I absolutely LOVE what the RootsMagician has done with the sources and the new templates we have to use, so much so that I am converting a selected number of older ones into new ones to take advantage of what we have now. Unfortunately, unless I am missing something, in order to do this I have to: 1. Create a new companion source 2. Print out a listing of the old source list with citations 3. Enter the NEW source and citation (if there is one) ONE FACT AT A TIME, until I get to the end of the printed list. For sources with few citations, this is not a terribly long process, but in a few cases I have DOZENS if not HUNDREDS of citations, each one of which must be moved one at a time, and for this reason I have yet to even think about some of my sources with a lot of citations. Is there a better way of doing this? I can create a new source, then merge the old one into the new one, but that does not take the citations with it and leave them in the correct place in the NEW source. Am I missing something in this process? Can I merge an old source into a freshly-created new one in such a way that the citations are moved as well and remain as entered in the correct fact? I know the sources themselves will do this, which means sources WITHOUT citations will merge to the new source without problem, but not source citations. I have done this with many of my sources so far, mostly those without citations or very few citations, but I really do not relish the thought of merging some of my larger sources this way and moving citations ONE FACT AT A TIME this way. If anyone out there has any suggestions, I would sure love to hear from you and thank you in advance. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net or "david.e.cann" on Skype

I also wonder if there is an ap for a Tablet? Can RM to go be used on it? Thanks, Suzanne On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:35 AM, P Summers-Smith <summerspa@comcast.net>wrote: > I have been reading Lisa Louise Cooke's _Turn Your iPad into a > Genealogy Powerhouse_. (It was published in 2012 and is excellent for > anyone with an iPad.) > > In Chapter 8, "Genealogy Apps," she mentions RootsMagic is now > available at iTunes as an app for the iPad. I was going to download > and install it, but a search on iTunes doesn't turn up anything ever > close. Was the author premature in saying RM is now available? > > Thanks, > > Patricia > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have been reading Lisa Louise Cooke's _Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse_. (It was published in 2012 and is excellent for anyone with an iPad.) In Chapter 8, "Genealogy Apps," she mentions RootsMagic is now available at iTunes as an app for the iPad. I was going to download and install it, but a search on iTunes doesn't turn up anything ever close. Was the author premature in saying RM is now available? Thanks, Patricia

As you might expect, I have placed the subscriber on moderated status. I am hopeful that everyone knows not to click on the link that was in the spam message. Regards, Drew Smith RootsMagic-Users List Administrator

Laura, Thank you again for your help. I used these variables this morning and they gave me the exact result that I wanted to achieve. Regards, Ron Bernier Woonsocket, Ri On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, Laura Beeman wrote: > Ron, > I hope you don't mind me emailing you direct. My posting to your > Rootsweb thread didn't go through. > > To get a woman's married surname instead of her maiden surname when > she is a Sharee and her husband is the Principal use: > [Thisperson:given] [Person:surname] > > ;given prints all the names in the given name box. > :first will print only the first name typed into the given name box. > > See Help, Sentence Template Language for ways to modify fields and > switches. > > I suggest creating a new database to play in when learning to write > sentences or try out new sentences. > > Laura > -- Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI

I find that I need to move one of my families to another data base. I would like to move them completely to this new data base and delete them from the original. Is this possible. thanks Anne

For some reason, I am really having trouble getting my head wrapped around creating custom sentences. Is there a tutorial that walks you through creating custom fact sentences with an example of what the finished product looks like when it prints out? One example of what I am attempting to accomplish is a shared census fact. I have created the census fact under the principal - head of household. I have added the wife as a witness. The sentence template is: [Role] appeared in the household of [person] in the census< [Date]>< [PlaceDetails]>< [Place]>. The result that I am getting is: [Role] appeared in the household of John Kane..... The result that I am looking for is: Harriet Kane, wife of head of household John Kane appeared in the census........ Is it possible to create a narrative type sentence similar to the above? I would greatly appreciate any guidance on how to achieve my goal. Regards. Ron Bernier, Woonsocket, RI

What is her role? For the principal's sentence put the name of the role or the sharee in the square brackets. But more likely, It looks like you are talking about the sharee's sentence, use [ThisPerson] instead of [role] Alfred =========== Ron wrote: > For some reason, I am really having trouble getting my head wrapped > around creating custom sentences. Is there a tutorial that walks you > through creating custom fact sentences with an example of what the > finished product looks like when it prints out? > > > One example of what I am attempting to accomplish is a shared census > fact. I have created the census fact under the principal - head of > household. I have added the wife as a witness. > The sentence template is: [Role] appeared in the household of [person] > in the census< [Date]>< [PlaceDetails]>< [Place]>. > The result that I am getting is: [Role] appeared in the household of > John Kane..... > > > The result that I am looking for is: Harriet Kane, wife of head of > household John Kane appeared in the census........ > > > Is it possible to create a narrative type sentence similar to the > above? I would greatly appreciate any guidance on how to achieve my > goal. > > Regards. > Ron Bernier, > Woonsocket, RI > > >

Maureen When you do this for the duplicate man the families will be merged BUT anybody that appears in both families will appear twice in the merged family - instead of having one wife he'll have two wives (one from each original family), etc. You will also need to merge these duplicates together to get back to a single family. David -----Original Message----- From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan Wood Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2012 6:03 AM To: Maureen Ellen; rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RMagic] Merging a person and his family Maureen, Use Tools, Merge, Manual Merge and select the two versions of your duplicate man to merge. Alan On 9/21/2012 11:51 PM, Maureen Ellen wrote: > Thank you for your reply Jon, > > I'm sorry that I didn't make my posting clearer. I should have said that I must have entered this man twice (at different times), he has two different record numbers, and I must have entered different details on the two occasions, i.e. His parents and childen on one but not his grandchildren and his children and grandchildren on the other without entering his parents and their details. > > Maureen > > > > From: Jon Czarowitz <czarowitz@gmail.com> > To: Maureen Ellen <maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com>; > rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Merging a person and his family > > > Maureen > This may not be a duplicate, but 2 views. > Go to tools and click on merge/manual. > Select his name, but look above and below him for the same name. > If there is none than it is not duplicated. > The views you describe can be from the descendant view with him highlighted and the number of generations selected to include Grandchildren. The other view is with his parent highlighted and only 3 generations on the slide bar. > Jon > *** > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Maureen Ellen <maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > I find that I have duplicate entries for one man on my list. >> >> Entry A shows his wife and his children, his children's spouses and his grandchildren but not his parents. >> >> Entry B shows his parents, his wife and his children but not his grandchildren. >> >> I would be grateful for advice about how to deal with this. If I merge the two entries for the man will I then have the details of all four generations on one entry or is there some other way I should try to solve this so that I don't lose any of the information. >> >> Sorry to be so 'needy' but I am a very new user of Rootsmagic. >> >> Many thanks, >> Maureen >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you to the listers who sorted out this problem for me. Really appreciated.   Maureen

Maureen, Use Tools, Merge, Manual Merge and select the two versions of your duplicate man to merge. Alan On 9/21/2012 11:51 PM, Maureen Ellen wrote: > Thank you for your reply Jon, > > I'm sorry that I didn't make my posting clearer. I should have said that I must have entered this man twice (at different times), he has two different record numbers, and I must have entered different details on the two occasions, i.e. His parents and childen on one but not his grandchildren and his children and grandchildren on the other without entering his parents and their details. > > Maureen > > > > From: Jon Czarowitz <czarowitz@gmail.com> > To: Maureen Ellen <maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com>; rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Merging a person and his family > > > Maureen > This may not be a duplicate, but 2 views. > Go to tools and click on merge/manual. > Select his name, but look above and below him for the same name. > If there is none than it is not duplicated. > The views you describe can be from the descendant view with him highlighted and the number of generations selected to include Grandchildren. The other view is with his parent highlighted and only 3 generations on the slide bar. > Jon > *** > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Maureen Ellen <maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > I find that I have duplicate entries for one man on my list. >> >> Entry A shows his wife and his children, his children's spouses and his grandchildren but not his parents. >> >> Entry B shows his parents, his wife and his children but not his grandchildren. >> >> I would be grateful for advice about how to deal with this. If I merge the two entries for the man will I then have the details of all four generations on one entry or is there some other way I should try to solve this so that I don't lose any of the information. >> >> Sorry to be so 'needy' but I am a very new user of Rootsmagic. >> >> Many thanks, >> Maureen >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >

Any of the reports that have the "People to include" parameter allow you "Select from a list" which takes you to RootsMagic Explorer where you can enter this criterion. Alternatively, if you have already created a Named Group using that criterion, the Group can be selected from the "People to include" drop-down list. Thus you could print for just these persons their Individual Summaries, Fact List, Individual List, Multimedia List, Statistics List, Timeline List, Who was There List, Timeline Chart, and Custom Reports. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Maxey Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:40 AM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] places list So this gets me the names I want : "Using RootsMagic Explorer, you could: Find > Any fact > Place > Contains > countyname." But I don't see any way to print the list that is generated. I can search from 'place list' and get a list of names to print but for only an exact place which will then print. as Franklin Co., Pennsylvanina people will print but I will have to do another search to get Greene Twp, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. Which would not be too bad if I could copy from the prepared list but I would have to go though several more steps before I could even cut & paste them into one document. I don't want to have bunches of partial list saved in my reports. I want a working list I can print. Jeannette =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Try the "Who Was There" list. -Bruce On Sep 22, 2012 8:44 AM, "Jeannette Maxey" <jsmaxey@hughes.net> wrote: > So this gets me the names I want : > "Using RootsMagic Explorer, you could: Find > Any fact > Place > Contains > > > countyname." > > But I don't see any way to print the list that is generated. > > I can search from 'place list' and get a list of names to print but for > only > an exact place which will then print. > as Franklin Co., Pennsylvanina people will print but I will have to do > another search to get Greene Twp, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. > > Which would not be too bad if I could copy from the prepared list but I > would have to go though several more steps before I could even cut & > paste > them into one document. I don't want to have bunches of partial list > saved > in my reports. I want a working list I can print. > > Jeannette > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Peggy, that doesn't solve Jeannette's problem. She needs a report for anyone in a county even when she has the names of towns/cities within that county. Drew Smith On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Peggy Lauritzen <misspeggy55@gmail.com> wrote: > This is what I have done: > > Click on "Report" > Click on "Create a report" > Scroll down until you see "Place list" > > This particular report has saved me loads of time when I go to a research > library and can't remember who I'm looking for and who lived where. My > time is not wasted when I can look at a county and see who was born, > married and died there. > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Jeannette Maxey <jsmaxey@hughes.net>wrote: > >> So this gets me the names I want : >> "Using RootsMagic Explorer, you could: Find > Any fact > Place > Contains >> > >> countyname." >> >> But I don't see any way to print the list that is generated. >> >> I can search from 'place list' and get a list of names to print but for >> only >> an exact place which will then print. >> as Franklin Co., Pennsylvanina people will print but I will have to do >> another search to get Greene Twp, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. >> >> Which would not be too bad if I could copy from the prepared list but I >> would have to go though several more steps before I could even cut & >> paste >> them into one document. I don't want to have bunches of partial list >> saved >> in my reports. I want a working list I can print.

This is what I have done: Click on "Report" Click on "Create a report" Scroll down until you see "Place list" This particular report has saved me loads of time when I go to a research library and can't remember who I'm looking for and who lived where. My time is not wasted when I can look at a county and see who was born, married and died there. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Jeannette Maxey <jsmaxey@hughes.net>wrote: > So this gets me the names I want : > "Using RootsMagic Explorer, you could: Find > Any fact > Place > Contains > > > countyname." > > But I don't see any way to print the list that is generated. > > I can search from 'place list' and get a list of names to print but for > only > an exact place which will then print. > as Franklin Co., Pennsylvanina people will print but I will have to do > another search to get Greene Twp, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. > > Which would not be too bad if I could copy from the prepared list but I > would have to go though several more steps before I could even cut & > paste > them into one document. I don't want to have bunches of partial list > saved > in my reports. I want a working list I can print. > > Jeannette > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG http://alwaysanxiouslyengaged.blogspot.com/* *AND http://misspeggy55.weebly.com George H. W. Bush, State of the Union Address, 1990 6<http://www.wikitree.com/articles/family-tree-quotations.html#6> : "You are our living link to the past. Tell your grandchildren the story of the struggles waged, at home and abroad. Of sacrifices made for freedom's sake. And tell them your own story as well — because [everybody] has a story to tell." *Accredited Genealogist and AG are certification marks of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). Genealogists licensed to use the marks have met the competency standards of ICAPGen***

So this gets me the names I want : "Using RootsMagic Explorer, you could: Find > Any fact > Place > Contains > countyname." But I don't see any way to print the list that is generated. I can search from 'place list' and get a list of names to print but for only an exact place which will then print. as Franklin Co., Pennsylvanina people will print but I will have to do another search to get Greene Twp, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. Which would not be too bad if I could copy from the prepared list but I would have to go though several more steps before I could even cut & paste them into one document. I don't want to have bunches of partial list saved in my reports. I want a working list I can print. Jeannette

Maureen This may not be a duplicate, but 2 views. Go to tools and click on merge/manual. Select his name, but look above and below him for the same name. If there is none than it is not duplicated. The views you describe can be from the descendant view with him highlighted and the number of generations selected to include Grandchildren. The other view is with his parent highlighted and only 3 generations on the slide bar. Jon *** On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Maureen Ellen < maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com> wrote: > I find that I have duplicate entries for one man on my list. > > Entry A shows his wife and his children, his children's spouses and his > grandchildren but not his parents. > > Entry B shows his parents, his wife and his children but not his > grandchildren. > > I would be grateful for advice about how to deal with this. If I merge the > two entries for the man will I then have the details of all four > generations on one entry or is there some other way I should try to solve > this so that I don't lose any of the information. > > Sorry to be so 'needy' but I am a very new user of Rootsmagic. > > Many thanks, > Maureen > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- Jon P Czarowitz, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 4 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!

Thank you for your reply Jon,   I'm sorry that I didn't make my posting clearer. I should have said that I must have entered this man twice (at different times), he has two different record numbers, and I must have entered different details on the two occasions, i.e. His parents and childen on one but not his grandchildren and his children and grandchildren on the other without entering his  parents and their details.   Maureen     From: Jon Czarowitz <czarowitz@gmail.com> To: Maureen Ellen <maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com>; rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [RMagic] Merging a person and his family Maureen This may not be a duplicate, but 2 views. Go to tools and click on merge/manual. Select his name, but look above and below him for the same name. If there is none than it is not duplicated. The views you describe can be from the  descendant view with him highlighted and the number of generations selected to include Grandchildren. The other view is with his parent highlighted and only 3 generations on the slide bar. Jon *** On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Maureen Ellen <maureen.ellen@rocketmail.com> wrote: I find that I have duplicate entries for one man on my list. >  >Entry A shows his wife and his children, his children's spouses and his grandchildren but not his parents. >  >Entry B shows his parents, his wife and his children but not his grandchildren. >  >I would be grateful for advice about how to deal with this. If I merge the two entries for the man will I then have the details of all four generations on one entry or is there some other way I should try to solve this so that I don't lose any of the information. >  >Sorry to be so 'needy' but I am a very new user of Rootsmagic. >  >Many thanks, >Maureen > > >=================================== >RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/  BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- Jon P Czarowitz,  NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org/ RootsMagic 4  http://www.rootsmagic.com/ CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!

I find that I have duplicate entries for one man on my list.   Entry A shows his wife and his children, his children's spouses and his grandchildren but not his parents.   Entry B shows his parents, his wife and his children but not his grandchildren.   I would be grateful for advice about how to deal with this. If I merge the two entries for the man will I then have the details of all four generations on one entry or is there some other way I should try to solve this so that I don't lose any of the information.   Sorry to be so 'needy' but I am a very new user of Rootsmagic.   Many thanks, Maureen

Using RootsMagic Explorer, you could: Find > Any fact > Place > Contains > countyname. You could use this same search criterion using Groups to create a Named Group of those persons with which you can also restrict certain reports to include just those persons. That search criterion might return some unwanted results, e.g., a city or state having the same name as a county like Ontario county, California and Ontario province, Canada. Another way depends on geo-coding: use the Place List report option Print Events Near a Place and enter the geographic coordinates of the centre of the county and a distance equal to half its maximum dimension. I'm not sure if RM uses a circle or square to determine what is included so you may get some places outside the desired area or miss some within it, whether due to shape mismatch or geo-coding omissions or errors. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Maxey Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 12:39 PM To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [RMagic] places list Is there any way to get a list of all the people that are in the data base for a place like a county that would include all the cities or township that have been used in that county without having to do a search on each place name in the data base? There are times it would be helpful to do the same thing for a state. Jeannette =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message