Many tables within RootsMagic have fields which are know to mean something but do not have lookup tables. So far I have collected the following: (more to follow)
Fields named OwnerType – see Understanding the RootsMagic 8 database – Ownership
Addresses
AddressType field
| Value | Meaning |
| 0 | Correspondence |
| 1 | Repository |
Citations
The Quality field in the Citation Link table is three characters, each character having meanings.
| Character Position | Value | Meaning |
| 1 | P | Primary Information Quality |
| 1 | S | Secondary Information Quality |
| 1 | ~ | Unknown Information Quality |
| 2 | D | Direct Evidence Quality |
| 2 | I | Indirect Evidence Quality |
| 2 | N | Negative Evidence Quality |
| 2 | ~ | Unknown Evidence Quality |
| 3 | O | Original Source Quality |
| 3 | X | Derived Source Quality |
| 3 | ~ | Unknown Source Quality |
Multimedia
Field MediaType defines the media format of the file
| Value | Meaning |
| 1 | Image |
| 2 | File |
| 3 | Sound |
| 4 | Video |
Names
The NameType field gives the type of the name
| Value | Meaning |
| 0 | undefined/any |
| 1 | aka |
| 2 | birth |
| 3 | immigrant |
| 4 | maiden |
| 5 | married |
| 6 | nickname |
| 7 | other spelling |
Places
PlaceType field
| Value | Meaning |
| 0 | Place |
| 1 | LDS Temples (Built In) |
| 2 | PlaceDetail |
Tags
TagType field defines what is being tagged. This equates to the label table in RM7
| Value | Meaning |
| 0 | Group |
| 1 | Task Folder |
Tasks
TaskType field – this has changed from RM7
| Value | Meaning |
| 1 | Research Log/ Task Folder |
| 2 | ToDo |
| 3 | Correspondence |
TaskStatus field – some changes in RM8
| Value | Meaning |
| 0 | New |
| 1 | Open |
| 2 | Completed |
| 3 | Pending – On Hold |
| 4 | Problem |
| 5 | Cancelled |