through Safari from certain websites (RootsWeb, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch) was added to GedView for iPad users.

With GedView 2.14.1 being updated for iOS 4, the ability to import GEDCOM files through the above means was added for iPhone/iPod Touches running iOS 4, and not just the iPad running iOS 3.2. Support for multitasking was also added.

Changes/Updates:
* Bugfixes
* iOS 4 updates
* Multitasking Support
* Import/open GEDCOM files from email attachments and Safari and possibly other apps is now supported on all devices running iOS 4

GedView is currently available through Apple’s iTunes Music Store

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