Category Archives: Genealogy Software

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Count Your Trees, Part Two

This is the second post on Randy’s Genea Musings “Count Your Trees” challenge.  This time I’ll use my Jones-Jackson-Kelly-Dolan database and the database for my Dad’s side.  Unlike the Azoreans who multiplied like rabbits, these lines are much shorter and were more painstaking to research. The root person for this database is Julia Jackson, my …

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Count Your Trees, Part One

Randy set out an interesting challenge for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.  Use my genealogy software’s tree function to count the trees in my database. I have three separate databases.  One is for my Dad’s side, one is my Mom’s Father’s side, and another is for my Mom’s Mother’s side (don’t ask…it made sense 10 years …

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Should I Upgrade to RootsMagic 4?

I am a fan of Family Origns who learned to love RootsMagic almost immediately.  I’ve been using RootsMagic 3 for awhile now and I think it’s great. The question is:  Should I upgrade to RootsMagic 4?  I’ve been looking for some sort of side by side comparison, but I haven’t happened upon it. Are you …

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