I didn't do this either, but I may try it out later in a separate RootsMagic file.Ħ) The "FamilySearch Central" window also tells me, at the bottom, my "Status" - how many of my RootsMagic persons have been matched to profiles in the FamilySearch Family Tree:Ĭurrently, I have 6,230 persons matched, and 38,532 not matched. "AutoMatching can take awhile if you have a large RootsMagic file." "RootsMagic will automatically match your person to FamilySearch, but no actual data will be transferred between your database and FamilySearch. "AutoMatch will try to find FamilySearch matches for each unmatched person in your RootsMagic file. Downloader beware!!ĥ) The "AutoMatch" icon on the "FamilySearch Central" window allows a user to set RootsMagic off to automatically find matches in the FamilySearch Family Tree: The problem with doing this is that the names, dates, places, notes (?), sources (?), and relationships may be inaccurate. If I was looking for distant cousins who might be DNA matches, or might hold useful family history records, I could easily add many descendants of an ancestor. Why would I want to do this? If I were performing a One-Name study (say, finding all "Seaver" persons) I could go to the earliest Seaver ancestors in Family Tree, note the profile ID number, and add descendants of the earliest ancestors to my database. I don't know how extensive the data is for siblings of ancestors. I don't know if Sources and Notes come across (my guess is that they don't), but I'm pretty sure that names, vital dates and places, and relationships come across. I haven't done this, but it can be done if you trust the information in the Family Tree. I could select any number of ancestor or descendants generations. If I wanted to add a branch from the Family Tree, I could check "The FamilySearch person with this ID," determine the profile ID number from Family Tree and insert it into the field. If I am in the Family Tree, I could check the "Me" as a Start person. If I was starting a new RootsMagic database, I could populate it with information from the FamilySearch Family Tree.