By exporting to GEDCOM, I lost the images I had associated with my Family Tree Maker file, but I wasn’t particular concerned since I didn’t have many images, anyway. Since I currently use Family Tree Maker 2008, I had to export my database of 10,000 individuals to a GEDCOM before importing into RootsMagic 3. I registered the software online and upgraded to the latest release, version 3.26. I was quite surprised at how quickly and effortlessly the installation was completed. Before I left the booth, I picked up a copy of RootsMagic 3 so I could see the program’s functionality for myself.Īnd, tonight, I installed RootsMagic 3 on my home computer.Īt home, I use a SONY Vaio laptop with Intel Centrino Duo processor running Windows Vista. He gladly answered my questions and provided some additional insight into the workings of RootsMagic. Later that same day, I stopped by the RootsMagic booth to meet Bruce. RootsMagic also interfaces with Microsoft Virtual Earth, enabling the user to use an online map to visualize places listed in the user’s database. Other features Bruce discussed include the ability to merge duplicate place names and the ability to universally correct place names for the entire database at once. Bruce explained that the source citations created by RootsMagic 3 conform to accepted standards. RootsMagic’s Source Wizard guides the user step-by-step through the process of creating sources, a clear benefit to all users, even those with extensive experience in citing sources. Bruce demonstrated how to create custom charts in RootsMagic by cutting and pasting between charts. Users can also print color wall charts up to 42 inches wide by up to 100 feet long through at prices much lower than those at local copy centers. The current version of RootsMagic can produce wall charts, lets the users move boxes to their preferred positions, edit text directly within in the boxes, set background pictures, and add pictures to individual boxes. One caveat, however, is that RootsMagic cannot directly import Family Tree Maker 2008 files. RootsMagic can import GEDCOM files, Family Origins database files, Family Origins backup files, PAF database files, and Family Tree Maker database files. After users sign into New FamilySearch, they will be able to transfer information, including sources, back and forth between RootsMagic 4 and New FamilySearch.īruce also demonstrated several features already available in the current release of RootsMagic. He did, however, show how RootsMagic would interface with New FamilySearch. RootsMagic 4 will be the biggest upgrade ever.īecause RootsMagic 4 is not yet ready, Bruce was cautious about discussing new features. īruce told the audience that RootsMagic version 4 would be ready to release later this year and, before release, there will be a public beta version of the program. SOURCE: Bruce Buzbee at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree 2008 (Burbank, Los Angeles Co., California). and the author of the RootsMagic genealogy software, presented a lecture on “What’s New in RootsMagic 4”.īruce Buzbee at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree 2008
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