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Patch to update from RootsMagic 4.x to 4.0.9.3

1. Make sure RootsMagic is not running.
2. CLICK HERE to download the latest update file.
3. You will be asked if you want to "Open" (or "Run") or "Save" the file.  Choose "Run" or "Open".
4. After the file has downloaded it will run.  Follow the prompts.
5. You can then start RootsMagic, and do "Help > About" and make sure it says you are now using version 4.0.9.3.

List of changes in 4.0.9

NEW AND FIXED

• Footnote.com search in WebSearch uses surname, birth, and death year properly now (4.0.9.0)
• Printing calendar with birthday and anniversary unchecked prints blank calendar instead of blank page (4.0.9.0)
• Search criteria for general and family source use source conditions and not text conditions now (4.0.9.0)
• Family Origins import now properly imports captions and descriptions for media items (4.0.9.0)
• Pedigree charts now use selected date format (4.0.9.0)
• “Start with what surname” in duplicate report and merging now works properly (4.0.9.0)
• Duplicate merge doesn’t crash when cancelling anymore (4.0.9.0)
• Added Gila Valley Arizona temple to temple list (4.0.9.0)
• Fixed shortcuts (hotkeys) which were broken in the 4.0.9.0 update (4.0.9.1)
• “Fix broken media links” works now (4.0.9.2)
• Fixed font issues in PDF (smearing and mangled characters) (4.0.9.2)
• Fixed black text boxes when user has Windows “themes” turned off (or is using “Windows Classic” theme (4.0.9.2)
• Fixed some issues with Family Origins import (4.0.9.3)
• Fixed some issues with RootsMagic 1, 2, and 3 import (4.0.9.3)
• Fixed some issues with FTM import (4.0.9.3)
• Headers and footers don’t disappear on some pages of pedigree charts and some other reports (4.0.9.3)

List of changes in 4.0.8

NEW AND FIXED

• Added "Online map" button to Edit Place Details form
• Added "LDS facts" button to edit screen when LDS features are enabled
• Calendar tool allows you to type in the year now
• Better handling of shared events in group sheets
• Individual Summary now includes shared events
• Source list report includes shared events in citation list now
• Direct Legacy import reads New FamilySearch links
• Numerous spelling and corrections to source templates
• AutoMatch feature added to New FamilySearch support
• WebSearch doesn't require user to re-login to sites when popup windows occur
• Doesn't add "Note:" to place detail notes when importing from GEDCOM
• Doesn't hang when importing some GEDCOM filess created by FTM 2005 with illegal tags
• Place details are now included in group sheet websites
• People sharing an event are now included in narrative index if they are printed in report
• Mapping events for a person (Tools > Mapping) now uses the place detail if it has lat/long entered
• Father/Mother label on family view now reflects the settings chosen by user for the family
• Merge screen now shows record number for the two individuals
• "Primary photo" and "Include in scrapbook" checkboxes no longer appear on non-image media items
• Outline, Henry, and D'Aboville reports now print marriage info before the spouse paragraph
• Married children in Ancestor+Children narrative report don't have their paragraphs abbreviated anymore
• Deleting last item in a media album doesn't cause crash anymore
• Suffix and Prefix now print in relationship chart if there is room
• Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements for new
• FamilySearch features
• Merging preserves the FamilySearch ID
• Phantom vertical line in various screens on XP doesn’t appear anymore (4.0.8.1)
• Groups list doesn’t display people by their alternate names anymore (4.0.8.1)
• Family List (Search > Family list) doesn’t display people by their alternate names anymore (4.0.8.1)
• Fixed a few New FamilySearch issues (4.0.8.1)
• Fixed a problem with not being able to connect to New FamilySearch if the computer’s clock is off (4.0.8.2)
• Fixed a compatibility issue with Windows 2000 (4.0.8.3)
• GEDCOM now supports sentence templates that are over 256 characters (4.0.8.3)
• GEDCOM now preserves custom sentences for events (4.0.8.3)
• GEDCOM now preserves custom source templates (4.0.8.3)
• Fixed living flag @ in sentence templates (4.0.8.3)
• Place list report can now include place details (4.0.8.4)
• Editing a shared event data or notes doesn’t hide shared event indicator anymore (4.0.8.4)
• Surnames now print uppercase in pedigree charts when that option is turned on (4.0.8.4)
• Fixed a couple of small issues with direct PAF import (4.0.8.4)
• Deleted relationships don’t show in the NFS Share Data screen anymore (4.0.8.4)
• Fixed some alignment issues with relationships in the NFS Share data screen (4.0.8.4)
• GEDCOM imports LDS confirmation and initiatory events now (4.0.8.4)
• Changed wording on select people screen buttons from “Mark people” to “Mark group” (4.0.8.4)

• Added “Use standardised place” button when editing a place from the master place list
• Streamlined NFS features

• Source list now prints all occurrences of multiple citations of the same source for the same fact
• Fixed a problem with longitude sometimes having the wrong E, W designator
• Fixed problem with non-admin, non-power users getting a “Can’t save application settings” when exiting from RM
• Importing a GEDCOM with more than 2 addresses for a person doesn’t hang anymore
• Merging doesn’t put — MERGED NOTE — when one record has a note but the other doesn’t
• Record number doesn’t print for the spouse of children in narratives anymore
• Nickname delimiter (parens vs quotes) honored in website narratives

• Added blank reports (pedigree chart, group sheet, cemetery record log, correspondence log, research log)
• Added Print button to the Count Trees screen
• Added Print button to the Relationship Calculator screen
• Added option to display birth year in side list index
• Added option to display record number in side list index
• Marriage list report can now print marriage rec# with any sort order (as an option)
• Any events which don’t fit on a printed calendar print on an overflow page at the end of the calendar
• Double clicking a fact in RM Explorer now opens the edit screen to that fact in edit mode
• Added “Edit Family” button to problem list
• Added RootsMagic Launcher to manually start RM on flash drive since Vista now disables autorun on removable drives
• Installer will warn if you try to install on a removable drive (use RM to go instead)
• Added Oquirrh Mountain temple to LDS temple list

• Direct line children in ancestor narrative now show spouse / marriage information
• Doing “Add multiple people” when sharing a fact now assigns a default role (which can be changed for each person)
• When deleting a shared fact, RM will warn you that it will delete the fact for everyone sharing it
• Named groups side list is now updated when you change colour coding for a person
• Alternate names in family group sheets now reference the correct sources
• Family sources are now printed on group sheets
• Sources now print in group sheets for LDS facts
• Replacing a “submitted” ordinance with the actual ordinance in the NFS sync screen now clears “submitted” in the RM fact
• Unlinked non-image media items now show broken link in media gallery and media albums
• Fixed the format that latitude and longitude are exported to GEDCOM
• Lat/Long and Media for place details are transferred via GEDCOM
• Mapping screen (Tools > Mapping) remembers size and position
• Fact types turned off for individual summaries aren’t printed in the summaries anymore
• The title of a text page in publisher appears in the table of contents (instead of “Text page”)
• [Husband] and [Wife] fields now work properly in narrative report sentence templates
• :Age and :Role modifiers now work for [ThisPerson] in witness sentence templates
• Helper status bar now shows on File > FamilySearch > FamilySearch Import when in helper mode
• Living flag is cleared during FO import if person has a death-like fact or over 105 years old
• Publisher can print blank pages that appear at the very front of a publisher book
• Todo report doesn’t print false repository when todo item doesn’t have a repository
• RootsMagic on flash drive (To-Go) can find place database on computers w/o RM installed
• Deleting places and place details removes media links to those items

• Children in narrative reports that are in the next generation now print birth, marr, and death info in the child list
• Added “Search > Move to primary position” to move the highlighted person (really only useful in pedigree and descendant views)
• Added a button to FamilySearch match and sync screen to view the person on the FamilySearch website
• Added birth year to FamilySearch sync screen for relationships (both RM and FS sides)
• Added FamilySearch import to import a tree from New FamilySearch into an RM file (File > FamilySearch > FamilySearch Import)
Added Remove to the FamilySearch ordinance request screen to unreserve names

• Colour coding now works on Timeline Chart
• Spaces are trimmed from name parts when adding a new person
• If short footnote is left blank, RM will use the full citation in its place
• Changed default for colour coding to “Highlighted person”
• Box charts in wordwrap mode don’t sometimes truncate a person’s info anymore
• RM warns you when you try to print a group sheet that would be blank
• GEDCOM import doesn’t sometimes duplicate city/state/postal code in second street field anymore
• Drag and drop doesn’t create a blank death fact for people who had their “Living” flag unchecked
• Disputed or disproven alt names now display red crossout
• Fixed several screens / reports where an “unknown spouse” could have phantom events
• GEDCOM import / export now supports “proof” settings
• Drag and drop now preserves “proof” settings
• Added person’s name to title of Individual Timeline list
• Source list prints a person’s suffix for citations
• Changing title of descendant list holds now
• NFS sync screen name matching colour coding works properly now
• PAF import handles user defined divorce events now
• When running RM from a flash drive, File > New now defaults to a folder on the flash drive
• NFS Sync options list repositions if necessary to remain completely on screen
• Group sheet doesn’t display wrong Seal to Spouse info when a person wasn’t married
• Submitted ordinances in group sheet print as “Submitted” instead of date to prevent confusion
• Submitted ordinances in NFS sync screen display as “Submitted” instead of date to prevent confusion
• Fixed several issues when printing FORs from NFS
• NFS Match and Sync only shows primary names in list (doesn’t list people multiple times in list anymore)
• Description field in events now transfers back and forth from NFS

• Added a feature to fix broken media / image links (in the media gallery/album do Tools > Fix broken media links)
• Added the ability to enter Helper mode for another person when using the NFS features
• Added life span (birthyear-deathyear) to parents and children’s spouses in group sheets

• Deleting a fact will now remove the shared copies of that fact instead of leaving phantom witness records (Note: we are still working on a way to delete any pre-existing phanton witness records)
• Edit source screen displays Call# in right panel if one exists
• Shouldn’t sometimes change family in family and descendant view when adding a child
• Double clicking a citation when the citation manager is opened from Explorer now opens Edit Source screen
• Box charts now include prefix and suffix on names
• FTM import now preserves nicknames entered with quotes like William “Bill” Jones

• Added an option to select the default starting side-list page (or use previous side-list page) in Tools > File options
• The Scrapbook report now has an editable title
• The NFS Match screen and Sync screen have been combined into a single tabbed screen
• Renamed “Tools > Database options” to “Tools > File options”

• Primary facts now works properly in reports, screens, etc.
• Fixed ‘List index out of bounds (-1)’ error when creating a Fact List
• Fact type “exists” now works properly in search criteria
• Name doesn’t disappear from edit screen list after the name is edited
• Fixed “Allow close matches” in NameFind in RM Explorer
• Fixed “Sounds like” search for name fields in RM Explorer
• LDS template will now save ordinance statuses if no date or temple was entered
• Deleting the birth or death for a person removes the year from the Explorer list
• Citation memorize / paste now includes any images attached to the citation
• :Age modifier works in sample sentence and customize sentence in edit screen now
• Alternate name date is now exported to GEDCOM
• Alternate name privacy setting is now exported to GEDCOM
• Fixed a few issues with some source templates
• RM remembers size of Edit Media window
• When importing an older RM (v1-3) file, RM4 defaults new filename to same name (except with .rmgc extension)
• Fixed some issues when importing some older Family Origins files
• Merging preserves the notes of the person being merged in
• Fixed the random freezing in various New FamilySearch screens
• Fixed error 400 problem when combining records in NFS

• Can view and edit place details for places from the master place list (Lists > Place list)
• Added source templates for Elizabeth Shown Mills’ new Ancestry QuickSheet
• Indexes in reports now support colour coding
• Added several colour schemes (in addition to blue) for toolbar and menu colours (blue, silver, green, windows setting)
• Several reports allow editing title
• Added optional built-in background images for website creation
• New ordinance reservation list when selecting “# people are ready for temple ordinances” from FamilySearch Central
• Added option to exclude RM specific tags when exporting GEDCOM files

• Added hotkeys to numerous screens
• Creating a shareable CD doesn’t hang on collecting media
• Shareable CDs don’t crash when opening the media album anymore
• Stopped “Windows no disk” errors when accessing media on drives that don’t exist
• Fixed some search criterias that didn’t work properly
• List of citations for a person/fact/etc now shows page no. / details in the list
• When citing an existing source RM4 starts with the cursor in the first source details field
• Added phone and email to address form display
• Website header font can now be modified in .CSS file
• Added create and modified date to properties form
• Place merge leaves original place in list (w/o checkbox)
• Place details print in website narratives now
• Name in place list report now includes prefix and suffix
• Added hints to toolbar buttons that didn’t have them
• Reader splash screen doesn’t say “Trial Version” anymore
• Family events in narratives use customised sentences if they exist
• Narrative websites use customized sentences if they exist
• Customize sentence displays “They” instead of He/She for family events
• Eliminated extraneous witnesses in shared events in narratives
• Fixed some shared event issues
• Sample sentence supports witnesses on edit individual screen
• Sample sentence supports witnesses on customise sentence screen
• GEDCOM import doesn’t ignore death info if the DEAT tag has a Y on it
• Changed “General” to “Person” on edit screen for notes, sources, etc.
• Spaces are trimmed from name parts when saving name in Edit Person screen
• Fixed issues with a few source templates
• UK edition defaults to using british dictionary now
• NFS matching / searching filters out dups returned by NFS (led to “Must have 2 people to do a combine” errors)
• RM doesn’t crash anymore when importing a corrupt file from other programs (SQLite Error 19)
• BEPS prints on pedigree charts when LDS support turned on
• Fixed read of “Needs more information” status from NFS
• Bibliography prints properly in the Source Report
• Photo tree doesn’t display wrong photos when an ancestor doesn’t exist
• Gazetteer opens with focus on search field
• Sources in narratives handle template field modifiers (like [place:reverse]) properly now
• Website image links are lower case to handle servers that lowercase files and are case sensitive
• FTM import doesn’t crash when invalid source citation is encountered
• FTM import doesn’t mix up some fact types anymore
• FTM import doesn’t put every description in the place list anymore
• FTM general sources import properly now
• Short citation includes detail text and comments if enabled
• Note, source, and media checkmarks display for alt names in Explorer
• Adding a birth (or other life event) over 105 years ago clears living flag for the person
• Deleting address from Lists > Address removes the link to it from the person (same for repo)
• Deleting place from Lists > Place list clears place (and site) for events which used that place
• Seal to spouse prints for parents in group sheets now
• LDS report marriage sealings filter properly now
• If preference file gets corrupt RM will use defaults instead of freezing
• Merging places preserves all place notes
• Merging places preserves place details
• Chart program doesn’t sometimes revert to trial mode
• Sped up merging a person dragged and dropped onto a copy of himself
• Reuse duplicate citations now works properly (make sure “Combine endnotes for each fact” is turned off)
• BIC and other LDS statuses print on group sheets if date is blank
• Fixed random crashes in publisher when Table of Contents is added
• Changed Twin Falls Idaho temple code from TFALL to TWINF
• Legacy import now imports “unspecified” citation links
• Selected date format is used in edit screen and sample sentence on edit screen
• GEDCOM export strips hard returns out of exported single field lines
• Display / printing of freeform sources adds punctuation the same way RM3 did
• Doesn’t display the chapter title in the endnotes when there is only one chapter/report
• Place list remembers size and position now
• Fixed some age display issues on edit screen
• Main views (pedigree, family, descendant, people) now support font style (bold/italic) set in options
• Fixed some issues with privatised narrative websites
• Sort date is created even when user presses Alt+V or Alt+O before moving out of the date field
• Sort date is updated when you select a different date from the calendar in the edit screen
• Bibliography can now print even when footnotes / endnotes are turned off

Patch to update from RootsMagic 3.x to 3.2.6

1. Make sure RootsMagic is not running.
2. CLICK HERE to download an update file to update RootsMagic from 3.x to 3.2.6.
3. You will be asked if you want to "Open" (or "Run") or "Save" the file.  Choose "Run" or "Open".
4. After the file has downloaded it will run.  Follow the prompts.
5. You can then start RootsMagic, and do "Help > About" and make sure it says you are now using version 3.2.6.

Patch to update from RootsMagic 2.x to 2.04a

Patch to update from Roots Magic 1.x to 1.04b

CLICK HERE to download a patch to update RootsMagic 1.x to version 1.04b.