In this post, I'm going to create a "Calendar" - defined as a report that can include both birthdays and anniversaries. I have always wanted a calendar that shows the birthdays of my ancestors.
In the "Family" View with myself highlighted, I clicked on the "Report" menu item and clicked the "Calendar" option:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxBmMaQsxSAkUqZ22ldEwihvhMQNUUcVf11FiYJ-uCUuEb6EWQ-CnWjMTsEoM3uj8rwf1yr9yMygBFurOEQmE8xzlj6EstqEsqFJUzj2EiHZ-tv7GnH4fR9S7ruyMH3Jon94tFA/s320/cal-01.png)
The "Report Settings" menu opened and I checked "Birthdays" only, unchecked "Use Married names for females," added a title, and the settings looked like this:
I clicked on the "People to include" and selected "Select from list" and then selected myself from the "Select People" and marked all of my ancestors:
I clicked "OK" and then selected direct ancestors and chose 12 generations from the "Ancestors Options" menu:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Da5mEZ_hTkRiT7aOibOJVhC5tqeagH5yQSJTzPxG_jWZbykbSwjXkGid6PxOhlxP6moQPiLPYNnHzeqdFu-zp-HE0SiNnld7u7vSosYAV9MalF6SWkrlYZYfu7VTNpmRq1hTDQ/s320/cal-04.png)
After clicking "OK," I was back to the "Report Settings" menu and clicked on the "Generate Report" button. A 12 page calendar (one for each month) opened up, and the month of January looks like:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUJ-kPt17CZAJ3RaFwUAZT2J-7cV3dozBtmx_3JdE-pAdK12fUOyyqxUmiQriNHnXXle-2VmQS00XkBf7KDzPp1Wfcw8BQIY78X5NLWD_pYxau_u4qi4X8bNigoV1vQYGvXS1lg/s320/ca;-05.png)
I wondered if any of my ancestors have my birthday - 23 October. Here's the October page of the calendar:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Da5mEZ_hTkRiT7aOibOJVhC5tqeagH5yQSJTzPxG_jWZbykbSwjXkGid6PxOhlxP6moQPiLPYNnHzeqdFu-zp-HE0SiNnld7u7vSosYAV9MalF6SWkrlYZYfu7VTNpmRq1hTDQ/s320/cal-04.png)
After clicking "OK," I was back to the "Report Settings" menu and clicked on the "Generate Report" button. A 12 page calendar (one for each month) opened up, and the month of January looks like:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUJ-kPt17CZAJ3RaFwUAZT2J-7cV3dozBtmx_3JdE-pAdK12fUOyyqxUmiQriNHnXXle-2VmQS00XkBf7KDzPp1Wfcw8BQIY78X5NLWD_pYxau_u4qi4X8bNigoV1vQYGvXS1lg/s320/ca;-05.png)
I wondered if any of my ancestors have my birthday - 23 October. Here's the October page of the calendar:
Nope, no ancestor of mine shares my birthday.
As with other reports, the only improvements I would like to see are more formatting options for the report - colors, fonts, etc.
This post completes my survey of all of the charts and reports that can be created using RootsMagic 4. I hope to do some posts about Sources in the next week or so.
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