Roots Magic

[Bob Melson]

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I've been corresponding with a distant (in both the geographic and
genealogical meansings of the word) relative who inherited the
manuscript of and data for a book prepared several years ago in Family
Origins for Windows (FOWin). According to what I've read, the original
developer of FOWin has published a new, similarly featured, app called
Roots Magic, and I'm wondering if anybody on the group has any
experience with it or, dare I ask??, an opinion about it.

Thanks in advance.

Bob Melson (Swell Ol' Bob)

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Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net
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[Bob Melson]

Oops! My bad -- didn't mean to sign the original message as I know how
disturbing that is to several of the denizens of this corner of the Dark
Side.

Apologies,
SOB

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Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net

[Robert Heiling]

Bob Melson wrote:

Oops! My bad -- didn't mean to sign the original message as I know how
disturbing that is to several of the denizens of this corner of the Dark
Side.

Woof! woof! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

<vbg>

[John Nichols]

Bob,

I've been using RootsMagic since late last fall. I've been generally
satisfied it. The program's author puts out a monthly newsletter which
contains tips on using the program, and notices of updates. There've been
two updates since I upgraded from the demo to the full version, both updates
have been seamless.

You can download the demo at rootsmagic.com If you buy it, you can also buy
it as a bundle with a separate guide, which I recommend for those few times
when you can't figure out something. (I say few, as I've found it to be
quite intuitive.)

Previously I used Generations, and find entering source and notes data to be
much easier. I also appreciate the source wizard, which makes entering your
sources correctly very easy. Entering the same source for multiple persons
and or facts is very easy, all you have to do is select the memorize
function when you have the source highlighted (say from an individual's fact
list, e.g.) and then simply select paste when you are citing that source
again. You also easily edit your source by going into the source list and
selecting the source you want to edit.

My one quibble is that I wish the relationship calculator would show
relationships between more than two persons at a time. IOW, I'd like to
select any individual at any time in my database and have RootsMagic tell me
what relationship, if any, I have with that individual. OTOH I do like the
calculator's ability to tell me what common ancestors I might have with any
given relative that I select.

Other people's mileage here may vary, of course.

And welcome to the dark side!
"Bob Melson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I've been corresponding with a distant (in both the geographic and
genealogical meansings of the word) relative who inherited the
manuscript of and data for a book prepared several years ago in Family
Origins for Windows (FOWin). According to what I've read, the original
developer of FOWin has published a new, similarly featured, app called
Roots Magic, and I'm wondering if anybody on the group has any
experience with it or, dare I ask??, an opinion about it.

Thanks in advance.

Bob Melson (Swell Ol' Bob)

- --
Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net
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[Robert Hansen]

Bob,
I have been using Family Origins and Rootsmagic for over 10 years and am
completely happy with them.

Bob
"Bob Melson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I've been corresponding with a distant (in both the geographic and
genealogical meansings of the word) relative who inherited the
manuscript of and data for a book prepared several years ago in Family
Origins for Windows (FOWin). According to what I've read, the original
developer of FOWin has published a new, similarly featured, app called
Roots Magic, and I'm wondering if anybody on the group has any
experience with it or, dare I ask??, an opinion about it.

Thanks in advance.

Bob Melson (Swell Ol' Bob)

- --
Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net
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