What's New in RootsMagic 5

These are the highlights of some of the new features in RootsMagic 5:

Research Manager

  • Create unlimited research logs to document your work and aid your research
  • Quickly search for any text in any research log
Research Manager  Research Log  Research Log Entry

Timeline View

  • Shows a full timeline of the current person's events and those of their parents, siblings, spouses, and children
  • Shows a graphical timeline of the person's events
Timeline View

CountyCheck

  • Automatically checks every county you enter (US, Canada, UK, Australia) to verify that it actually existed at the time of the event
  • Report gives you a list of all events in counties which didn't exist at the time
  • Lets you access maps and county histories for the US, Canada, UK, and Australia
CountyCheck  CountyCheck Info  CountyCheck Map

Database Tools

  • Test the integrity of the database file
  • Re-index the database
  • Compress deleted records from the database

"On This Day" List

  • Includes all family events on a date, as well as famous births and deaths and historical events for the day
On This Day List

Enhanced People View

  • Filter to show any group of people

Enhanced Multimedia

  • Allows easy tagging of images with the people, families, events, places, or sources
  • Enter comments on any media tag

Enhanced To-Do list

  • See type, status, priority and description in a single list
  • Sort by type, status, priority, or task description
  • Filter by type, status, or priority

Enhanced Edit Screen

  • Hover tips for notes and sources for every fact
  • Easily view all to-do items for a person and their families
  • Easily view all media items for a person, their events, and families

Enhanced Source Entry

  • New tabbed source edit screen streamlines source entry

Enhanced Descendant List Report

  • Direct descendant list shows the direct line from an ancestor to a descendant
  • Henry, D'Aboville, and outline numbering
  • Wordwrap option conserves space

Enhanced Place List Report

  • Print all events which occurred within a certain distance of any place

Mapping

  • Include markers for events of family members of the selected person

Enhanced Place List

  • Displays the primary image for the highlighted place
  • Displays the place details for the highlighted place

Fonts and Screens

  • Select the font / size for the lists on the edit person, Explorer, and select person screens

Much, much more!