Tip: Finding a Person by Nickname or Married Name
“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…
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Tip: Make a Map of Your Family’s Migrations
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…
Tip: Saving Your Spot in RootsMagic Using Bookmarks
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…
Tip: Find Exactly What You Want with a Few Keystrokes
You’re looking at the index of people on the main RootsMagic screen. You see “Aldred, Mary” but you want to move to “Taylor, William”. Your only hope is to scroll down through the list, past thousands of names and 20…
Tip: Know Your Relationships
As you’re exploring around your family tree, do you ever think, “Who is ‘Lysander Liske’ and how is he related to me?” Followed by, “Hmm. You don’t see many babies named ‘Lysander’ anymore.” While RootsMagic doesn’t have the power to…
Tip: Easily Follow the Fathers (and Sons)
Many of our user’s around the world will be celebrating Father’s Day this weekend. In commemoration, I’m going to show you a unique feature in RootsMagic that makes working with lines of fathers (and even sons) a snap. Isolating lines…
Tip: Never Get Lost in Your Tree with Color Coding
Have you ever started exploring around your family tree and found yourself lost, unsure which line to follow to get back down to your more recent ancestors? The Color Coding feature in RootsMagic makes it easy to leave yourself “breadcrumbs”…
Tip: Get Research Help with RootsMagic and GenSmarts
Have you ever stared at your RootsMagic screen wondering where to look next (or maybe even where to start)? There are so many record types and websites to search that you aren’t even sure where to begin. Or maybe you are…
Tip: Planning Cemetery Trips with RootsMagic
It’s Memorial Day weekend in the United States which means that many of you will be visiting gravesites of friends and family to honor and remember them. Did you know that RootsMagic can help you plan your visits and make…
RootsMagic App for Android Now Available!
With more and more devices and operating systems becoming popular, we are always asked, “When will RootsMagic be available for _______?” We are working hard to make RootsMagic available on whatever device you use, wherever you go. RootsMagic is already…