Easily track multiple relationships, such as adoptions, foster parents, etc
Integrated backup and restore help safeguard your data
Easy to Learn and Use
Work from pedigree, family, or descendants view (or switch back and forth)
Family members are automatically linked as you add them
Automatically checks for duplicates as you add people
Just double click on a person's name to edit that person
RootsMagic Explorer lets you easily find and edit anyone in your family tree
Customize the tool bar to include the functions you use most
Easy to use Explorer-like help system
Publish Your Family History
RootsMagic Publisher lets you create complete books with narrative, notes, charts, photos, source bibliography, index, and more.
NEW Include cover page
NEW Include title page
NEW Include table of contents
NEW Include copyright page
NEW Include dedication page
NEW Include acknowledgements page
NEW Include preface
NEW Include free form text pages
NEW Customize your index format and number of columns
Print to printer, Adobe Acrobat (PDF), or export to your word processor (RTF)
Customize headers, footers, margins, fonts for any printout
Spectacular Wall Charts
NEW Ancestor Wall Charts in any orientation (left to right, bottom to top, etc)
NEW Descendant Wall Charts in any orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc)
NEW Hourglass Charts (combined ancestors and descendants) in any orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc)
NEW Timeline Charts
NEW Drag and drop to resize and move individual boxes
NEW Add a background image or color
NEW Print charts up to 57 feet wide
NEW Print charts on regular size paper and tape together, or print on large format printer
NEW Export charts to JPG, EMF, and other graphic formats
NEW Add freeform text, photos, and shapes to your charts
Reports
Pedigree Charts (standard and cascading)
Family Group Sheets
Narrative reports (modified register, indented descendancy, Henry descendancy, D'Aboville descendancy, and ancestor)
NEW Register format (NEHGS) descendant report
NEW Ancestor box charts
NEW Descendant box charts
Individual summary prints everything you know about a person
Calendars with birthdays and anniversaries
Custom report designer
Relationship chart shows exactly how two people are related
Scrapbook of pictures for people, families, sources, and places
Blank pedigree charts, family group sheets, research logs, correspondence logs, and cemetery records forms
Address labels for mailings
Dozens of lists
Multimedia
Attach photographs, sound clips, video clips and documents to any person, family, place, source, or event
Scan photos directly into RootsMagic
Photo editor lets you adjust sharpness, brightness, contrast, and crop, rotate, and zoom images
Include photos in your books, group sheets, and other printouts
NEW Copy photos from your scrapbook directly to the clipboard
Documenting Your Family History
SourceWizard automatically writes proper sources for you
NEW More SourceWizard templates (newspaper clipping, diary or journal, military service file, marriage license, website, diploma, personal knowledge)
Add notes and stories/notes to any fact or person
Easy to use source list tracks all your documentation (certificates, census, books, etc)
Enter each source only once, then reuse it elsewhere
Add a global source to each person when importing a GEDCOM file.
Track repositories where the sources are found
Print your documentation (notes and sources) in your reports, summaries, and forms
Internet Features
Automatically create a website including photos, notes, sources, index, surname list, GEDCOM file, email, etc
Six types of websites: pedigree charts, group sheets, combo pedigree chart / group sheet, descendant narrative, ancestor narrative, alphabetical narrative
Add your own links to your home page
"Privatize" living persons in your website
Automatically check for updates to your software
Family Reunion Planner
Tools
Correspondence Log lets you keep track of all your incoming and outgoing correspondence
Bookmark any individuals in your database
NEW History list lets you backtrack through last 200 people visited
NEW Back button moves back to previously visited people
pell Checker checks the current notes, or all notes.
Global search and replace for notes, sources, names, places, etc.
NEW Color code groups of individuals in your database
Counts the number of separate trees in your database.
"To do" list lets you keep track of research you still need to do for any person or family
Date calculator
NEW Pop up calendar when entering dates
Relationship calculator shows you the relationship between any two people
Soundex calculator (including alternate methods)
Powerful merge capabilities, including SmartMerge and ShareMerge
NEW Prioritized merge list
NEW Mark possible duplicates as "not a match"
NEW Interactive problem list
NEW Edit problem person or family directly from problem list
NEW Mark possible problems as "not a problem"
Search by name, record number, dates, places, notes, and many other types of data
Place list lets you enter place history for each place
NEW Place list lets you enter the latitude and longitude for each place
Compatibility
Full GEDCOM 5.5 support so you can exchange data with other programs
GEDCOM import option to combine into current database or create a new database
Full LDS support, including full TempleReady support, automatic ordinance updating, selection of qualified ordinances, and the ability to view and edit all ordinances
System Requirements:
Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT or Windows 95.