RootsMagic Changelog

What's new in RootsMagic 7.0.1

• WebHints:
• RootsMagic automatically searches your favorite genealogy records sites including FamilySearch and MyHeritage for possible matches to your data
• As matches are found, a light bulb appears next to each person's name
• Clicking on the light bulb opens up a web browser with the matching records (some records may require a subscription)
• WebHints WebHints WebHints
• DataClean:
• NameClean finds and corrects many common problems in personal names in your file
• PlaceClean finds and corrects many common problems in place names in your file
• NameClean NameClean PlaceClean PlaceClean
• Compare Files:
• Compare any two RootsMagic files and display their differences
• Share data between the compared files with the click of a button
• Compare Files
• Publish Online:
• Publish your family information to MyRootsMagic.com
• Dynamic, database-driven sites with pedigree, family and individual views for each person
• Can include notes, sources, and media for each person
• Password protect your site to control access to your family data
• See a sample website
• Publish Online Sample Website
• Import Lists:
• Like to customize your files? Import lists of fact types, media, places, and more from another RootsMagic file to save time and effort
• Import Lists
• Backup and Restore with Media:
• Optionally include your media when you backup or restore your database
• Backup and Restore with Media
• QuickGroups:
• See which groups a person belongs to with the click of a mouse
• Check and uncheck a person's groups from a single screen
• QuickGroups
• Drag-and-Drop Media:
• Drag-and-drop pictures and other files right onto a person's media screen to add them quickly
• You'll also enjoy these new features added in RootsMagic 6:
• Problem Alerts:
• An icon next to a person's name on the main screen warns you of a potential error in their data
• Find and fix problems with incorrect dates, unusual ages, and missing information
• Problem Alerts Problem Alerts
• Enhanced 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
• Edit events, names, directly from the timeline view (without having to open the edit screen)
• Timeline View
• CountyCheck Explorer:
• Lets you look up counties and states (US, Canada, UK, Australia) to view information about them
• Access the FamilySearch Wiki page for counties and states
• Access an interactive state map showing historical county boundaries
• CountyCheck CountyCheck Map
• WebTags:
• Attach links to websites to any person, source, citation, place, or research log item
• Instantly jump to a web page tagged to a record
• Print a list of WebTags you have added to your database
• WebTags Edit WebTags
• Find Everywhere:
• Find every record containing text you enter
• Find people, families, events, notes, sources, places, to-do items, research logs, media items, and more
• Edit any found record directly from the results screen
• Find Everywhere
• Enhanced searching and selecting:
• Search for people by the number of spouses, children, parents, or siblings that they have
• Select people based on genetic lines (Y-STR and Mitochondrial)
• Select by Number Genetic Options
• Enhanced WebSearch:
• Create a WebTag directly from your search results
• Optionally use an external browser for search results
• WebSearch Create WebTag
• Enhanced Place List:
• View place detail information directly from the place list
• Edit place detail notes, media, etc. directly from the place list
• You'll also enjoy these new features added in RootsMagic 5:
• Research Manager:
• Create unlimited research logs to document your work and aid your research
• Quickly search for any text in any research log
• Research Log
• 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
• CountyCheck CountyCheck Map
• Database Tools:
• Test the integrity of the database file
• Re-index the database
• Compress deleted records from the database
• "On This Day" List:
• Includes all family events on a date, as well as famous births and deaths and historical events for the day
• "Who Was There" List:
• Shows who in your file was possibly in a given location on a given date
• Enhanced People View:
• Filter to show any group of people
• Enhanced Multimedia:
• Allows easy tagging of images with the people, families, events, places, or sources
• Enter comments on any media tag
• Enhanced To-Do list:
• See type, status, priority and description in a single list
• Sort by type, status, priority, or task description
• Filter by type, status, or priority
• Enhanced Edit Screen:
• Hover tips for notes and sources for every fact
• Easily view all to-do items for a person and their families
• Easily view all media items for a person, their events, and families
• Enhanced Source Entry:
• New tabbed source edit screen streamlines source entry
• Enhanced Descendant List Report:
• Direct descendant list shows the direct line from an ancestor to a descendant
• Henry, D'Aboville, and outline numbering
• Wordwrap option conserves space
• Enhanced Place List Report:
• Print all events which occurred within a certain distance of any place
• Mapping:
• Include markers for events of family members of the selected person
• Enhanced Place List:
• Displays the primary image for the highlighted place
• Displays the place details for the highlighted place
• Fonts and Screens:
• Select the font / size for the lists on the edit person, Explorer, and select person screens