Steve Jobs has passed away.
October 5, 2011 by Administrator
Ancestry.com Announces New Ancestry iPad App
January 31, 2011 by Administrator
It’s been a day for mobile genealogy apps and press releases. Earlier today, Ancestry.com announced their new, free, Apple iPad genealogy app. While Ancestry.com has an updated app for non-iPad iOS devices (including iPhone and iPod touches), this represents a redesign and feature upgrade (down to to a new icon), and it is specific to the iPad.
It’s a big deal – tablets in the 7-inch – 9-inch range are going to be receiving a lot of attention this year, mainly iOS/iPad as well as tablets based on Google’s Android mobile OS. People are finding out you can do quite a bit with them, and they make a great way to take your genealogy with you. It’s great to have genealogy software and information on a phone, whether it’s an iPhone or an Android, but it’s not the best experience if you want to sit down and share it with someone. With the iPad’s 9-inch display, it’s definitely an interesting way to present and share genealogy information. If you are a heavy Ancestry.com user, and have an iPad, this new app is a must-have, because it does make the iPad a very useful tool. Pair it with an Apple Bluetooth keyboard, and you’ve almost replaced a laptop.
Ancestry.com’s New iPad App Lets Consumers Update and Share Family Trees, Old Photos and Records in Stunning Detail
Ancestry.com App Exploits iPad Form Factor and Features to Create a Deeper, Brighter, Smarter User Experience
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced the availability of its new iPad app called Ancestry.
Built specifically to deliver a compelling tablet experience, the new Ancestry app brings to life on iPad’s large screen multi-generational family trees complete with images of original family records and photos, making iPad a powerful tool for users to display and share their trees with family and friends in an interactive, highly visual way.
A dynamic, intuitive user interface and integration with Ancestry.com makes it simple for users to record memories, edit vital information, document life events and organize photos, and also for use in conducting field research, collection, and documentation.
Introducing Ancestry.com onto this compelling platform takes the website one step closer to its mission of helping everyone discover, preserve and share their family history.
“Since I already use my iPhone to document my life, it’s natural to use it to document my family tree,” said Ancestry.com user Aaron Vaughn of San Francisco. “Being able to research and upload photos and information on-the-fly makes updating my Ancestry.com account a seamless part of my life. Now, with the new iPad app, I’ve got all the added benefits the larger format affords.”
Eric Shoup, Senior Vice President of Product for Ancestry.com, comments: “The new Ancestry iPad app makes it fun and easy to explore and share your family history research by allowing you and your family to tap and swipe your way through your family tree, old photos and records.
“Ancestry.com is committed to leveraging the latest technology to make what we offer on our website easily accessible, simple and enjoyable to use for family history novices and experts alike, at their desks or in the field.”
The Ancestry.com app for iPad is now available for free at the iTunes App Store. A new version of the popular Ancestry.com iPhone app, which includes more features for navigating a family tree and viewing records already attached to a tree, is also available for free in the App Store.
To get started, just download the apps to your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch(i), log in to your Ancestry.com account and choose a family tree.
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM – News) is the world’s largest online family history resource, with nearly 1.4 million paying subscribers. More than 6 billion records have been added to the site in the past 14 years. Ancestry users have created more than 20 million family trees containing over 2 billion profiles. Ancestry.com has local Web sites directed at nine countries that help people discover, preserve and share their family history, including its flagship Web site at www.ancestry.com.
If you are interested, this is the iPad download link through the iTunes store:
Ancestry App from Ancestry.com (iTunes)
Families for Android Announced
January 31, 2011 by Administrator
We are now starting to see apps with some serious cross-platform capabilities. I’ve mentioned an iOS app in the past, Families, (Families 1.1.1 is the latest) for iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. While other applications such as MobileFamilyTree and Reunion would allow you to carry your genealogy data from your Mac OS X installations of Reunion and MacFamilyTree, Families was unique in that it worked with your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad and a Windows install of Legacy Family Tree, keeping your data in sync and allowing you to move back and forth between Windows and iOS. It was the only one of its kind.
Today, TelGen Limited, the company behind Families for iOS, has announced a new version of Families, and this time around, it allows you to synchronize your data between a Windows install of Legacy Family Tree and Google’s Android platform.
Here’s the full press release:
FAMILIES APP NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANDROID York, UK, 31 Jan 2011
TelGen Limited is pleased to announce the release of the first version of Families for Android. This app provides the same functionality as the popular Families app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, but now on the Android platform. The app works in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree, the leading Windows-based genealogy software from Millennia Corp. You can now transfer your complete family tree, including pictures, to your Android smartphone, and view and edit the information wherever you are. Any changes you make can then be synced back to your Legacy file on your PC.
Families supports the following functionality:
* Multiple family files
* New family files can be created from scratch
* Family View, Pedigree View and Descendant View
* Index, searchable by Given Name, Surname or RIN
* Events
* To Do Lists
* Master and Detail Sources
* Locations and Addresses, with geolocation via Google Maps
* Alternate Names
* Pictures, including the ability to add pictures from camera or photo album
* Portrait and Landscape mode on all views
* Handles very large family filesFamilies for Android can be purchased from Android Market for £8.99 or equivalent in other currencies.
For more information see http://www.telgen.co.uk/families or email families@telgen.co.uk
Family Trees 1.1 for iOS
January 31, 2011 by Administrator
Family Trees 1.1 for iOS was released last week with several improvements. Family Trees is a new application (the first release was this month). It’s for iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads running iOS 4.0 or later, and is a genealogy application for iOS devices. It is platform-independent and does not require an installed genealogy application on your Mac or PC.
Version 1.1 adds four new features:
* Export to image functionality
* Sending by email of members biographies
* Displaying the events-associated locations on the world map
* Ability to search members through a family tree
It’s $1.99 in the Apple iTunes App Store.
MobileTree Lite 1.4
January 13, 2011 by Administrator
MobileTree Lite has been updated to version 1.4 today.
This update mirrors MobileTree 1.4 which is the full version of MobileTree.
MobileTree Lite is an application for accessing new.familysearch.org. Without the proper credentials from the LDS/Mormon Church, you will NOT be able to use MobileTree Lite.
Updates:
* Updated login method to match new.familysearch.org
- iOS 4.2 compatibility issues fixed
Important Note!
You most likely need to be a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in order to use this iPhone or iPod Touch app – it uses their genealogy database and this app requires login credentials for New.FamilySearch.org
Download/Purchase ($1.99 USD)
* Link to Apple iTunes store
