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I'm exploring the new features in RootsMagic 5, which was released on 28 November. Previous posts in this series can be found in Exploring RootsMagic 5 New Features Compendium.
An interesting, and useful, report was added to the large suite of reports and charts - the "On This Day" report. The description of this report is:
"Lists all events from your database which occurred on a selected day. You can also choose to print famous births, deaths and events which occurred on that same day."
To obtain an "On This Day" report, go to Reports > Lists and double-click on the "On This Day List" icon on the list (or highlight it and click on the "Generate Report" button):
Double clicking on the "On This Day List," the "Report Settings window opens:
The user selects the month from a dropdown list, and a day of the month from another dropdown list. The user can check boxes for categories of:
* Family Events (i.e., dates from your database)
* Famous Births
* Famous Deaths
* Historical Events
There are buttons on the right side of the "Report Settings" screen for "Reset," "Layout" and "Fonts" where the user can control the report output.
I clicked on the "Generate Report" button and saw a seven page report for October 23rd (my birthday):
The four different categories are listed in order. I found that I had:
* 48 people in my database with my birth day, but none of them are my ancestors.
* 16 couples in my database have my anniversary day, but only one ancestral couple.
* Queen Isabella of Spain was born on my birthday in 1503
* Johnny Carson was born on my birthday in 1925
* Wakashima Gonshiro, a Japanese Sumo wrestler, died the day I was born
* The first Parliament of Great Britain met on my birthday in 1707
* The New York stock market panic started on my birthday in 1929
* Apple released the iPod in 2001 on my birthday.
What did you find out about your birth date or wedding date?
While this "On This Day" feature is very useful, I had to use the Calendar report to find the direct ancestors who were born or married on my special days.
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