RootsMagic
Genealogy software program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RootsMagic is a genealogy software program designed and written by RootsMagic, Inc, an American software design and development company founded by Bruce Buzbee in 1987.[4] Bruce originally wrote the program Family Origins.[5][6][7]
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| Original author(s) | Bruce Buzbee |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | RootsMagic, Inc. (Originally: FormalSoft Inc)[1][2] |
| Initial release | February 4, 2003 |
| Stable release | 10.0.3
/ December 9, 2024[3] |
| Operating system | Windows, Mac OS, Android, iOS |
| Type | Genealogy software |
| License | Freeware and Retail |
| Website | www |
Features
Summarize
Perspective
RootsMagic is a genealogy program that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history.[8][9]
- The software was originally developed as Windows-only, but is now available in Mac OS X.
- It is designed as a single-file database
- It is set up to import or export data from or to the Ancestry.com website.
- It allows backup to a hard drive, flash drive, or DropBox.
- It has four navigation views:
- Standard pedigree view, with five or six generations visible;
- Family view (allows to look at the family unit, and navigate back and forth between generations;
- Descendants view (two to seven generations);
- People list view (display a customizable set of facts for the people in database);
- Couple list view (display a list of couples in database)
- "Drag and Drop" feature to allow copying individuals, families, and entire extended families from one database to another.
- It has a function to create user website files, and maintains its own free website (MyRootsMagic.com) for customers to publish their own genealogies.
- In 2022 there were three versions of RootsMagic 10 sold in the UK - Basic (£29.95), Standard (£39.95) and Platinum (£49.95)[10] while the U.S. version sold by RootsMagic, Inc cost $39.95 for new users and $29.95 for registered users of previous versions.
History
- Retail Version
- RootsMagic version 1.0 was released 2003-02-04[11][12]
- RootsMagic version 2.0 was released 2004-05-24[1][12]
- RootsMagic version 3.0 was released 2005-09-08[11][12]
- RootsMagic version 4.0 was released 2009-03-25[1][12]
- RootsMagic version 5.0 was released 2011-11-28[9][13]
- RootsMagic version 6.0 was released 2012-11-19[13][14]
- RootsMagic version 7.0 was released 2014-11-25[15]
- RootsMagic version 8.0 was released 2021-09-30[16]
- RootsMagic version 9.0 was released 2023-02-27[17]
- RootsMagic version 10.0 was released 2024-06-19[18]
- Free Version
- RootsMagic Essentials was released 2009-11-18[1][12]
- RootsMagic Essentials was updated with the version 5 release 2011-11-28[9]
- RootsMagic Essentials was updated with the version 6 release 2012-11-19[14]
- RootsMagic Essentials was updated with the version 7 release 2014-11-25[15]
- RootsMagic Essentials 8 was released 2021-09-30[16]
- RootsMagic Essentials 9 was released 2023-02-27[17]
- RootsMagic Essentials 10 was released 2024-06-19[18]
File format
RootsMagic 4-9 database design uses SQLite 3 as its database engine so the .rmgc and .rmtree database files it creates are readable using third party SQLite management and development tools.[19]
Platforms
RootsMagic was designed to run on the Windows and Mac platform, however some users run RootsMagic on Linux machines using Wine.[20][21]
As of RootsMagic 10, the program can be run on Windows 8, 10, and 11, as well as MacOS High Sierra (10.13) through Sonoma (14).[22]
References
External links
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