Download Family Tree Builder for macOS 10.9 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. ‎Family Tree Builder® is a powerful app that let's you organize your family tree research and discoveries within the shortest time possible. The Ability to render fullscreen charts allows you to turn your Mac or Macbook into a powerful visualization tool. Running Certified programs for FamilySearch that were created for Windows on a Mac You will need a valid copy of Microsoft Windows. You can partition your hard drive and create a windows section on your computer which will allow you to run any of the certified programs for New Family Search on your computer.

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Free Mac Genealogy Software[edit | edit source]

Genealogy gets a facelift with MacFamilyTree 9: modern, interactive, convenient, and fast. Explore your family tree and your family history in a way that would have amazed generations of chroniclers before you. Create visually impressive charts, evaluations, reports, and books, navigate through the Interactive Family Tree or Virtual Tree 3D. Family tree software for desktop, native Mac and Windows. Heredis helps 100,000 genealogy enthusiasts and professionals each day to discover their ancestors and create impressive family trees. From researching documents to analyzing statistics, discover more than 150 features and carry out an incredible investigation to trace back your origins.

Commercial Mac Genealogy Programs[edit | edit source]

• iFamily for Mac for Snow Leopard and newer. For older OS versions, use iFamily for Leopard (still works for Tiger)

Mac Genealogy Programs Certified for FamilySearch[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Certified Products and Services

• Ancestral Quest for Mac Tree Share, Sources, Discussions, Change History and FamilySearch Support
• MacFamilyTree Tree Share, Sources, Discussions, Change History

Running Certified programs for FamilySearch that were created for Windows on a Mac

Genealogy Software Mac

1. You will need a valid copy of Microsoft Windows.
   
2. You can partition your hard drive and create a windows section on your computer which will allow you to run any of the certified programs for New Family Search on your computer. You would partition your hard drive using Apple's Boot Camp. Boot Camp comes preinstalled on your computer. The program walks you though step by step how to partition the hard drive although I do recommend that you print out the instructions before you begin. Apple
   
3. As alternatives to BootCamp there are a few virtualization programs that allow you to run the Windows OS as you would a native program program.
   • Oracle VM VirtualBox is free open-source software similar to Vmware Fusion and Parallels. Virtual Box
     
   • Parallels is currently $79.95. Parallels contains a feature similar to VMware Fusion's Unity called Coherence. Parallels
     
   • VMware Fusion is currently $79.95. It has a feature called Unity, which allows you run Windows programs like native applications. VMware

Genealogy Software Mac Free

GEDitCOM II is a genealogy application for MacOS X that sets the standard for ease-of-use, for editing genealogy files, for a customizable user experience, and for power features allowing the greatest access to your genealogical data. GEDitCOM II is a complete rewrite of the former GEDitCOM application.

Review the features of GEDitCOM II. Then, Download a free demo to try out those features, including importing your genealogy data from another application. When you are ready to buy, simply purchase a license that will unlock the demo version you already downloaded. If you choose not to buy, GEDitCOM II will switch to a free 'reader mode' you can use to view GEDitCOM II files or to open genealogy GEDCOM files created by any software. You can still purchase a license and it will convert the 'reader mode' back to the full version.

Users of the GEDitCOM application (which no longer works because Apple has deleted the 'Classic' environment) cn switch switch to GEDitCOM II for only $19.99. To see all the new features in action, download the demo and open any of your previous GEDitCOM files. Your old files are 100% compatible with the new GEDitCOM II.

• Date Calculator — Date calculations for genealogists. It is free with purchase of GEDitCOM II but can be purchased separately as well.
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