RootsMagic
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RootsMagic is a genealogy software program designed and written by RootsMagic, Inc, an American software design and development company founded by Bruce Buzbee in 19871. Bruce originally wrote the program Family Origins.
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. Bruce originally wrote the program Family Origins. ==Features== RootsMagic genealogy program assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. 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 can import or export data to or from the Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org websites. It allows backup to a hard drive, flash drive, or DropBox. It has six navigation views: Standard pedigree view, with either five or six generations visible, user selectable; Family view, to review the family unit on a single screen with navigation options; Descendants view, with two to seven generations, user selectable; People list view, displaying a customizable set of facts (in columns) for people in database; Couple list view, display a list of couples in database; Associates view (display a list of associates who have been entered into the database) "Drag and Drop" feature allows copying individual recordss, families, and entire extended families from one database to another. May be used to create user website files, and maintains its own free website (hosted at 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). 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 20031-02-04 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 RootsMagic version 6.0 was released 2012-11-19 RootsMagic version 7.0 was released 2014-11-25 RootsMagic version 8.0 was released 2021-09-30 RootsMagic version 9.0 was released 2023-02-27 RootsMagic version 10.0 was released 2024-06-19 RootsMagic version 11.0 was released 2025-09-05 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 RootsMagic Essentials 10 was released 2024-06-19 RootsMagic Essentials 11 was released 2025-09-05
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