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What Are Your Favorite RootsMagic Features?

by Miriam Robbins Midkiff

Jul 8, 2009

I've been a RootsMagic fan for a loooong time...I started out with Family Origins, which eventually "morphed" into RootsMagic. I love so many features of RootsMagic, many of which were trendsetting in the genealogy software world, like having a pedigree view, or a source wizard (now called the citation manager). In fact, I have to say that the citation manager is my favorite part of RootsMagic...it makes citing sources so easy. I also love the clean, non-cluttered interface, the charts and reports I can create. So what are your favorite RootsMagic features?
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    Jane

    I only just installed the full program (GEDCOM) after playing with the trial version a bit and I'm very pleased with the display and navigation and reports (love the sources list that lets me find me where I have the wrong source) and the places list that tells me what events happened at that place. And I expect to get much use of the Missing Information list!!
    I'm not sure yet who got lost (TMG exported more people that RM imported) and don't know why the descendants view didn't work (but after closing and re-opening it was there) but I will learn as I go.

    I WISH there was a tab for the Individual Information view so I could see the 5 name variations and all the events for a person. Or if they all would display in the family view tab.....
    J
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    Sep 6, 2009

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      Victoria Highton Moloney

      I am wondering if RootsMagic will ever consider giving webinars on their software? I have RM4 and I have purchased the RM4 book--but for creating reports, it is still a bit confusing for me. I would like to be able to get the most out of that feature.
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      Sep 26, 2009

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        Richard Miller BROWN

        Hi, I am a RM fan. I graduated to RM3 from FTM. I wanted a UK type programme, and RM3 has fully met and exceeded my expectations.

        I have as yet to create a self-starting CD. I wonder whether a self-starting / stand alone family tree can be loaded onto a Memory stick?

        Jan 10, 2010