RootsMagic 3 is an exciting new full-featured genealogy program published by S&N Genealogy Supplies.

It now allows you to share your family history on CD. Produce a wide range of box and wallcharts that can include photos. It will also create websites and books.

Program Description

RootsMagic is the easiest to use genealogy program available for Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT, and 2000, yet is also one of the most powerful.

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“There’s no better genealogy package for the money.”

81%

PC Format, Mar 05 Issue 172

“All in all, RootsMagic is a winner.” — Dick Eastman

RootsMagic 3 — Order It Today

Have a look at the NEW features HERE.

Compare the UK versions HERE.

• Upgrades are £19.95 for those who bought the previous UK version

Which RootsMagic is best for you?

There are three versions of RootsMagic; here is a comparison to help you decide which is the best one for you:

	Platinum	Standard	Basic
RootsMagic™ v3
Number of CDs	7	3	1
£250-worth of vouchers off the British Data Archive CD sets
6 million name index
Bartholemew's UK Atlas 1898
Change of Names CD 1760–1901
General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland 1894 (Encyclopaedia of Heraldry)
English and Welsh Landowners 1873
Scottish Landowners 1872–1873
Online subscription to www.BMDINDEX.co.uk
	Platinum SRP £ 49.95	Standard £ 34.95	Basic £ 21.95

Below are the NEW features of RootsMagic™ v3.

= Feature new to version 3.

• Make shareable CDs to give to others, with custom menu and a read-only version of RootsMagic
• View 5 or 6 generations at once on the pedigree view
• View 2 through 7 generations at once on the descendant view
• Back up directly to CD
• Automatically link dragged people into the other database
• See a person's age at every event on their edit page
• Add private events that you can suppress from printing or exporting
• Add private notes that you can suppress from printing or exporting
• Display relationships to root person on status bar
• Select the size of pictures in narrative reports (books)
• Include pictures in narrative reports printed to rich text (RTF) files
• Ancestor and descendant box charts
• Print colour coding in pedigree charts, group sheets, box charts, narrative reports, wall charts, ahnentafel, descendant list, and timelines
• Easily merge duplicate sources from the master source list
• Add a source to multiple people at once
• Easily make a copy of a source
• Direct PAF import (versions 2.x and later)
• Direct Family Origins import (versions 4 and later)
• Direct Family Origins backup import (versions 5 and later)

Of course, version 3 also includes all the existing features of RootsMagic™ v2:

= Feature new to version 2.

General Features

• UK version (only available through S&N Genealogy Supplies).
• Runs under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP (compare this to other genealogy software)
• Three navigation views: Pedigree, Family, Descendants
• Open multiple databases on screen at the same time
• Drag and drop people between databases
• Open multiple copies (and views) of the same database
• Add unlimited people, facts/events, notes, sources, and more
• 60 predefined fact types (birth, marriage, death, occupation, religion, etc)
• Create your own user defined fact types
• 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.
• Include cover page
• Include title page
• Include table of contents
• Include copyright page
• Include dedication page
• Include acknowledgements page
• Include preface
• Include free form text pages
• 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

• Ancestor Wall Charts in any orientation (left to right, bottom to top, etc)
• Descendant Wall Charts in any orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc)
• Hourglass Charts (combined ancestors and descendants) in any orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc)
• Timeline Charts
• Drag and drop to resize and move individual boxes
• Add a background image or color
• Print charts up to 57 feet wide
• Print charts on regular size paper and tape together, or print on large format printer
• Export charts to JPG, EMF, and other graphic formats
• 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)
• Register format (NEHGS) descendant report
• Ancestor box charts
• 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
• Copy photos from your scrapbook directly to the clipboard

Documenting Your Family History

• SourceWizard automatically writes proper sources for you
• 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
• History list lets you backtrack through last 200 people visited
• Back button moves back to previously visited people
• Spell Checker checks the current notes, or all notes.
• Global search and replace for notes, sources, names, places, etc.
• 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
• 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
• Prioritized merge list
• Mark possible duplicates as “not a match”
• Interactive problem list
• Edit problem person or family directly from problem list
• 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
• 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 ordinance information from a single screen. 
• LDS support can be turned on or off.

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