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New Weekly Webinars Announced

Bruce Buzbee 7 Comments

They’re baaacck!  After releasing RootsMagic 5 we got so busy that we weren’t finding any time to schedule and prepare any new webinars.

Many of you have told us you would like to see shorter webinar classes covering a single feature in more detail.  So for  the next several weeks we will be doing just that, starting with  features that are new in RootsMagic 5.

  • Mar 15 – New Media Tagging in RootsMagic 5
  • Mar 22 – New Source and Citation Features in RootsMagic 5
  • Mar 29 – New Research Logs and Manager in RootsMagic 5
  • Apr 5 – New Timeline View in RootsMagic 5
  • Apr 12 – Installing and Upgrading Personal Historian 2
  • Apr 19 – New County Check in RootsMagic 5
  • Apr 26 – New Reports and Options in RootsMagic 5

To sign up for the free webinars, visit our webinar page at:

http://www.rootsmagic.com/webinars

And don’t forget about our free recorded webinars while you’re there.  We have classes for everyone, from beginners “Getting Started with RootsMagic” to classes for more advanced users, like “Creating Custom Reports with RootsMagic.  We have classes which everyone should watch like “Sources, Citations, and Documentation with RootsMagic”.  We even have classes on using our other software Personal Historian and Family Atlas.

And for those who are thinking about switching or upgrading to RootsMagic 5, check out our newest recorded webinar “Installing and Upgrading to RootsMagic 5”.

More Free RootsMagic Classes

Bruce Buzbee 2 Comments

It seems like the more free RootsMagic classes we do, the more requests we get for additional topics.  Here are 4 new classes scheduled for the next couple of months.  Each class will be limited to the first 1000 people to sign up, but if you miss out or can’t make it, don’t worry because we will record the class for you to download and watch later.

To sign up for the free classes, or to view past recorded classes, visit us at:

http://www.rootsmagic.com/webinars

Here are upcoming classes for May and June:

  • Creating a Website in RootsMagic
    Putting your data on your own website is a great way to share your research with family members and to make connections with unknown cousins and distant relatives.  Join us for a look at how to build your family website with RootsMagic and different options for sharing it online.
    Thursday, May 19, 2011
    5pm MST See In Your Time Zone
    90 minutes
  • Google Search Tips and Tricks with Lisa Louise Cooke
    Google Earth is a 360 degree, 3-dimensional way to view your ancestors world! In this webinar you will learn from Lisa Louise Cooke how to unlock mysteries in your research – from unidentified photographs, to how a location looked a hundred years ago or more. You’ll also see the potential this free program has for helping you tell your family history stories in a compelling visual way that will fascinate your family.
    Tuesday, May 24, 2011
    6pm MST See In Your Time Zone
    90 minutes
  • Search Techniques in RootsMagic
    You can find a person by name in RootsMagic, but do you know how to find all females born in England between 1780 and 1820 who never married?  Join us for a look at RootsMagic’s powerful searching capabilities that help you find what you’re looking for both in your own file and online.
    Wednesday, June 1, 2011
    2pm MST See In Your Time Zone
    90 minutes
  • Pictures and Media in RootsMagic
    They say a picture’s worth a thousand words but pictures of your family history are priceless!  Join us for a look at how to scan and add pictures into RootsMagic of people, places, and sources to really bring your family tree to life!
    Tuesday, June 21, 2011
    5pm MST See In Your Time Zone
    90 minutes

Here are the free archived webinars already available for you to view or download:

  • Getting Started with RootsMagic
  • Publishing a Family History with RootsMagic
  • FamilySearch Made Easy with RootsMagic
  • RootsMagic To-Go: Running RootsMagic on a Flash Drive
  • Sources, Citations, and Documentation with RootsMagic
  • Working with Files and Folders in RootsMagic
  • Cleaning Your Family Tree in RootsMagic
  • Personal Historian: Bringing Life to Your Life Stories
  • Creating Custom Reports with RootsMagic
  • Map and Explore Your Family Tree with Family Atlas
  • Adding and Editing Information in RootsMagic
  • Lists and Reports in RootsMagic
  • Writing Your Personal History (and Living to Tell About it)
  • Places and Mapping in RootsMagic
  • Ask the RootsMagician
  • Google Search Tips and Tricks with Lisa Louise Cooke
  • Creating and Printing Wallcharts with RootsMagic

More Free Online Classes

Bruce Buzbee 21 Comments

First, we’d like to thank everyone for the overwhelming response to our online classes (webinars).  Every class has been full, and from what you have told us by email and at conferences, they are a big hit.

Here are the next 2 classes we will be offering:

  • Working With Files and Folders in RootsMagic
    Is working with files in RootsMagic a mystery? Learn how to organize your RootsMagic files and folders, create and restore backups, import and export information from other programs and GEDCOM files, share data between computers, and much more!
    Tuesday, February 8, 2011
    5pm MST See In Your Time Zone
    90 minutes
  • Cleaning Your Family Tree in RootsMagic
    Every family tree is subject to errors. Learn how to clean up your places and sources, discover possible errors and problems in your data, find and merge duplicate records, split and merge trees, and more!
    Friday, February 18, 2011
    3pm MST See In Your Time Zone
    90 minutes

To sign up for the free classes, or to view past recorded classes, visit us at:

http://www.rootsmagic.com/webinars

These classes were chosen based on the response to our survey.  If you still haven’t had a chance to let us know what you want us to teach click here to take the survey.

Each class will be limited to the first 1000 people to sign up, but if you miss out or can’t make it, don’t worry because we will record the class for you to download and watch later.