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High Score 81%: There's no better genealogy package for the money.(PC Format); 5 Stars - Buy It!: RootsMagic won't leave you disappointed...It's still the top of the genealogy tree.
Manufacturer's Description
RootsMagic UK Deluxe Edition genealogy software takes researching your family history to a new level of ease. Gone are the days when documenting your ancestors meant shuffling through piles of paper work.
Created specifically for the UK by Bruce Buzbee, RootsMagic UK edition is powerful, yet easy-to-use, genealogy software. Its intuitive interface lets you publish your family history in a variety of ways: as charts, reports, books and even online. The Deluxe Edition comes with over £39-worth of data CDs as well as a free 90-day online subscription to the Births, Marriages and Deaths Indexes and £1,135-worth of vouchers towards the S&N/British Data Archive census CDs to ensure you have access to a huge wealth of data.
Three simple steps: Research - Record Report
Research your family history:
- Search through the data CDs Bartholomew's 1898 Atlas of England & Wales and the National Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland 1868
- Search online with your free 90-day subscription to the complete Births, Marriages and Deaths Indexes (1837 onwards)
- Integrates with TheGenealogist.co.uk and RootsUK.com for searching
- Use your vouchers towards the cost of purchasing the census on CD (227 vouchers included, each worth £5; one voucher per purchase of a single county for a single year at S&N Genealogy Supplies)
Record your findings:
- RootsMagic is intuitive and easy-to-use
- Choose how to navigate with three different views: family, descendant and pedigree
- It's easy to edit and create database entries; scan in photos and documents; include mulitmedia; Enjoy the convenience of notes, sources and to-do lists
- Import directly from Family Tree Maker, Family Origins, PAF and GEDCOM
Report your data:
- Make shareable CDs to give to others, with a custom menu and a read-only version of RootsMagic
- Publish websites: Easily create websites; let friends and family access your research, choose to hide living people
- Create charts and reports: display your research with striking wall charts and reports, numerous options give you freedom to customise; easy drag-and-drop wall chart arrangement; Copy and paste from one chart to another.
- Print books: Compile your work into a book, numerous options give you freedom to customise; include charts and reports.
Reviews:
- Personal Computer World: *****: "The wealth of information makes it a highly useful resource"
- Family History Monthly: Software of the Month: "This is an impressive upgrade to a program which was already a pleasure to use."
- PC Answers: 81%
- PC Advisor: 8/10