W03 RootsMagic Research Tools

Question 1

A feature of the RootsMagic program which can verify if a county, state, or country existed on a certain date. This feature can also suggest alternative jurisdictions (if a jurisdiction that you entered did not exist on the date you entered) and standardized place names.

Answer 1

County Check

Question 2

In RootsMagic, facts are any piece of information you know about an individual. Typically, facts consist of a fact type (for example, Birth), a date (like 3 August 2000), and a place (for example, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States). In RootsMagic, relationships are not treated as facts but as a link between two individuals.

Answer 2

Fact

Question 3

In RootsMagic, a family fact is a fact which is automatically shared with the spouse of the individual to whom the fact was added.

Answer 3

Family Fact

Question 4

A database format which almost all genealogical database programs can import and export. Typically, these are used when someone wants to share information with an individual who is using a different genealogical program.

Answer 4

GEDCOM

Question 5

A computer file used to store genealogical information. While the contents of databases differ depending on the program used to create them, every genealogical database includes individuals, facts and events, and relationships to other individuals.

Answer 5

Genealogical Database

Question 6

Bring in data from one database to another. In RootsMagic, you can import individuals from many genealogical database formats or from new FamilySearch.

Answer 6

Import

Question 7

In a RootsMagic database, enabling LDS support will display the status of ordinances.

Answer 7

LDS Support

Question 8

Images, sounds, or other files in RootsMagic which can be linked to an individual or event.

Answer 8

Media

Question 9

Combining information. In RootsMagic, you can merge individuals, places, sources, and repositories (places where data or documents are stored).

Answer 9

Merge

Question 10

In a RootsMagic database, enabling FamilySearch support will place a FamilySearch icon next to each individual. Click it to either compare the individual to the record with which they are matched on FamilySearch’s Family Tree (covered in RootsMagic Part 2), or to create a match with an individual on Family Tree.

Answer 10

FamilySearch Support

Question 11

A number assigned to each individual in a genealogical database. Typically, the first individual added to the database is given the record number of 1, the second is given the record number of 2, and so forth.

Answer 11

Record Number

Question 12

In RootsMagic, the research item is the date, goal, repository searched, and results of a search. One research log typically contains multiple research items.

Answer 12

Research Item

Question 13

A form used to track your research. It includes where you have looked and what you have found.

Answer 13

Research Log

Question 14

A software program used to create and maintain a genealogical database for this course.

Answer 14

RootsMagic

Question 15

The process of ensuring dates and places follow a specific format. Dates should be written as Day Month Year and places as City, County, State, Country (or whatever jurisdictions may have existed at the time and place of the event). Abbreviations are not used for places or dates except in RootsMagic and other software programs where months are automatically truncated.

Answer 15

Standardization

Question 16

True or false: County check will tell you if the county or state that you entered existed on the date you entered.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

If you add a family event, the event is automatically shared with the individual’s:

Spouse
Children
Parents
Siblings

Answer 17

Spouse

Question 18

If you add a census event to the father of a family, how can you share that event with his child?

1) While editing the child, select “Get event.”
2) While editing the father, click the event and then select “Share.”
3) While editing the father, click the event and then select “Send event.”
4) While editing the child, select “Browse recent events.”

Answer 18

2) While editing the father, click the event and then select “Share.”

Question 19

True or False: You can add a fact for an individual if that fact type is not already in the individual list of facts.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False: There are several ways to do the same things when using built-in research tools and helps in RootsMagic.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The main purpose of a research log is to:
1. Track where you have looked and what you have found.
2. Track what you would like to do next.
3. Track the changes you have made to your database.
4. Track the individuals you have viewed recently in your database.

Answer 21

1. Track where you have looked and what you have found.

Question 22

In RootsMagic 8, the Research Log and To-Do lists have been consolidated into which tab?

1. Tasks
2. People
3. Sources
4. Publish

Answer 22

1. Tasks

Question 23

The main purpose of a to-do list is to:
1. Track where you have looked and what you have found.
2. Track what you would like to do next.
3. Track the changes you have made to your database
4. Track the individuals you have viewed recently in your database.

Answer 23

2. Track what you would like to do next.

Question 24

The purpose of the Problem Search feature in RootsMagic 8 is to:
1. Show you potential data entry problems in your database to help you detect errors before printing reports.
2. Help you locate ancestors for which you entered an incorrect or unstandardized place of birth or death.
3. Help you merge duplicate people in your database.
4. Correct spelling and grammatical errors in your database.

Answer 24

1. Show you potential data entry problems in your database to help you detect errors before printing reports.

Question 25

Which of the following processes can be used to merge individuals in RootsMagic?
1. Use SmartMerge.
2. Perform a Duplicate Search Merge.
3. Right-click on an individual and select Manual Merge.
4. All of the above.

Answer 25

4. All of the above.

Question 26

True or false: If you merge every duplicate of Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, every time one of those duplicates was used in your database, it will be replaced with the proper format.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Match the following descriptions with the merge features:
Merge a known duplicate to a primary record
1. Manual Merge
2. Duplicate Search Merge
3. SmartMerge

Answer 27

1. Manual Merge

Question 28

Match the following descriptions with the merge features
Search for duplicates that can be merged
1. Manual Merge
2. Duplicate Search Merge
3. SmartMerge

Answer 28

2. Duplicate Search Merge

Question 29

Search for duplicates and automatically merge them if they match closely enough
1. Manual Merge
2. Duplicate Search Merge
3. SmartMerge

Answer 29

2. Duplicate Search Merge

Question 30

Determine if the following item is correct or incorrect in terms of standardization:

1 Dec 12

Answer 30

1 Dec 12 - incorrect (year should be four digits)

Question 31

Determine if the following item is correct or incorrect in terms of standardization:

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Answer 31

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - correct

Question 32

Determine if the following item is correct or incorrect in terms of standardization:

Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States

Answer 32

Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States – incorrect (do not include “county”)

Question 33

Determine if the following item is correct or incorrect in terms of standardization:

Enumclaw, King, WA, United States

Answer 33

Enumclaw, King, WA, United States – incorrect (State should not be abbreviated)

Question 34

Determine if the following item is correct or incorrect in terms of standardization:

27 May 1901

Answer 34

27 May 1901 - correct

Question 35

True or False: All genealogical software programs automatically standardize place names and dates without errors.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

When you add a media file to your RootsMagic database, the file is:
1. Embedded into the database.
2. Linked to the file on your computer.
3. Linked to the file on the cloud.

Answer 36

When you add a media file to your RootsMagic database, the file is:
1. Embedded into the database.
2. Linked to the file on your computer.
3. Linked to the file on the cloud.

Question 37

Will others be able to see the media files in your RootsMagic database file if they open it on a different computer?
Yes or No

Answer 37

No

Question 38

True or false: If you add a two megabyte image to an individual, it will make your database two megabytes larger.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Media can be attached to:
1. An individual, a research log, or an event.
2. An individual or an event.
3. An individual, a note or an event.

Answer 39

2. An individual or an event.

Question 40

In RootsMagic, notes:

1. Should include plans for where you will look for information next.
2. Are added after sentences that are automatically generated in the family narrative report.
3. Are best used to record any thoughts you may have about the individual or family.
4. Should include information about where you found the individual or fact.

Answer 40

3. Are best used to record any thoughts you may have about the individual or family.

Question 41

When you create a new database, you can:
1. Import individuals from another database.
2. Add the new individuals yourself by typing the information.
3. Import individuals from FamilySearch.
4. All of the above.

Answer 41

4. All of the above.

Question 42

What view is this a picture of?
1. Pedigree
2. Family
3. Person
4. Descendants

Answer 42

1. Pedigree