Re: Reunion 9 & PAF GEDCOM? Many thanks to those who responded on and off the list.
Personal Ancestral Filer (PAF) was free software originally distributed by the Mormon Church, but they dropped support for Macs some years ago. This was a bit disconcerting seeing as I'd collected data on over a thousand family individuals since prior to 1994. GEDCOM was a standard data transfer protocol initiated by the Mormons, but over the years they made changes to the standard which were not always well interpreted by other software over time. There was a lot of doubt about compatibility. Nevertheless, I'm pleased to report that Warren using his Reunion on OSX was able to easily read a test GEDCOM file generated from my very old software. I think it was originally initiated on on one of my OS 7 machines prior to 1994. (It still works just as well today on OS9.) So even more happily, the old GEDCOM version will be able imported into a modern OSX Mac running Leopard. Another victory for humans. Now I need to buy a copy of Reunion for OSX. Do any list members of local dealers have one for sale, either new or second hand? Apple Store US sell it, but not Apple Store AU. Alternatively I could pay online to have the demo unlocked. Kind regards, Paul. Palmyra. 93396593. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
