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With the holidays coming up, we often get requests from our users about buying copies of RootsMagic for themselves or to give as gifts to their family or friends. And this year the requests have really come in asking whether the new version 4 will…
Sources are awesome. They are the lifeblood of the genealogist, and sometimes a frustration we would just as soon skip. But we all know how important they are. Documenting our family history is the greatest genealogical gift we can give…
Still waiting to hear about sources? Well, I’m still anxious to write about them. I just wanted to post a brief note to say that I haven’t forgotten about the blog. We are buried in programming right now and I…
After my last article on the new report engine in RootsMagic 4, I noticed we were getting a lot of questions and comments regarding individual reports, mainly whether we have enhanced or added a particular report. Let me clarify a…
Sorry about the delay since the last blog entry. I’ve been swamped with programming and presentations so I’ll try to get these last few features out a bit quicker. As with the rest of RootsMagic 4, the report engine has…
Way back when I first started previewing RootsMagic 4, several eagle-eyed readers noticed that the file extension of the RootsMagic database had changed from .RMG to .RMGC. There was some speculation (quite accurate speculation I might add) about what that…
Can I get a witness? Here is that new edit screen from the last preview, and I’ve unblurred the new magic button. “Share”. This feature (sometimes called “witnesses”) lets you share a person’s fact or event with other people in…
Well, I’m finally caught up from the RootsMagic cruise, and ready to wrap up the last 5 or 6 new features coming in RootsMagic 4. Welcome to the new edit screen. Now, before you say “It’s different so I hate…
If you have ever selected a group of people for a report or search and wished you could save that group of people to use again later, then your wish has been granted. The fifth (and final) tab of the…
DNA anyone? By popular demand RootsMagic 4 now lets you track all those DNA tests you are spending so much money on. And unlike some programs, RootsMagic 4 will let you track both Y-Chromosome (paternal-line) and Mitochondrial (maternal-line) tests. Just…