From the welcome screen, select the option to create a new file OR from the File dropdown menu, choose New.Now it’s time to follow these step-by-step instructions: Install the software (on a PC, you’ll click on the downloaded file and run it). (Click if you want them to send you product news and updates.) Then select whether to download the PC or Mac version. Click Free Download, and then enter your name and email address. Go to the RootsMagic website landing page for RootsMagic Essentials. (If you use the full version of RootsMagic software, follow the same instructions.)ĭownload RootsMagic Essentials. Here are instructions for how to do this with RootsMagic Essentials, the free downloadable version of RootsMagic software. Downloading your FamilySearch Tree with RootsMagicĭownloading your tree from FamilySearch requires you to use third-party software that is certified by FamilySearch to work with its tree, ie., Ancestral Quest, Legacy Family Tree or RootsMagic. This is so I can download a tree that’s most relevant to my DNA matches. In his personal profile page, I’ve set the preferred view to his biological mother where you see the arrow pointing. His mother died when he was young and his father married my great-grandmother, who raised James. For example, my relative James Edgar Hall has more than one set of parents listed in the FamilySearch tree. How to download your family tree from FamilySearchįirst, review your ancestry as shown in the FamilySearch tree to make sure it’s accurate (to the best of your knowledge) and reflecting biological ancestry (again, to the best of your knowledge). Second, for other sites that require you to upload a tree, you can download your tree data from FamilySearch. First, 23andMe users can link their FamilySearch data directly. And the site doesn’t have a way for you to download your tree data directly.īut I have some good news. This tree-building model has its pluses and minuses it’s free and collaborative, but people may contribute mistakes as well as good information. When you build your family tree on the free genealogy website FamilySearch, you help contribute to a global, shared, public family tree.
There IS a way to download your family tree from FamilySearch so you can attach your tree to your DNA test results.
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