{"id":401,"date":"2013-01-22T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/using-the-kindle-fire-for-genealogy-gedfamilies\/"},"modified":"2014-05-28T23:45:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T04:45:51","slug":"using-the-kindle-fire-for-genealogy-gedfamilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/using-the-kindle-fire-for-genealogy-gedfamilies\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Kindle Fire for Genealogy \u2013 GedFamilies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last April, I posted about the Families app<\/a> that was designed to work with the software Legacy Family Tree.\u00a0 Since I use Legacy, I spent the $15 for the Families app<\/a> and was thrilled.\u00a0 I always have my database with me.\u00a0 And, as I mentioned in the April post, it was the only thing I used during my week at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

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\"GedFamilies\"A few months ago, the company that developed Families released GedFamilies<\/a> (Android, iOS, $7.99).\u00a0 From what I can tell (based on the product description, screenshots, and the \u201ctest drive\u201d I took on Amazon) it is nearly identical to Families.\u00a0 The big difference between the two apps is that Families only works with Legacy Family Tree databases, while GedFamilies works with a GEDCOM file.\u00a0 That basically means that if you use ANY genealogy database software that can generate a GEDCOM 5.5.1 file, you can use the GedFamilies app and have your family tree on your Kindle Fire.\u00a0 Just like the Families app, you will need to download and install a syncing program on your computer.<\/p>\n

If I wasn\u2019t using Legacy and the Families app already, I would certainly be jumping all over this app.\u00a0 Since Families and GedFamilies are nearly identical, and the syncing process is almost the same, be sure to read my post about the Families app<\/a> to get a better idea of how and why I use it.<\/p>\n

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