Exploit your RootsMagic family tree database with SQLite Tools
Introduction Conversion from #RM9 to #RM8 is pretty trivial with little loss except for RM9’s new features. From RM8 to #RM7 is much more complex given the significant structural changes between the two. To convert from RM9 to RM7 is simply a two-stage process with a RM8 compatible file as an intermediary. It’s possible to…
In response to a request in the Forum, Adding Surname to Truncated Source Names in RM9, posted here is a script that may be of use to others. The user’s objective is to facilitate distinguishing which Master Sources (among many similar source names derived from imports from FamilySearch, Ancestry, et al) are relevant to families…
RootsMagic 9.0.0.0 was released on Feb 27, 2023 with some new features necessitating changes to the database design. All previous version #database files undergo an upgrade procedure to the RM9 structure and are not backward compatible. However, #RM9 and #RM8 table structures are identical with the following exceptions: PersonTable 9 new fields named color1, …,…