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You stare at the list of names you have entered into RootsMagic over the years, and think to yourself “I wonder how long it has been since I’ve worked on that guy’s line?”. As you make changes to your data,…
Have you misplaced your keys again? Not your car keys, but the registration keys for your RootsMagic software? If so, you’re not alone. Requests for lost or misplaced registration keys is our number one tech support issue, but you can…
Have you ever mumbled under your breath because RootsMagic didn’t include the field you always want to enter on the Add Person screen? When you add a new person in RootsMagic, the first screen you see is the Add Person screen.…
Have you ever noticed a little triangle symbol next to a person’s name in RootsMagic and wondered what it meant? It means there just might be a problem with some of the information you have entered for that person. That little…
Occasionally things break. And when they do, we break out the tools to fix them. Sometimes we even use tools preemptively to keep things from breaking later. Databases are no different, and RootsMagic provides database tools to check the integrity…
You just discovered some information about an ancestor that you want to document, but you know there are some family members that are going to throw a fit about it. How do you document that information, yet be able to…
One of your ancestors fought alongside Davy Crockett at the Alamo, and you’ve entered that information into your RootsMagic database. Unfortunately you don’t remember which ancestor it was, or how to easily find him. Luckily, RootsMagic makes it easy to…
“Why can’t I find that person? I know I entered them into my database!” Maybe it is because you know them by a different name than the one you entered for them. We are taught to enter the full birth…
Here at RootsMagic HQ, today is “Pioneer Day”, a local holiday where we celebrate our ancestors and the diverse peoples who settled this area. One fun project for Pioneer Day (or any day for that matter) is to make a…
Every person in your family tree is important, right? As much as we may hate to admit it, sometimes certain persons are more important than others. For example, imagine wandering around through the outskirts of your family tree when…