Peter Sherman has released a new genealogy shareware program for the Macintosh, called GenScribe. This new shareware program is described as a research record keeping and tracking program for the Macintosh. Unlike most other genealogy programs, GenScribe is not a lineage-linked program. Instead, it is designed purely as a place to record, store, and organize genealogical research notes. I do not know of any other Macintosh programs similar to GenScribe, but it does appear to be somewhat of a competitor to Clooz for Windows.

The new program’s Web site describes the following things you can do, using GenScribe:

• Create research "to do" lists for any given venue (a venue would be a place to do research, such as a library, society or county courthouse).
• Record the actual research data that you find (GenScribe includes standard text entry fields as well as templates for the 1790-1880 and 1900-1920 U.S. censuses).
• Manage genealogy projects, including linked subprojects.
• Review research that you've done in any given source or on any given project.
• Review research that you may wish to incorporate into a lineage-linked database.
• Keep track of your genealogy correspondence, including dates of correspondence and money that you've paid for research or to cover costs.
• Keep track of page-by-page searches for specific references in unindexed materials.
• Assign file numbers to specific research items and print cover sheets that can help you quickly locate hard copies.

GenScribe is designed to support the process of evaluating research by giving you easy access to the evidence you have gathered, as well as to help you plan where and what to look for next.

GenScribe requires the following:

• Power Macintosh or Mac OS computer with a PPC 601 processor or higher.
• At least 16 megabytes of RAM memory
• At least 15 megabytes of free hard disk space.
• Mac OS 8.1 or later
  

At the program’s Web site you can see a number of screenshots of GenScribe in operation. You can also download a trial copy of the program from the same site. After you take it for a "test drive" on your Macintosh, you can return to the same site to purchase the program for $12.

To obtain more information about GenScribe for the Macintosh, to look at the screenshots, or to download a trial copy of Genscribe 1.05, go to: www.ultranet.com/~psherman/genscribe.html.

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