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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…
Just wanted to get the word out about the Mesa Arizona Family History Expo to be held Friday, November 14 through Saturday, November 15, 2008. This event is being produced by Family History Expos (formerly My Ancestors Found). If you’ve…
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…
OK, so nobody told me when I started blogging that I would get to play tag. I was tagged by Diane Haddad over at the Genealogy Insider (she’s with Family Tree Magazine). I’m supposed to answer these questions about myself,…
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…