This new set up is not user friendly.
Please return to the old format. Thx.

I've used Reunion from Leister Pro for decades, and it's great. They also provide terrific user support.
Joel

It would be helpful to have the date of online posts as well as the name of the person posting.. This is always available in the email digest.

Most importantly:
Make sure the software you decide on can run in your version of MacOS. The latest MacOS (10.15 Catalina) will not run 32 bit programs.
Check each website for compatibility.
RootsMagic 7 is the current version available. It will not run in Catalina. 
RootsMagic 8 will, but has not been released yet. There's a post on the RootsMagic Blog about this. http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=3297

I've been using Reunion for many years. A solid program. Updates are not free, which, over time, can add up to a lot of money.
Here's a list of programs available: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Mac_Genealogy_Software

Most programs have a demo you can download and try. Try one, add 10 people, 10 sources, etc. 
Each program should let you export the data as a GEDCOM file, which you can import into the next program you try.


Laurie Sosna
San Francisco, CA

I tried Roots Magic once.  I went back to Reunion.

I thought I was the only one please, please hurry up and figure out what you are doing. I can't make heads or tails of your new format. Nothing flows. Graphically everything is big and takes up more space and less is said. What I primarily am trying to figure out if you are still maintaining the old way and this is just a separate discussion or you are eliminating the old discussion groups. What is the meaning of Digest#1, Digest #2, What is main? I am lost in your new format.
Marlene Dobrin

I for one like the new format much better (but I'm only subscribed to this one list).  Thanks!

I'm also happy with the new version of the discussion group. I think it has a very clean interface.  I use Google Chrome. Great Job,  team!

- Deb Scheimer 

I have still not received any SIG emails. The last GERSIG I received, for instance, was October 7. It is difficult to believe that this is because there have been no ERSIG emails.

Also, I, too, find the new main@... emails not to be user-friendly, espcially because the original text does not show up.

Thanks -

Terese B. (Terry) Deboo
Memphis, TN

Hi Genners

Thanks to all of you who answered my question about genealogy software for the Mac. I had one response not to use Roots Magic, and I read a blog about it. Roots Magic is 32 bit and won’t work because all software for the Mac has to be 64 bit now.

Five people recommended Reunion, and most have been using it for years. One recommended Family Tree Maker which I had years ago and didn’t like it. However I know that it is not at all the same program now as it was then.

I was using Reunion 11, I think, on my iPad and iMac but it is so out of date, it can’t even be upgraded. So I guess I’ll just go with the Reunion and buy a new version of it.

This discussion group is amazing, and so are genealogists. Everyone is so helpful.

Shana Tova, Jo Ann Goldwater, Montreal

Researching GOLDWASSER, Riga, Zhager and Akmene (Lithuania), KAGAN Zhager, Riga, ABRAHAMS Zhager, Riga, SAMUELS Zhager Riga, SARON Zhager, Riga.

Thanks. I will do that.

Terese B. (Terry) Deboo
Memphis, TN

Is sit possible to receive one digest a day? I'm getting several and it's overwhelming.

Thanks.

I like the new format. It is much easier to skip to topics of interest and is easier to read.

I just don’t know why I am now getting so many digest emails in one day? How can I get it to go back to one digest a day?

Thank you
Steven