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Macintosh Genealogy Research Journaling Software

What software, if any, do you use to keep your genealogy research journal?

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Permalink Reply by Jayne on July 7, 2009 at 9:55pm

Reunion,

Permalink Reply by Bob Sander-Cederlof on July 7, 2009 at 10:07pm

I use Reunion, on two Macs and two iPhones. But I don't really have any "journal" software.

Permalink Reply by Joan Foster on July 8, 2009 at 12:08am

No "journaling" software per se....
Suggestions anyone?
Reunion primary database, but don't yet see a way yet to use it for a genealogy research journal.

Permalink Reply by Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Ph.D. on July 8, 2009 at 12:53pm

I use Reunion 9.

Permalink Reply by Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Ph.D. on July 8, 2009 at 12:59pm

Am also exploring using Notebook and Scrivener for notekeeping. I have Filemaker, but have not used it for journaling as of yet-- am interested in how a good template might be developed to accompany Reunion. Otherwise use Open Office's word processing feature. Basically I use the notes feature on Reunion for archival extracts.

Permalink Reply by Joan Foster on July 8, 2009 at 1:18pm

I'm looking at Notebook too, but haven't set anything up for genealogy research journaling. How do you like it? I'm not really a Filemaker user, but that is a thought. I have a simple Bento db for maintaining my documents and paper-filing records, as I have so many oversize and strange materials that I need to know what they are and where they are physically stored. Many don't fit neatly in file cabinets, and my space is very limited.... But setting up journaling is really a tough one for me, and I need to do it.... I'm not that disciplined, I fear.

Permalink Reply by Linda Meyer on July 8, 2009 at 5:52pm

Circus Ponies Notebook is good for making lists and ToDos. You can add any number of pictures, documents made on programs like Word or pdfs. I have a page for maps. I have scans of newspaper clippings and things I have downloaded from Ancestry.com or Rootsweb. There is not much you can't do with it! I can transfer things into Reunion in notes or multimedia, too.

Permalink Reply by Andrea on July 8, 2009 at 10:24pm

I'm in the process of transferring everything over to Reunion on my Mac from FTM on my PC. Doing it slowly and manually due to duplicates and errors in FTM.

Permalink Reply by Evelyn Steinberg on July 9, 2009 at 7:38am