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== Instructions for Using an Application that works without Wi-Fi Access == | == Instructions for Using an Application that works without Wi-Fi Access == | ||
*''Ancestry'' allows you to download your online Ancestry family tree,save it to your tablet and still view it. This makes one's database always available in a view mode. | *''[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry]'' allows you to download your online Ancestry family tree,save it to your tablet and still view it. This makes one's database always available in a view mode. | ||
*''Heredis'' works with an original Gedcom file from your genealogical database. Send the Gedcom file to your iPad using your iCloud email. You will need to download the ''Heredis ''free'' ''application, once installed it reads your data with or without Wi-Fi Acess. An additional nice feature is its ability to synchronize between your iPad and your Mac once you are connected. | *''[http://www.heredis.com/en/heredis-pc/ Heredis]'' works with an original Gedcom file from your genealogical database. Send the Gedcom file to your iPad using your iCloud email. You will need to download the ''Heredis ''free'' ''application, once installed it reads your data with or without Wi-Fi Acess. An additional nice feature is its ability to synchronize between your iPad and your Mac once you are connected. | ||
*''GedView'' works with a Gedcom from your genealogical database. It is both a viewer and a recording tool for your database. The Gedcom file can be encoded as ASCII, ANSI, ANSEL, UTF-8 or UTF-16. There are a number of steps involved in transferring your gedcom file to the application. You can download it from a website, send it through email, or put it into your dropbox and access it from the dropbox application on your device. Once you select the file you import it into GedView. There is a [http://www.ritter.demon.co.uk/Projects/gedview.pdf User's Manual] online with additional information on how to use this program. The cost for this program is $3.99. | *''[http://www.mobilegenealogy.com/gedview/ GedView]'' works with a Gedcom from your genealogical database. It is both a viewer and a recording tool for your database. The Gedcom file can be encoded as ASCII, ANSI, ANSEL, UTF-8 or UTF-16. There are a number of steps involved in transferring your gedcom file to the application. You can download it from a website, send it through email, or put it into your dropbox and access it from the dropbox application on your device. Once you select the file you import it into GedView. There is a [http://www.ritter.demon.co.uk/Projects/gedview.pdf User's Manual] online with additional information on how to use this program. The cost for this program is $3.99. | ||
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