chart my family tree

I’ve completed my next action for this goal, which was to investigate software for the Mac. I found a program that looks good:

http://www.synium.de/sites/synium/macstammbaum/index.html

It also looks like it’s about to get even better, and when the new version comes out, I won’t have to pay to upgrade; it’ll be FREE! :)

So, of course my next next action would be to get some data into the program, and thanks to GEDCOM, and the hard work of some distant relation, I was able to import more than 8,000 records of family members, going all the way back to my ancestors from Scotland who came here in the 1600s. W00t!!!!! (I literally squealed out loud when I realized that the import was going to work, and I wouldn’t have to input all that data by hand myself)! :D Actually, the work for me now will be to remove some of those names; I think I need to do some pruning to my family tree, as some of those people are very distantly related, and probably not really necessary in my database.

So, I think my new next action is to play around with the new program, and decide how/who to cull. That sounds like the next logical thing to do.

I started doing this a while ago, using a Windows program. If I decide to stick with that program, I can’t do this on my own machine (but, since I already own the program, and do have access to Windows machines here, it might still be the best option). First though, I think I’ll investigate the various options for doing a family tree on a Mac.

Although the program I have for it is a PC program, and I’m now using a Mac. But I have loads of resources with which I can start, and then maybe take the research even further. One of these days.