Reunion 10 for Mac Users
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1. Add Search Logs Logs can be a great way to keep reminders of what you need to look up the next time you are in a particular library or at a county courthouse or how many different spellings there are of a particular name Doughty Daughty Dowty Dowtry etc Create a new Log for a surname or a To Do List or a style sheet or counties or libraries When the information gets overwhelming just use the search feature Finding Text in a Log You can find text in a log by clicking the Find button see illustration above pressing Command F or choosing Edit gt Find gt Find Then enter the text you d like to find in the Find on This Page window and press Return Enter or click the Next button Find on This Page Close Previous Next Sep 13 2013 Page 6 2013 Sep Class Notes pages odburrow earthlink net2. Reports Style Sites to Favorit Ancestry UK Archives BMD Registers UK British Newspaper Archive Deceased Online UK Ellis Island Family Tree DNA FamilyLink Find A Grave Find My Past Find My Past Ireland Find My Past UK Fold3 FreeBMD Births UK Checked items do not appear in the All Sites menu W Check for New Sites information from site FamilySearch FamilySearch org Records Trees Catalog and Books Records span billions of names acros hundreds of collections including birth marriage death probate land military IGI extracted and more A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints FREE service Visit the Site s Home Page Search for People The People sidebar is a list of People It can be filtered by k 2 3 Search Sources Surname Just type the Surname into the Search bar Names Type a comma and then the first name Married Names enter a dash before the married name first name kennedy rose Find a source type or citation detail The Sources sidebar allows you to find text in any field of a Source 1 The most basic search is to look for text in any field of any source type To perform such a search make sure the Type button is set to Any Type Then type some text Sep 13 2013 Page 1 2013 Sep Class Notes pages pdburrow earthlink net Reunion for the Mac September 2013 into the search bo
3. automatically such as relatives of somebody ancestors of somebody descendants of a couple etc Learn more 2 After you re finished marking the people you need to export be sure that Family View is selected in the navbar Choose File gt Export gt Reunion Family File 4 Configure the window so that Marked people is enabled 5 Make choices regarding the inclusion of multimedia items sources and logs Sep 13 2013 Page 5 2013 Sep Class Notes pages pdburrow earthlink net Reunion for the Mac September 2013 6 Click Export Exporting Just My Relatives Let s say you have a family file A that contains your relatives and your spouse s relatives and you want to copy your relatives into a separate family file B for use on the same Mac Shown below is the two step process of marking your relatives and then exporting them into a new family file Marking Your Relatives Exporting Your Relatives Choose File gt Export gt Open family file A and navigate to your Reunion Family File record Check the Marked people button Select Mark in the navbar Include All sources All Using the Who button in the Mark panel multimedia Do not check the choose All Relatives button Copy multimedia files Using the of button choose your name if Click Export Name and save the it s not already appearing new family file which will only Click the Mark button contain your relatives Select Family View in the navbar
4. to edit geocode or map the location click the List button in the bottom bar under the Places sidebar 2 Edit list merge locations geocode or map Sep 13 2013 Page 3 2013 Sep Class Notes pages odburrow earthlink net Reunion for the Mac September 2013 3 In Places sidebar select location click Usage Source List Sources sidebar gt 1 List 1 To show a specific Source in the List window Search or select 2 To copy the text of a Source a Click the Source Tools button in the bottom bar Select Copy Text of Source from the Source Tools window Contact List The Contacts sidebar will give you a list of people for whom you have entered an address phone number email or website Re Connecting Tighten Down the Links In addition to the lists on the left side of your screen you have the option to customize the data the way YOU want to see it There are even ways to do quick editing and data entry Multimedia Links Once multimedia files are linked to people families or source records the multimedia files can be moved and renamed in the Finder and Reunion will automatically keep track of the files Thus you may reorganize and or rename multimedia files in the Finder and Reunion will maintain the links to the files l e you won t be breaking links to pictures if you reorganize or rename your picture files in the Finder and you don t need to manually relink pictures or tell Reunion where they ve gone Drag a p
5. 32 Dorchester Suffolk Co MA 79 Brother window with it s own KENNEDY Eunice Mary 10 jul 1921 Brookline Norfolk Co MA 90 Sister A A A Places KENNEDY Francis Benedict 11 Mar 1891 Aunt special features This is Results KENNEDY Jean Ann 20 Feb 1928 Boston Suffolk Co MA 83 Sister called the List window a Calendar KENNEDY John Fitzgerald 29 May 1917 Brookline Norfolk Co MA 46 Source 7 i S oupi KENNEDY John Fitzgerald 25 Nov 1960 Washington OC 38 Son separate window with es ieee KENNEDY Joseph Patrick 6 Sep 1888 81 Father Contacts KENNEDY Joseph Patrick 25 Jul 1915 Hull Plymouth Co MA 29 Brother on power and flexibility KENNEDY Kathleen 20 Feb 1920 Brookline Norfolk Co MA 28 Sister to view and manipulate KENNEDY Margaret Louise 22 Oct 1898 Aunt data ilmake S i B Person ID 10 For much of your time Spent working with your family tree the sidebar will suffice It s a very useful tool However there are times when you ll want the power and flexibility of the List window to boldly go where no sidebar can go People List People sidebar gt List 1 To show people in the List window where you have the ability to set up multiple columns to show more fields click the List button in the bottom bar under the People sidebar 2 Save Preset Edit directly in List view 4 List living people Places List Places sidebar gt TT List 1 To show places in the List window where you have the ability
6. Reunion for the Mac September 2013 Note The main text of this instruction is lifted from the Reunion User s Manual the icon at the bottom left corner of any View I have added a few of my own words here and there pb Genealogy Toolbox Reunion provides a perfect toolbox for creating and organizing your family history database Build your database with edit lists use drag n drop as a screwdriver to re connect the stray sheep or grap the saw to export just the right branch of the family tree The right tools in your genealogy toolbox will make the difference between hanging your relatives on a hook on the back of a door or lining up your ancestors all color coded neatly arrayed in the closet SEARCH the Biggest Hammer in the Toolbox Need to find something Use Search Need to find a boy named Sue Use Search Need to know who was in Sharp County Arkansas Use Search Web Searching Preferences To set web searching preferences 1 From the menubar at the top choose Reunion gt Preferences ec Web Preferences Show All Preferences 2 Click Web 3 Click Searching Groups All Sites 38 Favorites 5 This opens the Web Searching xo Preferences Australia 3 fr tz 4 To perform a web search l Click the Person menu button for anyone in the family view the little triangle icon in the upper right corner of a person s button Choose Search the Web co Searching
7. ick the Bookmarks button and choose Add Bookmark To edit the bookmarks click the Bookmarks button and choose Edit Bookmarks 4 Manual Font Size By default the manual uses the Lucida Grande font size 12 To experiment with different font sizes in the manual choose Manual gt Make Text Bigger or Manual gt Make Text Smaller Search and Find Use the Find sidebar feature to sort your database for just the information you need 1 Empty Fields Keep in mind that the what to look for box can be empty l e searches for empty or null fields is supported For example if you wanted to get a list of people with no burial place you could set up the condition below Notice that the what to look for box is empty Sep 13 2013 Page 2 2013 Sep Class Notes pages pdburrow earthlink net Reunion for the Mac September 2013 ntry pty a Burial Place vii ts Burial Place vy Is Not LISTS the Must Have Tool In addition to the lists on the left side of your screen you have the option to customize the data the way YOU want to see it There are even ways to do quick editing and data entry 2 0 0 List People 50 people The content of some E a sidebars can be viewed in s Sources w LastName First amp Mid Name Birth Date Birth Place Age Relationship an enti rely se parate w Events KENNEDY Caroline Bouvier 27 Nov 1957 New York City NY 3 Daughter i a AL Relatives KENNEDY Edward Moore 22 Feb 19
8. icture file from the Finder or a thumbnail from iPhoto version 6 or newer or any image in your web browser and drop it onto any person button husband wife children or parents or the marriage field in the family view Don t drop the file release the mouse button until the target person s button is highlighted You can specify different folders for Reunion to search through when it can t find a multimedia file Reunion will search the entire contents of these folders including subfolders before giving up and changing the thumbnail to a generic icon with a red question mark as described above To specify the folders to be searched when a multimedia item is missing Choose Reunion gt Preferences R Click the Multimedia Files button You ll see two lists Sep 13 2013 Page 4 2013 Sep Class Notes pages pdburrow earthlink net Reunion for the Mac September 2013 The top list is where you want Reunion to search the multimedia search locations eThe bottom list is where you don t want Reunion to WA Multimedia Files Preferences search A Show AllPreferences Add folders to either list by clicking the Add Search these locations for missing media items b u tto n oy Orophn RELNONACTURES eRemove folders from either list by selecting a folder path and clicking the Remove button i e Always search iPhoto Library Se ae Always search iPhoto Library check this button fRA Seeker if yo
9. u store genealogical images in iPhoto Otherwise leave it unchecked to prevent unnecessary searches of iPhoto libraries As time goes by we are seeing iPhoto libraries growing immensely which greatly increases the time required for searching So if you don t use iPhoto for genealogical pictures it s better to leave this button unchecked The button should remain unchecked unless previously linked media files are being moved into the iPhoto library 4 f Repair Media Locations Are You My Mother The simplest way to remove or unlink a person from the wrong family or spouse is to drag the person to Reunion s Clipboard Similarly if you need to move parents or spouses to a different family 1 make sure that Clipboard is selected in the Sidebar list 2 drag the misplaced parent or spouse to the Clipboard sidebar 3 navigate to the correct family 4 drag the people out of the Clipboard sidebar dropping them where they should appear in the correct family Sawing Off a Limb Need to give your cousin only your Mom s half of your database Want to donate the research you have done on the Horn family to the local genealogy society You need a saw Export just the right branch of the family and send it on Exporting a Branch or Subset of a Family File To export a branch or subset of a family file 1 First selectively mark records by selecting Mark in the navbar Many different subsets of the family file can be marked
10. x and press the Return key The list will show only the source records that contain the search text To show all sources click the little X button in the search box to clear the search box 2 By number xx 3 Source Usage with Details Sources gt a gt Source Usage Report gt Open with Pages 4 Multimedia attached to a Source look at the far right hand column of the listing for sources that have multimedia attached Search the Manual The Manual is your best friend and the easiest way to hit the nail is to use this feature often t A Shortcut One of Reunion s many letter key shortcuts includes typing and search words For example rather than first opening the manual window just type leap year and press Return 2 Search Field is not case sensitive You can use one word two words or a phrase oe Navigating the Manual Pages 4 gt Use the Back and Forward buttons just as you would in your web browser to navigate between manual pages The Contents button takes you back to the manual Contents page You can also choose Help gt Contents The History button in the bottom bar will show a list of recent pages you ve visited in the manual including search results pages amp The Top button in the bottom bar will scroll the current manual page to the top A For quick access to key pages in the manual use the Bookmarks button on the manual toolbar To add the current page to the list of bookmarks cl
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