{"id":1172,"date":"2011-11-28T07:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2011-11-28T07:15:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T14:15:06","slug":"new-rootsmagic-5-software-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"New RootsMagic 5 Software Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/RM5-Box.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1177  aligncenter\" title=\"RootsMagic 5\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/RM5-Box.gif\" alt=\"RootsMagic 5\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Latest Version of Genealogy and Family Tree Software Now Available to the Public<\/h2>\n<p>SPRINGVILLE, Utah. \u2014 November 28, 2011 \u2014 RootsMagic, Inc. today announced the official release of RootsMagic 5, the latest version of the award-winning genealogy software which makes researching, organizing, and sharing your family history easy and enjoyable. \u00a0With this release comes an update to the popular \u201cRootsMagic Essentials\u201d free genealogy software.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Family History Made Easy<\/h3>\n<p>A July 2009 review of RootsMagic 4 by Family Tree Magazine said, \u201cProbably the best all-around genealogy program, RootsMagic offers a winning combination of features for both casual and serious genealogists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout it\u2019s 10-year history, RootsMagic has helped people research and share their family trees with innovative features such as moving people from one file to another with your mouse, a SourceWizard to help you document your work, creating a Shareable CD to give to family and friends, and running RootsMagic off of a USB flash drive when you are away from home. \u00a0RootsMagic also received the award for \u201cEasiest to Sync\u201d from FamilySearch for their work in interfacing with that system.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">New Features<\/h3>\n<p>RootsMagic 5 adds many new features while making existing features even easier to use. \u00a0\u201cThis release includes something for everybody,\u201d said Bruce Buzbee, president. \u00a0\u201cWhether you\u2019re a grandma wanting to share your family history with grandkids or a professional researcher trying to organize your work, RootsMagic 5 has something new for you.\u201d \u00a0New features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Timeline View<\/strong> &#8211; put a person\u2019s life in context with events from their own life and from the lives of family members.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CountyCheck<\/strong> &#8211; confirm and correct the existence of a county, state, or country on any given date from a multi-national database. \u00a0It can even show you online maps of county boundaries for that date.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research Manager<\/strong> &#8211; avoid \u201creinventing the wheel\u201d by keeping track of research goals, sources, and results that you have collected on a person, family, or place<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cOn This Day\u201d List<\/strong> &#8211; bring your family history to life and view family events along with famous births, deaths, and historical events for any given day of the year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Media Tagging<\/strong> &#8211; tag your media with people, families, sources, or places. \u00a0For example, tag an image of a census record with the people, families, and places mentioned in the record as well as the census\u2019 source citation.<\/li>\n<li>Plus over 80 other enhancements and features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Free \u201cRootsMagic Essentials\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>RootsMagic 5 is also available in an updated, free edition named, \u201cRootsMagic 5 Essentials\u201d. \u00a0RootsMagic Essentials contains many core features from the RootsMagic software and the two products are fully-compatible with one another. \u00a0\u201cMany people are curious about their family history and don\u2019t know where to begin,\u201d said Michael Booth, vice president. \u00a0\u201cRootsMagic Essentials is the perfect way for someone to get started, risk-free.\u201d \u00a0RootsMagic Essentials is available for download at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsmagic.com\/\">http:\/\/www.rootsmagic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Available Now<\/h3>\n<p>RootsMagic 5 is now available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsmagic.com\/\">http:\/\/www.rootsmagic.com<\/a> or by calling 1-800-766-8762. \u00a0New users may purchase RootsMagic 5 for only $29.95. \u00a0Users of previous versions of RootsMagic and it\u2019s predecessor, Family Origins may purchase RootsMagic 5 for the upgrade price of only $19.95.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">About RootsMagic, Inc.<\/h3>\n<p>For over 20 years, RootsMagic, Inc. has been creating computer software with a special purpose- to unite families. One of our earliest products- the popular \u201cFamily Origins\u201d software, introduced thousands of people to the joy and excitement of family history.<\/p>\n<p>That tradition continues today with \u201cRootsMagic\u201d, our award-winning genealogy software which makes researching, organizing, and sharing your family history fun and easy. \u201cPersonal Historian\u201d will help you easily write and preserve your life stories. \u201cFamily Reunion Organizer\u201d takes the headaches out of planning those important get-togethers. And \u201cFamily Atlas\u201d creates beautiful and educational geographic maps of your family history.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsmagic.com\/\">www.rootsmagic.com<\/a>.<br \/>\nSource: RootsMagic, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Version of Genealogy and Family Tree Software Now Available to the Public SPRINGVILLE, Utah. \u2014 November 28, 2011 \u2014 RootsMagic, Inc. today announced the official release of RootsMagic 5, the latest version of the award-winning genealogy software which makes researching, organizing, and sharing your family history easy and enjoyable. \u00a0With this release comes an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}