Think Genelaogy App

ThinkGenealogy has just released an app to help you with researching your family history. Their press release says:

The ThinkGenealogy app is a valuable reference to guide you through the research process and help you do professional quality research — whether you are a professional genealogist or a family historian. The app is currently available for Windows Phone with other devices under consideration.

Features:

1. A map so you won’t get lost while you are doing your genealogy research.

2. Shows how important concepts are related.

3. Includes a concise explanation of the Genealogical Proof Standard.

4. Follows concepts in Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

5. Glossary of genealogy terms.

6. Helpful links.

7. A video tour of how to use the app.

You can see the features in action on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Rrpqjt9PjEA?hd=1

You can purchase the application at http://www.shazaml.com/thinkgenealogy

Think Genealogy is also seeking feedback for this app. They are looking for ideas to improve their product and invite you to complete a 9 question survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RYDFF53

Evertalk

The question is being asked 'What happens to a person's digital footprint when they die?' facebook has responded with Evertalk, the only native Facebook application for remembering lost heroes, family members, and friends. evertalk was founded on the idea that there should be a place to celebrate the lives of lost friends and family members within Facebook. Thousands of people are using Evertalk within Facebook to create memorial pages, share photos, and send notifications. evertalk has emerged to become the obituary service for the social-media age. More than just obituaries, Evertalk is a 'digital afterlife' Facebook application for users to:

• Create unique and beautiful memorial pages within Facebook to celebrate the lives of lost friends, family members and heroes
• Leave thoughtful memories in a guestbook
• Share the news and send notifications via Facebook, email and Twitter
• Share photos and allow visitors to contribute their own photos to the Evertalk page
• Provide details on upcoming memorial services
• Post a video and remember great times

However will future family history researchers be able to find their ancestors there? To learn more or to access the app for free fo to: https://apps.facebook.com/evertalk

Ancestry for iPad

Ancestry Insider has reviewed the new Ancestry for iPad app, saying it was the first app he downloaded onto his new iPad.  He points out all the features he likes as well as some that need some work.  Overall the Ancestry app is pretty well integrated into the iPad way of doing things. The philosophy is that little or no help is necessary to use an app. Do what seems intuitive and the app works.

Cora Num has also now listed lots of links to new devices for your mobile technology. Worth paying a visit to http://coraweb.com.au/apps.htm for reviews, ideas and tech tips, as well as the all important links to download some really useful genealogy apps.

Date Finder for iPhone and iPad

A new iPhone/iPad app, Date Finder, has been launched. It is said to provide valuable assistance to people researching their family history. It helps overcome a common problem in genealogy research such as differentiating between documents which refer to people of the same name, but are different individuals. Date Finder allows you to cross-reference a person’s age at a date from one document to their age at a date on another document to see if they align.
So when you have two historic documents and you want to establish whether they relate to the same person - Key in date and the persons age on one document into Date Finder. You can then cross reference ages and dates from other documents to see if they are consistent and refer to the same person.
It is available from the App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/date-finder/id511832753?ls=1&mt=8 for 99 cents