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Roots Magic - UK or US edition?

Roots Magic - UK or US edition?

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 5:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 23 Oct 2014 7:37PM GMT
After 37 years of accumulating paper and only using Word tables and Excell to organise data, I have finally recognised the inevitability of buying genealogy software. Roots Magic is one of the two programmes that I'm considering (the other is Legacy). I am aware that I can start with the free version of Roots Magic and trial it before committing to the programme.

My research is roughly 50% UK (sixteenth century to present) and roughly 50% US (1620s to present). I'm trying to decide whether to buy the UK or the US edition of Roots Magic - which would be preferable in view of my research being based in both countries?

I have limited need for uploading images. Detailing sources is very important to me.

Many dates are inexact; I currently express them thus: "she was born (1752-56)" or "he married prior to 31 March 1762"; how does Roots Magic allow inexact dates to be expressed?

For many individuals I have quite a lot of biographical information that I prefer to record as free text; how much free text does Roots Magic permit to be recorded for each individual?

I aspire to place my research online, probably using The Next Generation. This company's website includes Roots Magic in its list of compatible programmes for Gedcom transfer. Has anyone on this forum had experience of transferring Gedcoms from Roots Magic to The Next Generation, and how did The Next Generation handle imports of inexact dates and extensive free text from Roots Magic?

Many thanks in advance for any information anyone may be able to provide.
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