Ancestry.com is now expecting the 2011 version of their genealogy software for PC to be released by the end of this month. As soon as I get my copy I’ll start working on video walk-throughs of the new features.
PC Software
RootsMagic Version 4.0.9.6 New Features Walk-through
RootsMagic 4.0.9.5 was updated on August 9th. There’s a tag-along update, 4.0.9.6 as well. The releases include several new features. I know that you may or may not have read the release notes before applying the update and even if you did, you probably didn’t tryout the new features. I understand; a list is nice, but it’s better to be shown, so I walk you through each of them in this video. Whether you like the walk-through or not, leave a comment to let me know.
Here’s the list of new features demonstrated in this walk-through video:
- New Research Notes report (prints the source detail text and comments for a person or family)
- Timeline lists now support source citations
- Added wordwrap command to note editor
- Added “Mark by parents” and “Unmark by parents” to the “Select Families” list to allow criteria for selecting families
- Added “Unused Places List” to show places in your database that aren’t used by any events
- Added sex, birth and death dates to the edit family screen in Tools > Problem list
- Wordwrap in notes works on selected text now (4.0.9.6)
- Added wordwrap button to note editor toolbar (4.0.9.6)
- Wordwrapping can be reversed by undo now (4.0.9.6)
There were many fixes and changes in the 4.0.9.5 and 4.0.9.6 releases too. See the release notes for the list.
How to Combine RootsMagic 4 Databases
Sooner or later most genealogist need to combine two genealogy databases into a new one. In this video: Combining RootsMagic 4 Databases, I show you, step-by-step how it’s done.
Family Tree Maker 2009 Service Pack 1 Bug Fix Release
The Generations Network Released a bug fix update to their PC genealogy software
Family Tree Maker 2009. This update fixes issues reported in service pack 1. The fixes identified in the update are:
- Task category creation and use in Person view.
- Calendars fail to display when showing February 29th.
- Memory usage grows after using “Export to One Page PDF” function
- Book items are not retaining changes.
- Reports not being created due to brackets in facts and notes.
- Chronological facts displaying incorrectly in Individual report.
- Ahnentafel numbers displaying incorrectly in the pedigree chart.
- Images aren’t added when merging information from Ancestry.com.
- Photo Album reports creating memory usage problem.
- Sorting multiple spouses for a woman working incorrectly.
- Landscape charts in a book are rotating incorrectly.
You’ll want to upgrade your copy to eliminate these issues. The update will be detected automatically if you have that feature turned on, or can be initiated by selecting “Check for Update…” from the “Help” menu item.
Here’s a Quick Way to See Relationships in Legacy Family Tree
It’s often helpful, when viewing the data in our genealogy software, to see at a glance what relationship one person has to another. In this video I show you how to display the relationships between the people on the Legacy 7 family view and how to set the person you want at the starting point of the relationships.
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