RootsMagic 3 - September 8th Release
August 31, 2005
RootsMagic 3 will be released on September 8th, 2005, to coincide with the 2005 Federation of Genealogical Societies conference.
Among the changes:
- * Shareable CD Creator
* Direct GenSmarts Integration
* Direct PAF and Family Origins Import
* Backup to CD
* Private Notes and Events
* Printing Color Coding
* Linking Drag and Drop
* Numerous Interface Enhancements
RootsMagic Acquires Personal Historian
July 1, 2005
RootsMagic has acquired Personal Historian from Blue Scroll Software.
SPRINGVILLE, Utah, July 1, 2005 - RootsMagic, Inc., a leader in family history software, today announced that it has acquired Personal Historian software from Blue Scroll Software of Ogden, Utah. Personal Historian is Windows software which assists users in writing personal histories about themselves and others.
In addition, Michael T. Booth, president of Blue Scroll Software, will join RootsMagic as Vice President of Product Development. “We are excited to have Mike join the RootsMagic family,” said RootsMagic president Bruce Buzbee. “He brings with him a wealth of creative talent, and an excellent vision of the family history market.”
Personal Historian breaks the task of writing a personal history into small, manageable pieces, and then reconstructs it into a complete, publishable document. An interactive timeline gives you a visual overview of the person’s life, while powerful filters let you see and publish only the topics that you’re interested in.
“Our goal as a company is to create easy to use software that helps people preserve and share details of their life and family,” Mr. Buzbee stated. “Personal Historian is a perfect fit for the RootsMagic product line”.
RootsMagic 2.04a
May 13, 2005
RootsMagic 2.04a has been released. RootsMagic is the easiest to use family tree software available for Windows XP, 95, 98, ME, NT, and 2000, yet is also one of the most powerful.
Requires: Win9x+, NT4+
Updates:
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* Descendant list now has option to print birth/death dates in columns
* Wall charts - Added option to center names and/or events
* Wall charts - User can enter their own labels (like B: instead of Birth:)
* Wall charts - Retain aspect ratio of pictures when resizing boxes
* Wall charts - Fixed bug where pictures could change when copy/pasting charts
* Wall charts - Fixed bug where boxes shorter than .5″ would hang program
* Wall charts - Name wraps in box if too long
* New IGI search feature (”Search > IGI Search”)
* Added calendar buttons for dates on todo page
* Source references don’t sometimes appear in website for privatized facts anymore
* File dialogs “see” .jpeg extension images now
* Alternate names now display in website family group sheets
* Changed wording when adding a spouse and the couple is already married / linked
* TempleReady export now checks that person has been deceased at least one year
* Reading .OUP file doesn’t assign wrong temple to ordinances with no temple
