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Plant your family tree

Start from scratch, or bring in the tree you already have, from Ancestry, FamilySearch, or another genealogy program. RootsMagic brings it all together in one place, on your own computer.

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Part of RootsMagic 12, for Windows and Mac. RootsMagic Essentials is free, with no time limit.

New in RootsMagic 12

Everything that’s new →

See your whole family at a glance

New in 12The new Tree view shows a person’s ancestors and descendants branching out from them, like the trees you navigate on Ancestry and FamilySearch. Click anyone to select them, or double-click to edit.

RootsMagic 12’s Home page with the new On this day list of births, marriages, and deaths on 3 October

Your family, on this day

New in 12Every time you open your tree, the Home page lists the births, marriages, and deaths in your family on today’s date, with how each person is related. It also shows your tree at a glance and picks up where you left off.

RootsMagic 12’s Import from Another Program choices, from Family Tree Maker to GEDCOM

Bring in your tree from another program

RootsMagic imports files directly from Family Tree Maker (including Family Tree Maker 2024), Legacy Family Tree, Personal Ancestral File (PAF), The Master Genealogist, Family Origins, and older versions of RootsMagic, on Windows and Mac. It also imports GEDCOM, the file nearly every genealogy program can make. Not sure which program made a file? “I’m Not Sure” finds every genealogy file on your computer.

Moving from Family Tree Maker · Moving from Legacy

TreeShare for Ancestry in RootsMagic 12: upload to a new Ancestry tree, or download one

Download your tree from Ancestry or FamilySearch

Already have family history online? Download your Ancestry tree, photos and all, or your ancestors from the FamilySearch Family Tree, to get a head start.

How to download an Ancestry tree · How to download from FamilySearch

Two trees open in RootsMagic 12, with the Drag and Drop window asking who to copy to the other tree

Work with several trees at once

Create as many tree files as you like, and open up to four at once, even on separate monitors, each with its own color. Need to copy a branch from one file to another? Drag a person across, then choose who comes along: just that person, their ancestors or descendants, everyone in their tree, or people you pick from a list. (Full version.)

RootsMagic 12 To-Go installing the program on a flash drive and choosing the trees to copy

Take your tree with you

RootsMagic To-Go puts RootsMagic 12 and your trees on an ordinary USB flash drive. It needs less than 200 MB: install the program, pick the trees to take, and run it on another computer.

The RootsMagic USB drive