Leister Productions, Inc. has released a new version of Reunion, its popular Mac genealogy database program. Reunion was first released for the Mac back in 1988 – 36 years ago, which is an amazing run for a genealogy program (see our Genealogy Software Hall of Fame – not many are older).
I’ve put an outline of the new features below, but media handling, custom reports, note-taking, interface improvements, chart improvements, book writing/generation, and web publishing improvements seem to be the major improvements. GEDCOM 7.0 and GEDZIP support have been added. For a full list of all new features and updates, along with screenshots, visit the Reunion 14 New Features page – https://www.leisterpro.com/doc/v14/newfeatures/new14features.php
| Reunion 14 – New Features and Improvements |
| Link Media – link media to events, facts, and marriages using a new media panel in the Edit Person and Edit Family windows. |
| Custom Report Sections – can be created for books, web projects, and word processing documents. A custom report section/custom section is a compilation of information about a specific aspect of a report you’re creating. |
| Improved Find / Find & Replace |
| Noteboard (see screenshot at bottom of page): Viewing, searching, and editing a single note or a group of person / family notes in a separate window. |
| Improved Sidebar Lists – Customizable settings – display more lines per row, and preferred pictures. Can display Couples in the sidebar. Relatives Sidebar and Relatives List settings. Places Sidebar and Places List window. |
| Bookmarks Sets – maintain different categories of bookmarks. |
| Charts – Improved chart frame, Hourglass chart (showing ancestors/descendants of a source couple), Everybody Chart – “the most comprehensive chart of them all”. Grid coordinates can be used to locate people on large charts. |
| Character, word, paragraph counts added to person/family notes, free-form source fields, logs |
| Free form text tools – added to person/family notes, free-form source fields and logs for cleaning up free-form text fields. |
| Strikethrough attribute added to notes, logs, free-form source fields |
| “Today” button added to person/family notes and free-form source fields for quickly adding a new line with today’s date. |
| Find Relationship Options window for selecting chart box contents in Find Relationship panel |
| Improved thumbnails window |
| Improved people search box in Sidebar and Lists window |
| Share/print current or all note fields for a person or family. |
| Edit Source improved. |
| Improved Books / Book Report |
| Improved Web Publishing |
| GEDCOM 7.0 and GEDZIP support |
| Dark Mode support |
Reunion 14 will require existing Reunion owners to purchase an upgrade for $49.95 USD (sales tax may apply), although Reunion 13 users who purchased after a certain date maybe eligible for a free upgrade (see this page for details). New customers will need to pay $99 USD (sales tax may also apply). There are only digital/download versions available.
Reunion 14 requires macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or higher to run, and it runs just fine on Apple Silicon M-based Macs, as well as Intel-based Macs.
It can be downloaded here (and if you don’t have a license, it will run in “demo” mode):
https://www.leisterpro.com/doc/v14/download.php
Demo Restrictions:
- Only 50 people can be entered into a family file.
- Import/Export is disabled
- Charts and Slideshows can’t be saved.
- Printed output will be watermarked.
You can purchase a new copy or upgrade here: https://store.leisterpro.com/WebStore/webcart.php
If you would like to watch a video of the “Top 10 New Features” see this video:
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Reunion, it’s recommended you watch this video:
If you are installing Reunion for the first time (no previous versions on your Mac), watch this video:
Screenshot of the Reunion 14 Noteboard (screenshot from Leister Productions, Inc.)
