Reunion (genealogy software)

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Reunion
Developed by	Leister Productions
Latest release	9.06 / Nov 11, 2007
OS	Mac OS X
Genre	Genealogy software
License	Proprietary
Website	www.leisterpro.com/

Reunion is genealogy software made by Leister Productions only for the Mac OS X operating system (it was initially available for Windows as (Reunion 4) until it was sold to Sierra in 1997). Leister Productions, Inc. is a privately held firm established by Frank Leister in 1984 and is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The company operates as a genealogy (family tree) software developer exclusively for the Mac OS.

Reunion provides methods to create, manipulate and generate reports about a family history. This genealogy software has integrated chart producing capabilities to depict family relationships and the ability to produce Web pages to publish a family history online. Reunion can also be used to gather family statistics.

Reunion also allows integration of images from digital cameras or scanners and movies into Reunion family files.

[edit] Reunion version history

The announcement pages for the respective versions offer more details as to the exact changes.

Reunion 9 was announced on March 2007. This version became a universal binary Cocoa-based application, which runs under OS X. New features include Unicode support and a less "modal" design, allowing index and source windows to remain open for easier access.

Reunion 8 was announced on September 2002. This version became a Mac OS X native application, providing users of OS X and prior versions of the Macintosh operating system the ability to utilize the software. Charting was significantly enhanced with the move to Reunion 8.

Reunion 7 was announced on May 2000 and among the changes seen at this time was the integration of SuperChart into a single Reunion application and the ability to have multiple family files open at one time.

Reunion 6 was announced on November 1998 and saw the genealogy software change to include pictures into the family card view and introduced the Match & Merge tool that can be used to detect and remove duplicate records in the family file.

Reunion 5 was announced on September 1997 and saw the introduction of drag and drop capabilities when working with the family card. Editing also became easier with start of tabbed windows to allow for faster, more efficient data entry.

Reunion 4 was the last version available for Windows.