Tue 9/1/2020 10:38 AM
Ticket #90515: CD vs Flash Drive
Your request (#90515) has been updated.
Dear RootsMagic Customer:
Thank you for getting back to me. There are different ways that you can share your work with your family. They are as follows:
1. Creating a backup file. When you create a backup file of your data everything is included with the file. You can attach the file to an email and send it to your family. They can download the free version of RootsMagic onto their computers. Then use RootsMagic to open the file. Once the file is opened they can view all the information. They can even add new information to the file should they want to. If the file is too large to send as an attachment through an email you can share the file with them through Dropbox. Dropbox is a free online Cloud service that allows you to store files and information. It also has a nice share tool that allows you to send larger files to people. A normal email will only allow you to attach files up to 3 MBs, but with Dropbox, there is no size limit.
2. You can create a narrative report. The narrative report option puts all of your data into a generation by generation report which is quite nice. I have attached a copy of what the narrative report looks like to this email. When you create a narrative report it includes stories, the primary photo for each person, and all the data in a generation by generation format. You can save the report as a PDF. Then attach it to an email to send to family members.
3. You can create a shareable CD. This puts your information onto a CD for you, which is then read-only. The following link will open a short video showing you how to do this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOoAh4Jw9E
4. If other family members are using other genealogy software besides RootsMagic you can create a Gedcom file to send to them. To do this you will go up to the File Menu and select Export. Then follow the prompts on the screen to create the Gedcom file. Then you can attach the file to an email to send to them, or you can share the file with them through Dropbox.
I hope that this helps.
Sincerely,
Terri
RootsMagic Support
[The question was, “Can I burn the CD option to a Flash Drive instead of a CD?” The answer must be no. – Editor]
