Libraries – Get special pricing on ProQuest Genealogy Products

ProQuest and the Biographical Center for Research have partnered to offer limited-time special pricing for libraries serving less than 50,000 patrons.

More Americans than ever want to learn about their family histories. And the public library is where many people first turn when they want to investigate their roots. It’s easy to create a genealogy center for your community’s families with Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online.

For more information, visit ProQuest’s Library Advocacy page.

Public beta released: MacFamilyTree 5

Synium Software has announced the public beta release of MacFamilyTree 5, one of the most popular genealogy applications for Mac OS.

Version 5 has been completely redesigned and rewritten application, and Synium claims it will provide biggest leap in performance and product design so far. [...]  Also new are much improved Views, including a virtual globe to interactively visualize your family tree through time and space, and integrated web-hosting service, allowing all registered customers free of charge to upload their family trees as HTML to the Internet.

For more information and to take a look at the new and improved interface, visit the MacFamilyTree 5 Public Beta website.

A new way to keep up-to-date on your ancestors

Barry & Associates, an enterprise software solution consultant, has released a new website, GenealogyAgent.com, which uses “software agents” to monitor the web while you are away. According to the press release, these agents “use the details that you provide about your ancestor (birth, death, parents, siblings, etc.)” to locate information when it comes available.

“The GenealogyAgent.com site is the latest in a series of sites that I have created as I progressed in my own genealogical research,” noted Doug Barry. “I am now at the point of having ‘brick-wall’ ancestors. It becomes tedious to keep searching the Internet when you might find something new a few times in a year. So, I wrote this site to help me catch those new details and I am sure it can help others.”

GenealogyAgents.com is among series of genealogical websites released by Barry & Associates, which include Family Tree Searcher, Free Genealogy Search Advice, and Free Genealogy Search Help for Google.

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GenealogyAgent.com Automates Web Searches

For those of you who have experience using any of these websites, please feel free to share your opinions.