RootsMagic explained
RootsMagic should not be confused with Root Magic.
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]
Features
RootsMagic is a genealogy program that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history.[8]
- 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 V8 sold in the UK - Basic (£29.95), Standard (£39.95) and Platinum (£49.95)[9] 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[10] [11]
- RootsMagic version 2.0 was released 2004-05-24
- RootsMagic version 3.0 was released 2005-09-08
- RootsMagic version 4.0 was released 2009-03-25
- RootsMagic version 5.0 was released 2011-11-28[12] [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]
- Free Version
- RootsMagic Essentials was released 2009-11-18
- RootsMagic Essentials was updated with the version 5 release 2011-11-28
- RootsMagic Essentials was updated with the version 6 release 2012-11-19
- RootsMagic Essentials was updated with the version 7 release 2014-11-25
- RootsMagic Essentials 8 was released 2021-09-30
- RootsMagic Essentials 9 was released 2023-02-27
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.[18]
Platforms
RootsMagic was designed to run on the Windows and Mac platform, however some users run RootsMagic on Linux machines using Wine.[19] [20]
MacOS 10.12 and above is supported by a native version as of RootsMagic 8.[21]
Notes and References
- http://www.tamurajones.net/RootsMagicEssentials.xhtml 2009-11-20 RootsMagic Essentials
- http://www.formalsoft.com/newsltr.htm Family Origins Newsletter
- Web site: RootsMagic Update History.
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucebuzbee Bruce Buzbee
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utcfhc/html/bruce_buzbee.html Bruce Buzbee
- http://www.familyorigins.com/ Family Origins
- http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html#Reference%20manual Unofficial FAQ for Family Origins
- http://ldsmag.com/1/article/6470 Bruce Buzbee: Making Family History Fun and Easy
- Web site: RootsMagic UK Family History Software. 2019. RootsMagic, S&N Genealogy Supplies. 2019-11-27.
- http://www.tamurajones.net/RootsMagic4.xhtml RootsMagic
- http://forums.rootsmagic.com/index.php?showforum=11 RootsMagic News
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=1172 RootsMagic 5
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com RootsMagic Blog
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=1460 RootsMagic 6
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=2319 RootsMagic 7
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=3508 RootsMagic 8
- http://blog.rootsmagic.com/?p=3635 RootsMagic 9
- https://sqlitetoolsforrootsmagic.com/ SQLite Tools for RootsMagic
- http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6473 RootsMagic
- http://students.cs.byu.edu/~jbejaran/RootsMagicWine.php Wineskin
- https://rootsmagic.com/rootsmagic/
