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"With MobileFamilyTree 2, the wealth of your genealogy research is always at hand, easily accessible, editable and interactive: Never miss a chance to review, edit or add information about your loved ones and distant relatives."

A companion program to Mac Family Tree 5, this will allow you to take notes and enter information about family members then sync with your Mac Family Tree database. Seems simple enough to use, so if you are into genealogy, this may be just the ticket for you. They have a demo movie available and you can download it now in iTunes for $4.99 USD.

"German software developer Synium announced the release of its MacFamilyTree 5.5 public beta on Tuesday. The application adds a History Database for the user to browse hundreds of predefined historical entries or add world and personal history events as well as a completely rewritten database engine to deliver faster response times, even with huge family trees."

This requires a Mac with Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later and ATI Radeon 7500, Intel GMA 950 or NVidia GeForce 4 MX graphics chipset or better in order to run. This has multiple display options, and the added iPhone capability sounds like a plus. I have yet to give it a go, but this is something that we have been thinking about doing recently so now may be just the right time to start. This retails for $49.00USD and upgrades can be purchased for $25.00USD.