There is a new genealogy-related App out for the iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, called Traces of the Past. It’s in the vein of Ancestry.com Tree-to-Go or MobileTree. It differs from those two applications in that unlike Tree-to-Go it’s not limited to Ancestry.com, and unlike MobileTree, it’s not confined … Read more
The iPhone/iPod touch/iPad app for Genealogy Gems Podcast has been updated to version 1.5.2. The app provides an easy way to access the Genealogy Gems Podcast (Your Family History Show) by Lisa Louise Cooke, along with additional content such as: * PDFs of tips and ideas from the show * … Read more
GedView, a genealogy application for the iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, has undergone a significant upgrade as of the 2.10 release. It’s now the first GEDCOM-based genealogy application running on the iPhone OS that allows for full-screen mode on the iPad. Note that this is not the 2x upscaling … Read more
Metes and Bounds (Universal) has now added support for Apple’s new iPad, in addition to supporting iPhone and iPod touches. Metes and Bounds is an application that can be quite useful for some genealogists – it allows you to take a property deed or other such land description that you … Read more
Somebody who knows my fondness for gadgets asked me the other day about the whole Adobe Flash thing on the iPhone (or rather the lack of). They wanted to know if it would be a problem, since they were considering purchasing an iPhone. In my view, it hasn’t been a … Read more