![]() You can also choose which notes and sources you want to copy as well. RootsMagic will display all the available options, including copying the information as a new event, replacing an existing event, or disputing the event. Just click the checkbox next to any information you want to copy. It’s easy to copy data back and forth between RootsMagic and New FamilySearch. ![]() Once you find a match on FamilySearch, the icon next to the person’s name will turn blue, and clicking it will also let you see your RootsMagic person and the matched person side by side. Check any matches and click the link button and RootsMagic will automatically combine any duplicates and match your RootsMagic person to the person on FamilySearch. Possible matches will be color coded to make it easy to decide how close of a match they are to your person. Just click on a person’s FamilySearch icon and RootsMagic will display any matches from New FamilySearch. Just turn on the option and RootsMagic will display a light gray FamilySearch icon next to each person’s name on any of the main views. It’s simple to start linking your people to New FamilySearch. It also makes it easy to copy information back and forth between RootsMagic and New FamilySearch. This way RootsMagic can notify you when someone else changes information on that person out on New FamilySearch. RootsMagic 4 will let you easily match up individuals in your database with the matching person out on New FamilySearch. RootsMagic is a FamilySearch Affiliate, and RootsMagic 4 will be a FamilySearch Certified application when it is released later this year. In the future it will also include access to millions of digitized records.Ĭurrently New FamilySearch is being released in phases to members of the LDS Church, but eventually free access will also be available to the general public. Think of it as a giant online family tree where you and others can work together on your common ancestors / relatives. I’ll wait…īack already? So FamilySearch is a huge online project, part of which is a collaborative family tree where you can add and edit people and information, as well as dispute information you don’t agree with. ![]() ![]() ![]() First, go read about New FamilySearch on Wikipedia (you have to scroll down the Wikipedia article a bit to find out about “New” FamilySearch) and then come back and we’ll continue. And while we’re on the subject of web searches, it’s time to unwrap one of the features we get the most questions about… New FamilySearch support. ![]()
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