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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: Gembar on Saturday 19 March 16 08:39 GMT (UK)
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Can I store my family tree on an Ipad? I wonder if anyone can help me please. I have been asked if I would like an I Pad for my birthday. Would I be able to use it for storing my family history research and tree on which is currently on a computer.
Does anybody else use one and if so what tree software do you use?
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There are a number of programs or apps the could be used on an Ipad for family history
take a look at
http://www.cyndislist.com/mobile/iphone/
Cheers
Guy
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I have Family Historian 4 on my desktop PC, and all files were transferred to my ipad mini.
I am non technical and this was done for me, but I don't think it is difficult.
By the way, I can recommend the ipad mini - it is large enough to easily view everything you want to, but small enough to be portable - good for travel etc. :)
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I use Roots Magic and carry a copy on my iPad, it can also be run on any computer from a memory stick, so handy to take when travelling.
Jebber
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Thank you all for your comments.
I will read up on the softwear to decide which one will suit our tree.
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To transfer files from your computer to IPad you can install Dropbox, copy your files to that. Install the Dropbox app to your iPad then the files will be there for you. Depending on your eyesight of course but I prefer the larger iPad rather than the mini.
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I have Family Historian 4 on my desktop PC, and all files were transferred to my ipad mini.
I am non technical and this was done for me, but I don't think it is difficult.
By the way, I can recommend the ipad mini - it is large enough to easily view everything you want to, but small enough to be portable - good for travel etc. :)
Hi Ruskie, did you install FH on your ipad as well as a computer - with one licence?
Edited: have had a look at the FHUG forum, thanks :)
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I have Family Historian 4 on my desktop PC, and all files were transferred to my ipad mini.
I am non technical and this was done for me, but I don't think it is difficult.
By the way, I can recommend the ipad mini - it is large enough to easily view everything you want to, but small enough to be portable - good for travel etc. :)
Hi Ruskie, did you install FH on your ipad as well as a computer - with one licence?
Edited: have had a look at the FHUG forum, thanks :)
Yes, I don't know how it was done (as it was done for me), but definitely only one licence. :)
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Thanks Ruskie, it sounds a bit too complicated for me so I'll leave it for now.
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Hi Ruskie, did you install FH on your ipad as well as a computer - with one licence?
Edited: have had a look at the FHUG forum, thanks :)
Sorry to correct you but Family Historian itself does not run on either an ipad or any pad running the Android operating system. (Family Historian is a windows only program - there is an App available which will run an FH data file but it is not Family Historian).
What can be done is to save a gedcom file from either FH or any other genealogy program capable of generating one and transferring this to the pad for using in any of of the several Apps available.
There are several methods of transferring a file over depending upon the tablet being used and the App installed.
For example, Gedview on the Ipad can take files via itunes on the host PC, via the web browser (internet explorer, Firefox chrome etc), via email or through an online storage system such as Dropbox.
There are Apps for the major online services which allow you direct access to the data you may have stored there.
Tablets are useful tools for carrying your information with you for easy reference, in addition most have facilities for taking notes and photographs for later reference
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That sounds right Falkryn. :)
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Thanks. That's what i read on the FHUG forum - too complicated for me so I'll just leave it on my computer. I still have my tree on ancestry so can use that if needed when out and about.
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You can log in to your ancestry tree on an iPad. I do it all the time, as my PC is in the bedroom and I prefer not to be stuck in there looking at the wall. Like to be comfortable in the lounge, where I can look out the window at my garden and the hills!
You can also show you tree to other family, working from your iPad, attach the special iPad to TV ADAPTER CORD, and it will show on your tv screen.
You can actually display anything that is showing on your iPad screen, and not just your tree!
There is however also a free app for ancestry, but I prefer the usual view.
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I've been using ancestry on my ipad a lot since buying it last summer; as you say, easier than always being on the computer and great when visiting records centres etc. And i don't like the app either!
Not being able to use FH on my ipad will probably be my biggest gripe about it once i get to grips with the reports as I'm doing now ;D
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Not being able to use FH on my ipad will probably be my biggest gripe about it once i get to grips with the reports as I'm doing now ;D
Mine too ..... unfortunately Calico Pie (the publishers) are quite adamant that for the foreseeable future FH will remain a Windows only program.
The App that I mentioned previously (sadly I can't remember its name) was being pushed for a while in the FHUG. I remember looking at it once but the price difference between it and other Apps was not justifiable for my uses , (my opinion)
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I wont bother with any other apps. Luckily in some ways, my Ancestry tree is fairly complete so unless and until more records become available online or i can travel around the UK and break down a few brick walls, my tree isn't going to have loads added to it so i should - hopefully - remember to add anything i do find to FH as well.
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I use Gedview on the iPad and also have one called Branches installed as I currently don't use any of the major online firms.
They are good to use in that they don't need an online connection to display the data and Gedview has been improved a number of times since its first release and although far from a full blown program like FH it does pretty decent job.
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Thanks Falkyrn, i may look into those :)
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The other alternative for your Ipad is to convert your tree data to a web site, transfer to the Ipad by whatever means are available and use a browser to reference the tree. Most FH software has such a conversion facility - some are better at it than others and more compact. I use a little bit of Freeware called Gedmill. For each individual Gedmill displays a three generation tree and all that individual's details and notes. It ain't perfect but has proved very useful in the three years I've been using it.
See http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=727797.msg5722932#msg5722932 (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=727797.msg5722932#msg5722932)
alanmack
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Thanks alanmack, I'll keep a note of that.