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  1. In 7.04, I have this odd problem, I've tried using all the Maintenance tools to fix it!

     

    James and Rose have the following children that show in Person view correctly

    Elsie

    Margery

    James

    Reginald

     

    Change person view to any of these children, and Reginalds children now show in the siblings window!

     

    Exception to this, is Reginald himself, though his wife shows as his sister, and he shows as her husband (if you follow that!)

     

    It's odd, because it's the sibling and children windows that are displaying incorrectly, but the person view looks correct.

     

    It may have come about by me adding two of Reginalds children in a generation above incorrectly, then I went to change father and mother (would be nice to do this on same screen rather than individually) and TMG trying to add a marriage when I changed the father!

    Seems there's some circular referencing mess going on here!

     

    How can I correct this mess?


  2. I presume if you use the US version of TMG, that the US naming convention is used? IE When Jane Doe marries John Smith, then reports show her as Jane Doe Smith?

     

    I use the UK version, where we don't naturally use that convention over here, IE Jane Doe would just become (normally) Jane Smith.

     

    However, I am sure this occurs a lot, I have American and Canadian 'cousins' where it would be desirable to show the US style in their entries.

     

    Is this easily achieved?

    Thanks


  3. Hi

     

    For whatever reason, lots of living people in my project have the 'Living' Flag set at ? and I would like to set this to Y

     

    What is the best approach for this? I thought about using TMG Utility but does that not just allow you to set the N value for those over an age/date you choose?

     

    Would it be best to just create a report so that I have a list of those whose attention is needed.

     

    I don't really want to just change those ? Flags to Y as there may also be dead people among them!

     

    Thanks for your tips and advice

    Neil


  4. These tags refer to ordinances of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and may be performed on behalf of a deceased person, using genealogical information. There is an explanation of the ordinances here:

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints).

     

    You might want to keep them for now in case they contain or refer to sources or data of interest.

     

    Virginia

    Thank you Virginia,

    Very useful, BUT....

     

    Most if not all of these tags seem to occur in 2002, often decades (or centuries) after the persons death, which is what really puzzles me.

    Is this possibly a case of the person recording these events 'for the sake of it' as they assume they would of happened. I can't contact the person who sent me the file (other side of the planet/email bouncing) to ask them what these are all about. Indeed I don't know what program created the Gedcom to know if somehow the LDS data was messed up.

     

    For example, there are Baptisms recorded in 2002 (decades/centuries) later. The Wiki states that Baptism is required for 'exaltation' and clearly can't happen when they are dead!


  5. I recently exported a GEDCOM from TMG 7, and on import to another application, it told me there were 7 non-standard date formats, and indeed it showed me them (albeit not who they were recorded with).

     

    My question is this: does anyone have any tips on how I might find these odd dates in TMG? They seem to be mis-spellings of months, the use of a capital 'O' instead of a '0' (zero) etc.

     

    Thanks

    Neil


  6. Hi Dirk,

     

    I hope you have solved the problem by now. I experienced the same problem (very slow startup, then normal) during the last few days on one of my PCs. I found out that the reason was the "default Project Path" in the settings referring to a Path in the network (i.e. on another computer) and the network had changed.

     

    Maybe you have a similar problem. Check all your Path settings in TMG (e.g. there is no need to have the default project path on the network, you may create and/or open a project at any time whereever it is located).

     

    Regards

     

    Hi,

     

    My problem is not yet solved. Yesterday I noticed that the second computer was in a kind of sleep mode (not used for about half an hour) and suddenly switched on as soon as I started up TMG. A LED on that second computer kept on flickering all the time. So, TMG on my computer must be searching for something over the network, but I don't know in what way. Seeing your mail, I checked all paths, but all of them are local paths on my computer.

     

    Dirk

    Even though you've scanned for Viruses, and it reported nothing, doesn't mean you are not infected. Try downloading Malwarebytes, update it fully then do a quick scan. If that finds nothing a Full scan.

     

    I've found that this program has saved many a customer of ours from infection when the likes of AVG/Norton/McAfee etc tell you all is well, but it clearly isn't.

    It's free to use and will remove threats you cannot see.


  7. - You now have a 'Descendant Chart' modified to include minimal data.

     

    - Click the Add button to save that chart with a new descriptive name, say DescChartNoDates

     

    - Say Yes to overwrite the existing .rpt file. It may take a second for the new name to appear in the field.

     

    - Now select 'Descendant Chart' from the drop-down list of configurations and click the Delete button; say Yes to the prompt. That will restore the 'Descendant Chart' to its original configuration with the default data.

     

    - If you use your modified chart as a base for a new report configuration, use the Add button first and give the chart a new name - so you do not lose that configuration. You can save multiple chart configurations.

     

    Hope that helps -

     

    Virginia

    Thanks so much Virginia! Worked a treat.

  8. Jim

     

    Thanks for the information. I did state I'd tried the full install file already!

    I've tried as various users.

     

    I have seen before when you add a PC to a Domain under Windows 2003 Small Business where you apparently login as yourself (in my case neilg) but when you look in Docs and Settings, there's no neilg directory, but I am 'Administrator'

     

    In frustration, I uninstalled it and re-installed with the 'All Users' options (even though I don't want other users of the PC to 'fiddle' with it - I moved the Desktop Icon from 'All Users' to my desktop)

     

    Shame I couldn't 'hack' the Registry to allow an update .exe to work.


  9. Hi

     

    I have a PC at work with TMG 7.03 on it. When I try to update to 7.04 with either the Help menu, Program>Check for update option or the full file download, I get an error that says

    Application Not Accessible to neilg

    The Copy of <etc etc> was installed by "Neilg" and was not made accessible to all users at that time, you must be logged in as neilg in order to apply this upgrade.

     

    Well I am logged in as neilg, the Registry Key AppPaths for TMG 7 says The Master Genealogist v7||neilg

     

    Can this be altered so that TMG is available to all users and allow me to install the upgrade. The PC is on a Domain and occassionally I've seen this where you login as <name>, but it thinks you are 'Administrator' etc.

     

    I'd rather not uninstall it all, but it may be a last resort.


  10. Form a focus group composed of the heads of each family that you wish to include in the report.

    Then from the FGS report select the current focus group in lieu of the current focus person.

    Select output to a word processer, include indexes of surnames and given names.

    Thanks Patrick, that's an almost acceptable solution, except that adding the people to the Focus Group doesn't order them correctly, as you can only sort on Surname, Given name or ID.

     

    For whatever reason that I can't recall, the Father of this branch has a higher ID than his children (I think I found I had the wrong 'William'), and one of the sons has only just materialised. So, when you create the report, it ouputs in the ID order, so 'Dad' is right down near the bottom!

     

    Getting there though!


  11. I wondered if anyone has successfully customised the Family Group Sheet.

     

    I rather like the format as something I can give relatives to fill in vital informaiton I am missing from their branch of the tree, like birth dates/places etc.

     

    What I'd like, is this report, to include all descendants of the subject, rather than just the immediate family.

     

    Possible or not?

     

    TIA

    Neil

     

    It takes a little work. You must output all needed reports to TMG supported word processor files.

     

    1. Run the standard TMG FGS report.

    2. Run a TMG Descendent Indented Chart for each child.

    3. Copy each child's descendants from step 2 into your step 1 FGS file at the appropriate spot.

    4. You can hand edit the resulting composite FGS to your taste, if desired.

    Done.

     

    Best wishes,

    Mike Talbot

    That sounds good for one off reports like I detailed. Will give that a try later

    Thanks

    Neil


  12. I wondered if anyone has successfully customised the Family Group Sheet.

     

    I rather like the format as something I can give relatives to fill in vital informaiton I am missing from their branch of the tree, like birth dates/places etc.

     

    What I'd like, is this report, to include all descendants of the subject, rather than just the immediate family.

     

    Possible or not?

     

    TIA

    Neil


  13. Hmm. At the moment the Journal report says

    John Doe was born 25 Oct 1943 at <Place>. He married Jane Smith on 5th April 1965 at <Place>.

    Jane Smith was born on 28 Oct 1945 at <Place> As of November 1945 she was also known as Margaret Jones.

     

    I would like to get it there somewhere/somehow, that she was known as that due to adoption, and who the adoptive parents are (IE Mr & Mrs Jones)


  14. I have added an adoption for the first time in my data.

     

    For the person in question, I have put her birth name, and birth parents.

    I have then added a Name-Var Tag for her adopted name, and also Father-Ado/Mother-Ado Tags with her adoptive parents names on them

     

    In the Journal report, I am using Custom, so that I can have Spouse events show, but this is only showing her 'alternate' name (for want of a better term)

     

    How can I get it to show her adoptive parents names? Perhaps I've tackled this wrong?

     

    Thanks

    Neil


  15. If I record an event such as a Baptism, Marriage etc, where I know the Town, but not the Church, I am getting a sentence like:

    She Married John Doe circa June 1939 at Coventry, Warwickshire.

     

    I'd prefer:

    She Married John Doe circa June 1939 in Coventry, Warwickshire.

     

    But, if the date and Church are recorded, I'd like the option for it to say:

     

    She Married John Doe on 13th June 1939 at St. Mary's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire.

     

    Is it possible to have this kind of combined sentence structure for each event?

     

    Hope this makes sense!

    Neil


  16. I bought a new computer and installed TMG 6 from a CD (with Vista OS). Now whenever I open it I get a popup that says:

    Roxio My DVD DE

    Please wait while Windows configures Roxio My DVD DE

     

    It remains until I press the cancel button.

     

    The program seems to work OK after that, but it is an irritating distraction and happens on none of the other programs I have installed on the CD/DVD drive.

     

    I queried about this problem last year and was told to buy TMG 7, which I did. The problem persists in TMG 7.

     

    Bill Roy

    Los Angeles, CA

    billroy@ucla.edu

    Bill,

    The fact that the window stays open until you press cancel is usually a sign that the software is waiting for a file to be found (usually on a CD/DVD install disk). Quite why TMG triggers this event is a bit baffling.

    You have a few options I think:

    - When the window pops up, insert the Roxio install CD (if you have it of course), this usually solves the problem as it will find the file it is hunting for. Usually! it won't happen again

    - Uninstall the Roxio software using Add/Remove Programs

     

    Neil

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