11.1.3 - 17 Apr 2026
- Fixed: On People List view and Search results, customizing columns could crash if you deleted all columns and then tried to re-add a column
- Fixed: Narrative report footnotes could overlap text of the report
- Fixed: Fan chart outer generation text
- Fixed: Downloading Ancestry user citations could be missing media
- Fixed: Issues with downloading some Ancestry trees
- Fixed: Some fact types could be blank when bringing over Ancestry hints and facts
- New: Added some new LDS temple codes
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
11.1.2 - 6 Apr 2026
- Fixed: (MAC) Dropping the same media into RootsMagic was adding duplicate media items
- Fixed: Media on Ancestry sources for facts was not downloading (there is still an issue with media on user sources which we have reported to Ancestry).
- Fixed: Updating notes on Ancestry now works
- Fixed: Source icon colors (pink vs green) were inconsistent at times
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
11.1.1 - 28 Mar 2026
- We've released RootsMagic 11.1.1 to fix an issue affecting TreeShare in 11.1.0. This issue only affects citation links (not your people, facts, or media), and it only occurs if TreeShare was used in version 11.1.0. Updating to 11.1.1 prevents the issue going forward. (more details)
11.1.0 - 25 Mar 2026
- New: Switch to new Ancestry API. Ancestry is switching to a new API (the system RootsMagic uses to communicate with it). RootsMagic users should experience better reliability in uploading and downloading data from Ancestry. Very shortly, Ancestry will be turning off the old API, and all versions of RootsMagic before 11.1.0 will no longer be able to interact with Ancestry.
- Fixed: Random “list out of bounds” errors when navigating lists of people
- Fixed: Deleting a rules group could cause future rules groups to start with the wrong set of rules
- Fixed: Changing to a different color code set didn’t update the Bookmarks and Life Summary
- Fixed: On the Edit Person notes page, the general note could be saved as a birth note too
- New: Added new LDS temple codes
- Fixed: Ancestry - notes containing “Class.” no longer cause problems when uploaded
- Fixed: Ancestry - adding a marriage fact no longer adds spurious “alternate sex” facts to the spouse
- Fixed: Ancestry - .html files download correctly
- Fixed: Ancestry - several upload and download issues with the older API
- Fixed: Minor issues
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
11.0.4 - 16 Dec 2025
- Fixed: Random stack overflow errors when working in the Places list on some computers
- Fixed: RM To-Go created with 11.0.3 could encounter runtime error 217
- Fixed: Shareable Drive created with 11.0.3 could encounter runtime error 21
- Fixed: Proof and Privacy icons were incorrect for alternate names on Life Summary
- Fixed: Life Summary - unlinking children and siblings could show the wrong family
- Fixed: Edit panels could slide slowly on some Macs
- Fixed: Media thumbnails could be “fuzzier” in some situations
- Fixed: Import Lists gave SQLite Error 1 when selecting Associations
- Fixed: Minor issues
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
11.0.3 - 19 Nov 2025
- Fixed: Backups could potentially not contain recently entered data
- Fixed: Advanced search - Event > Date > Is not blank would return wrong results
- Fixed: Drag n Drop could create a database linked to more than one Ancestry tree (a big no-no)
- Fixed: Life Summary > Go to Person for a child or sibling displayed wrong marriage in side panel header
- Fixed: Reset Program settings was sometimes not resetting settings back to default
- Fixed: Search results wasn’t always displaying all the columns selected in customize
- Fixed: No longer leaves .wal and .shm files laying around
- Fixed: Minor bugs
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
11.0.2 - 3 Oct 2025
- New: AI Prompt now includes description for events
- New: Life Summary remembers which sections are collapsed between sessions
- New: Life Summary section headers are fully clickable
- New: Life Summary shows privacy and proof icons
- Fixed: Life Summary icons changed due to popular demand
- Fixed: Adding place detail on Places page was adding it as a place
- Fixed: SQLite 6 (locked table) fixed in search and other spots
- Fixed: Trying to run RM when already running was giving 217 error
- New: Adding rules which require a “start person” (ancestors, descendants, etc.) now default to current person rather than immediately popping up Explorer.
- Fixed: Alignment issue in Descendant view when some people have color coding
- Fixed: Clicking Edit button in empty “Used” lists gave error
- Fixed: Edit Person side menu now remembers whether it is expanded
- Fixed: Media pages now remember whether they were on Gallery or List view
- Fixed: Add Media page now remembers whether it was on Add New or Select Existing
- Fixed: Minor bugs
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
11.0.1 - 15 Sep 2025
- New: Mac version is now a “universal binary”. This means it has both the Intel and Silicon versions together, so that a user does not need to know which version to download or install.
- Fixed: Hovering over the new icons in the People page header (notes, sources, etc.) could crash on Windows 64
- Fixed: Ctrl+Shift+Left and Ctrl+Shift+Right (or Cmd on Mac) select text a word at a time now.
11.0.0 - 12 Sep 2025
- Official Version Release of RootsMagic 11
10.0.9 - 11 Aug 2025
- Fixed: Descendant View AV error on 64-bit & Mac
- Fixed: Issue creating database, move/rename, copy on older Macs (Monterey)
- Fixed: List index out of bounds error when deleting or undoing in notes
- Fixed: Temple work button in FamilySearch Central took you to a “Page Not Found”
- Fixed: Minor issues
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
10.0.8 - 4 Aug 2025
- Fixed: Clicking arrows in descendant view w/ 2 generations could cause a crash
- Fixed: Drag and drop could create phantom people in some situations
- Fixed: Clicking multiple citation links in Find Everywhere results could take you to wrong citation
- Fixed: Move, rename, and GEDCOM import on Mac could create a file with 2 .rmtree extensions
- Fixed: Pressing Ctrl+V on some lists would display clipboard in first column (this didn’t affect data, it was purely cosmetic)
- Minor bugs
- Cosmetic issues
10.0.7 - 25 Jun 2025
- Fixed: F1 context sensitive help
- Fixed: F2 command palette
- Fixed: F5 switch between databases
- Fixed: MAC: Quit menu and Cmd+Q were bypassing backup and losing some settings
- Fixed: Add fact list (and other lists) were not allowing Enter to select the item in the list until Tab was pressed
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
- Fixed: Minor bugs
10.0.6 - 18 Jun 2025
- New: FamilySearch can remain logged in between sessions
- New: Ancestry can remain logged in between sessions
- Fixed: FamilySearch pending hints now take you directly to the specific hint
- Fixed: Media sometimes wouldn’t copy for Shareable Drive
- Fixed: Search and replace could freeze on “Replace All” if the replacement text contained the searched for text (ex. replacing “SMITH” with “SMITHX”)
- Fixed: Freezing when HTML coding was entered into Address > Website field
- Fixed: Added new LDS temples
- Fixed: Numerous minor bugs
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
10.0.5 - 30 Jan 2025
- Fixed: Internal changes needed to support changes made by MyHeritage to their API
- Fixed: A couple of minor issues
10.0.4 - 29 Jan 2025
- Fixed: Search and Replace crashing on Replace All for very large files
- Fixed: Drag and Drop issue with incorrect family relationships
- Fixed: Merge all duplicate citations no longer merges citations with blank names and fields
- Fixed: Numerous minor issues
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
10.0.3 - 9 Dec 2024
- Fixed: Entering information after running the Relationship Chart report would be lost when exiting RM.
- Fixed: Adding a Relationship Chart to a Publisher book would lose new chapters entered after running a copy of the book
- Fixed: Deleting all fact types from the “Customize Add Person” Form wouldn’t allow you to add new fact types to the form
- Fixed: Opening a second database while on the Descendant view would crash in the 64-bit version
- New: FamilySearch Brief History comes in as Life Sketch fact now
- FS dates set as 08.09.14 now import based on standardized date.
- Fixed: Legacy import handles task importing better
- New: Copy fact in the Edit Person screen now lets you copy a fact back to the same person
- Fixed: Issue with some Unicode characters in HTML website creation
- Fixed: Family Health History report could display incorrect grandparents in certain situations
- Fixed: Numerous minor issues
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
10.0.2 - 18 Sep 2024
- Fixed: Better Legacy import of customized citations and a few other items
- Fixed: Person Search-Advanced using OR with family facts could return incorrect results
- Fixed: Edit Person screen was slow to open when person has thousands of DNA matches
- Fixed: Note editor could show as not empty when only formatting (bold, etc) entered
- Fixed: Drag and dropping a parent to a single parent on the family view didn’t link the parent
- Fixed: Some places certain diacritics didn’t display properly
- Fixed: On Family View clicking to the left of Add Child (when no children in family) would crash
- Fixed: Set Relationships wouldn’t include descendants when the starting person is a single parent
- Fixed: Deleting rules in Person Search-Advanced search would sometimes delete the wrong rule
- Fixed: People List sort order was lost when filtering groups
- Fixed: Dropbox “Ask for backup” cancel gets stuck
- New: Recover from columns collapsing on indexes and views (Ctrl+Shift+U)
- New: Added “Update” link on Edit Person DNA page to update the highlighted DNA match tree relationship
- Fixed: Using “Add to folder” on Task Page edit panel wasn’t updating the folder count in the task list
- Fixed: Minor bugs
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
10.0.1 - 10 Jul 2024
- New: Added move/copy facts to right click menu in Edit Person
- New: Applying color coding leaves the color code form open to select additional people
- New: Find Everywhere searches DNA & Health notes
- Fixed: Selecting DNA providers and/or health conditions could occasionally cause SQLite Error 6
- Fixed: AutoMerge on large files could crash
- Fixed: Set Relationship on large files could freeze
- Fixed: Issues with editing / deleting health conditions
- Fixed: Issues with editing / deleting DNA matches
- Fixed: Adding DNA form limited largest segment to 100cM
- Fixed: Clicking shared matches with no matches on DNA page would crash
- Fixed: Sped up opening Edit Person and DNA pages when a large number of DNA matches are entered
- Fixed: Added GEDmatch as DNA provider
- Fixed: New warning when entering a DNA match with a missing person
- Fixed: DNA Kinship List sorted half relationships mixed with the equivalent full relationship
- Fixed: DNA Kinship List could freeze on large files
- Fixed: Creating shared matches now sets the provider for the new match to the same as the original person
- Fixed: Switching to a family member on Edit Person (drop list) was showing the wrong DNA and Health page for the person
- Fixed: Creating a Leeds report with no shared matches could generate a useless report of thousands of pages
- Fixed: Legacy direct import now includes customized footnotes
- Fixed: Legacy direct import now includes FindAGrave, BillionGraves, WikiTree IDs as facts
- Fixed: Updated LDS temple list
- Fixed: Editing notes in Find Everywhere didn’t always save the modified note
- Fixed: Advanced search descendant generations was limited to 10
- Fixed: Select Everyone in search rules now displays the proper count
- Fixed: People List displays and sorts by primary fact
- Fixed: Changing fact type from marriage to LDS Seal to spouse would crash
- Fixed: Copy/Move fact didn’t trigger Ancestry change list
- Fixed: Drag and drop lost FamilySearch ID
- Fixed: Drag and drop lost connection to Ancestry tree
- Fixed: Backup to Dropbox when closing program didn’t complete properly
- Fixed: (MAC) Photo Tree was missing background image
- Fixed: Minor bugs
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
10.0.0 - 19 Jun 2024
- Official Version Release of RootsMagic 10