The Genealogy Guys Podcast - Technology

This week’s edition of The Genealogy Guys Podcast mentions the technology available to genealogists from desktops down to PDAs, as well as recent updates to the US National Archives’ online components, and changes to Ancestry.com.

Pocket Genealogist 2.96.1 (Pre-Release)

There is a new pre-release of Pocket Genealogist, v2.96.1 that is available for download, and offers fixes that include:
* Surname/Given Name processing
* Fixes for some problems when using 2-way sync in the Greek language
* Fixes for “Customize” screens that were affecting Windows 95/98/ME Users

Fixes for Windows genealogy applications:
* Changed PAF/FTM Genbridge imports to set the living/dead flag based on presence of a burial or death event. (You must re-import to see this change)
* Fix to Legacy V5 2-way synchronizing. (Introduced with 2.96 - would cause a “Changes also found in Legacy” warning which would stop the 2-way sync) Version 6 syncs were fine.
* Changed the RootsMagic profile to export notes in the proper format for RootsMagic. (Break lines within a word instead of between words)

Pocket Genealogist 2.96E (Beta/Pre-Release)

MobileGenealogy.com sent us a note about the latest Beta/Pre-Release of Pocket Genealogist, version 2.96E. Pocket Genealogist is a genealogy application for Pocket PC/Windows Mobile-based PDAs.

Updated:

Added support:
* RootsMagic 3
* Family Tree Maker 2006

Fixed
* RootsMagic GEDCOM import (Family To Do’s)
* RootsMagic Export (Multi-line street addresses)

If you are using RootsMagic 3 or Family Tree Maker 2006, you will need to re-import your databases into Pocket Genealogist.

Pocket Genealogist can also directly import data from The Master Genealogist, Ancestral Quest, Genbox and Personal Ancestral File.

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