News about RootsMagic, Personal Historian, and Family Atlas software
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…
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…
Let your voice be heard! We want to hear from you on how we can improve RootsMagic to better serve your family history wants and needs. To this end, we have setup a survey available HERE. And to show our…
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…
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…
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”…
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…