MemoryMiner - Geo/Photo Family History Software

A company called GroupSmarts has unveiled a new family history software for Macintosh computers (OSX v10.3 or higher), named "MemoryMiner".

It allows you to enter people from your family, along with their photos, and enter lengthy notes and stories about them. You can even identify each of their relationships to you. If you recorded an interview with someone, you can attach the audio or video file to that person.

MemoryMiner is heavily centered around Places to create geographic chronologies. It interfaces with online maps, such as Google Maps and MapQuest, allowing you to associate multiple places for each person, creating a timeline across the world. Imagine plotting out the travels of your grandfather, and attaching the photos he took of each location.

But while MemoryMiner is indeed a family history application, it's not a true "family tree" software. It's really meant to create a presentation. You'd still want to keep your workhorse family tree software, but use MemoryMiner to translate all that genealogy data into an audio/visual biographical life story.

MemoryMiner is available for download at for an limited-time introductory price of $45.00.