RootsMagic 5.0.2.1

RootsMagic has six main views, plus a sidebar for easier navigation, all designed so you can build with extreme ease your family tree. You switch between the views by simply clicking on the tab for the desired view.  All views are fully navigatible using either the mouse or arrow keys. Double clicking on a person's name brings up the data entry screen for that person.  You can even open multiple databases side by side.

The RootsMagic edit screen lets you add an unlimited number of facts for every person (i.e. birth, death, marriage, occupation, religion, description, etc). If you want to add a fact type that isn't in RootsMagic's predefined list, you can simply create your own fact types. RootsMagic also allows notes and unlimited source citations for every fact.

Every piece of information on a person is available from this one screen... name, parent and spouse info, personal and family facts, DNA test results, alternate names, or LDS information.  You can directly access the notes, sources, media, and more for every item.

RootsMagic provides a powerful source list which lets you add, edit, delete, and print the sources of your information. Simply add the source once, then when you add a fact to a person and want to document where that information came from, you simply point to the source in the source list.

And best of all, the RootsMagic SourceWizard will help you write properly formatted sources regardless of your expertise.  Quickly and easily create sources as defined by Evidence!, Evidence Explained, or Cite Your Sources.  You can even create your own source types.

Here are some key features of "RootsMagic":

General Features:
· Single-file database format
· Support for international character sets through Unicode integration
· Integrated backup and restore help safeguard your data
· Back up directly to CD
· Customize the tool bar to include the functions you use most, or create your own toolbar
· Free technical support
· Database tools let you test the file integrity, rebuild indexes, and compress database to remove deleted records

Navigation Views:
· Easily switch between navigation views using tabs
· Pedigree View (5 or 6 generations)
· Family View
· Descendant View (2-7 generations)
· People List View (Customizeable and filterable)
· WebSearch
· Timeline View

Portability:
· RootsMagic To-Go lets you run RootsMagic (program AND data) directly off your flash drive

Easy to Learn and Use:
· Easy file management
· Family members are automatically linked as you add them
· Automatically checks for duplicates as you add people
· Click in an empty parent or child slot on screen to add parents or children
· Just double click on a person's name to edit that person
· All information for a person is shown on a single streamlined 'Edit person' window
· Sidebar on main screen makes navigation easy
· Resize edit and search dialogs to see as much information as you want
· Easy to use Explorer-like help system

Organize Your Information:
· Open multiple databases on screen at the same time
· Open multiple copies (and views) of the same database
· Alternate names in lists makes it easy to find a person by their other names
· Display relationships to root person on status bar
· Drag and drop people between databases
· Automatically link dragged people into the other database
· Named Groups of People lets you create groups you can use in reports or other areas

Limitations:

· The list of disabled features:
· Database Tools
· To-Do List
· Research Manager
· Correspondence List
· Source Templates
· Descendants View
· People View
· Web Search
· Timeline View
· Search and Replace
· Publisher
· Custom Reports
· Calendar
· Count Trees
· Spell Check
· Gazetteer
· Mapping
· Color Code People
· Relationship Calculator
· GenSmart Suggestions
· Create s Shareable CD
· Create a Website

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Research Manager:
· Create unlimited research logs to document your work and aid your research
· Quickly search for any text in any research log
Timeline View:
· Shows a full timeline of the current person's events and those of their parents, siblings, spouses, and children
· Shows a graphical timeline of the person's events
CountyCheck:
· Automatically checks every county you enter (US, Canada, UK, Australia) to verify that it actually existed at the time of the event
· Report gives you a list of all events in counties which didn't exist at the time
· Lets you access maps and county histories for the US, Canada, UK, and Australia
Database Tools:
· Test the integrity of the database file
· Re-index the database
· Compress deleted records from the database
· "On This Day" report includes all family events on a date, as well as famous births and deaths and historical events for the day
· Enhanced People View can be filtered to show any group of people
Enhanced Multimedia:
· Allows easy tagging of images with th...