



The creation of the "Research Notes Report" is relatively simple in RootsMagic 5. Otherwise, the Event is listed, with the source citation, but with no note or comment. In order to create the "Research Notes Report," the user must enter information about the sourced Events into the "Detail Text Note" Research Note and/or Comment fields for each Event. RootsMagic 5 can create a "Research Notes Report" that includes all Sources on the Events list, with or without "Detail Text Notes." As far as I can tell, RootsMagic 5 is the only current genealogy software program with this capability. In other words, material that might be included in a detailed Research Report by a genealogy researcher. The "Detail Text Note" for a Source might contain a summary, transcription, abstract or extract from the source material, or comments, discussion and analysis of the source material. In my post Creating Research Notes in RootsMagic 5 - Post 1 yesterday, I demonstrated how to create the "Detail Text Note" for a Source in a list of Events for a Person or a Family.
