Change is a Part of Life

My 87 year old mother is wise. She recognizes that change is a part of life and when it is time to move on to a new phase in life, she just does it!  Her pro-active attitude shows up at its best when it comes to her living situation. Seven years ago she sold her home and moved to a town home. She was a giddy as a kid at Christmas as she embraced making new friends and townhome living. Last year she announced to us that she was going to move into an assisted living center! Once again, she was happy with the change
because it suits her needs at this new stage in her life. She remains active and connected to her friends and community but she can receive help when and if it is needed.
So what does that have to do to with FamilyInsight, and family history? As I said, my mom is wise and recognizes that change is part of life. Family history has plodded along for about 100 years with some minor changes in methods, material, and every person working from scratch on their own family lines.
When computers and the Internet entered the picture, changes snowballed. Not only are there new ways for accessing research materials and recording our family information but there is now a spirit of SHARING and collaboration that is miraculous. The FamilySearch family tree (new FamilySearch) even facilitates collaboration. Cooperation is here to stay.

Ohana Software, looked at the changes and asked, “How can we embrace these changes?” Of course, we developed FamilyInsight as a certified program to work with the FamilySearch family tree but that wasn’t enough. The owners decided they wanted to embrace the spirit of cooperation as our company’s business plan.  For starters, almost 2 years ago, we changed the name of our product from PAF Insight to FamilyInsight. People who didn’t use PAF could use FamilyInsight with a GEDCOM file from almost any genealogy software program. That opened the pathway for us to create a Macintosh version of our program to help Mac users connect their family history to the new Family Search.

NEWS FLASH!! We are announcing our latest MAJOR update. You may now use PAF and Family Tree Maker 2010, 2011 and Ancestral Quest 12 files with FamilyInsight without the need of a GEDCOM file.  RootsMagic users can join us in beta testing FamilyInsight for that program. Legacy users, please don’t lose heart, the ability to read a Legacy file is under development. We hope to develop the ability to work  with other programs, too. If you are interested in helping us with our beta testing, please send an email to beta@ohanasoftware.com telling us which program you use and would like to help test with.
To use these additional program files in FamilyInsight, you will simply open FamilyInsight from the desktop icon and select your Family Tree Maker (.ftm), Ancestral Quest (.aq), RootsMagic (.rmg) or Legacy (.fbd) file. Remember, no GEDCOM is needed!  The gift of choice is now yours. You may continue using PAF and FamilyInsight but if you choose to try other software programs FamilyInsight will be able to read their files without creating a GEDCOM.

Because of the relationship we have with these other companies we can now offer you their products bundled with FamilyInsight at a discount.  We currently sell Family Tree Maker 2011 , Ancestral Quest 12, RootsMagic 4 and Legacy 7 on our website. Look for our bundles and save! Change is GREAT!

~Cina Johnson~

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