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So, it's funny, they are not the main reasons why people choose software.Īlso important to me will be how I can include my foster siblings. But there is no option to include that in Family Tree Maker. So, I did a report from myself to my furthest namesake along my own surname.īut I wanted to show their spouses as well. Both programs have this wonderful feature, for myself, and as gifts for those who have some interest in family history.
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The second small thing? The Relationship Reports, showing your relationship to an ancestor by showing every ancestor on that line. What I don't understand is why they both don't just let you choose a colour off of a colour wheel. With RootsMagic, I did, and still have 4 left over if I discover another major region or anything else I want to colour code. The problem? Well, I identified 8 primary regions of the world for my family tree, but with FTM, I didn't have enough colours left to choose. This colour coding makes life easier so that, when I'm looking for records in Ireland, for example, I can easily see which individuals might have records in that region. That left me with 6, which I wanted to use for regions. And also corny, yes I used green for the Irish). Pretty small thing in the overall program, eh? With FTM, I used blue for my male line, pink for my female line (corny yes I know, but easy to see at a glance. FTM has 8 colours to choose, RootsMagic has 14. I have two of them.įirst, the colour coding options. Sometimes it's really small things that make you choose.
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Honestly, I think I like using both of them. Recently bought Family Tree Maker 2019, already had Roots Magic 7.