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RootsMagic is a desktop software program that helps you organize your family tree. I have used the program since the announcement that Personal Ancestral File would no longer be supported by product developers. RootsMagic has been a useful tool for my genealogical research, and I have five reasons why: Keep Track of Living I do not like putting the information of living relatives online. I do not want to be responsible for anything happening to my relations because of what I share. I know that is not something millennials care about so much. Moreover, there are plenty of individuals who will add my children and me to their family trees. Thankfully they will keep their trees private because they have curate information about living relatives. However, I still won't do that. RootsMagic is where I will put information about living family members. Timeline Rock! When I write my family histories, I add the distinctive flavoring of putting a family in context. What else was happening in...

When we acquire large databases, I wonder how many times we are like the three monkeys Hear No Problem See No Problem Speak No Problem But, far too many GEDCOM files (and our own databases) are rife with errors and if we ignore them, we're like another animal. One with feathers, a long neck, and likes to stick it underground! The first step to having reliable genealogy is to check our files for potential problems. The most common problems in our databases are: 1. Age-Related Errors Can a woman give birth to a child past the age of 50? With few exceptions, the answer is no.   Can a woman give birth when she is 5? Even that's a bit too young for puberty to kick in.   Can a man sire a child 3 years after his death in a time before artificial insemination? Nope. A child generally has to be born within 9 months after his father's death pre-AI. 2. Living After Death Property remaining in a deceased person's name can occur, until their estate is settled and new owners scrawl ...