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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    18 July 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 11

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    In this issue:

     

    o FREE SHIPPING weekend!

    o NEW: Family History Hosting

    o New Data CDs from the U.S.

    o New downloadable data CDs from the U.S.

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === FREE SHIPPING weekend! ==================

     

    For the next few days, every order on the Wholly Genes web site includes FREE shipping to the U.S. and Canada. (A flat $4.00 fee applies to overseas orders).

     

    Remember that www.WhollyGenes.com is NOT just your source for TMG software, companion programs, and training videos. We also carry a variety of classic books on genealogy methodology (all at least 15% off suggested retail price) and thousands of data CDs that will help with your research. The data CDs include digitized versions of rare genealogy books, census records, parish records, and other valuable research tools from the United States, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and other countries.

     

    Tell your research friends where they can find this wide variety of genealogy products -- now with free shipping!

     

    Don't miss this chance to save a bundle on shipping. This offer expires Monday, 21 July 2008.

     

     

    === NEW: Family History Hosting =================

     

    To most TMG users, John Cardinal is a household name. He is the developer of the very-popular Second Site web site construction tools, a helpful database modification tool called TMG Utility, and a calendar and anniversary utility called On This Day. Now John has announced a new project that is sure to earn the same reputation for quality and value. The following is his announcement:

     

    From: John Cardinal

     

    I am pleased to announce a new web hosting service, Family History Hosting.

     

    Family History Hosting is designed for genealogists and family historians and should be of particular interest to any Second Site user who publishes a site on the web. It is a fee-based service with prices that are similar to other web hosting services. My goal is to give great service at a reasonable price.

     

    I created Family History Hosting in partnership with a premium-level web hosting service who provides the data center, operating system, and networking know-how.

     

    Any Second Site customer who purchases a web hosting package will receive 3 months of service free. For a limited time, and while supplies (of time!) last, I am also offering a special "Get Started" technical support session that is designed to help customers get their web sites online. This free offer includes an exchange of email messages to determine where you are and what help you need, and then a two-hour telephone call during which I will use a remote control program to access your PC to install and configure any software you need.

     

    Where else can you get two hours of support from an expert when you purchase a web hosting plan?

     

    Family History Hosting is not restricted to Second Site users, but over time I plan to introduce features in Second Site that will correspond to features of the Family History Hosting service. Specifically, I plan to introduce a "refresh site" feature that will upload files to your web site without using an FTP client.

     

    You can read more about Family History Hosting here:

    http://www.familyhistoryhosting.com

     

    If you decide to become a customer, please contact me directly via mailto:Sales@FamilyHistoryHosting.com before you enter an order. I will provide some advice about what options to select based on your particular circumstances, and we can schedule your "Get Started" support session. Even if you do not need a "Get Started" session or advice about which options to select, please contact me before you order.

     

    In case you were wondering, when you publish your site via Family History Hosting, you use your own domain name and your pages will not include any advertising unless you put it there.

     

     

    === New Data CDs from the U.S. ==============

     

    The following new data CD is now available from WhollyGenes.com:

     

    Bishop Davenport, A NEW GAZETTEER OR GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES, (1838) 2008.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0350

    Gazetteers can be useful tools providing researchers with the location of long extinct places or descriptions of what still extant places were like at an earlier time. They also frequently contain additional items of interest in the hope of enticing purchases. Davenport's Gazetteer includes lists of current benevolent societies, colleges, theological and medical schools and British slave colonies in the West Indies as well as lists of principle roads with the mileage between towns and routes of steamboats and principle canals and railroads (finished or in progress) giving their length and consequently allowing us to determine whether they might have served as a migration route for our ancestors. (more...)

     

    A large hand-colored map of the United States and portions of Canada and Mexico is also included.

     

     

    === New Downloadable Data CDs from the U.S. ==========

     

    The following data CDs are now available as a download through WhollyGenes.com. Use them today and save the price of shipping too:

     

    S.V. Talcott, compiler, GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, (1883) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0363-DL

    Talcott has compiled extensive accounts of twenty-eight New York families and twenty-four New England families, tracing multiple lines of descent for each family from colonial times into the late nineteenth century, based on a wide range of sources, including especially Bible and death records. (more...)

     

    ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MAINE VOLUNTEERS, ETC., MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR OF 1861 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MAINE FOR THE YEARS 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 AND '66), (1867) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0348-DL

    This publication of the State of Maine Adjutant General's office sets forth the names of tens of thousands of men who volunteered for or were drafted for service in the Civil War, along with a shorter list of those drafted in 1863 who furnished substitutes or paid a commutation to avoid service. (more...)

     

    1899 DIRECTORY OF PORTLAND [MAINE] AND VICINITY, COMPLETE STREET DIRECTORY, MAP OF THE CITY AND VICINITY, (1899) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0378-DL

    This turn-of-the-century directory for the city of Portland, Maine, gathers in one place a wide range of residential, occupational, and financial information about the inhabitants of that municipality, combined with additional data on its businesses, civic organizations, and government agencies. (more...)

     

    William H. Whitmore, ed., THE COLONIAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS. REPRINTED FROM THE EDITION OF 1672, WITH THE SUPPLEMENTS THROUGH 1686., (1890) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0329-DL

    The core of this essential reference volume contains complete transcriptions of two compilations of the seventeenth-century laws of Massachusetts Bay Colony: the Body of Liberties of 1641 and the Laws of 1672, with extensive explanatory introductions and detailed subject and name indexes to each. (more...)

     

    John F. Watson, ANNALS AND OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK CITY AND STATE, IN THE OLDEN TIME; BEING A COLLECTION OF MEMOIRS, ANECDOTES, AND INCIDENTS CONCERNING THE CITY, COUNTRY, AND INHABITANTS..., (1846) 2008.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0390-DL

    Watson has brought together in one place a wide range of information of different sorts on the earliest years of the state and city of New York, covering the periods of discovery and settlement, with information on the Dutch and English settlers, as well as on the indigenous Native Americans. (more...)

     

    John Frederick Lewis, THE HISTORY OF AN OLD PHILADELPHIA LAND TITLE: 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, (1934) 2008.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0370-DL

    Lewis traces the complete ownership history of a single parcel in downtown Phildelphia, gathering data on each owner of the property and on that owner's ancestry and family. Along the way he undertakes digressions to investigate aspects of local history related to this Philadelphia neighborhood. (more...)

     

    F. Johnston, MEMORIALS OF OLD VIRGINIA CLERKS; ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTIES, WITH COMPLETE INDEX OF NAMES, AND DATES OF SERVICE FROM 1634 TO THE PRESENT TIME, (1888) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0380-DL

    Tracking previously published information on Virginia families can be an arduous task and few would think to consult Memorials of Old Virginia Clerks. Although the title indicates that there is a complete index to names, this refers to the names of the clerks. None of the family members and other individuals mentioned in the text are indexed. Consequently, the ability to conduct an every word search is extremely helpful, since some of the biographies reference numerous family members. (more...)

     

    Royall Bascom Smithey, HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, (1898) 2008.

    $4.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0389-DL

    Compressing over 300 years of history into a small volume, while at the same time making it interesting to school children is an arduous task. This textbook, published in 1898, does an admirable job of pulling together in a readable format, the major events in Virginia's history. Among items of special interest are the three chronological tables of important events that follow the three sections of the book—1492­1763, 1763­1860 and 1860­1898. There is also a list of the 52 colonial governors giving the date they took office and indicating whether they were a lieutenant governor. The list of 48 Commonwealth governors includes their political affiliation and the date and place of their birth and death. A large colored map of Virginia showing the counties and county seats as well as major roads and rivers is another useful tool. (more...)

     

    Lewis Preston Summers, ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (1769-1800), (1929) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0346-DL

    The student of early southwest Virginia history can find no better beginning point than Summers' Annals. The bulk of this over 1000-page compilation focuses on abstracts of court minutes and early surveys which often mention early settlers who left no trace in wills and deeds. Although the stated area covered is the area south of the James River and west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Cumberland Gap, court records (Botetourt and Fincastle) include Kentucky until 1777 when Kentucky County was established and southern West Virginia to 1778 when Greenbrier County was established. The records continue to include the southeastern counties of West Virginia that were a part of Montgomery and Wythe counties to 1800; however, it should be noted that there are no extant court minutes for Wythe County for 1791­1794. Washington County court minutes from the establishment of the county in 1777 to 1787 are also available. (more...)

     

    John W. Williams, INDEX TO ENROLLED BILLS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1776 TO 1910, (1911) 2008.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0341-DL

    Long out of print and virtually unknown, this index provides access to a major source of information for post colonial Virginia -- the public and private laws of the Commonwealth. While many will find the private laws - ­those that granted divorce, established a pension for a veteran who didn't qualify under current law, paid individuals for goods and services, allowed a free Negro to remain in Virginia contrary to law or provided relief to individuals who sought exemption or special treatment in regard to everything from inheritance to an inconveniently placed road, others will find the ability to track the changes in tax or inheritance law, the requirements regarding militia duty (more...)

     

    Percy G. Skirven, THE FIRST PARISHES OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, (1923) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0614-DL

    Tracking the establishment of parishes and churches in order to determine where to look for records can often be a frustrating experience. Published in 1923, this history of the establishment of the Church of England in Maryland provides a list of the 21 churches established prior to 1691, a list of the counties with their parishes as established in 1692/3 and a list of the churches and their parishes as they existed in 1922. It also includes a description of each of the ten Maryland counties established prior to 1792 giving the derivation of the county name, the date of establishment, boundaries and alterations, a list of the hundreds in the county, a chronology of where court was held, the names and descriptions of the parishes, a list of the first vestrymen in each parish and a description of the early churches and ministers. (more...)

     

    Spencer Ellsworth, RECORDS OF THE OLDEN TIME; OR FIFTY YEARS ON THE PRIARIES EMBRACING SKETCHES OF THE DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, AND SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTIES OF PUTNAM AND MARSHALL, INCIDENTS AND REMINISCENCES CONNECTED THEREWITH..., (1880) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0602-DL

    Previously hidden in this over 750-page unindexed volume (but now accessible via this searchable text version) are the names and origins of numerous settlers of Putnam and Marshall County, Illinois. Published in 1880, its author proposed "to trace the early settlement of that portion of our State embraced in the counties of Putnam and Marshall, gathering up the forgotten records of each township and neighborhood, and telling for the benefit of their descendants the story . . . of their ancestors." Part of the military land tract granted to veterans of the War of 1812 lay in present Putnam and Marshall counties and obviously drew many of the settlers to the area. (more...)

     

    George S. McWatters, KNOTS UNTIED: OR WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE HIDDEN LIFE OF AMERICAN DETECTIVES, (1871) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0383-DL

    Witches, horse thieves, bank robbers, charlatans-skeletons in the closet of our family tree! Most of us enjoy the occasional "odd" ancestor if they're far enough back in the family tree. But can we document them. Family stories are often questioned and autobiographies no less so. And then there are the fake inheritances (and family trees) that make up those genealogical swindles. McWaters autobiography is filled with fodder for family trees. Whether or not all the events in McWaters's life are as they are described herein, some things can be documented. A 14 July 1880 New York Times news story notes his appearance at a reunion of the survivors of the 26th Precinct Police Station who were involved in the 1863 draft riot at the Tribune building. (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 10

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 23 August 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    30 June 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 10

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    In this issue:

     

    o TMG v7.03 has been released!

    o Monthly Special

    o Cruise deadline looming

    o New Data CDs from the U.S.

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === TMG v7.03 has been released ===============

     

    The Master Genealogist v7.03.0000 is now available. This free update adds one new feature and fixes a few issues that were brought to our attention by users.

    o NarrativeChildren tag - You can completely suppress the output of the NarrativeChildren tag by adding a [:NONE:] code to the NarrativeChildren sentence structure field.

    o User account check - The check that prevented the program from writing to other user accounts has been removed. This eliminates some problems that occurred when moving projects between different computers and you can now locate the user data folder in public document space.

    o Tag Box - An Open dialog occurred in some circumstances when double-clicking on a name to navigate to that person.

    o Add Person - Some revisions were made to the mechanism of the relationship between the styles selected for the data set and the styles used in the Add Person template. You can now see and change the style used by the selected tag type on the template screen without needing to open another screen.

    o Add Person - A C0000005 error could occur if you viewed the list of duplicates and closed that screen using .

    o Tag Entry - When a shared event tag was using a custom role for both principals and you changed the role of one principal, the local sentence for the other principal was being reset to default.

    o Tag Entry - In some cases, the focus would change when the ID number for Principal 2 was edited.

    o Copy Tag - Some changes were made to the rules that apply for setting the resulting primary marker when you copy a tag, edit the tag, and change the principal(s).

    o Master Tag Type List - The style for a selected tag type is now shown on the MTTL screen. Previously, you had to open the Tag Type Definition screen to see the style selection for a tag type.

    o Tag Types - The style was being changed under some circumstances when a tag type was edited and saved and no change had been made to the style by the user.

    o Source import - In some cases, source import didn't work correctly when source #1 was not included.

    o Journal report - There was a screen resizing issue with Tags tab under the Options.

    o List of Citations - Data wasn't being output correctly for some output columns when the report was output in columnar format.

    o List of Events - The filter for empty local sentences didn't work for some tags.

    o List of People - The primary checkbox for event tags was not working correctly when the filter was for a place.

    o List of Sources - An error could occur when using the 'Repository number = n' filter.

    o Restore - A restore issue with the language files has been fixed.

    o Exhibit Log - The thumbnails for some external image files wouldn't display when the image file was present and Preferences was set to display frowny faces for missing images.

    o Exhibit Log - When an image was edited and a highlight layer was added, the image files being saved were incompatible with many applications. Changes were made to the image file formats being saved to resolve this.

    o SlideShow - Slideshows were using an out of date component and wouldn't run on a system that had never had TMG6 installed. Other fixes were made as well.

    o Research Log - An error occurred in some circumstances when selecting a task and clicking [Edit].

    o Repeat files - The program was using the default repeat files path rather than the path set on the Preferences Advanced tab.

    o Timelines - It was difficult to enter data into the year fields when editing timelines.

    o Preferences - The option to determine how new image exhibits should be added was revised.

    o Preferences - Revisions were made for many settings when resetting the Preferences to default.

    o Filters - When the language was not English and the List of People (for example) was filtered for dates with modifiers, no results were being returned.

    o Optimize - When you disabled thumbnails in Preferences and optimized the project, the thumbnail images weren't being removed from the data table.

    o Validate File Integrity - If two primary names are found for a person, the last entered will be set to non-primary.

     

    This free v7.03.0000 update requires a previous installation of v7.00-v7.02 (Users with a prior version must first upgrade to v7.0). To download and apply the update, run TMG, access the Help menu and choose "Check for an update." Alternatively, you can choose "Check for a Program Update" from the Windows Start menu > The Master Genealogist group. The update will be applied automatically. Upon restarting, the startup screen will reflect a version number of "v7.03.0000."

     

    === Monthly Special ===========================

     

    The following popular book is available at a 20% discount for a limited time:

     

    Edmund B. O'Callaghan and Berthold Fernow, transcribers, MUSTER ROLLS OF NEW YORK PROVINCIAL TROOPS. 1755-1764. COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1891, (1892) 2007.

    $15.96 (Regular price=$19.95) http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0296

    Also available as a download.

     

    The transcribers have presented in this volume verbatim transcripts of all surviving New York muster rolls for the Seven Years' War (the last phase of the French and Indian Wars) from 1755 to 1764 (except for the year 1757, for which records are missing), arranging them in convenient tabular form.

     

    All muster rolls include the date of the roll, the name of the unit, the names of all the men in the unit and (usually) the rank of every member of the unit. Many of the rolls incorporate additional information, much of it of great genealogical value, including age, birthplace, occupation, date of enlistment and rate of pay. A relatively small number of the rolls also give even more personal data, such as height, complexion and hair color.

     

    The volume concludes with an appendix, containing colonial proclamations regarding the raising of soldiers and other stray documents, and, most importantly, with an every-name index.

     

     

    === Cruise deadline looming =====================

     

    The registration deadline for the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise is just two weeks away! Don't let the opportunity slip by to learn from a dozen of the most popular professionals in the genealogical community plus many well-known TMG experts while cruising on the elegant Caribbean Princess with hundreds of family historians like yourself.

     

    Starting at just $843 per person, you'll get a week's vacation in the Caribbean, a genealogy conference with more expert speakers than most land-based conferences, and opportunities for one-on-one consultation time with some of the most knowledgeable genealogists from the United States, England, and Ireland. That price includes food, port fees and taxes, shipboard entertainment, and attendance to all conference lectures and group events but not airfare, alcohol, tips, or optional guided shore excursions.

     

    And you can still find good deals on airfare! From San Juan, you can pay just $179 to Boston (Jet Blue), $205 to Chicago (AirTran), $250 to San Francisco (American), or $268 to New York (Continental).

     

    The base price for the cruise will go up (if there is any space at all) after July 12th so don't wait any longer. If you can't twist your spouse's arm (despite lots of activities on the ship and uninterrupted vacation time with you on tropical islands), there are several family historians looking for roommates.

     

    You'll find all of the details, including lecture topics, speaker biographies, and a link to the roommate-finder forum here:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === New Data CDs from the U.S. ==============

     

    The following data CDs are now available from WhollyGenes.com:

     

    Edward E. Atwater, ed., HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO THE PRESENT TIME … WITH BIOGRAPHIES, PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, (1887) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0279

    Atwater and his collaborators have compiled a comprehensive history of the town and city of New Haven in its first two-and-a-half centuries, incorporating a narrative of municipal history along with topical coverage of all aspects of New Haven society, and about two hundred biographical sketches. (more...)

     

    Lockwood R. Doty, HISTORY OF THE GENESEE COUNTRY (WESTERN NEW YORK) COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF ALLEGANY, CATTARAUGUS, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEMUNG, ERIE, GENESEE, LIVINGSTON, MONROE, NIAGARA, ONTARIO, ORLEANS, SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, WAYNE, WYOMING, AND YATES, (1925) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0374

    Western New York drew settlers from New England, Pennsylvania and even as far as Virginia, as well as eastern New York. This 1400-plus page history of the area, liberally sprinkled with illustrations including maps, exquisitely detailed, is fully searchable, giving researchers access to the wealth information linked to the many personal and place names mentioned in its pages. The Genesee country, described as all of New York west of Seneca Lake, includes the present counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates. In more ancient terms it is described as that territory included in the original Phelps and Gorham Purchase. (more...)

     

    John F. Watson, ANNALS AND OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK CITY AND STATE, IN THE OLDEN TIME.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0390

    Watson has brought together in one place a wide range of information of different sorts on the earliest years of the state and city of New York, covering the periods of discovery and settlement, with information on the Dutch and English settlers, as well as on the indigenous Native Americans. (more...)

     

    THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, V1-5, (1877-1881) 2008.

    $27.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...&p=US0612-A

    The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, one of the earliest quarterly serial publications of this type, was first published by the Pennsylvania Historical Society in 1877. The first five volumes are reproduced here with fully-searchable text. The bulk of the material in each volume focuses on the colonial and Revolutionary War period. A number of journals and letters are reproduced including the diary of Robert Morton (Philadelphia, 1777), letters from Ephriam Douglass (Uniontown, 1780s), journal of William Black (1744), diary of the Moravian congregation (New York City, 1776), Spangenberg’s notes of travel to Onondaga (1745), John Penn’s journal of a visit to Reading, Harrisburg, Carlisle, and Lancaster (1788), various letters (Pennsylvania, 1691), journal of Miss Sarah Eve (Philadelphia, 1772–73), and travels through Berks County (1783). (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 10

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 12 July 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    9 June 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 9

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    o New Second Site discussion list

    o Cruise deadline looming

    o New VCF Article

    o Downloading problems solved

    o New Downloadable Data CDs

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === New Second Site discussion list ===============

     

    John Cardinal, the developer of the popular web-site construction tools, Second Site, has announced the formation of a new discussion list for Second Site users. It is also the official resource for Second Site technical support. The list can be accessed by visiting:

    http://groups.google.com/group/ss-l/

     

    The older Second Site list (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/SECONDSITE.html) continues to exist but, according to the Darrell Martin, the administrator, it is focused on being a peer-to-peer resource.

     

    You'll find lots of good information and many experienced Second Site users on both lists.

     

     

    === Cruise deadline looming =====================

     

    The registration deadline for the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise is July 12th, little more than a month away! Don't miss your chance to join us on the grand Caribbean Princess as we sail from New York to St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Thomas, and San Juan, October 26th - November 2nd. Along the way, you'll have access to 12 of the most knowledgable and popular professionals in the genealogical community, including in lectures, one-on-ones, shared meals, roundtables, and social events.

     

    As if a week-long genealogy conference that rivals many land-based events wasn't enough, you'll also hear from many of the most experienced TMG users in the world, including Bob Velke, John Cardinal, Jim Byram, Lee Hoffman, and the Wholly Genes Tech Support staff. There will be lectures about TMG and its companion products and you will be able to pick the brains of the experts in one-on-ones and many other scheduled events.

     

    With base prices starting at just $843 per person, you'd spend more for a week in Salt Lake City, Washington D.C., Ft. Wayne, Dallas, or any other research library -- but you'll learn more on this cruise ship! You'll also have time to spend with family, shopping, sight-seeing, or just sitting under a palm tree and sipping from a coconut shell that has one of those little pink umbrellas. Who deserves that more than you?? And when you're not on a tropical island, there are a lot of activities and resources to keep spouses or other family members happily entertained while you're learning how to be a better researcher and software user.

     

    The deadline for the genealogical event of the year is fast approaching so don't delay. You'll find all of the details, including lecture topics and speaker biographies here:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === New VCF Article ==========================

     

    The web site of the Ottawa (Canada) TMG Users Group includes a number of interesting TMG-related articles on subjects that include personal data entry standards, source data entry, writing a book with TMG, and the ten best features of TMG v7.0. These articles include many opinions and personal preferences but a lot can be learned from them, especially by novice TMG users. We congratulate the Ottawa group and the authors of those articles for some excellent presentations.

     

    The most recent article in the series is "Visual Chartform (VCF) Notes" by Douglas Hill. It documents some useful strategies and observations about the use of Visual Chartform, the charting program that is integrated with TMG.

     

    To download this or other articles, most of which are published as PDF files, please visit:

    http://ottawa-tmg-ug.ca/articles.htm

     

     

    === Downloading problems solved =================

     

    A number of users have reported problems downloading data CD products from the WhollyGenes.com in recent weeks due to an erroneous message that shipping prices to certain destinations could not be calculated. Naturally, shipping prices don't apply to downloads, regardless of the user's location. That problem with the store has been resolved and we apologize to those users who were inconvenienced.

     

     

    === New Downloadable Data CDs ==============

     

    The following data CDs are now available as a download through WhollyGenes.com. Get access to this great material and save the cost of shipping!

     

     

    Chandler Robbins, HISTORY OF THE SECOND CHURCH, OR OLD NORTH, IN BOSTON. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A HISTORY OF THE NEW BRICK CHURCH (DOWNLOAD), (1852) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0251-DL

    Robbins has compiled a history of two centuries of the Second Church of Boston, which was founded in 1650, along with a history of the New Brick Church, which merged with the Second Church in 1779. The author focuses on the ministers of each church, and includes records of admission and baptism. (more...)

     

    Hamilton Andrews Hill, HISTORY OF THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH (THIRD CHURCH) BOSTON, 1669-1884, 2 VOLUMES (DOWNLOAD), 1890.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0218-DL

    Hamilton Hill utilized and printed a large number of contemporaneous documents in preparing this comprehensive history of the Third or Old South Church of Boston during its first two centuries. The account of the serious controversies surrounding the formation of this church is especially complete. (more...)

     

    Hamilton Andrews Hill and George Frederick Bigelow, AN HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH (THIRD CHURCH) BOSTON, 1669-1882 (DOWNLOAD), 1883.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0219-DL

    The compilers of this volume have presented complete lists of those admitted to full communion and those who subscribed to the covenant of the Old South Church for the full span of years stated in the title and have added biographical sketches of members admitted to full communion from 1669 to 1719. (more...)

     

    Thomas Williams Bicknell, A HISTORY OF BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND (DOWNLOAD), (1898) 2006.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0233-DL

    Bicknell has written a history of the town of Barrington, Rhode Island, from 1621 to 1898, that combines the chronological and the topical arrangements, and incorporates extensive material from original sources, providing detailed information on town officers, church membership and military service. (more...)

     

    Hamilton Child, GAZETTEER OF ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT, 1768-1888 (DOWNLOAD), (1888) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0238-DL

    This 19th-century "Gazetteer or Towns" in Orange County, Vermont devotes at least several pages to each town in the county, most of which is devoted to a detailed account of the first settlers, prominent early citizens, businesses, and churches. Within each section is a description of each village, hamlet, and post office. Of course, the descriptions in most cases also include the town's history, physical description, boundaries, population, and topography. (more...)

     

    George Wingate Chase, HISTORY OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1640, TO THE YEAR 1860 (DOWNLOAD), (1861) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0259-DL

    The author covers the first two-hundred-and-twenty years of the history of the town of Haverhill, Massachusetts, using extensive extracts from the town, county and colony records. Along the way he includes biographical sketches of many of the early settlers, and closes with a genealogical section. (more...)

     

    Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby, and Walter G. Davis, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (DOWNLOAD), (1928-1939) 2006.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0288-DL

    This compilation by three leading authorities treats all immigrants to northern New England prior to 1700, and their descendants to the third generation. By analyzing all available seventeenth century documents, the authors have made this the source of first resort for early Maine and New Hampshire. (more...)

     

    THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, VOLUME I, 1635-1664 (SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1916), VOLUME II, 1665-1674 (SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1917), VOLUME III, 1675-1681 (SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1920).

    $39.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0289-DL

    These three volumes have collected in one place all probate records for the towns that constitute Essex County. Wills and inventories are provided in full transcription, while all other documents, including letters of administration, estate settlements and the like, appear in full or in abstract. (more...)

     

    Wilbur D. Spencer, PIONEERS ON MAINE RIVERS WITH LISTS TO 1651 (DOWNLOAD), (1930) 2006.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0290-DL

    Most of the early settlers of what is now the state of Maine were fishermen or fur traders, who tended to settle at the mouths of the many rivers in that region. Spencer has systematically surveyed the early settlers of these rivers, providing an essential insight into the lives of these pioneers. (more...)

     

    Charles Henry Pope, THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD), (1900) 2006.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0292-DL

    Pope has entries for more than five thousand persons found in the records of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1620 and 1650. The author follows each resident of these colonies until death, utilizing many sources not employed by Savage and others who had covered the same period. (more...)

     

    William Chapin, REFERENCE GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA; CONTAINING A GENERAL VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF EACH STATE AND TERRITORY, AND A NOTICE OF THE VARIOUS CANALS, RAILROADS..."

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0325-DL

    Chapin has captured an immense amount of data depicting the topographical organization of the United States at a critical point in its history, when the Industrial Revolution was transforming the countryside. There is information on physical features, political divisions and transportation networks. (more...)

     

    Alonzo J. Fogg, THE STATISTICS AND GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE; CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL OF THE COUNTIES, TOWNS AND VILLLAGES; ALSO BOUNDARIES AND AREA OF THE STATE AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0328-DL

    The bulk of this volume contains a detailed description of every city, town, and county within the State of New Hampshire, including a description of each with respect to its geographic position, population, and its "mountains, lakes, ponds, rivers and streams, its summer resorts, villages, and manufactories, resources, churches, public schools, libraries, hotels, railroads, &c." (more...)

     

    John C. Pease and John M. Niles, GAZETTEER OF THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND (DOWNLOAD), (1819) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0337-DL

    In this very early gazetteer, the authors compiled an exhaustive description of Connecticut and Rhode Island as of 1819, including the topography, history, and statistics of each county, town, city, burrough, and village in the State. Of special interest to genealogists, the authors include frequent biographies of the town founders, early settlers, ministers, and other prominent citizens. (more...)

     

    P.J. Hannifan and Co., ROAD AND COUNTY MAP OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND AND GAZETTEER... AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY (DOWNLOAD), (1898) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0338-DL

    The title of this book is misleading because, although it does contain a detailed color map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, the bulk of the book is designed as a business directory and advisor. It is fascinating in its own right, having been written "With Historical, Biographical, Political, Law, and Other Valuable Information Useful for the Office, Store, and Home." With the business owner principally in mind, it includes a dictionary of business terms and summary of laws relating to contracts, trademarks, naturalization, and suffrage, among others. It also includes examples of legal transactions, contracts, and list of weights and measures, legal holidays, and more. (more...)

     

    Geo. J. Varney, GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF MAINE; WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS (DOWNLOAD), (1886) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0339-DL

    This early gazetteer of about 630 pages is principally an alphabetical description of "every town, plantation, mountain, lake, and bay" within the State of Maine along with its topography, boundaries, history, and statistics. In most cases, the author also details the original settlers, early churches and ministers, and other prominent citizens of each town. (more...)

     

    Zadock Thompson, HISTORY OF VERMONT, NATURAL, CIVIL, AND STATISTICAL IN THREE PARTS, WITH A NEW MAP OF THE STATE, AND 200 ENGRAVINGS (DOWNLOAD), (1842, 1853) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0344-DL

    This original 1842 publication includes a detailed description and physical geography of the State of Vermont as well as elaborate descriptions (and more than 200 original engravings) of its animals and plants, including their history, description, and general characteristics. Individual chapters describe the quadupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, invertebrates, and botany of the State. (more...)

     

    Lyman P. Powell, ed., HISTORIC TOWNS OF NEW ENGLAND (DOWNLOAD), (1899) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0345-DL

    Powell conceived the idea of a historical tour of old New England towns, with a lecture on each town by a local authority. This volume, the first in a series of such tours, collects those lectures for about a dozen early towns, including Plymouth, Boston, Hartford, New Haven, Newport and Deerfield. (more...)

     

    Charles Edward Banks, THE WINTHROP FLEET OF 1630: AN ACCOUNT OF THE VESSELS, THE VOYAGE, THE PASSENGERS AND THEIR ENGLISH HOMES FROM ORIGINAL AUTHORITIES (DOWNLOAD), (1930) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0349-DL

    Banks has compiled extensive information on the passengers who sailed from England to New England in 1630, members of the so-called Winthrop Fleet. He attempted to identify each person or family who participated in that migration and added data on their English origin and activities in New England. (more...)

     

    TERCENTENARY OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, 1620-1920: A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PEOPLE IN THE MAKING OF COMMONWEALTHS AND THE FOUNDING OF A NATION (DOWNLOAD), (1919) 2007.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0359-DL

    This commemorative volume gathers together information on several dozen seventeenth-century immigrants to New England along with lines of descent to individuals living at the time of publication of the volume, frequently with details of the families of the individuals in the intervening generations. (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 10

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 12 July 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    26 May 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 8

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    o FREE SHIPPING through the end of the month!

    o UPDATE: TMG v7.02 is now available!

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    === FREE SHIPPING through the end of the month! ===

     

    Until the end of the month, every order on the Wholly Genes web site includes FREE shipping to the U.S. and Canada. (A flat $4.00 fee applies to overseas orders).

     

    Remember that www.WhollyGenes.com is NOT just your source for TMG software, companion programs, and training videos. We also carry a variety of classic books on genealogy methodology (all at least 15% off suggested retail price) and thousands of data CDs that will help with your research. The data CDs include digitized versions of rare genealogy books, census records, parish records, and other valuable research tools from the United States, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and other countries.

     

    Tell your research friends where they can find this wide variety of genealogy products -- now with free shipping!

     

    Don't miss this chance to save a bundle on shipping. This offer expires 31 May 2008.

     

     

    === UPDATE: TMG v7.02 is now available! ===

     

    The Master Genealogist v7.02.0000 is now available. This free update fixes a few issues that were brought to our attention by users.

     

    o Focus Group - Fixed a display issue with the list

    o Exhibit Log - The image was not being saved when the View/Edit Image [Flip] option was used.

    o Embedded Citations - The escape character ("\") didn't work.

    o Project Explorer - Collapsed list sorting in the Project Explorer was fixed.

    o Person View - Adding a name tag caused an error in a few projects.

    o Restore - Some v6 projects were not being updated to v7

    o Siblings window - Clicking on a name would produce a C0000005 error under some circumstances

    o Filters - Fixed various issues.

    o Exhibit Log - Exhibit output reordering was broken.

    o Right-click menu - The right click menu for several memo fields was revised.

    o Project Explorer - Sort by ID# wasn't correct after a data set merge.

    o Tag Entry - After copying a tag and changing the principal's ID number, an erroneous warning occurred when the tag was saved.

    o Tag Entry - The primary state of a tag could be changed when the tag was edited and saved.

    o Citation screen - canceling with no changes caused an erroneous prompt.

    o Witness Add/Edit screen - Sentence preview failed to refresh after entering an ID# with recalc turned off.

    o Project Explorer and Picklists - There was a sorting issue after renumbering individuals when sorting by ID#.

    o Tag Type style selection - Some revisions were made to the mechanism of the relationship between the styles selected for the data set, tag types and tags.

    o Compressed Pedigree and Ahnentafel: Fixed a problem that occurred when a person ID was more than six digits.

     

    This free v7.02.0000 update requires a previous installation of v7.00 or v7.01 (Users with a prior version must first upgrade to v7.0). To download and apply the update, run TMG, access the Help menu and choose "Check for an update." Alternatively, you can choose "Check for a Program Update" from the Windows Start menu > The Master Genealogist group. The update will be applied automatically. Upon restarting, the startup screen will reflect a version number of "v7.02.0000."

     

     

    === New Downloadable Data CDs ==============

     

    The following data CDs are now available as a download through WhollyGenes.com. Use them today and save the price of shipping too:

     

     

    James R. Pringle, HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND CITY OF GLOUCESTER, CAPE ANN, MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD).

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0201-DL

    In the best traditions of nineteenth-century local history, this volume provides both a narrative and a topical history of an important early Massachusetts maritime community. The history is interspersed with biographical compilations of early settlers,

    soldiers and sailors, and businessmen. (more...)

     

    J.H. Temple, HISTORY OF NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD).

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0203-DL

    This volume is more than just a history of the town of North Brookfield. Temple has also included extensive extracts from the town records of Brookfield, the parent town, and has compiled genealogical accounts of most of the earliest families of the town. (more...)

     

    RECORDS AND FILES OF THE QUARTERLY COURTS OF ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS, 1636-1683 (DOWNLOAD), 1911-1921.

    $69.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0204-DL

    These volumes contain transcripts or extracts from the record books and loose papers of all courts that operated in the area that is now Essex County, Massachusetts, from 1636 to 1683. Nearly every person who resided for any length of time in Essex County

    in this period will be found in this set. (more...)

     

    J.H. Temple, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD), 1889 (2005).

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0206-DL

    This volume is more than just a history of the town of Palmer. Temple has also included extensive extracts from the town records of Palmer, and has compiled genealogical accounts of most of the earliest families of the town.(more...)

     

    Sidney Perley, THE HISTORY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD), (1924, 1926, 1928) 2007.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0207-DL

    Perley has compiled an extremely detailed account of the first ninety years of the history of Salem, Massachusetts, incorporating the contents of many original documents. Perley takes note of when each resident first arrived in town, and at that point

    inserts a genealogical summary of the family.(more...)

     

    Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, RECORDS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN NEW ENGLAND, 1628- 1686 (DOWNLOAD), 1853-1854.

    $49.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0208-DL

    This massive series of volumes documents the development of the Massachusetts Bay Company into Massachusetts Bay Colony, providing a dense chronological record of the colony's civil, criminal and administrative court proceedings. Thousands of early New

    England colonists pass through these pages. (more...)

     

    James H. Stark, THE LOYALISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (DOWNLOAD), (1910) 2006.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0216-DL

    The author, sympathetic to the Loyalists, presents a history of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, from the perspective of the Loyalists. To this he appends about a hundred biographical and genealogical sketches of Massachusetts Loyalists, tracing

    their lives into England and Nova Scotia. (more...)

     

    John Farmer and Jacob B. Moore, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (DOWNLOAD), (1823) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0223-DL

    This very early gazetteer of New Hampshire offers many references for researchers of the area. The preface provides a thorough description of its contents in three parts (more...)

     

    John Hayward, THE NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER; CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE STATES, COUNTIES AND TOWNS IN NEW ENGLAND: ALSO DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE STATES, COUNTIES, AND TOWNS IN NEW ENGLAND AND FASHIONABLE RESORTS WITHIN THAT TERRITORY... (DOWNLOAD), (1839) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0243-DL

    This volume combines in one alphabetical listing an exhaustive survey of the political divisions, from town to state, and the physiographic features of all six New England states. The entries range from a paragraph to several pages, covering location,

    population, history and commercial activities. (more...)

     

    Rev. Elias Nason, M.A., A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD), (1874) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0248-DL

    The author, Rev. Elias Nason, M.A., has compiled "a clear and concise topographical description, together with a brief historical and statistical notice, of the several counties, cities, towns, and villages of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." The book

    offers much more than that to a family historian, however. (more...)

     

    Nathaniel Goodwin, GENEALOGICAL NOTES, OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FAMILY HISTORY OF SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS (DOWNLOAD), (1856) 2006.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0252-DL

    Nathaniel Goodwin's career as probate clerk and judge prepared him well for the compilation of the earliest published, well-documented accounts of thousands of descendants (representing hundreds of surnames) of thirty-seven early New England families,

    most from Wethersfield, Hartford and Windsor in Connecticut, but some from Massachuetts Bay as well. (more...)

     

    John Farmer, A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND (DOWNLOAD), (1829) 2006.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0261-DL

    In this volume John Farmer produced the first attempt to survey systematically the earliest immigrants to New England. Working at a time when published sources were vanishingly few, Farmer compiled a nearly complete catalog of the immigrant generation and

    laid the basis for similar future compendia. (more...)

     

    Jacob Piatt Dunn, INDIANA AND INDIANANS: A HISTORY OF ABORIGINAL AND TERRITORIAL INDIANA AND THE CENTURY OF STATEHOOD (DOWNLOAD), (1919) 2007.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0262-DL

    Frequently cited in biographies of the Indianans, Dunn's five-volume history of Indiana is both thorough and readable. Beginning with prehistoric times, the writer carries the reader through each era from Indian settlement to the 1900s. Reachers stopping

    to read a particular entry are likely to find themselves completing the chapter before moving on to the next item of interest. (more...)

     

    Lorenzo Sabine, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LOYALISTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WITH AN HISTORICAL ESSAY (DOWNLOAD), 1864.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0263-DL

    Sabine has gathered in one place biographical accounts of thousands of Loyalists of the American Revolution, from all thirteen of the rebellious colonies. He has outlined the activities which defined them as Loyalists, and has traced many of them to the

    Maritime Provinces of Canada and to England. (more...)

     

    Wm. C. Pendleton, HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, 1748-1920 (DOWNLOAD), (1920) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0268-DL

    Pendleton tells the history of Tazewell County by placing it firmly in the larger context of the migrations into southwest Virginia, and then focusing in detail on the settlement of Tazewell County itself. The author pays special attention to the Indian

    conflicts and the resulting losses of life. (more...)

     

    David E. Johnston, A HISTORY OF MIDDLE NEW RIVER SETTLEMENTS AND CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY (DOWNLOAD), (1906) 2007.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0270-DL

    Johnston traces the exploration and settlement of the New River in southwestern Virginia, with emphasis on the area that was set off in 1837 as Mercer County, and is now in southern West Virginia. Several appendices list various county officials and

    present biographical sketches of early families. (more...)

     

    Rev. A.B. Cristy, ed., CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONALISTS 1895: HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF OUR TWENTY-FIVE CHURCHES AND MISSIONS (DOWNLOAD), (1896) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0272-DL

    Cristy has collected articles on the history and organization of Congregationalism in Cleveland in the nineteenth century, followed by accounts of each of the twenty-five congregations existing in Cleveland and vicinity. The section on each congregation

    concludes with a complete list of members. (more...)

     

    John Warner Barber, CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, CONTAINING A GENERAL COLLECTION OF INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ANECDOTES, &C., RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF EVERY TOWN IN CONNECTICUT, WITH GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS (DOWNLOAD), (1836) 2007.

    $21.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0280-DL

    Barber has gathered a wide range of information on each county and town of Connecticut as of 1836, arranging the entries by county, followed by an account of the leading settlement in each county, and then the remaining towns in that county in

    alphabetical order, with many illustrations included. (more...)

     

    DIGESTED SUMMARY AND ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PRIVATE CLAIMS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (DOWNLOAD), (1853-1882) 2007.

    $39.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0343-DL

    Historically almost half of the laws passed by Congress have been private acts applying to a single person or a specified group of people from entrepreneurs to destitute soldiers and widows. Beginning with 10 claims in 1789 the petitions escalated to a

    high of over 6000 in 1905/6. (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 10

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

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    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 31 May April 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    14 May 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 7

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    o NGS workshops

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    === NGS workshops =======================

     

    If you are in the Kansas City, Missouri area in the next few days, please visit us at the National Genealogical Society (NGS) annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center (May 14-17). Stop by the exhibit hall (booths 512-518) to say "hello" or take one of the TMG hands-on workshops conducted by Bob Velke. There are still some seats available for Beginner/Intermediate (Thursday, 8-10am) and Advanced (Friday 8-10am) workshops.

     

    For more information, please visit:

    http://www.ngsgenealogy.org

     

     

    === Conference/Cruise News =================

     

    This year's Genealogy Conference and Cruise (Oct 26-Nov 2) is filling up and we don't want you to miss the event of the year!

     

    Here's a word of caution to those who have expressed an intention to wait until next year's cruise: there may not be one! While the conference/cruise is always a sell-out and we have great fun, we're considering taking a break next year -- or organizing an event that may not involve a cruise. Don't say that we didn't warn you .

     

    So don't miss this chance to take an inexpensive Caribbean cruise while you learn from the TMG experts (including Bob Velke, John Cardinal, Jim Byram, Lee Hoffman) and our unrivaled list of professional genealogists, including Elizabeth Shown Mills, Barbara Vines Little, John Grenham (Ireland), John Titford (England), Tony Burroughs, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Craig Scott, Cyndi Howells, David Allen Lambert, Robert Charles Anderson, Sandra Hewlett, and Dick Eastman.

     

    For as little as $846 per person (including food but not transportation to/from the ship) you'll get a Caribbean vacation, a full-fledged genealogy conference that rivals even most land-based conferences, and unparalleled access to the TMG developers, support staff, and experts, as well as hundreds of other like-minded researchers. Your spouse and other family members will find lots of interesting things to do on board and then you'll have uninterrupted vacation time with them on the tropical ports of St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Thomas, and San Juan. It is a great learning experience and a vacation that you will never forget!

     

    For more details, including lecture topics and speaker biographies, please visit:

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    === New Data CDs from the U.S. ==============

     

    The following new data CDs from the U.S. are now available from WhollyGenes.com:

     

    James N. Arnold, VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND. 1636-1850. FIRST SERIES, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. A FAMILY REGISTER FOR THE PEOPLE, SIX VOLUMES, (1891-1894) 2008.

    $27.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0322.

    This set of volumes provides a complete transcription of surviving birth, marriage and death records for all towns in the five counties of Rhode Island, from the earliest days through 1850. The entries are arranged by county, then by town, then by record type, with citations to the original sources. (more...)

     

    THE DEDHAM HISTORICAL REGISTER, 14 VOLUMES, (1890-1903) 2008.

    $27.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0351

    Of the many local genealogical and historical journals published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, The Dedham Historical Register was one of the best. Since Dedham had spawned all or parts of fourteen other towns, the scope of this journal is far greater than the title indicates. This periodical included a wide range of articles, including especially compiled genealogies of Dedham families and transcripts of original records, including birth, death and marriage records and inscriptions from cemeteries. The genealogies were prepared in standard Register format. The journal also published diaries, as well as biographies and obituaries of prominent citizens of Dedham and its daughter towns. Also included are articles on historical events of the area, discussions of old buildings, and the participation of Dedham men in various wars of the colonial period and later. (more...)

     

    D. Hamilton Hurd, compiler, HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN, 3 VOLUMES, (1890) 2008.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0278

    This three-volume set provides first a history of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as a whole, and then proceeds systematically through all fifty-four cities and towns in the county, setting forth extensive historical, biographical, and genealogical information for each of these municipalities. (more...)

     

    VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIANS, 2 VOLUMES, (1888) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0368

    This two-volume history focuses on individual Virginians and is replete with sketches of local individuals (see list of localities at the end of this description), detailing not only theirs and their wife’s and children’s places and dates of birth, but often providing information on previous generations and places of origin. These sketches are rich in information helpful in both scaling “brick walls” and adding depth to the story of one’s ancestors (and the ability to search the full document means the reader won’t miss information). (more...)

     

    John Fiske, OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS, 2 VOLUMES, (1900) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0376

    All too often histories leave us with little understanding of the history of “average” citizens and how (except in time of war) they interacted with either their government or society as a whole. Although chastised by some of his reviewers for breaking up his history with the interspersion of social commentary, researchers will find many of his digressions provide valuable insight into everyday life of the colonial Virginian. And, by using the search capabilities in this PDF version they will be able to compile information on specific aspects of society.

    Written as a part of a series on early American history, Fiske’s two-volume history, Old Virginia and Her Neighbors covers the period from Sir Walter Raleigh’s first excursions to 1753 and the beginning of the French and Indian War. Although the title includes Virginia’s neighbors, the author notes that he allocates only 107 pages to Maryland, 67 pages to the Carolinas and a page to Georgia. The focus both here and in his comparisons with New England is a better understanding of Virginia’s place in history. (more...)

     

    Royall Bascom Smithey, HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, (1898) 2008.

    $4.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0389

    Compressing over 300 years of history into a small volume, while at the same time making it interesting to school children is an arduous task. This textbook, published in 1898, does an admirable job of pulling together in a readable format, the major events in Virginia’s history. Among items of special interest are the three chronological tables of important events that follow the three sections of the book—1492­1763, 1763­1860 and 1860­1898. There is also a list of the 52 colonial governors giving the date they took office and indicating whether they were a lieutenant governor. The list of 48 Commonwealth governors includes their political affiliation and the date and place of their birth and death. A large colored map of Virginia showing the counties and county seats as well as major roads and rivers is another useful tool. (more...)

     

    Spencer Ellsworth, RECORDS OF THE OLDEN TIME; OR FIFTY YEARS ON THE PRIARIES EMBRACING SKETCHES OF THE DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, AND SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTIES OF PUTNAM AND MARSHALL, INCIDENTS AND REMINISCENCES CONNECTED THEREWITH..., (1880) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0602

    Previously hidden in this over 750-page unindexed volume (but now accessible via this searchable text version) are the names and origins of numerous settlers of Putnam and Marshall County, Illinois. Published in 1880, its author proposed “to trace the early settlement of that portion of our State embraced in the counties of Putnam and Marshall, gathering up the forgotten records of each township and neighborhood, and telling for the benefit of their descendants the story . . . of their ancestors.” Part of the military land tract granted to veterans of the War of 1812 lay in present Putnam and Marshall counties and obviously drew many of the settlers to the area. (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 10

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    29 April 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 6

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    o Gift Certificates 10% off through tomorrow!

    o Monthly Special: The Expansion of New England

    o NEW: 1790 Census Heads of Families on Searchable CD

    o New Data CDs from the U.S.

    o UPDATE: Second Site v2.1 Build 10

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    Gift certificates are available in a variety of denominations ($10-$250) and can be used just like cash on WhollyGenes.com to purchase any of the thousands of products on that store, including software, upgrades, companion products, books, and data CDs to help your research. A gift certificate can even be applied to the shipping expense (although orders over $100 always ship free). Any unused portion of a gift certificate is preserved and can be applied to a future purchase. Gift certificates are valid for one year from the date of purchase and are not redeemable for cash.

     

    So this offer effectively gives you a 10% discount (up to the amount on the gift certificate) on everything in our store - even on new, special, and discounted products like those listed below - for the next twelve months!

     

    To purchase a discounted gift certificate, go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com/giftcert.htm and choose a gift certificate amount. Be *sure* to enter the recipient's name, even if it is your own. Then, in the red "Product Coupon Code" field, type the code "MOM2008" with no quotes and click on . Note that the discount will not appear on the screen until you begin the checkout process. Upon completion of your purchase, your invoice and a separate email will reflect your gift certificate key which can then be redeemed on a subsequent invoice(s). (You cannot purchase and redeem a gift certificate on the same invoice.)

     

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    Lois Kimball Mathews, THE EXPANSION OF NEW ENGLAND: THE SPREAD OF NEW ENGLAND SETTLEMENT AND INSTITUTIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1620-1865, (1909) 2007.

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    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0320-DL (download)

     

    The author narrates the chronology of the settlement of New England in the colonial period and then the migration of New Englanders and their culture to the west and south in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The story is illustrated with many carefully drawn and informative maps.

     

    Mathews begins with the small number of settlements along the coast of New England in the 1620s, and then describes the rapid establishment of new towns resulting from the Great Migration of the 1630s. She goes on to show the further expansion of settlement as the population grew by natural means. She pays special attention to the reversals in the numbers of settlements consequent to the various conflicts with the Indians.

     

    Within a very short time New Englanders moved to regions that are now part of New York and New Jersey, and in the late eighteenth century this pattern accelerated. There were a few outposts of New Englanders in the south as well. After the Revolution New England migration spread further west into New York and also into Pennsylvania.

     

    Then, in the early nineteenth century the migration of New Englanders (or of those descended from New Englanders) continued on into the Old Northwest, making substantial contributions to the early settlement of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.

     

    An important feature of this volume is the large number of maps, which contribute to a clear visualization of the settlement progress. The author created a map for nearly every decade of the period from 1620 to 1685. A very useful feature of the maps for the states west of New England is a distinction between those areas settled by New Englanders and those areas settled by others.

     

     

    === NEW: 1790 Census Heads of Families on Searchable CD ===

     

    Wholly Genes is proud to announce the following major new release at a special introductory price of just $29.95.

     

    HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 - COMPLETE SET, (1907-1908) 2008.

    (retail price=$49.95, now just $29.95) http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0356

    The first U.S. census enumeration began on Monday, August 2, 1790, just 16 months after the inauguration of President George Washington and less than nine years after the end of the Revolutionary War. As the first official record of the citizenry of this fledgling country, the importance of these records to those researching the colonial period is unsurpassed.

     

    Of the original 13 states plus 4 territories (now Kentucky, Maine, Vermont, and Tennessee) that were included in that first census, only the records of 12 still exist, the remainder having been lost or destroyed. Upon popular demand, the Bureau of the Census published those surviving records in 1907-1908 in a series of twelve volumes, one each for Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia, the latter having been reconstructed from taxpayer lists from 1782-1785.

     

    This, then, is that entire collection of existing census records from 1790 as published in 1907-1908, encompassing more than 400,000 families, and offered for the first time on a single CD-ROM with full-text search. For each household are itemized the name of the head of the family and the number of persons in each household of the following descriptions: free white males of 16 years and upward (to assess the countries industrial and military potential), free white males under 16 years, free white females, all other free persons (by sex and color), and slaves.

     

    Although the head of each family is extremely important to genealogical researchers, the value of this collection extends much further, inasmuch as it can be used as supporting evidence of the family size as well as the sex and approximate ages of the household members. The records here are arranged geographically (as in the original), which will help to identify not only the location of each family but their neighbors and likely relatives in close proximity. With the word-proximity search, you can even look for two or more names that appear within a specified number of the original records -- effectively isolating those cases where families of interest lived (and perhaps transacted, intermarried or migrated) with each other.

     

    As a bonus, we've included high-resolution digital copies of the original fold-out maps that were published with each of the 12 volumes. Today, intact copies of these maps are extremely rare and are not known to be available in any other electronic form, including subscription web sites.

     

    The user can search the text of any individual state/volume or all twelve volumes at the same time (including AND, OR, phonetic and word proximity searches), making this an indispensable research tool. And at just $29.95 to own your personal copy of these records, you'll never make a better investment in your research.

     

     

    === New Data CDs from the U.S. ==============

     

    The following new data CDs from the U.S. are now available from WhollyGenes.com:

     

    John W. Williams, INDEX TO ENROLLED BILLS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1776 TO 1910, (1911) 2008.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0341

    Long out of print and virtually unknown, this index provides access to a major source of information for post colonial Virginia ­ the public and private laws of the Commonwealth. While many will find the private laws­those that granted divorce, established a pension for a veteran who didn't qualify under current law, paid individuals for goods and services, allowed a free Negro to remain in Virginia contrary to law or provided relief to individuals who sought exemption or special treatment in regard to everything from inheritance to an inconveniently placed road, others will find the ability to track the changes in tax or inheritance law, the requirements regarding militia duty or any of the items that came under the authority of the General Assembly the most valuable. (more...)

     

    1899 DIRECTORY OF PORTLAND [MAINE] AND VICINITY, COMPLETE STREET DIRECTORY, MAP OF THE CITY AND VICINITY, (1899) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0378

    This turn-of-the-century directory for the city of Portland, Maine, gathers in one place a wide range of residential, occupational, and financial information about the inhabitants of that municipality, combined with additional data on its businesses, civic organizations, and government agencies. (more...)

     

    F. Johnston, MEMORIALS OF OLD VIRGINIA CLERKS; ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTIES, WITH COMPLETE INDEX OF NAMES, AND DATES OF SERVICE FROM 1634 TO THE PRESENT TIME, (1888) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0380

    Tracking previously published information on Virginia families can be an arduous task and few would think to consult Memorials of Old Virginia Clerks. Although the title indicates that there is a complete index to names, this refers to the names of the clerks. None of the family members and other individuals mentioned in the text are indexed. Consequently, the ability to conduct an every word search is extremely helpful, since some of the biographies reference numerous family members. (more...)

     

    Percy G. Skirven, THE FIRST PARISHES OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, (1923) 2008.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0614

    Tracking the establishment of parishes and churches in order to determine where to look for records can often be a frustrating experience. Published in 1923, this history of the establishment of the Church of England in Maryland provides a list of the 21 churches established prior to 1691, a list of the counties with their parishes as established in 1692/3 and a list of the churches and their parishes as they existed in 1922. It also includes a description of each of the ten Maryland counties established prior to 1792 giving the derivation of the county name, the date of establishment, boundaries and alterations, a list of the hundreds in the county, a chronology of where court was held, the names and descriptions of the parishes, a list of the first vestrymen in each parish and a description of the early churches and ministers. (more...)

     

     

    === UPDATE: Second Site v2.1 Build 10 ===========

     

    John Cardinal has made the following announcement...

     

    Second Site Version 2.1 (Build 10) is now available. This free upgrade is a maintenance release that corrects a couple errors discovered in Version 2.1 (Build 9) released last week.

     

    You can read more about this release in the current newsletter:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/ssn036.htm

     

    ... and see all the details in the Change Log:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/changelog.htm

     

    Current Second Site 2 users can download the installer here:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/downloadSS.html

     

    === John Cardinal and the Pan-Mass Challenge =========

     

    Fans of TMG Utility may know that the author of that free companion program, John Cardinal, has had a long association with the Pan-Mass Challenge, a 192-mile bicycle ride that benefits the "Jimmy Fund" of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. It is a terrific charity to which John has previously suggested that you might make a donation if you appreciate his free utilities.

     

    Last year, John announced that he was not unable to continue riding in the PMC because of health issues and the financial committment. I'm pleased to say that John is feeling better and plans to ride with his wife, Maureen, and daughter, Casey, in the 2008 Pan-Mass Challenge in August! We wish John great success and hope that those who use his software will show their appreciation by helping John to meet the PMC's minimum fundraising commitment.

     

    To find out more about the PMC or to make a donation on John's behalf, please visit this site:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/donorware.htm

     

    There's even a nice article about the PMC that mentions the Cardinal family in their local newspaper:

    http://www.wickedlocal.com/northandover/news/x317101628

     

    For more information about TMG Utility (now compatible with TMG v7.x), please visit:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/index.htm

     

     

    === Sentence Forum ============================

     

    Some months ago, in response to a request by TMG user Teresa Elliott, we added a special section on the TMG Community Forum devoted to the software's extensive narrative construction tools. Teresa recently offered the following description and status report about the new forum:

     

    For a few years now, several experienced TMG users have had sentence structures on their personal websites. This was great for new users, but it required them to know that the pages existed. Now with the new sentence forum, any TMG user can add a sentence structure for a custom tag to the forum. If someone has questions about the sentence, they can ask it right on the forum and receive feedback from the author of the sentence, and also other experienced TMG users. Not only does this allow users to post complicated sentence structures (or even non complicated ones) for others to use, but it keeps them all in one place, and can be updated easily by all the TMG community. They are also there for new users of TMG to easily find, since they are part of the TMG Forum and the Wholly Genes website.

     

    To find the sentence Forum, go to:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?showforum=109.

     

    To add a custom sentence structure, start a new topic. In Topic Title, put what you call the tag, like Will, Deed, Marriage, Liaison, Hanging. In the Topic Description, you can be more specific. For example, let's say you have created a custom tag for Alias Capias, which is the document that allowed a sheriff to arrest a defendant in a civil case so that they would appear in court. In the Topic Title, you could put "Alias Capias", and in the Topic Description, you might want to put "Document for Civil Case." Then you would put the sentence structure(s) for each role(s) into the memo portion of the post.

     

    If you see a topic for which you have a different tag sentence than the one posted, feel free to respond to that subject line with your post that has your sentences, instead of starting a new topic with the same tag type. That will help keep the different ideas together, yet separate.

     

    The forum, like all the other TMG forums, is easily searchable, so if you need a sentence for a special tag, you can search for that tag type and see if anyone else has posted a sentence.

     

    To use a sentence you like is simple. First go to the Master Tag Type list and open the tag, if it is an existing tag, or create a new tag if it is not, like our example of Alias Capias. Create the first role listed in the post, by clicking on the tab that says "Roles and Sentences" and then the New button. You will need to name your new role EXACTLY as the person who created the post did. Then paste the sentence structure into the Male Sentence structure box. Some roles will need different sentences for females. If so, the person who created the post needs to have both Male and Female sentences. Continue this process until you have added all the roles in the post. If you need more help with this process, I encourage you to read "Getting the Most Out of TMG" by Lee Hoffman, or Terry Reigel's helpful TMG website at:

    http://tmg.reigelridge.com

     

    I encourage everyone to use the sentence forum, not just those people with complicated sentence structures. Sometimes simple is best. Be sure to include the sentences for all the roles you have created in the post, and if the female sentence is different from the male, make sure you add that as well. Be sure that sentences have been report-tested as well. Newbies will be using the sentences they see, and we don't want to frustrate them with sentences that don't produce good output.

     

    Now that we have the new formatting features in 7.01, it would really great to see some sentence structures where you are running two tags together, or not using punctuation. Also now that we can have reminders for tag types, this is a good place to put your reminders up for special custom tag types. I have already put my census reminders up. You may not need to be reminded of as many things as I am, but they are there for examples. -Teresa Elliott

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 10

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 31 May 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


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    20 April 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 5

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    In this issue:

     

    o UPDATE: TMG v7.01 is now available!

    o Conference/Cruise Lectures Announced!

    o UPDATE: Second Site v2.1 Build 9

    o "A Primer for The Master Genealogist" - Second Printing

    o Dorothy Turner, 10 years and counting

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === UPDATE: TMG v7.01 is now available! ==========

     

    The Master Genealogist v7.01.0000 is now available. This free update adds a few new features and fixes a variety of issues that were brought to our attention by users.

     

    NEW FEATURES

    o An option to Initialize Repeat Files was added to the Files / Maintenance menu.

    o Formatting codes were added for left indenting ([LIND:]) and centering ([center:]) of text in word processor reports. See 'Formatting codes' in the help index.

    o JournalIntro and JournalConclusion tag types were added to support text before and after the structured part of the Journal report. See the entries under the 'Journal Report' entry in the Help index.

    o Filters were added to aid selection of people for DNA studies. (e.g., Is a Matrilineal Ancestor, Is not a Patrilineal Descendant, etc.) See 'Filters for DNA Studies' in the help index.

     

    CHANGED FEATURE

    o The Repeat function for citations now always opens the Citation window with the last citation entered. Thereafter, you can press F3 on the Source Number field to repeat even earlier citations.

     

     

    FIXED/UPDATED FEATURES...

     

    ADD PERSON

    o An error could occur when a flag had been added to the Add Person template.

    o Double-clicking in the citation field could give an error.

    o In some cases, an 'error building key for index' error occurred when adding a person.

    o The buttons at the right end of the Citation field could be hidden when using the v7 resizing method.

    o The screen could be hidden when opened with the multiple monitor option selected in Preferences.

    o Using F2 to select an unused ID# didn't select the first available number.

    o Other potential errors were fixed.

     

    BOX CHARTS

    o An error occurred when trying to select a custom frame under certain conditions

    o Corrected some labels on the Report Definition screen.

    o Chart configuration - Some discrepencies between the default and reset configurations were resolved.

     

    DISPLAY WINDOWS

    o Tag Box - Name tag labels were truncated to 14 characters of the possible 20-character length.o Details window didn't size properly when stretched beyond a certain point.

    o An error could occur when trying to navigate to a person using the Siblings window.o Associates, Children, Siblings windows - There were some issues with right-click menu options being available.

    o An error occurred when a person had no primary parents and you right-clicked on the Mother or father label on the Person View and selected 'Edit this Tag'.

    o If you right-clicked in the Tag Box and selected 'Add Tag', there could be a problem scrolling the Master Tag Type list depending on where you had right-clicked.

    o The date display was not refreshed in the Associates Windows when the Preferences date format was changed

    o An Open dialog occurred when the program was started and the Project Explorer had been filtered the last session.

    o Sort by ID# onthe Project Explorer was incorrect under some conditions such as after a data set merge until Validate File Integrity had been run.

    o Use checkmarks option was not updated on the Window menu when the Associates window was added.

     

    DNA

    o The DNA Heritage template was updated with some label changes.

    o The Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) template has HVR3 added.

    o An Open dialog could occur when a new test was selected from the DNA log and the [Add] button clicked.

    o Fixed various scrolling issues with DNA templates during data entry.

     

    EXHIBIT LOG

    o An error was encountered after adding a WMV file.

    o Drag and drop to the Exhibit Log didn't work when the focus was something other than a person

    o Insert new OLE didn't work.

    o The display of the 'Exhibit output reordering' checkmark in the right-click menu was backwards.

    o Using the Windows application key opened an extra screen.

    o When using the [Add] button, the file type selection should now be 'remembered'.

     

    FILTERS

    o Buttons were hidden when the filter window was stretched.

    o Filters - Some filters could be saved with an empty value field.

     

    GENSMARTS

    o Some icons were missing on the Research Suggestions from GenSmarts screen.

    o The '&' character in a user name blocked the functioning of the module.

    o GenSmarts - Under WinVista, the CTRL+I feature should work with GenSmarts 2.1.1.47 or later and TMG v7.00 or later.

     

    IMPORT/EXPORT

    o TMG4 import - Dates on Name-Marr tags were lost.

    o TMG4 Import - With some TMG4 data sets, an error occurred that would prevent completion of the import.

    o The default export path was not being used for the first use of some export file types.

    o Export Sources and Source Types didn't always point to the export folder specified in Preferences.

    o Import Sources - Some of the exported data was not being imported.

     

    INTERFACE ISSUES

    o Welcome screen - Now has the focus when the program starts

    o Center the current window - Error using this option when no windows were open.

    o Center the current window - This option only worked with top-level windows rather than with all windows.

    o Move up/down buttons - On several lists, the move up/down buttons were not always active or inactive when they should be.

    o Relationship tag - F6 wouldn't delete a citation.

    o Master Repository List - Column headers didn't stick when adjusted.

    o Accent screen - Saving with F9 gave inconsistent results.

    o Easy Search toolbar - Some issues with docking the toolbar were fixed.

     

    LAYOUTS

    o All legal characters (as specified by the operating system) can now be used in the layout names and in the layout comment field.

    o Custom layouts were not available after a restore until you exited and restarted the program.

     

    PREFERENCES

    o The [Reset defaults...] button was doing more than it should.

    o All settings on the New People tab weren't being saved.

    o Current Project Options. Places tab. Country names are now shown in the current language.

    o The Associates window was added to the Item Tips tab.

     

    REPORTS

    o Individual Narrative report - Strange text appeared at the end of the report when output to HTML.

    o Narrative reports - All text within the [size:][:SIZE] format was printed in the "Courier New" font. The text will now be printed in the current text font.

    o NarrativeChildren tag - Various issues were resolved

    o Journal - The Options on the Tag tab for "born 1861" and "b. 1861" had no effect on the output on the ancestor report.

    o Journal - The new [+] code didn't work correctly in a child paragraph

    o Journal - Checking "Suppress Details for Living persons" caused output problems in the "Children of ___ and ___ were as follows" statement when the children are flagged as living.

    o List of Citations - An error occurred when the report was output in columnar mode and a place part was output.

    o List of Names - Some incorrect labels were used on the Report Definition Screen.

    o List of People - Errors occurred with the column width calculations when a report was output.

    o List of People - The primary checkbox in the filter wasn't working correctly.

    o List of Sources - An error occurred if using the 'Number of repositories = n' filter.

    o List of Sources - Outputting the report with a repository field included in the output columns gave an error.

    o List of Sources - Problem specifying data set value in filters.

    o Escape character - various issues with the escape character were fixed.

    o An error and various issues with deleting/resetting report configurations were fixed in the Book Manager.

     

    SENTENCE PREVIEW

    o The date format selected in Preferences wasn't being used.

    o When a tag has two or more witnesses assigned the same Role and the variable [R:rolename] was used in the sentence for that witness, the names of all the witnesses with that role were listed when only the current witness should be listed.

    o Sentence preview could fail to refresh when the Principals are switched and auto recalc is off.

     

    SOURCES

    o Master Source List - Errors when cancelling a source were fixed.

    o Source elements - There was an error when adding and double-clicking the list too rapidly.

    o Source templates - Sensitivity braces in the "name" source elements caused the entire full footnote and short footnote to be empty.

     

    TAG ENTRY

    o It was possible to create two primary tags of the same type.

    o The display of dates with modifiers for witnesses was truncated

    o When editing a source template, escaped text in square brackets was converted from lower to upper case when the field was saved.

    o A manually created sort order of citations failed to 'stick' under certain conditions.

    o It was possible to close the Tag Entry screen with the Citation screen still open.

    o The Sentence Structures screen had an issue when using v5/6 resizing.

    o Sometimes a citation selected using the [Repeat last citation] button didn't display until the tag was saved and re-opened.

    o The Sentence screen right-click menu or Name tags contained some options that didn't apply.

    o With the v5/6 resizing option enabled, the Witness Add/Edit screen was 'flashing' when opened.

    o Marriage tag - When edited to add a date, the tag could be changed to non-primary for one spouse.

     

    VALIDATE FILE INTEGRITY

    o The last 'List of folders for location' path selected should now be 'remembered'.

    o On first use, When you add paths to VFI using the 'List of folders for location' option and click the [Add] button, the path was not opening using the Exhibits path specified in Preferences.

     

    WEB SEARCHING

    o Place information button - the GNIS and GNS links were updated.

    o Web Place menu - the GNIS link was updated

    o Web Other menu - All links were checked and updated as necessary

     

    OTHER

    o Installer - Some fixes were made to the installer translations.

    o Error - variable 'LCS' not found error was fixed.

    o Move Person - Multiple source types of the same name would be created event when they were identical.

    o Last Edited Date - The Last Edited Date is now updated immediately after a flag edit is saved.

    o Relationship tag types - The rebuild all sentences button is now disabled

    o Reminder window - When v5/6 resizing was used, the memo font setting was ignored and the Reminder text always displayed in 8 pt.

    o Research Log - Comment text from an existing selected task would be copied to a new task.

    o Research Task - 'Paste Unformatted Text' was added to right-click menu

    o Shutdown - An error could occur under WinVista.

    o Spell checker - Spaces were added to text being checked.

    o State/Province Abbreviations - Couldn't use '-' character.

    o Translated labels - Various issues of translated labels not displaying correctly were fixed.

    o Tools menu - Checkmark appeared next to Text Editor when timelines were toggled on.

    o Cue Cards - Some corrections were made and German translations were added

    o German reminders for some source types were added (any existing reminders will not be overwritten)

    o Some corrections were made to Tips and Hints

    o Picklist - When adding a witness with the Picklist, if a non-primary name is selected, the ID of the person will be selected and the specific name variation will be automatically selected in the list of name variations (if in Advanced Data Entry mode).

    o Edit menu - The 'Filter the Project Explorer' option will be disabled when the Project Explorer is not open.

    o After encountering an error during backup, a successful backup message occurred when the backup was not successful.

    o Custom Toolbar Manager - In some cases, buttons were not being selected from the correct Buttons folder.

     

    This free v7.01.0000 update requires a previous installation of v7.00.000 (Users with a prior version must first upgrade to v7.0). To download and apply the update, run TMG, access the Help menu and choose "Check for an update." Alternatively, you can choose "Check for a Program Update" from the Windows Start menu > The Master Genealogist group. The update will be applied automatically. Upon restarting, the startup screen will reflect a version number of "v7.01.0000."

     

     

    === Conference/Cruise Lectures Announced! =========

     

    Wholly Genes is proud to announce the lecture series for the 4th annual Genealogy Conference and Cruise, October 26-November 2, 2008, the largest genealogy conference on the seas.

     

    This year's star-studded lineup of twelve speakers is perhaps the most impressive in the history of this popular event. They will present an amazing range of genealogical topics that includes U.S., UK, and Irish resources, land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, pension records, mapping tools and other online resources, as well as expert methodology and problem-solving techniques. More than 400 people are expected to attend this event which has sold out in each of the previous years because of the quality of the speakers and the surprisingly low cost. In fact, it is already more than half sold out even though the lectures were not previously announced and it is more than 6 months away.

     

    Attendees willl improve their research skills while the ship is at sea, relax in the comradery of friends, family, and fellow researchers at night, and enjoy uninterrupted vacation time on four tropical Caribbean islands (St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Thomas, and Puerto Rico). They will even have opportunities for private consultations, meals, and other elbow-rubbing with some of the most famous professional genealogists from the U.S., England, and Ireland.

     

    The announced lectures include:

     

    Genealogical Problem Solving: Professional Tips for Everyday Success

    by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS

    Faced with a brick wall? Finding a new database or more books to buy is usually not the answer. Those walls crumble when you learn more effective ways to use common records and advanced techniques for tracking elusive ancestors. This lecture covers twelve important techniques to apply every day you do research.

     

    The Identity Crisis: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Name, Right Man?

    by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS

    What do we do with ancestors whose names don't 'match' from one record to the next? Or those who pose the opposite problem: too many men or women of the same name? This session examines social customs and naming patterns that cause ancestors to be known by different names, then offers techniques by which we can establish that any two records do or do not apply to the same person.

     

    Tracing Land Ownership

    by Barbara Vines Little, CG

    Provides a detailed description of how to trace land ownership including of the laws of inheritance and tax law and records.

     

    Femme Covert or Femme Sole: Women and the Law

    by Barbara Vines Little, CG

    This lecture covers English common law and its effect on women from the colonial period through the Civil War. A woman, whether servant, slave or free, frequently lost and gained property and other rights based upon her age and marital status. In order to successfully research women, it is necessary to understand these rights and how and under what conditions they changed.

     

    The Naming of the Green: Irish placenames and surnames

    by John Grenham

    The deeply tribal and territorial nature of early Gaelic society resulted in strong connections between particular Irish surnames and localities, connections that can facilitate and illuminate Irish genealogical research. The talk details the adoption and development of surnames and place-names in Ireland, with a view to providing a context for research and with particular attention paid to the implications for research in the major Irish sources.

     

    Irish Genealogy Online

    by John Grenham

    For a variety of reasons, Irish records have long been much more difficult to research online than the records of many other parts of the world. This is now changing. The talk gives some background and details the slow process of Ireland coming on line.

     

    Genealogical sources for migrants on the move within the UK

    by John Titford, LHG FSG

    An examination of a range of resource material, some of it mainstream, some delightfully different, including Parish registers, maps, Quarter Sessions records, poor law records of settlement and migration, personal diaries, and non-conformist chapel minute books. Examples will focus on "bounce-backers," migrants within the UK who left home and then returned.

     

    How to write your family history

    by John Titford, LHG FSG

    A look at reasons why you should write your family history, complete with comprehensive guidance on how to do it, based upon the speaker's best-selling book on the subject.

     

    Finding Your Ancestors in City Directories

    by Tony Burroughs, FUGA

    Whether they lived in large cities or small towns, ancestors can be tracked from year to year. While following this trail, genealogists can pinpoint deaths, marriages, migrations, and also discover occupations and employers. Methods, records, sources and case studies will be presented.

     

    Did Your Ancestor Serve in the Civil War?

    by Tony Burroughs, FUGA

    How can you determine if one of your ancestor's served in the Civil War? How can you verify oral history which says one of your ancestor's served in the Civil War? If you know their ancestor served in the Civil War, how can you investigate you ancestor's war experiences? This lecture demonstrates strategies for identifying Civil War ancestors, provides methods of proving genealogical relationships, illustrates Civil War records and resources, and discusses navigating through records at the National Archives.

     

    Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy Options

    by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak

    Surname studies using Y-DNA tests are a popular and obvious application of genetic testing for genealogical purposes, but are you aware of your other options? Come learn about mtDNA, SNP, BioGeographical and ethnic tests, as well as the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation and the Genographic Project, and determine if one or more of them is right for you.

     

    Right Annie, Wrong Annie

    by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak

    An Irish lass, Annie Moore, tripped down a gangplank and into the pages of history in 1892 when she became the first immigrant to arrive at Ellis Island. But less than a century later, an Illinois-born Annie Moore had somehow taken her place and was celebrated in song, statue and literature. That all ended when some stubborn genealogists decided to use their sleuthing skills to seek out the right Annie. Come learn how she and her true descendants reclaimed their rightful place in history when their reunion was featured on the front page of the New York Times.

     

    Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor

    by Craig Scott, MA, CG

    Want to joint the DAR or SAR? Having difficulty locating and proving the service of the elusive ancestor. This lecture will get you started in the right direction to locate and prove the service of your Revolutionary War ancestor. It will take you further into the records than you have gone before.

     

    Beyond Pension Research: You stopped too soon!!

    by Craig Scott, MA, CG

    Pension application files provide a rich source of genealogical information and they lead to other information about our ancestors. Understanding pension law, pension ledgers, payment vouchers and claims will add to your understanding of your ancestor and his immediate family.

     

    Plotting, Scheming, and Mapping Online

    by Cyndi Howells

    The Internet is a source for a variety of maps and geographical tools that will help you in your research. From new maps and atlases with online driving directions to old gazetteers with county lines and ancient place names, the Internet has them all. We'll explore those resources, ideas for using them, and integrating them into your research routine.

     

    Virtual Cousin Research Project

    by Cyndi Howells

    Ideas to coordinate research efforts with fellow genealogists and cousins online. Work with Internet-specific tools (calendars, blogs, wikis, Google, etc.) to make communicating, organization, and research efforts a success.

     

    Although the following additional experts are not scheduled to give a lecture, they will participate in various events and provide private consultations:

    o Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project for NEHGS

    o Sandra Hewlett, CG, professional researcher and councilor for NEHGS

    o Dick Eastman, technology expert and editor of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

     

    In a surprise move that will be welcomed by many researchers, the organizers have recently added David Allen Lambert, NEHGS Online Genealogist, to the speaker list. David will moderate a series of evening group discussions and take questions from attendees. Similar ad hoc gatherings in previous years proved very popular so David's roundtable discussions are expected to draw large crowds.

     

    Lastly, users of The Master Genealogist (TMG) will find a separate series of lectures that are designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users of that software and its companion programs. Presentations or consultations will be available from Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes, members of the technical support staff, as well as many of the best-known experts in the TMG community, including John Cardinal, Jim Byram, and Lee Hoffman.

     

    Two group cocktail parties and an optional shore excursion to the Library of the Caribbean on St. Thomas are also being planned.

     

    Best of all, seven days and nights on a luxury cruise ship, a full-fledged genealogy conference, and an exotic Caribbean holiday will cost less than a typical week's vacation at the beach. At prices that start at less than $850 per person (including food, ship-board entertainment, and all conference events), it will be a memorable event and a cost-effective investment in your research.

     

    For more information about the 4th annual Genealogy Conference and Cruise, please visit:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === UPDATE: Second Site v2.1 Build 9 ============

     

    John Cardinal has made the following announcement...

     

    Second Site Version 2.1 (Build 9) is now available. This free upgrade adds some interesting new features, including the ability to create thumbnail images for Pictures added to SubPages. As usual, there are also a few minor enhancements and bug fixes.

     

    You can read more about this release in the current newsletter:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/ssn035.htm

    ... and see all the details in the Change Log:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/changelog.htm

    Current Second Site 2 users can download the installer here:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/downloadSS.html

     

     

    === "A Primer for The Master Genealogist" - Second Printing ===

     

    Terry Reigel's new book "A Primer for The Master Genealogist" has been receiving many favorable comments on the Wholly Genes Forum and TMG-List, and sales have far exceeded expectations! The initial US printing will be sold out in a few days, and the second printing has just arrived. (There have been no changes to the content).

     

    You can listen to Terry discuss the book and TMG in an interview on DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour 25 March 2008 genealogy podcast. The interview focuses on how the book can be helpful to new users of TMG, and covers some features of TMG that might attract users to adopt the program. The podcast can be found at http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com -- look for the 25 March 2008 podcast.

     

    Dick Cleaveland's review of the book in the April 2008 newsletter of the Roots Users Group of Arlington said "Terry Reigel has recently published this outstanding book aimed at helping us learn the use of TMG while laying a solid foundation for the development of our genealogies. While it starts with a chapter devoted to the raw beginner it proceeds through the program's features in an orderly and logical way, interjecting advice on the best ways of using them...

     

    "The text is clearly and concisely written, and sprinkled liberally with examples and illustrations � roughly one illustration per page."

     

    The book is available from the Wholly Genes webstore at:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/primer.htm

     

     

    === Dorothy Turner, 10 years and counting ==========

     

    This year marks Wholly Genes Software's 17th year in business! That's right - the first version of TMG (DOS) was released in 1991. That kind of longevity is uncommon in the genealogy software business. In 1993, George W. Archer wrote "Archer's Directory of Genealogical Software" which itemized _hundreds_ of programs that were available to family historians at that time. The number of those programs which are still developed and supported today can be counted on one hand.

     

    Perhaps more remarkably, Wholly Genes' senior support technician, Dorothy Turner, last week marked her 10-year anniversary with the company! If you have had the occasion to correspond with Dorothy, you know of her thorough knowledge of TMG and the patient and cheerful attitude that she always demonstrates on the phone or by email. If you've ever worked in a customer service position, you know that 10 years is a very long time to stay cheerful !

     

    If you've benefitted from Dorothy's dedication to customer service, feel free to drop her a short note of congratulations at dorothyt@whollygenes.com.

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 9

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 26 April 2008, at 2pm EST and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    5 March 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 4

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    o REVIEWS: A Primer for The Master Genealogist

    o UPDATED: TMG Utility 7

    o London TMG Tutorial

    o New Data CDs from the U.S.

    o Did You Know?

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === REVIEWS: A Primer for The Master Genealogist ===

     

    The reviews are in for Terry Reigel's new book, "A Primer for The Master Genealogist," and it's a hit!

     

    "The content of the book is awesome, not only for a beginner, but for experienced users who will find things in there they didn't even think could be done with TMG.

    Linda Lambert, President, Sun Country TMG Users' Group

    Central Arizona

     

    "Am I having fun! Your primer is the best thing since Mother's home-made apple pie and baking powder biscuits! It's even better than your online Tips and organized in a very straight-forward way which continues to add to what was learned in the previous chapter(s)."

    Norman R. Brown, family historian for over 50 years

    San Diego, California

     

    "Even though I am a long time user of TMG, I am still learning some things from it and understanding some other things better."

    Holly Timm, TMG user since version 3

    St Augustine, Florida

     

    "Thank you for your new book Terry. It has been extremely helpful and is written in a way that someone who is not computer savvy can understand."

    Elizabeth Moye, new user of TMG

    Decatur, Georgia

     

    For more reviews, sample pages, and much more information, please visit:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

     

    === UPDATED: TMG Utility 7 =====================

     

    John Cardinal has released TMG Utility Version 7.0 since our last newsletter. The following is John's announcement:

     

    TMG Utility Version 7.0 is now available.

     

    This version is compatible with TMG v7, which is the only major new feature. The only other significant enhancement is the ability to modify Research Log fields using Find and Replace.

     

    I'd like to thank the TMG Utility beta testers. They worked very hard to test the program thoroughly, and as a result they found a series of problems during the testing cycle. Most were little half-hidden issues that the average user would not encounter; finding them means the testers were looking in the corners and closets as well as the main hallway!

     

    TMG Utility Home Page:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/

     

    Feature list:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/toc.htm

     

    List of changes:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/versions.htm

     

    You may download TMG Utility from this page:

    http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/download.htm

     

    NOTE: Some of the features in this version of TMG Utility require MSXML 6.0 from Microsoft. If you get an error message or warning when trying to use Export Data or any function that uses XML, you may need to download and install MSXML 6.0. Prior versions used MSXML 4.0 which is now obsolete.

     

     

    === London TMG Tutorial ========================

     

    Expert TMG user Teresa Pask tells us that she will conduct a half-day advanced tutorial on "Using The Master Genealogist" at the Society of Genealogists in London on Saturday, 29 March. She says, "This course will significantly improve the ease of using the program and be very helpful in your understanding of TMG. We will cover the more advanced concepts of Data Set Manager, Accents, Focus Groups, Custom Flags, Advanced Report Options and designing report filters, Creating Sources and Repositories, Custom Roles, Witnesses, Sentence Structure, Source Templates, Citation output and Exporting data. In addition, companion products including Second Site, and TMG Utility."

     

    More details are available on:

    http://www.sog.org.uk/events/calendar.shtml#mar08

     

     

    === New Data CDs from the U.S. ==================

     

    The following new data CDs from the U.S. are now available from WhollyGenes.com:

     

    William H. Whitmore, ed., THE COLONIAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS. REPRINTED FROM THE EDITION OF 1672, WITH THE SUPPLEMENTS THROUGH 1686., (1890) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0329

    The core of this essential reference volume contains complete transcriptions of two compilations of the seventeenth-century laws of Massachusetts Bay Colony: the Body of Liberties of 1641 and the Laws of 1672, with extensive explanatory introductions and detailed subject and name indexes to each. The 1641 Body of Liberties, a compilation of colony records which had been enacted up to that point, was not published at the time it was compiled, but a contemporary copy did survive in a collection of other seventeenth-century documents. This volume publishes in parallel a facsimile of the manuscript and a modern printed transcript of the same material. (more...)

     

    ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MAINE VOLUNTEERS, ETC., MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR OF 1861 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MAINE FOR THE YEARS 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 AND '66), (1867) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0348

    This publication of the State of Maine Adjutant General's office sets forth the names of tens of thousands of men who volunteered for or were drafted for service in the Civil War, along with a shorter list of those drafted in 1863 who furnished substitutes or paid a commutation to avoid service. The first list, which comprises nearly half of the 1200 pages of the volume, lists "Volunteers from April, 1861, to January 1, 1863." The other long list, occupying most of the second half of the book, presents "Volunteers, Drafted Men and Substitutes, [who] entered service in Maine and U.S. Organizations from January 1st, 1863, to the close of the War." The entry for each soldier gives name, rank, company and regiment. (more...)

     

    Henry M. Burt, THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD: THE OFFICIAL RECORDS FROM 1636 TO 1736, WITH AN HISTORICAL REVIEW AND BIOGRAPHICAL MENTION OF THE FOUNDERS, 2 VOLUMES, (1898-1899) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0375

    These two volumes contain three types of information of the first importance for the early history of Springfield, Massachusetts: transcriptions of the first three volumes of town records, a narrative historical overview of the early years of the town and biographical sketches of the first settlers. Each of the two volumes begins with historical accounts of the first century of Springfield, arranged both chronologically and topically. An important item embedded in this section of the first volume is a facsimile of the title page and a full transcription of The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, a controversial theological tract written by William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, and published in London in 1650. (more...)

     

    S.V. Talcott, compiler, GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, (1883) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0363

    Talcott has compiled extensive accounts of twenty-eight New York families and twenty-four New England families, tracing multiple lines of descent for each family from colonial times into the late nineteenth century, based on a wide range of sources,

    including especially Bible and death records. The family accounts are presented in standard genealogical form, with abstracts of wills for many of the early generations and substantial biographical data for the eighteenth and nineteenth centruy individuals. Those family members who served in the military are especially well documented. (more...)

     

    Albert Nelson Marquis, ed., WHO'S WHO IN NEW ENGLAND: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF LEADING LIVING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STATES OF MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT (1916) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0217

    This early entry in the Who's Who series contains nearly thirteen thousand sketches for prominent, living residents of the six New England states, each incorporating in brief compass data on occupation, education, family, religious affiliation and professional, cultural and military accomplishments. This book was an offshoot of the broader Who's Who in America series, which provided nearly three thousand of the sketches for the present volume, to which another ten thousand new sketches were added. (more...)

     

    John Frederick Lewis, THE HISTORY OF AN OLD PHILADELPHIA LAND TITLE: 208 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, (1934) 2008.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0370

    Lewis traces the complete ownership history of a single parcel in downtown Phildelphia, gathering data on each owner of the property and on that owner's ancestry and family. Along the way he undertakes digressions to investigate aspects of local history related to this Philadelphia neighborhood. The author begins with an outline of the history of European colonization on the Delaware River prior to the arrival of William Penn, providing the story of the various periods of rule by the Dutch, the Swedes and the English. Finally, he describes the grant by King James II to William Penn of the land that became Pennsylvania. (more...)

     

    Lewis Preston Summers, ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (1769-1800), (1929) 2008.

    $24.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0346

    The student of early southwest Virginia history can find no better beginning point than Summers' Annals. The bulk of this over 1000-page compilation focuses on abstracts of court minutes and early surveys which often mention early settlers who left no trace in wills and deeds. Although the stated area covered is the area south of the James River and west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Cumberland Gap, court records (Botetourt and Fincastle) include Kentucky until 1777 when Kentucky County was established and southern West Virginia to 1778 when Greenbrier County was established. (more...)

     

    George S. McWatters, KNOTS UNTIED: OR WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE HIDDEN LIFE OF AMERICAN DETECTIVES, (1871) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0383

    Witches, horse thieves, bank robbers, charlatans-skeletons in the closet of our family tree! Most of us enjoy the occasional "odd" ancestor if they're far enough back in the family tree. But can we document them. Family stories are often questioned and autobiographies no less so. And then there are the fake inheritances (and family trees) that make up those genealogical swindles. McWatter's autobiography is filled with fodder for family trees. Whether or not all the events in McWatters's life are as they are described herein, some things can be documented. (more...)

     

     

    === Did You Know? ==============================

     

    DID YOU KNOW that if you click on the tag name (e.g., Marriage) in the Associates Window, then it will open the tag for editing?

     

    DID YOU KNOW that TMG remembers the size and position of every window? If you position the Reminder window, for instance, so that it does overlap with the data entry window, then it will open that way each time so that you don't have to click back and forth between those windows. Note, however, that there are three reminder windows (Tag Entry, Citation, and Source) and they are independent of each other.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can change the background color on any window in TMG? First, you need to turn the feature on (Preferences > Program Options > Colors > Customize Colors > Customize Each Window). Thereafter you can double-click on the right corner of any window (the little diagonal lines there) to select a new background color for that window. Many users find it handy to give one color to data entry windows, another color to windows containing master lists, another color for Reminder windows, etc.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that on the Citation Window you can click on the yellow plus sign to add a new source? That is, you do not have to open the Master Source List first.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can reduce the size of the toolbar buttons? Right-click on any toolbar button and you'll find three options at the end of the list: Small buttons, Large buttons, and Large buttons with text. The last of those (and largest) is the default.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can design a custom toolbar that includes a button for any menu feature? You can also create buttons that will load a specific layout, run a specific report, load a specific project, access a specific web page, etc. Just right-click on any toolbar button and choose Customize.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that if put all of the features that you typically use on your custom toolbar, then you can disable the standard toolbars? Just right-click on any toolbar button and deselect each of the standard toolbars. In that way, you can maximize the available space for custom buttons as described above.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that the size of the toolbar buttons as well as the status, size, and position of the various toolbars are saved as part of a custom screen layout? After configuring the toolbars the way you like them, click on the Save Layout button (or access the View menu and choose Layouts > Manage Layouts) to give your screen layout a name.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that the Help system has been extensively revised to account for all of the new features in TMG v7? Don't forget to consult the Help file if you have questions about any feature in TMG. It is comprehensive, context-sensitive (so it automatically opens to a relavant screen), and supports a full-text search.

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 1

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 26 April 2008, at 2pm EST and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    8 February 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 3

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    o Forum update

    o Upcoming Events

    o New Downloadable Data Products

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === NEW BOOK: A Primer for The Master Genealogist ===

     

    We've alluded previously to an upcoming book by Terry Reigel and now we can finally give you the details! Following is an exciting press release from ReigelRidge Press about what is sure to be a very popular book!

     

    ===

    Getting Started with The Master Genealogist is Now Easier than Ever

    New Book by Terry Reigel is Available

     

    Boone, North Carolina --­ 8 February 2008 --­ ReigelRidge Press is proud to announce availability of a new book by Terry Reigel, "A Primer for The Master Genealogist." As the title implies, the book is intended to help new users quickly become comfortable with what is called the most comprehensive family history software available. The book provides the reader a foundation for working with The Master Genealogist (TMG), and is designed to help users understand just how they can best make use of its capabilities. Some more advanced features are introduced because many users move to TMG to take advantage of these features.

     

    "As I have exchanged notes with new users of TMG in online forums, and talked with them in person at genealogy conferences, I have observed that many new users would appreciate some assistance in becoming comfortable with a program that is more capable, but also more complex, than their previous genealogy programs," said the author. "This guide is intended to fill that meet that need."

     

    The book introduces the reader to TMG with the following topics:

     

    - TMG's basic concepts

    - Getting your initial data into TMG

    - Finding your way around TMG

    - Establishing personal standards for data entry

    - Adding or editing people, events, and sources

    - Creating Reports and Charts

     

    For readers ready to explore more advanced features it continues with more advanced topics:

     

    - Customizing the program's Screens

    - Customizing Events and Sources

    - Using Witnesses and Roles

    - Understanding Projects and Data Sets

     

    "This is a great introduction for new users!" says John Cardinal, author of Second Site, TMG Utility, and other companion programs for TMG. "Terry explains complicated topics in terms a beginner can understand, and he explains the concepts as well as the specific steps to make fast, effective use of TMG. Even experienced users will learn from this book, particularly in the chapters about more advanced topics. Terry's TMG Tips web site is a great resource for TMG users, and now Terry has expanded that with 'A Primer for The Master Genealogist'."

     

    "'A Primer for The Master Genealogist' is a 'must have' for the new user. With its easy to read format and multiple illustrations even those seemingly complex features and tasks are easy to understand," said Mark A. Cunningham, a TMG user for two months. "I wish I had had a copy of this book when I first started using The Master Genealogist."

     

    The book is currently available from Wholly Genes Software in Columbia, Maryland, at www.whollygenes.com/primer.htm, and from Gould Genealogy in Modbury, Australia, at www.gould.com.au. The suggested retail price is $19.95 in the U.S. and AU$29.95, including GS Tax, in Australia. More information is available at www.reigelridge.com/press

     

    About the Author: The author is well known as an expert user of TMG and a frequent contributor to the on-line TMG user support forums. He is the author of Terry's TMG Tips, a website with over 75 articles, many also available in German. He has written several articles about TMG for newsletters published by user groups and two chapters in the sell-out book "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist." He is not affiliated with Wholly Genes Software.

     

    The Master Genealogist and TMG are trademarks of Wholly Genes Software.

     

     

    === Forum Update ===============================

     

    The Wholly Genes Community forum has been updated in response to a number of recent spammers. In the process of increasing security, a number of new features have been added to the forums, including:

     

    - Pointing the mouse (without clicking) at a topic title will now show a popup window with the first 300 characters of the first message in that topic. It is a handy way to see whether you might be interested in a topic while minimizing navigation.

    - Users can now specify a "Display Name" which is different than their login name. Click on "My Controls" in the menu bar and then "Change Display Name" on the left side.

    - The "View New Posts" link in the menu bar now indicates the number of new posts.

    - The message editing window has a new look with Rich Text (WYSIWYG) support.

    - The "Fast Reply" window is now open by default.

    - Quotes can now be embedded.

     

    You will probably notice other cosmetic and functional improvements in the forums too.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes Community forum is monitored by the Tech Support staff as well as many experienced TMG users from around the world so you can often get help there even during the wee hours of the night! Bookmark it in your browser and visit frequently to research questions and answers that have been posted there from other users.

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

     

     

    === Upcoming Events =============================

     

    Representatives of Wholly Genes will be at the following events and we invite you to attend to see a demonstration of TMG v7:

     

    Feb 8-9, 2008

    The Family History Expo

    St. George, Utah

    http://www.myancestorsfound.com/

     

    Feb 9, 2008

    Arlington Roots Users Group

    Falls Church, Virginia

    Demonstrations and tutorial by Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes

    www.RootsUsers.org

     

    Mar 8, 2008

    Boston Area TMG Users Group

    Boston, Massachusetts

    Demonstrations and tutorial by Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes

    Space is very limited.

    Contact: efeustel@hughes.net

     

    May 14-17, 2008

    National Genealogical Society (NGS) Conference in the States and Family History Fair

    TMG demonstrations and workshops

    Kansas City, Missouri

    www.NGSGenealogy.org

     

    Sep 3-6, 2008

    Federation of Genealogy Societies Annual Conference

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    www.FGS.org

     

    Oct 26-Nov 2, 2008

    2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise

    New York, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Thomas, and San Juan

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === New Downloadable Data Products =================

     

    The following digitized products are among our most popular data CDs and are now alternatively available as a download, thereby saving the cost of shipping:

     

    Henry Campbell Black, M.A., A DICTIONARY OF LAW CONTAINING DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS AND PHRASES OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH JURISPRUDENCE, ANCIENT AND MODERN (FIRST EDITION and SECOND EDITION) (DOWNLOAD), (1891 and 1910) 2006.

    (aka Black's Law Dictionary)

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0211-DL

    Every genealogist, regardless of their time and place of interest, must have a copy of Black's Law Dictionary in their library. Legal terminology differs from place to place and time to time, and successful genealogical research depends on the clear understanding of this changing terminology. The publishers of Black's Law Dictionary are now producing their eighth edition, and the newer editions have added information on the developments in the law in recent decades. But for genealogists the earlier editions retain their value, since they have a higher proportion of information on older law, especially the English feudal law, which is essential for the interpretation of documents from the American colonial period and from the England that the colonists left. (more...)

     

    Robley Dunglison, M.D., LL.D., MEDICAL LEXICON. A DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (DOWNLOAD), (1865) 2006.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0226-DL

    This compendious volume is far more than a dictionary, providing a wide range of medical information as it was known at the end of the Civil War. The author has added much to this second edition of his work, and has designed it to be "A French As Well As An English Medical Lexicon." There are many areas of terminology included here, included anatomy, chemistry, herbal medicine, pharmacology, and many more. Latin and French forms of many words are given, and Latin and Greek etymologies are also frequent. There are also unexpected data sets dispersed through the volume in their proper alphabetic place, such as spas and health resorts, both in Europe and in the United States, or the terminology used in various magical systems of healing. (more...)

     

    Frank Esshom, PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH, COMPRISING PHOTOGRAPHS - GENEALOGIES - BIOGRAPHIES (DOWNLOAD), (1913) 2006.

    $34.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0212-DL

    The author has collected nearly six thousand photographs of Utah pioneers (before 1869) and other prominent early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In a separate section are included brief biographical and genealogical sketches of these men and many more from the same era. This large volume is divided into three sections. The first seven hundred pages are devoted to the photographs, nine to a page. Next are the sketches, filling nearly six hundred pages. The book concludes with a brief chronological history of the church. The pioneers are those who arrived in Utah between 24 July 1647 and 30 December 1868, before the coming of the railroad. To these are added other prominent Utahans who arrived after the coming of the railroad, such as stake presidents, ward bishops and governors. (more...)

     

    Andrew Jenson, LATTER-DAY SAINT BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA: A COMPILATION OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS (DOWNLOAD), (1901-1936) 2006.

    $34.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0213-DL

    These four volumes comprise more than three thousand biographies of the early leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many accompanied by photographs. The author has included accounts of all the general authorities and many of the presidents and bishops of the stakes and wards. Andrew Jenson was Assistant Church Historian, and so these sketches carry the authorization of the church. The sketches are organized hierarchically, beginning with Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and continuing through the fifth president, Lorenzo Snow, still living at the time of the publication of this volume. These are followed by accounts of the counsellors to the presidents, the members of the Council of Twelve Apostles, and so on down the church structure. Sketches of many women are included. (more...)

     

    John E. Stillwell, M.D., HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY: DATA RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY (VOLUMES I AND II) AND EARLY SETTLERS OF NEW JERSEY AND THEIR DESCENDANTS (VOLUMES III, IV AND V) (DOWNLOAD), (1903-1932) 2006.

    $27.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0209-DL

    These five volumes, two providing a wide range of colonial source material and three presenting compiled genealogies, constitute at the same time an essential reference work for Monmouth County, New Jersey, and an important broader source for the early years of New Jersey, New York and New England. The author began the work as a study of the Stillwell family, but soon discovered that he needed to broaden his research to many related and associated families, and so ended up with a collection of materials on many records and families of Monmouth County. He also went beyond this to include data on these same families in their earlier residences in New York and New England. (more...)

     

    Bishop [William] Meade, OLD CHURCHES, MINISTERS AND FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA (DOWNLOAD), (1857) 2006.

    $27.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0236-DL

    This history of the Episcopal Church in Virginia focusses on a narrative of each parish in the state, with biographical and genealogical details on many of the early ministers and prominent members of that church. Complete transcripts of many colonial documents are included for most of the parishes. Like so many other nineteenth-century antiquaries, Bishop Meade conducted his research through a combination of onsite visits and correspondence with other antiquaries. In the preparation of this history, which was first published as a series of eighty newspaper articles, he attempted to locate and examine the surviving vestry books for each parish. (more...)

     

    Cotton Mather, MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA; OR, THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND; FROM ITS FIRST PLANTING, IN THE YEAR, 1620, UNTO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1698, 2 VOLUMES (DOWNLOAD), 1855.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...amp;p=US0249-DL

    Cotton Mather was the most prolific writer of colonial New England. In these two magnificent volumes, he preserves much history of the institution that became the Congregational Church. Most importantly, he collected important biographical information on nearly all the early New England ministers. Mather knew no moderation in collecting information and putting it in print. Although the work is described as an ecclesiastical history, there is more to it than that. Mather also presented accounts of the founding of the various New England colonies, with biographical sketches of the governors of those colonies and of some other leading citizens. He also included accounts of the early history of Harvard College and of the Indian wars of the seventeenth century. (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "A Primer for The Master Genealogist"

    A great new book for beginning TMG users by Terry Reigel.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/primer.htm

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 1

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 2pm EST and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


  10. I'm sure the new attachment policy is a result of this mornings spam posting in The Master Genealogist v7 Forum. I believe having to be a Senior Member to post an attachment is a small price to pay to rid the Forum of picture postings.

    Actually, that won't do it. This morning's post, for instance, didn't use uploaded images. It used embedded links to images that are on another server. (I'm not telling spammers anything that they don't already know). To disallow that, I'd have to disable all text formatting, including bold, italics, etc. Again, a pretty hefty price to pay since we're now getting less than one spam message per day. They are really bad, to be sure, but most people don't see them whereas everyone would be affected by the most aggressive measures to stop the spammers.

     

    I am aware that spam is not going to go away. On the other hand, an automatic subscription validation does not eliminate all spam bots. The spam bots of today are very sophisticated

    The spam messages of late have not been automated.

     

    If a human did the validation, it could very well eliminate more spam bots and many other undesirables.

    Disallow them based on what, their name? While there are some obvious exceptions, the vast majority of spammers use innocuous names. And if they were rejected because of an offensive name, don't you think that they'd come back with an innocuous one? We'd spend a lot of time trying to predict who was going to be a spammer, ultimately fail, and annoy other people with false positives in the meantime.

     

    I definitely would not want to see all posts approved. Ugh!

    I don't see any other practical alternative to the present system.

     

    What about the Members list? When an IP/domain/User has been banned, can't that persons name be removed from the Members list?

    If a person has been deleted, then he can re-register. To keep him off, I have to ban him which leaves his name visible on the member list. (Either that or ban his entire IP or email domain but that isn't always appropriate).

     

    What will ever happen to those names on the Members list that have never validated, dating back as far as 2004? What will ever happen to those names on the Members list that are offensive or bogus? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of those that could be removed.

    When a person is banned, there are typically a hundred or more other members who, in hindsight, have similar-patterned names (IPs/emails) and might be simultaneously purged. (All of those accounts were typically added by bots but the spammer only bothered to validate one or two while the others are stuck in the "Validating..." group). But it would be a lot of work to purge them, we'd run the risk of purging innocent members, and, as I said, it would give the spammers more flexibility than if we ban them and leave them there.

     

    I'm looking into tools that might operate on groups of member accounts at once but, given the downsides, I'm not sure that they would help.

     

    What can I do to help?

    Thanks for the offer but, unless I hear from moderators otherwise, I don't think that problem is manpower. Again, we're averaging less than one spam message per day. Of course, if we resort to moderating everything, then we'd probably need to take on dozens of additional moderators -- but that would be a shame all around.


  11. While I understand the need for it, it is somewhat ironic that a new member can immediately post about buying Viagra, while an established member must wait and have their post approved before it will appear in this part of the Forum. :wacko:

    All members have the same rights in the same forums -- except that (due to recent spam) you now have to be a Senior Member in order to upload a file attachment. As you have said before, I think that our moderators do a very good job at catching and removing spam in a timely manner so that only the most frequent forum visitors are likely to encounter any spam. But it is unrealistic to expect that the spammers will go away completely. When a message is deleted as spam, the poster (and, in most cases, his IP and/or email domain) is permanently banned.

     

    A new member has to validate his subscription and that eliminates the spam bots. The spammers you have seen have used an IP/domain that were not previously the source of spam and then manually created an account and password, manually validated it through email, and manually posted a message. The only way to catch such a person before he posts spam is to preview and approve every new user account and every post before it is visible by the public. Not only would that frustrate and delay a lot of real users who are trying to get help but it would be a huge burden on the forum moderators, most of whom are volunteers.

     

    Spam is a fact of life on the Internet. I suspect that we have been targeted recently because some forum member validated a spammer's tactics by clicking on a link in his message. We can ride it out until they go away and thereby annoy a very few users or we can moderate everything and make life much more difficult for everyone.


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    28 January 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 2

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    In this issue:

     

    o TMG v7: New Lower Price Without the Users Guide

    o Warning: Resetting Preferences

    o New CD Products from the U.S.

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === TMG v7: New Lower Price Without the Users Guide =====

     

    Effectively immediately, The Master Genealogist (TMG) Gold Edition will no longer be distributed with a printed Users Guide. As always, the Users Guide is included on the CD-ROM and is downloadable from . The most extensive coverage of features and up-to-date changes are always available from the built-in Help file. It also offers the substantial benefit of being context-sensitive and every-word searchable so you can always find what you need.

     

    Accordingly, the retail price of TMG Gold Edition has been reduced by $10.00 to just $69.95. Of course, users will also benefit by substantially lower shipping costs.

     

     

    === Warning: Resetting Preferences ===================

     

    The button on the Preferences screen restores the preferences to their status when the program was first installed. A user noted that selecting that option in TMG v7 also had the effect of resetting the default Reminder text, effectively deleting any custom reminders that had been entered. We can understand why that behavior is unexpected and the function will be modified in the next release. In the meantime, we thought that we should bring this behavior to your attention in the interest of safety.

     

     

    === New CD Products from the U.S. ===================

     

    The following new digitized products support a full-text search and are among the thousands of helpful data CDs on WhollyGenes.com:

     

     

    Gilbert Adam Hays, UNDER THE RED PATCH; STORY OF THE SIXTY THIRD REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 1861-1864, (1908) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0274

    Under the Red Patch is the story of the 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. Published in 1908 it draws upon an interesting series of personal reminiscences of army life in the 63rd, published in the Wilmerding News by William A. Murrow, a member of the 63rd's Company A. The list of the members of the 63rd who were originally recruited from Braddock, Etna, McKeesport, New Brighton, Pittsburgh, Sharpsburg, Turtle Creek Valley and Allegheny, Armstrong, Clarion, and Venango counties, provides details of their service and often their death and burial (more...)

     

    Charles William Manwaring, compiler, A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, HARTFORD DISTRICT, 1635-1750, 3 VOLUMES, (1904-6) 2008.

    $27.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0360

    This essential tool for colonial Connecticut research contains abstracts and extracts of the estate papers of about three thousand individuals who died in Connecticut between 1635 and 1750. The records include wills, inventories, distributions and other probate documents from all available sources. During the earliest years covered by these volumes, Hartford jurisdiction covered a large part of the colony. As the number of towns and the population of the colony grew, Hartford probate district was carved up into more and smaller units. The first volume contains a section which details the division of Connecticut into probate districts. The compiler has gathered both loose papers and recorded documents, giving proper volume and page citations for the recorded records. In the earliest volumes, the colony clerk maintained court and probate records in separate sections of the same volumes, although both sections might contain probate material, all of which is included here. (more...)

     

    VIRGINIA REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS -- BOUNTY LAND AND COMMUTATION PAY, (1840) 2008.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0382

    Over fifty years after the end of the Revolution, claims were still being made to the federal government for commutation pay and bounty land for service in the Revolutionary War. On 24 April 1840 the Committee on Revolutionary Claims presented a report to the House of Representatives. This report provides a detailed history of various awards and the process followed in the awarding of claims for the service of officers in the Virginia Continental and State Line and navy. Record loss has made it difficult to reconstruct the service of many individuals who served in the war. Consequently, of most interest to researchers, will be the references to various lists of officers who served or were declared supernumerary during the war. (more...)

     

    Thomas F. Gordon, THE HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY; FROM ITS DISCOVERY BY EUROPEANS TO THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, (1834) 2008.

    (aka "History and Gazetteer of New Jersey")

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0387

    This two-volume set should be a part of any New Jersey researcher's library. Gordon's history of New Jersey presents a detailed description of the colonial New Jersey history and government describing the various government entities and jurisdictions and presenting a chronological description of both those governing the various parts of the colony and the impact this had on the settlement of the area. Citations to other histories and documents present opportunities for further study. This volume serves both the reader new to New Jersey history as well as those interested in specific information about an event. While the first volume is useful it is the second that is the real jewel of the collection. (more...)

     

    HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, (1843) 2008.

    $19.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0396

    Written in 1843 not as a general history of the state but as individual histories of each county, this volume serves both as a history and gazetteer and provides interesting anecdotes tidbits of information. Perhaps no better explanation of the contents of Day's work can be found than in the writer's own description of the source of much of his material: "the compiler has been compelled to undertake personally the tour of the entire state; spending much time in each county, examining ancient newspapers and musty manuscripts; conversing with the aged pioneers, and collecting from them, orally, many interesting facts never before published, which otherwise would probably not have been preserved." Sprinkled among the historical facts and stories are interesting and helpful tidbits of information. (more...)

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 1

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 2pm EST and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

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    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

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    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    15 January 2008

    Issue 2008, Number 1

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    In this issue:

     

    o TMG v7 and Companion Products

    o TMG v7 cheat sheet

    o Upgrade shipments

    o Travel Options for the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise

    o Give the Gift of TMG v7 at 50% OFF - Expires Jan 31st!

    o New CD Products from the U.S.

    o New CD Products from Ireland

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === TMG v7 and Companion Products ==================

     

    TMG v7.0 is a hit! With so many new and exciting features like the sentence preview, Associates window, customizable Pop-up Reminders, exhibit highlighting, relationship calculations through spouses, beginner buttons, Check for Duplicates while adding new people, new narrative construction tools, new reporting options and much more ... you'll have trouble picking your favorite!

     

    Most of the TMG companion products were already compatible or recently released updates to work with TMG v7, including:

     

    o Second Site v2.1, (data sharing and web construction tools), recently released and compatible with TMG v7. Upgrade info: http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/

     

    o On This Day v2.1 (anniversary and calendar program), recently released and compatible with TMG v7. Upgrade info: http://www.johncardinal.com/otd/

     

    o Mocakebi (free read-only browser), included with On This Day, compatible with TMG v7. Upgrade info: http://www.johncardinal.com/otd/

     

    o TMG Utility (database utility), an update is expected soon to work with TMG v7.

     

    o GedStar Pro v3.2 (PalmOS companion for TMG), compatible with TMG v7.

     

    o GenSmarts v2.1.1.30 (research advisor), compatible with TMG v7 but see this link to fix a problem with the icons when GenSmarts is accessed from inside TMG:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index...?showtopic=9284

     

    o Map My Family Tree 1.4.11 (place mapping), recently released and compatible with TMG v7. See http://progeny.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=2087

     

    o Pocket Genealogist v3.11 (TMG companion for "Windows Powered" devices) works with TMG v7 through its GenBridge import but an update is expected soon with direct reading of TMG v7.

     

     

    To purchase these companion products or (in most cases) to download a demo, please see the "TMG Companion Products" section below.

     

     

    === TMG v7 Cheat Sheet ============================

     

    For years, TMG user DeAnna Burghart has distributed her own "cheat sheet" which itemizes many of TMG's navigation shortcuts, narrative codes, and function keys. That handy reference sheet has proved very popular.

     

    Now DeAnna has updated her "cheat sheet" for TMG v7. It is downloadable for free from:

    http://members.cox.net/danieleb765/genealogy/

     

    Thanks, DeAnna!

     

     

    === Upgrade Shipments =============================

     

    An early set of TMG v7 CDs were found to have a problem with the menu system which is used to select the various installers that are on that CD. The problem is not with the TMG installer (which is the same as the one which is downloadable from http://www.WhollyGenes.com/files/tmg7setup.exe) but with the CD-ROM menu system. In fact, you can browse that CD and select tmg7setup.exe to successfully install the program.

     

    In light of the problem, however, we are _automatically_ shipping replacement CDs to those users who were affected. If you receive a CD and are unable to run the TMG installer from the menu, then please browse the CD and run tmg7setup.exe (or tmg7uksetup.exe for the UK Edition) directly. Then sit tight for a replacement CD in the mail. We know who you are and it isn't necessary to contact tech support for a replacement. We apologize for the inconvenience.

     

    Meanwhile, all users who purchased or upgraded to TMG v6 after August 17th have now been notified by email of their free serial number for TMG v7. CD shipments are underway and we appreciate your patience.

     

     

    === Travel Options for the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise ===

     

    The holidays are over and its time to sign up for the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise before this popular event sells out! This year's event is October 26 to November 2 from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico with stops in three other tropical ports.

     

    Most airlines have now published their flight schedules for October/November and you may be surprised at how reasonable the prices are if you register early. You can get a tickets from most American hub cities for about $200 in each direction. The international airport in San Juan is served by more than 30 airlines, including American, US Air, Continental, Continental, Delta, and United, as well as budget airlines like AirTran, JetBlue, and Spirit Airlines, among many others. While discount ticketing sites like Travelocity.com, Priceline.com, and Hotwire.com offer great deals, remember that they don't include all airlines! To review all of your options, you may need to go directly to the airline web sites.

     

    It seems everyone is offering a genealogy cruise these days and they offer one, two, or a handful of genealogical speakers. But none competes with our event which typically has at least three times as many attendees because of its unparalleled speaker list. This year you'll find all of these experts in one place:

     

    o Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, longtime editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

    o Barbara Vines Little, CG, former president of the National Genealogical Society and Virginia Genealogical Society.

    o John Grenham, Ireland's foremost genealogist.

    o John Titford, LHG FSG, prominent British genealogist and popular author.

    o Craig Scott, MA, CG, certified genealogist and military record expert.

    o Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, professional genealogist and popular author.

    o Cyndi Howells of Cyndislist.com, an expert at online resources.

    o Tony Burroughs, FUGA, popular genealogical author, teacher, and lecturer.

    o Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project for NEHGS.

    o Sandra Hewlett, CG, professional researcher and councilor for the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

    o Dick Eastman, technology expert and editor of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.

     

    Genealogical presentations will be about methodology and tools but unrelated to any particular software -- so they will be of interest to ANY family researcher. New lecture topics will also interest veterans of our earlier cruises. There will be social events where you can rub elbows with the expert and you'll even have opportunities for private consultations to help solve your brick walls.

     

    PLUS ... users of TMG and its companion programs will also have access to a variety of additional lectures on those topics, as well one-on-ones with experts like Bob Velke, Jim Byram, Lee Hoffman, John Cardinal, and the Wholly Genes technical support staff. You're sure to learn a few tips and hints about the new features in TMG v7 too!

     

    To learn from all of these experts while enjoying seven days and nights in the Caribbean, prices start at just $844 per person, including food, conference attendence, and shipboard entertainment. That's less than you'd pay to stay in a budget hotel for a genealogy conference -- and much more fun for you and family members!

     

    For all of the details, please visit:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === New CD Products from the U.S. ===================

     

    The following new digitized products from our sister company, Archive CD Books USA, are among the thousands of helpful data CDs on WhollyGenes.com:

     

    UNITED STATES OFFICIAL POSTAL GUIDE; AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL THE POST OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH COUNTY AND STATE; A LIST BY STATES; A LIST OF STATES AND COUNTIES; LISTS OF MONEY-ORDER OFFICES; DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL; RATES POSTAGE; ..., (1882) 2007.

    $14.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0365

    Did you know there were 25 Washington counties in the U.S. in 1881? The father of our country came out on top, but he was closely followed by Jefferson and Franklin, each with 23. Even if we know the name of the place our ancestors came from, finding it can sometimes be difficult. Extinct place names and multiple copies of the same name can both cause problems. This post office directory contains an alphabetical list of every post office (with its county) in existence in the U.S. in 1881. Do you immediately think New York when you hear Albany? What about the other 18 Albanys scattered throughout the U.S.? (more..)

     

    LAND OWNERSHIP ATLASES OF WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN 1876-1925, (1876-1925) 2007.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0509

    This collection contains these three rare atlases:

    o Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Wayne, Michigan (1876)

    o Detailed Official Atlas of Wayne, County, Michigan (1893)

    o McAlpine's Farm Atlas of Wayne County (1925)

    This collection of three old land-ownership atlases of Wayne County, Michigan offers researchers valuable records of Detroit and the nearby areas starting in the 1870's and extending nearly 50 years. (more...)

     

     

    === New CD Products from Ireland ====================

     

    The following new titles from Archive CD Books Ireland are now available from WhollyGenes.com:

     

    THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER: IRELAND: PART 1 (1893).

    $11.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=IE0027

    The Royal Commission on Labour commissioned the reports into the conditions of the Agricultural Labourer in the Poor Law Unions of Ireland, which were carried out primarily in the 1890s. The reports mirrored a survey that was carried out in England previous to the Irish reports. The results, particularly for many of the Poor Law Unions in the West of Ireland were shocking. They painted a picture that had changed little since the famine for the agricultural labourer. The report covered the issues of Supply of Labour, the Conditions of Engagement, Wages and Earning, Cottage Accommodation, Gardens, Benefit Societies, Trade Unions, General Relations and General Conditions. (more...)

     

    GREEN'S THE MAKING OF IRELAND AND ITS UNDOING, 1200 - 1600.

    $17.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=IE0032

    Published during the height of the Irish cultural revival presaging the Easter Rising of 1916, Alice Stopford Green's The Making of Ireland and its Undoing: 1200-1600, was published in London in 1908. The Making of Ireland & its Undoing concerns itself with the period spanning the two centuries after the Norman conquest of Ireland and end of the Tudor dynasty and posits the theory that some two-hundred years after the Norman invasion more than accommodation had been made with the invaders; indeed, by the onset of the Tudor dynasty and Henry VIII's ruinous Irish designs Gaelic Ireland, the Anglo-Normans and the later Anglo-Irish had coalesced to form a new confident and vibrant Ireland. (more...)

     

    STATISTICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON, 1832.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...S&p=IET0087

    The Irish Statistical Survey was carried out under the direction of the Royal Dublin Society. Each county was surveyed with the aim of determining the 'actual state, capabilities and defects of agriculture, manufactures and rural economy'. In practice the surveys contained a vast quantity of local information on almost every aspect of the county surveyed. Because these studies were carried out under central direction the quality of the information provided is good, and given their early date, they remain an invaluable source for the study of each county. They record many details about conditions in pre-Famine Ireland, including social and economic conditions, the growth of population and poverty, education, religion, history, the Irish language and local customs. (more...)

     

    THE HISTORY OF THE HUGUENOT SETTLERS IN IRELAND AND OTHER LITERARY REMAINS

    $23.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...S&p=IET0088

    First published in 1888, Thomas Gimlette's The History of the Huguenot Settlers in Ireland and other Literary Remains offers a fascinating insight into the persecution, flight and ultimate survival of one of Europe's minority Protestant faiths. Made infamous by the Edict of Nantes, its Revocation and the subsequent events of the Reformation, the history of Europe's Huguenots preceded these events by some four centuries when small communities of worshipers could be found all over Europe and especially in Province, southern France, worshipping simply and in their own language, which put them at odds with the established faith. (more...)

     

    HUSSEY DE BURGH'S, THE LANDOWNERS OF IRELAND, 1878.

    $29.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...S&p=IET0089

    The unabridged title of this publication provides the extent and scope of the work republished here on CD-Rom: The Land Owners of Ireland: An Alphabetical List of Estates of 500 Acres of £500 Valuation and upwards, in Ireland, with the Acreage and Valuation in each County. And also Containing A Brief Notice of the Education and Official Appointments of Each Person, to which are added his Town and Country Addresses and Clubs. Compiled by U. H. Hussey de Burgh, a land agent, and published in Dublin in 1881, de Burgh's stated aims for his publication are interesting and to some extent put his work at odds with later publications treating on the landowners of Great Britain and

    Ireland. (more...)

     

    INDEX TO THE ACT OR GRANT BOOKS, AND TO ORIGINAL WILLS, OF THE DIOCESE OF DUBLIN 1634-1858

    $48.49 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...S&p=IET0090

    Deputy Keeper of Ireland, Index to the Act or Grant Books, and to Original Wills, of the Diocese of Dublin 1634-1858, 26th, 30th and 31st Reports, 1894, 1899. Previous to the establishment of the Irish Public Records Office (PRO), by an 1867 statute (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70), Ireland's public records were located in a variety of repositories throughout the country. Many of the records were perilously stored in unsuitable conditions, and on the opening of the PRO, records were progressively transferred to the new repository, for safe keeping. Each year, between 1869 and 1920 (and less frequently thereafter), the Office published an annual report, known as the Deputy Keeper's Report, which detailed the records received, and the work undertaken, during the previous twelve months. Though little known, these reports can contain useful source material for the historical researcher. (more...)

     

     

    === Give the Gift of TMG v7 at 50% OFF - Expires Jan 31st! ===

     

    January 31st is the last chance for TMG users to share the joy of Version 7 with other researchers and family members at HALF OFF the regular retail price! At just $39.97, the price of TMG Gold Edition, including printed Users Guide and CD-ROM, has never been lower.

     

    To take advantage of this offer, simply run a registered copy of TMG (v6 or v7) and access the "Message Manager" from the Help menu. You'll find a message there with your private coupon code and simple instructions to use it. (Click on the "Display previous messages" box to see messages that have been sent to you previously). Contact technical support at support@whollygenes.com if you are unable to retrieve your coupon code for any reason.

     

    Here's your chance to give TMG v7 to your friends and relatives at a greatly-discounted price! Your private coupon code can only be used _once_ (a single invoice for up to 10 copies of TMG Gold) and this offer expires 31 Jan 2008. An internet connection is required to receive your coupon.

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.1 Build 1

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.4.11

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 2pm EST and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


  14. GenSmarts v2.1.1.30 runs properly from TMG v7's Tools menu but the expected icons (available online, fills missing data, task exists, etc.) are not visible. This is because those icons were not properly copied by the program to the necessary folder. This will be fixed in the next update to TMG but, in the meantime, you can easily fix it yourself.

     

    Simply copy (do not move) the GRAPHICS and BUTTONS folders from the TMG program folder to the shared program data folder, replacing the two existing folders with the same name. Specifically:

     

    COPY FROM...

    The TMG program folder (unless you changed it during installation) is C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist v7. It contains a folder called GRAPHICS and one called BUTTONS.

     

    COPY THOSE FOLDERS TO...

    In Windows XP and Windows 2000, the destination folder is:

    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\The Master Genealogist v7

     

    In Windows Vista, the destination folder is:

    C:\ProgramData\The Master Genealogist v7

     

    Please contact Technical Support at support@whollygenes.com if you have trouble with this procedure.


  15. THE BAR IS RAISED AGAIN FOR FAMILY HISTORY SOFTWARE

    The Master Genealogist v7.0 has been released.

     

    Wholly Genes, Inc., of Columbia, Maryland, is proud to announce the release of The Master Genealogist v7.0, the most comprehensive family history software on the market. For more than 14 years, The Master Genealogist ("TMG") has been the choice of professional genealogists and casual researchers alike because of its innovative features, extreme flexibility, attention to real-life research issues (like "witnesses" and their secondary roles in events), and support for the highest scholarly standards.

     

    Despite the program's long-standing reputation as "the one that does it all," the new Version 7 incorporates more than 50 exciting new features. The program continues to innovate with features like a new "Associates Window" which lists in one place all of the people connected to the focus person (e.g., as witnesses to the same events), customizable pop-up reminders which encourage consistent data entry, and the ability to make color "highlights" or annotations on scanned images. The image highlighting actually happens on a transparent layer above the image so the original image isn't modified -- an important characteristic to family researchers.

     

    A variety of powerful new features to control sentence output supplement those which, in previous versions, have helped researchers win awards for their published narratives. Among other enhancements, it is now easier to generate sentences which span more than one event (e.g., "He died in Tazewell, Virginia and was buried three days later in the town cemetery") with mid-sentence source citations. A real-time sentence preview now also makes it easier to see the effect of customizing those sentences.

     

    "We're sure that researchers will appreciate the powerful new features in this release because they helped to design them," said Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes Software. "Many of TMG's best features started with suggestions from users," said Velke, "and Version 7 is no exception." As examples of popular features that are already in that category, he cited the program's GenBridge direct-import technology, integrated historical timelines, customizable screen layouts, and the display of names in different colors to represent user-defined characteristics (e.g., red for people who were born in Tennessee and green for those who were born in Virginia).

     

    Other new features in Version 7 include multi-level sorts, relationship calculation through spouses (e.g., wife of his third cousin), the ability to share your source list and output templates with other researchers through import/export, and the ability to check for duplicates while adding new people. A number of new filtering and reporting options are expected to be very popular and a long list of interface changes make the program easier to use, especially for novice researchers.

     

    The Master Genealogist v7.0 is native to Windows Vista but is also designed for Windows 2000 or XP. More information is available from .

     

    About the company:

    Wholly Genes Software is a privately held corporation founded in 1993 with the goal of providing professional-caliber software tools to family historians. Its flagship product, The Master Genealogist, is among the highest rated family history project managers and is in use in more than 30 countries around the world.

     

    Contact:

    Elizabeth Vinci

    marketing@whollygenes.com

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21044

    410-715-2260 x132

     

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    Happy New Year!

     

    In this issue:

     

    o TMG v7.0 is now available!

    o Important notes for Upgrading Users

    o Terry's TMG Tips about TMG v7

    o EXTENSION - Give the Gift of TMG v7 at 50% OFF - Expires Jan 31st!

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === TMG v7.0 is now available! ========================

     

    The Master Genealogist v7.0 is now available! This great new update includes bug fixes and more than 50 new and exciting features that were requested by researchers. TMG v7 now includes even more tools to help you manage your research project, search and navigate the program, and produce professional reports. Following is a list of the major new changes in TMG v7.

     

    EASIER TO USE

     

    o Beginner Buttons on the Person View make it easier to add, edit, delete, or change the primary status of tags (events, names, and relationships). Experienced users can deactivate these new buttons using a new Preference setting (Program Options > Data Entry).

     

    o The options and buttons on the Report Definition screen have been revised as requested by users.

     

    o The Exhibit Log contains new buttons that make it easier to add, edit, delete, check image properties, and perform other functions.

     

    o The method of resizing windows has been revised to be consistent with that of most other Windows applications. When you drag the border of a window with the mouse, the text stays the same size and the data space increases so that you can see more information on the screen. The base font size can be controlled by the minimum font size settings in Preferences (i.e., Lists, Project Explorer, and Memos). The new resizing method does not apply to the Family View and Tree View which would not benefit from such a change. The base fonts for those windows, however, can be specified in Preferences (Program Options > Other). Users who preferred the scaled objects of the older resizing method can revert to that behavior using a new Preference option (Program Options > Other).

     

    o New Reminder Pop-Up Windows for Tag Types, Sources, and Source Types help you to remember how to use the fields and encourage consistent data entry. When recording a source, for instance, the window will remind you where to record each piece of data, how to use split memos (when appropriate), what to reserve for the citation detail, etc. Reminders can be customized but default reminders are applied to existing projects which use standard tag and source types. Reminder windows open and close automatically but this behavior can be disabled with a Preference setting (Program Options > Data Entry). Where reminders are available, the window can be opened and closed with a new "light bulb" button.

     

    o A new feature to Check for Duplicates While Adding People will help to eliminate duplication in your project. Matching rules are based on the name and birth date but can consider non-primary names and other criteria. A new Preference page (Program Options > New People) gives you control over the matching rules and thresholds (Soundex, exact spelling, number of years, etc.). When possible duplicates are found, a Picklist button allows you to examine those people without losing your work on the Add Person screen.

     

    o New buttons on the Master Source List allow you to Export and Import Sources. Select all sources or a specific subset and send them to an external file which can then be imported to a different project, shared with another researcher, etc.

     

    o New buttons on the Source Types List allow you to Export and Import Source Types. Like sources, you can specify which source types to export and then transfer them to other projects or researchers. Researchers who specialize in different cultures can share source types along with their appropriate data entry fields, output templates, etc.

     

    o The source output preview buttons now honor formatting codes (bold, underline, italics, etc.) rather than displaying the codes themselves.

     

    o New buttons on the Tag Entry Screen make it easier to repeat the previous citation or select from a list of recent citations.

     

    o A new button on the Citation Entry screen allows you to add a new source without going first to the Master Source List.

     

    o A variety of new options have been added to right-click menus at the suggestion of users. For instance, the Focus Group list has a right-click menu option to "Select All." The Project Explorer has a new right-click option to "Change focus to this person in other windows." (This is handy when the Project Explorer is not linked to those windows.) The new Associates window (see below) has right-click options to "Add this person to the Focus Group" and "Add all of these people to the Focus Group."

     

     

    MORE RESEARCH/ANALYSIS TOOLS

     

    o A new Associates Window shows all people (principals and witnesses) who share an event tag in any way with the focus person. A person might appear multiple times, each with the date and type of the shared event and the role that he or she played in it. This handy new window helps you see the "big picture" by showing the focus person's "circle of friends" all in one navigable list. By right-clicking on the Associates window, you can filter and sort it in a variety of ways or you can reduce it to a list of unique people, each showing the number of events which are shared with the focus person. The Associates window compliments other top-level windows, can be opened along with others, and is available from the Layout toolbar. Its size and position can be saved with your custom screen layout. The filter and sort settings are remembered and used again the next time that you use TMG.

     

    o The List of Witnesses on the Tag Entry Screen now displays the specific name variation that has been associated with that event for each witness.

     

    o The Picklist and Project Explorer can now be sorted by the Last Edited Date.

     

    o The Picklist and Project Explorer now support a variety of multi-level sorts. For instance, if you have a dozen people with the same given name and surname, they can be sorted within that group by birth date or by death date. Other multi-level sorting options are also available.

     

    o The Research Log can now be filtered by task keyword.

     

    o The Relationship Calculator and the Automatic Relationship Tag now also display relationships as calculated through the spouse(s) of one of the two people. For example:

    3rd cousin of his wife

    wife of her 3rd cousin

    father-in-law (father of her husband)

    daughter-in-law (husband of his son)

     

    o Y-DNA templates have been added for DNA Ancestry. The Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test now includes DNA Ancestry as a selection.

     

     

    MULTIMEDIA ENHANCEMENTS

     

    o Exhibit Highlighting allows you to "draw" on an image to annotate it. You're actually drawing on a invisible layer above the image, however, so the original is not changed. You can select any color, use various drawing tools, and even specify the transparency level of your annotations. If the highlighted image is made primary, it will be displayed in the Image window and output in box charts and other reports which support images. At any time you can click "reset" to erase the highlighting and return to the original image.

     

    o In addition to the interface changes mentioned above, a new option on the Exhibit Log's right-click menu is Insert New Exhibit (other). It lets you more easily link Word documents, Powerpoint presentations or other non-standard exhibit types. The same thing can be achieved by clicking on the new button and then changing the file type to "All files (*.*)".

     

    o A new Preferences page (Program Options > Exhibits) allows you to specify whether new images that you add to the Exhibit Log will be made internal or external by default (or ask each time).

     

     

    NEW NARRATIVE CONTROLS

     

    o A new Sentence Preview helps you to predict what a sentence will look like in a report. By being able to immediately see the effect of your changes, you'll gain more control over these advanced features and produce better narrative reports. (Source citations are not shown in the sentence preview)

     

    o A new sentence code, [+], when placed at the beginning of a sentence will cause it to be added to the end of the previous sentence when a report is generated. This makes it easier to output compound sentences, including embedded source citations.

     

    o A new sentence code, [:NP:], tells TMG to add no punctuation to the end of the sentence. Among other purposes, it might be entered as the sole value in a sentence in order to output an event exhibit at a specific point without any accompanying sentence.

     

    o You can now use characters that would otherwise have a special meaning in TMG by "escaping" them. The escape character is a backslash (\) and it tells TMG that the character which immediately follows it should be output literally and not interpreted as a special character. The backslash itself is not included in the output. For instance "\{1820\}" will be output as "{1820}" rather than being interpreted as sensitive data. Similarly, "\[ED\]" in a source template will be output as "[ED]" rather than being interpreted as a source element. The backslash itself can also be escaped ("\\"). The escape character is recognized in memos (tag, witness, citation, source, and repository), sentence structures, source templates, source fields, and the citation detail.

     

    o A new standard tag type, NarrativeChildren, can be used to override the standard "Children of X and Y were:" text when introducing a list of children or the "There were no children of X and Y" text in a Journal report.

     

    o The Options>Tags tab has a number of new options to provide more control over the content of the list of children in the Journal report. Among other uses, you can limit the report to 1 generation (on the General tab) and then use the new options on the Tags tab to limit the text for all children, thereby producing a narrative for a single person (and optionally his/her spouse) that includes a brief list of children.

     

    o Embedded citations now support inclusion of the citation memo, e.g., [CIT:]124; citation detail; citation memo[:CIT].

     

     

    NEW REPORTING TOOLS

     

    o A new Columnar Option on the List of Citations report allows you to specify the fields to be included and supports export to spreadsheets and databases for external processing.

     

    o Likewise, a new Columnar Option on the List of Sources report provides more flexibility than the default formatted report.

     

    o The List of Events and List of Witnesses reports now allow you to output the specific name variation that has been associated with each event participant (not just his/her primary name).

     

    o Hundreds of New Filter Options allow you to search your data by even more criteria.

     

     

    EVEN MORE CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS

     

    In addition to those mentioned above....

     

    o A new Preference option (Program Options > Tag Box) allows you to turn off the memo and source columns in the Tag Box.

     

    o The custom toolbar can now include one or more buttons to load specific layouts.

     

    o New Preference settings (Current Project Options > Advanced) let you specify the default folders for exports, report output, configuration files, repeat files, slideshows, and timelines (among other earlier options).

     

    o A new Preference option (Program Options > Prompts) lets you control whether or not to search for embedded citations when deleting a source.

     

     

    OTHER NEW FEATURES

     

    o TMG v7 is native to Windows Vista. It will also run on Windows XP and Windows 2000. (Windows 98 and NT are no longer supported).

     

    o TMG 6 and TMG 7 can both be run on the same machine without conflict (but not with the same project).

     

    o The TMG installer now allows you to select the installation language. English, German, Dutch, and Norwegian are currently supported.

     

    o The Help File has been updated to include the new features of TMG v7 and now uses the more modern HTML-help format, including support for full-text search.

     

     

    BUG FIXES

     

    o Ancestry and Genealogy Portal.com have been removed from the web search because of changes to those web sites. Searching of Ancestry.com may be reinstated but, in the meantime, the results screen after searching RootsWeb includes a link to see results for the same search on Ancestry.com.

    o Fixed searching by Reference field on the Picklist and Project Explorer.

    o Fixed subscript errors that were possible during GEDCOM export.

    o Fixed primary events after an import from Family Origins.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause an error while adding a married name tag.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause the Exhibit Log to open when not intended.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause a Picklist filter to be applied instead to the Project Explorer.

    o The Delete button on the keyboard did not work to delete a highlighted tag.

    o Fixed a rare problem that could cause the program to lock up when changing flags with a List of People report.

    o The font was not being resized correctly for the "cited" column on the Master Source List.

    o Fixed a possible "array dimensions" error when editing a citation for a name tag.

    o Fixed some contexts in which the focus person would sometimes change erroneously.

    o Fixed the sorting of the List of People, Names, Events, and Witnesses reports when sent to an Excel file.

    o Fixed an error that occurred if a source template was previewed by two different instances of the program at the same time.

    o Fixed a bug that caused the default sentence to not be displayed in one language when there was a local sentence in another language for the same tag.

    o Fixed a bug that would cause "1 NOTE" to be exported to GEDCOM when the note was excluded.

    o Fixed a bug that would cause tags with excluded sentences to be exported to GEDCOM even though "Show excluded data" was selected.

    o Place abbreviations previously would only accept alpha characters and not, for instance, the number codes for French department abbreviations.

    o Fixed a bug that allowed the current language to be deleted.

    o Fixed an "Array dimensions are invalid" error if the user clicked on the or buttons on the list of citations or witnesses if using the tabbed version of the Tag Entry screen and those lists are empty.

    o Fixed the and buttons on the Master Event List when opened from the Master Place List.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause the F1 (Help) key not work on the Message Manager.

    o Fixed a problem that would cause a non-primary tag to be automatically changed to primary when edited.

    o Filtering by repository fields did not work from the List of Sources report.

    o If a family record in a GEDCOM file had more than one divorce, one of them was not imported.

    o Fixed a problem with the import of citations from Family Tree Maker.

    o When exporting an entire project to an Excel file, the memo fields (e.g., event memo, citation detail, etc.) were not included.

    o Fixed a problem with Validate File Integrity which would erroneously report errors after importing a TMG v4.x project.

    o Fixed a possible problem editing the name of an existing role.

    o Fixed a variety of other more rare and esoteric bugs as reported by users.

     

    UPGRADING USERS: For the first time in three years and after 12 free updates, there is a small charge for this upgrade: $29.95 for a download plus $5.00 and s/h if you want a CD. Your purchase of the upgrade supports the staff at Wholly Genes Software and the ongoing development and support for TMG. Thank you. Please be sure to read the special section below for upgrading users.

     

    Screen shots about some of the new features are available from:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/tmgnew7.htm

     

    To purchase your copy or to upgrade to The Master Genealogist v7, please visit:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/upgrades.htm

     

     

    ==== Important Note About Upgrading to TMG v7 ===========

     

    Users upgrading to TMG v7 should please understand the following important points:

     

    o TMG v6 and TMG v7 can run happily on the same computer at the same time. Your unlock code (aka "license" or "serial number") for TMG v6 will not unlock TMG v7, however. Shortly after purchasing the TMG v7 upgrade, you will receive a new serial number by email to unlock the new program. If you do not see it, please check your spam or junk folder for a message with a subject that begins with "Serial Number for The Master Genealogist v7".

     

    o Users who purchased or upgraded to TMG v6 after 17 August 2007 will *automatically* receive an email with a free upgrade to TMG v7. Those who purchased a CD(s) during that time will *automatically* receive a replacement in the mail. These policies also apply to gifts of TMG that you may have purchased for others. Please do not contact technical support unless you have not received your TMG v7 serial number(s) in email by 11 Jan 2008 or there has been a change to your shipping address. In the meantime, feel free to use the trial version of the program (available from http://www.whollygenes.com/tmg.htm) which is fully functional for 30 days.

     

    o Although TMG v6 and v7 can be run at the same time on the same computer, they cannot access the same project. Once a project is upgraded to TMG v7, it cannot be read again by v6.

     

    o To upgrade an existing project to TMG v7 you must back it up from v6 (or earlier) and _restore_ it to v7. You cannot simply use File>Open to access a project which was created in an earlier version.

     

    o TMG v7 uses a new strategy for data file storage in accordance with Microsoft recommendations. Most notably, data files can no longer be stored in the program folder. During the restore process, v7 data files are automatically placed in their new default locations, depending on their type (e.g., projects, exhibits, speller checking dictionary, layouts, report configurations, etc.). Again, this process is completely automatic and most users will be satisfied to just accept the default settings in the Restore Wizard.

     

    If you are curious about the details of the new file storage system, however, please consult the topic called "Data File Storage" in the TMG v7 Help file. Power users who prefer to isolate multiple projects so that they don't share configuration files, exhibit folders, etc., are especially encouraged to read this help topic and the linked topics for "Advanced Users."

     

    THEREFORE, the process to upgrade your data from v6 (or earlier) to v7 is as follows:

     

    1) Run TMG v6 and back up your data (File>Backup). In Step 2 of the Backup Wizard, be SURE to make a note of the backup file location. In Step 3, be sure to include accents, filters, layouts, report configurations, and any other customizations that you want to move to v7.

     

    2) Purchase and download your upgrade to The Master Genealogist v7 from:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/upgrades.htm

    You'll need your existing v6 serial number so consult the earlier email notification to cut and paste it. Alternatively, access Help>Technical Support and then click on . Don't actually send the report to tech support but look in the first few lines to cut and paste your existing serial number.

     

    3) Install TMG v7 and run that program with the Sample project. Consult the "Data File Storage" help topic if desired.

     

    4) Restore your project to TMG v7 (File>Restore), selecting the backup file that you created in Step #1.

    Since TMG v6 and v7 can peacefully coexist on your computer, we recommend that you do not uninstall the earlier version until you're happily accessing your data with the new program.

     

    That's it! Thank you for using The Master Genealogist. We're sure that you will really enjoy this major new upgrade!

     

     

    === Terry's TMG Tips about TMG v7 ====================

     

    The popular "Terry's TMG Tips" web site is maintained by Terry Reigel, a TMG beta tester and prolific author. Terry has posted more than 75 articles about TMG "ranging from understanding the basics, to providing suggestions on using the customization features to achieve the results you want, to more advanced topics." The free site is a great resource for TMG users of any experience level.

     

    Terry wasted no time in releasing a long list of articles about TMG v7, including:

    - Transferring your data and settings from TMG 5 or 6.

    - The new screen resizing design.

    - The Associates Window.

    - Reminders for Tag Types and Source Types

    - The Sentence Preview feature.

    - Controlling the "Children of…" statements in Journals.

    - Combining output of two Tags into a single sentence.

    - Managing the automatic final punctuation of sentences.

    - Using special characters in Tags and Sources.

    - Copying Source Types between Data Sets or Projects.

    - Using the new screen buttons.

    - The Duplicate People feature while adding new people.

    The articles, including copious screen shots, can be found at:

    http://tmg.reigelridge.com

     

    And here's the best tip of all: Terry's many fans will also be thrilled to hear that he's written a new book about TMG! Stay tuned for an announcement when it is available.

     

     

    === EXTENSION - Give the Gift of TMG v7 at 50% OFF - Expires Jan 31st! ===

     

    Due to the release of TMG v7, the deadline for the 50% discount "Gift the Gift of TMG" offer has been extended until 31 Jan 2008. This is a great chance for TMG users to share the joy of Version 7 with other researchers and family members at HALF OFF the regular retail price! At just $39.97, the price of TMG Gold Edition, including printed Users Guide and CD-ROM, has never been lower.

     

    To take advantage of this offer, simply run TMG (v6 or v7) and access the "Message Manager" from the Help menu. You'll find a message there with your private coupon code and simple instructions to use it. (Click on the "Display previous messages" box to see messages that have been sent to you previously). Contact technical support at support@whollygenes.com if you are unable to retrieve your coupon code for any reason.

     

    Here's your chance to give TMG v7 to your friends and relatives at a greatly-discounted price! Your private coupon code can only be used _once_ (a single invoice for up to 10 copies of TMG Gold) and this offer expires 31 Jan 2008. An internet connection is required to receive your coupon.

     

    Users who purchased gift copies with this coupon earlier this year (since it was announced on Oct 3rd) will automatically receive a free upgrade(s) to v7 in the mail.

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.0 Build 7

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.3

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 12 January 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


  17. A beta tester reported that he managed to get the Surety question to pop up behind the other windows so that it was inaccessible -- and I suspect that might be the case for you. The beta tester was unable to repeat it, however, and so were the developers. You may not want to try it again but if you do, please give us any more details that you can about how to do it. Does it happen with the Sample project, for instance? Was the Reminder window open?

     

    Thanks.


  18. Users upgrading to TMG V7 should please understand the following important points:

    • TMG v6 and TMG v7 can run happily on the same computer at the same time. Your unlock code (aka "license" or "serial number") for TMG v6 will not unlock TMG v7, however. Shortly after purchasing the TMG v7 upgrade, you will receive a new serial number by email to unlock the new program. If you do not see it, please check your spam or junk folder for a message with a subject that begins with "Serial Number for The Master Genealogist v7".
    • Users who purchased or upgraded to TMG v6 after 17 August 2007 will *automatically* receive an email with a free upgrade to TMG v7. Those who purchased a CD(s) during that time will *automatically* receive a replacement in the mail. These policies also apply to gifts of TMG that you may have purchased for others. Please do not contact technical support unless you have not received your TMG v7 serial number(s) in email by 11 Jan 2008 or there has been a change to your shipping address. In the meantime, feel free to use the trial version of the program (available from http://www.whollygenes.com/tmg.htm) which is fully functional for 30 days.
       
    • Although TMG v6 and v7 can be run at the same time on the same computer, they cannot access the same project. Once a project is upgraded to TMG v7, it cannot be read again by v6.
       
    • To upgrade an existing project to TMG v7 you must back it up from v6 (or earlier) and _restore_ it to v7. You cannot simply use File>Open to access a project which was created in an earlier version.
       
    • TMG v7 uses a new strategy for data file storage in accordance with Microsoft recommendations. Most notably, data files can no longer be stored in the program folder. During the restore process, v7 data files are automatically placed in their new default locations, depending on their type (e.g., projects, exhibits, speller checking dictionary, layouts, report configurations, etc.). Again, this process is completely automatic and most users will be satisfied to just accept the default settings in the Restore Wizard.

    If you are curious about the details of the new file storage system, however, please consult the topic called "Data File Storage" in the TMG v7 Help file. Power users who prefer to isolate multiple projects so that they don't share configuration files, exhibit folders, etc., are especially encouraged to read this help topic and the linked topics for "Advanced Users."

     

    THEREFORE, the process to upgrade your data from v6 (or earlier) to v7 is as follows:

    1. Run TMG v6 and back up your data (File>Backup). In Step 2 of the Backup Wizard, be SURE to make a note of the backup file location. In Step 3, be sure to include accents, filters, layouts, report configurations, and any other customizations that you want to move to v7.
    2. Purchase and download your upgrade to The Master Genealogist v7 from:
    3. Install TMG v7 and run that program with the Sample project. Consult the "Data File Storage" help topic if desired.
    4. Restore your project to TMG v7 (File>Restore), selecting the backup file that you created in Step #1.

    Since TMG v6 and v7 can peacefully coexist on your computer, we recommend that you do not uninstall the earlier version until you're happily accessing your data with the new program.

     

    That's it! Thank you for using The Master Genealogist. We're sure that you will really enjoy this major new upgrade!


  19. The Master Genealogist v7.0 is now available! This great new update includes bug fixes and more than 50 new and exciting features that were requested by researchers. TMG v7 now includes even more tools to help you manage your research project, search and navigate the program, and produce professional reports. Following is a list of the major new changes in TMG v7.

     

    EASIER TO USE

     

    o Beginner Buttons on the Person View make it easier to add, edit, delete, or change the primary status of tags (events, names, and relationships). Experienced users can deactivate these new buttons using a new Preference setting (Program Options > Data Entry).

     

    o The options and buttons on the Report Definition screen have been revised as requested by users.

     

    o The Exhibit Log contains new buttons that make it easier to add, edit, delete, check image properties, and perform other functions.

     

    o The method of resizing windows has been revised to be consistent with that of most other Windows applications. When you drag the border of a window with the mouse, the text stays the same size and the data space increases so that you can see more information on the screen. The base font size can be controlled by the minimum font size settings in Preferences (i.e., Lists, Project Explorer, and Memos). The new resizing method does not apply to the Family View and Tree View which would not benefit from such a change. The base fonts for those windows, however, can be specified in Preferences (Program Options > Other). Users who preferred the scaled objects of the older resizing method can revert to that behavior using a new Preference option (Program Options > Other).

     

    o New Reminder Pop-Up Windows for Tag Types, Sources, and Source Types help you to remember how to use the fields and encourage consistent data entry. When recording a source, for instance, the window will remind you where to record each piece of data, how to use split memos (when appropriate), what to reserve for the citation detail, etc. Reminders can be customized but default reminders are applied to existing projects which use standard tag and source types. Reminder windows open and close automatically but this behavior can be disabled with a Preference setting (Program Options > Data Entry). Where reminders are available, the window can be opened and closed with a new "light bulb" button.

     

    o A new feature to Check for Duplicates While Adding People will help to eliminate duplication in your project. Matching rules are based on the name and birth date but can consider non-primary names and other criteria. A new Preference page (Program Options > New People) gives you control over the matching rules and thresholds (Soundex, exact spelling, number of years, etc.). When possible duplicates are found, a Picklist button allows you to examine those people without losing your work on the Add Person screen.

     

    o New buttons on the Master Source List allow you to Export and Import Sources. Select all sources or a specific subset and send them to an external file which can then be imported to a different project, shared with another researcher, etc.

     

    o New buttons on the Source Types List allow you to Export and Import Source Types. Like sources, you can specify which source types to export and then transfer them to other projects or researchers. Researchers who specialize in different cultures can share source types along with their appropriate data entry fields, output templates, etc.

     

    o The source output preview buttons now honor formatting codes (bold, underline, italics, etc.) rather than displaying the codes themselves.

     

    o New buttons on the Tag Entry Screen make it easier to repeat the previous citation or select from a list of recent citations.

     

    o A new button on the Citation Entry screen allows you to add a new source without going first to the Master Source List.

     

    o A variety of new options have been added to right-click menus at the suggestion of users. For instance, the Focus Group list has a right-click menu option to "Select All." The Project Explorer has a new right-click option to "Change focus to this person in other windows." (This is handy when the Project Explorer is not linked to those windows.) The new Associates window (see below) has right-click options to "Add this person to the Focus Group" and "Add all of these people to the Focus Group."

     

     

    MORE RESEARCH/ANALYSIS TOOLS

     

    o A new Associates Window shows all people (principals and witnesses) who share an event tag in any way with the focus person. A person might appear multiple times, each with the date and type of the shared event and the role that he or she played in it. This handy new window helps you see the "big picture" by showing the focus person's "circle of friends" all in one navigable list. By right-clicking on the Associates window, you can filter and sort it in a variety of ways or you can reduce it to a list of unique people, each showing the number of events which are shared with the focus person. The Associates window compliments other top-level windows, can be opened along with others, and is available from the Layout toolbar. Its size and position can be saved with your custom screen layout. The filter and sort settings are remembered and used again the next time that you use TMG.

     

    o The List of Witnesses on the Tag Entry Screen now displays the specific name variation that has been associated with that event for each witness.

     

    o The Picklist and Project Explorer can now be sorted by the Last Edited Date.

     

    o The Picklist and Project Explorer now support a variety of multi-level sorts. For instance, if you have a dozen people with the same given name and surname, they can be sorted within that group by birth date or by death date. Other multi-level sorting options are also available.

     

    o The Research Log can now be filtered by task keyword.

     

    o The Relationship Calculator and the Automatic Relationship Tag now also display relationships as calculated through the spouse(s) of one of the two people. For example:

    3rd cousin of his wife

    wife of her 3rd cousin

    father-in-law (father of her husband)

    daughter-in-law (husband of his son)

     

    o Y-DNA templates have been added for DNA Ancestry. The Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) test now includes DNA Ancestry as a selection.

     

     

    MULTIMEDIA ENHANCEMENTS

     

    o Exhibit Highlighting allows you to "draw" on an image to annotate it. You're actually drawing on a invisible layer above the image, however, so the original is not changed. You can select any color, use various drawing tools, and even specify the transparency level of your annotations. If the highlighted image is made primary, it will be displayed in the Image window and output in box charts and other reports which support images. At any time you can click "reset" to erase the highlighting and return to the original image.

     

    o In addition to the interface changes mentioned above, a new option on the Exhibit Log's right-click menu is Insert New Exhibit (other). It lets you more easily link Word documents, Powerpoint presentations or other non-standard exhibit types. The same thing can be achieved by clicking on the new button and then changing the file type to "All files (*.*)".

     

    o A new Preferences page (Program Options > Exhibits) allows you to specify whether new images that you add to the Exhibit Log will be made internal or external by default (or ask each time).

     

     

    NEW NARRATIVE CONTROLS

     

    o A new Sentence Preview helps you to predict what a sentence will look like in a report. By being able to immediately see the effect of your changes, you'll gain more control over these advanced features and produce better narrative reports. (Source citations are not shown in the sentence preview)

     

    o A new sentence code, [+], when placed at the beginning of a sentence will cause it to be added to the end of the previous sentence when a report is generated. This makes it easier to output compound sentences, including embedded source citations.

     

    o A new sentence code, [:NP:], tells TMG to add no punctuation to the end of the sentence. Among other purposes, it might be entered as the sole value in a sentence in order to output an event exhibit at a specific point without any accompanying sentence.

     

    o You can now use characters that would otherwise have a special meaning in TMG by "escaping" them. The escape character is a backslash (\) and it tells TMG that the character which immediately follows it should be output literally and not interpreted as a special character. The backslash itself is not included in the output. For instance "\{1820\}" will be output as "{1820}" rather than being interpreted as sensitive data. Similarly, "\[ED\]" in a source template will be output as "[ED]" rather than being interpreted as a source element. The backslash itself can also be escaped ("\\"). The escape character is recognized in memos (tag, witness, citation, source, and repository), sentence structures, source templates, source fields, and the citation detail.

     

    o A new standard tag type, NarrativeChildren, can be used to override the standard "Children of X and Y were:" text when introducing a list of children or the "There were no children of X and Y" text in a Journal report.

     

    o The Options>Tags tab has a number of new options to provide more control over the content of the list of children in the Journal report. Among other uses, you can limit the report to 1 generation (on the General tab) and then use the new options on the Tags tab to limit the text for all children, thereby producing a narrative for a single person (and optionally his/her spouse) that includes a brief list of children.

     

    o Embedded citations now support inclusion of the citation memo, e.g., [CIT:]124; citation detail; citation memo[:CIT].

     

     

    NEW REPORTING TOOLS

     

    o A new Columnar Option on the List of Citations report allows you to specify the fields to be included and supports export to spreadsheets and databases for external processing.

     

    o Likewise, a new Columnar Option on the List of Sources report provides more flexibility than the default formatted report.

     

    o The List of Events and List of Witnesses reports now allow you to output the specific name variation that has been associated with each event participant (not just his/her primary name).

     

    o Hundreds of New Filter Options allow you to search your data by even more criteria.

     

     

    EVEN MORE CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS

     

    In addition to those mentioned above....

     

    o A new Preference option (Program Options > Tag Box) allows you to turn off the memo and source columns in the Tag Box.

     

    o The custom toolbar can now include one or more buttons to load specific layouts.

     

    o New Preference settings (Current Project Options > Advanced) let you specify the default folders for exports, report output, configuration files, repeat files, slideshows, and timelines (among other earlier options).

     

    o A new Preference option (Program Options > Prompts) lets you control whether or not to search for embedded citations when deleting a source.

     

     

    OTHER NEW FEATURES

     

    o TMG v7 is native to Windows Vista. It will also run on Windows XP and Windows 2000. (Windows 98 and NT are no longer supported).

     

    o TMG 6 and TMG 7 can both be run on the same machine without conflict (but not with the same project).

     

    o The TMG installer now allows you to select the installation language. English, German, Dutch, and Norwegian are currently supported.

     

    o The Help File has been updated to include the new features of TMG v7 and now uses the more modern HTML-help format, including support for full-text search.

     

     

    BUG FIXES

     

    o Ancestry and Genealogy Portal.com have been removed from the web search because of changes to those web sites. Searching of Ancestry.com may be reinstated but, in the meantime, the results screen after searching RootsWeb includes a link to see results for the same search on Ancestry.com.

    o Fixed searching by Reference field on the Picklist and Project Explorer.

    o Fixed subscript errors that were possible during GEDCOM export.

    o Fixed primary events after an import from Family Origins.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause an error while adding a married name tag.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause the Exhibit Log to open when not intended.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause a Picklist filter to be applied instead to the Project Explorer.

    o The Delete button on the keyboard did not work to delete a highlighted tag.

    o Fixed a rare problem that could cause the program to lock up when changing flags with a List of People report.

    o The font was not being resized correctly for the "cited" column on the Master Source List.

    o Fixed a possible "array dimensions" error when editing a citation for a name tag.

    o Fixed some contexts in which the focus person would sometimes change erroneously.

    o Fixed the sorting of the List of People, Names, Events, and Witnesses reports when sent to an Excel file.

    o Fixed an error that occurred if a source template was previewed by two different instances of the program at the same time.

    o Fixed a bug that caused the default sentence to not be displayed in one language when there was a local sentence in another language for the same tag.

    o Fixed a bug that would cause "1 NOTE" to be exported to GEDCOM when the note was excluded.

    o Fixed a bug that would cause tags with excluded sentences to be exported to GEDCOM even though "Show excluded data" was selected.

    o Place abbreviations previously would only accept alpha characters and not, for instance, the number codes for French department abbreviations.

    Fixed a bug that allowed the current language to be deleted.

    o Fixed an "Array dimensions are invalid" error if the user clicked on the or buttons on the list of citations or witnesses if using the tabbed version of the Tag Entry screen and those lists are empty.

    o Fixed the and buttons on the Master Event List when opened from the Master Place List.

    o Fixed a problem that could cause the F1 (Help) key not work on the Message Manager.

    o Fixed a problem that would cause a non-primary tag to be automatically changed to primary when edited.

    o Filtering by repository fields did not work from the List of Sources report.

    o If a family record in a GEDCOM file had more than one divorce, one of them was not imported.

    o Fixed a problem with the import of citations from Family Tree Maker.

    o When exporting an entire project to an Excel file, the memo fields (e.g., event memo, citation detail, etc.) were not included.

    o Fixed a problem with Validate File Integrity which would erroneously report errors after importing a TMG v4.x project.

    o Fixed a possible problem editing the name of an existing role.

    o Fixed a variety of other more rare and esoteric bugs as reported by users.

     

    UPGRADING USERS: For the first time in three years and after 12 free updates, there is a small charge for this upgrade: $29.95 for a download plus $5.00 and s/h if you want a CD. Your purchase of the upgrade supports the staff at Wholly Genes Software and the ongoing development and support for TMG. Thank you. Please be sure to read the next message for upgrading users.

     

    Screen shots about some of the new features are available from:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/tmgnew7.htm

     

    To purchase your copy or to upgrade to The Master Genealogist v7, please visit:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/upgrades.htm


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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    16 December 2007

    Issue 2007, Number 19

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    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

     

    In this issue:

     

    o The perfect last-minute gift for a genealogist

    o Cruise News

    o New U.S. Data CDs

    o UPDATED: GedStar PRO v3.2

    o UPDATED: Pocket Genealogist v3.11

    o Give the Gift of TMG at 50% OFF - Expires Dec 31st!

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

    ....and yes, some other good news is coming!

     

     

    === The perfect last-minute gift for a genealogist ============

     

    Are you scrambling for a last-minute gift for a friend or relative who is a family researcher? Or perhaps they are scrambling for a last-minute gift for YOU!

     

    A gift certificate from Wholly Genes is a great gift because it lets the researcher pick from _thousands_ of products, including standard genealogy reference books, data CDs, and, of course, software and companion products. Gift Certificates are available in a variety of denominations, starting at just $10.00. You can order them online and immediately print a color certificate that makes a great stocking-stuffer!

     

    For more information, please visit:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/giftcert.htm

     

     

    === Cruise News ===================================

     

    Already more than 100 people have signed up for the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise - and the event is still 10 months away! This is our fourth annual event and it always sells out so don't wait until Spring or you may miss your chance.

     

    This year's cruise is one-way from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico but don't be misled about airfare. Like New York, San Juan has a major international airport and you can get a ticket home to most American hub cities for less than $200. That is, there is no penalty for booking two one-way tickets instead of one round-trip.

     

    So come spend a week vacationing in the Caribbean while also learning from some of the most renown genealogists and technology experts from the United States, England, and Ireland. Our conference is famous for its unparalleled list of big-name presenters, rivaling even those of land-based conferences. But for even less money, you also get a Caribbean vacation!

     

    This year's participants include:

     

    o Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, longtime editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

    o Barbara Vines Little, CG, former president of the National Genealogical Society and Virginia Genealogical Society.

    o John Grenham, Ireland's foremost genealogist.

    o John Titford, LHG FSG, prominent British genealogist and popular author.

    o Craig Scott, MA, CG, certified genealogist and military record expert.

    o Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, professional genealogist and popular author.

    o Cyndi Howells of Cyndislist.com, an expert at online resources.

    o Tony Burroughs, FUGA, popular genealogical author, teacher, and lecturer.

    o Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project for NEHGS.

    o Sandra Hewlett, CG, professional researcher and councilor for the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

    o Dick Eastman, technology expert and editor of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.

     

    Genealogical presentations will be about methodology and tools but unrelated to any particular software -- so they will be of interest to ANY family researcher. New lecture topics will also interest veterans of our earlier cruises. You'll even have opportunities for private consultations with the experts to help solve your brick walls.

     

    Users of TMG and its companion programs will also have access to a variety of additional lectures on those topics, as well one-on-ones with experts like Bob Velke, Jim Byram, Lee Hoffman, John Cardinal, and the Wholly Genes technical support staff.

     

    A crew from Roots Television accompanied our 2007 event and published a 14-minute story, including interviews with lots of individual participants. See what all the hubbub is about and watch this great film for FREE from:

    http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/pla...?bctid=13322104

     

    On the right side of that screen you'll find links to additional interviews with Tony Burroughs, Cyndi Howells, Megan Smolenyak, John Grenham, and John Cardinal. As you will see in the films from Roots Television, we always have a great time, learn a lot, and discover new cousins and friendly fellow researchers.

     

    For details about the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise, please visit:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === New U.S. Data CDs ===================

     

    The following new data CDs support full-text search and are now available from www.WhollyGenes.com:

     

    BOSTON BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1630-1699 AND BOSTON BIRTHS, 1700-1800, (1883 & 1894) 2007

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0361

    The first of these volumes collects in one place all surviving vital records for the original town of Boston in the seventeenth century, along with the baptisms from the First Church of Boston. The second volume continues with all surviving Boston birth records for the entire eighteenth century.

     

    DULANY'S HISTORY OF MARYLAND FROM 1632 TO 1882 PREPARED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, (1881) 2007

    $9.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0377

    Written by an unidentified author and published as a history book for Maryland students in 1881 this is not a detailed history-rather it provides a brief outline of events sprinkled with details intended to interest the student. The author states that "nothing of interest to the general reader has been omitted"- words of wisdom having "been gathered from preambles to her laws, old and new; from her ancient and modern records, her Indian treaties, and her revolutionary constitution." (more...)

     

     

    === UPDATED: GedStar PRO v3.2 ======================

     

    GHCS Software has announced an update to their popular program for PalmOS™ handheld PDAs and smartphones. This new version supports improves compatibility for Vista users, the ability to filter to-do items to show or not show completed tasks, and some other minor revisions.

     

    As always, the upgrade is free to all current owners of the product, but you will have to re-convert any of your existing databases after installing the new version. This is always required after a major update to the internal data format.

     

    For more information or to download the latest version, please visit:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

     

     

    === UPDATED: Pocket Genealogist v3.11 =================

     

    Northern Hills Software, the makers of the popular Pocket Genealogist for PocketPC's and other "Windows Powered" mobile devices has announced a new update v3.11. This new version includes:

     

    - Initial support for Family Tree Maker 2008 imports (using GEDCOM). The PAF/FTM add-on does not yet work with FTM 2008 but Wholly Genes Software is working on adding support.

     

    - Ancestor and Descendant Tree Views now work better with regards to adding individuals to the "History List".

     

    - Ancestor and Descendant Tree View buttons will "highlight" depending on which view is selected. (Button will have a yellow background when "highlighted".) This helps determine which tree view is in use.

     

    - Fix to "Find by Relationship" button and the Relationship calculator so that it honors what is selected on the 3-gen, Individual or Tree views.

     

    - Family Historian: Fix to GEDCOM export for Research List notes.

     

    - Fix to relationship calculator to process a full 10 generations. (Was only going out 9 generations.)

     

    - Change to 3-gen screen to show the complete given name IF 2 line display. (Name on one line, dates on another... for example PocketPC Landscape mode)

     

    - Smartphones: Fix to Individual and Tree Views to work properly when switching to another program and back to Pocket Genealogist.

     

    - Smartphones: Fix to properly translate menu for tree views.

     

    - Smartphones: Change to allow "back" button to operate as a "backspace" when on an edit field. (Motorola Q for example does not have a backspace button.)

     

    - Allow install on Windows 98 and ME, but no guarantee Pocket Genealogist will work properly on those systems.

     

    - 30 Day trial now more strongly enforced.

     

    For more information about Pocket Genealogist, please visit:

    http://www.whollygenes.com/pocketgen.htm

     

    To download the upgrade, please visit:

    http://www.northernhillssoftware.com/download.htm

    As will all new releases, simply run the install to replace the V3 version currently have installed.

     

     

    === Give the Gift of TMG at 50% OFF - Expires Dec 31st! ===

     

    For a limited time, registered users of TMG Gold v6.09 or later can now purchase additional copies of the program for friends and family for HALF OFF the regular retail price! At just $39.97, the price of TMG Gold Edition, including printed Users Guide and CD-ROM, has never been lower. Copies of the program that are purchased now will also get a FREE upgrade to TMG v7 when it is released.

     

    To take advantage of this offer, simply run TMG and access the "Message Manager" from the Help menu. You'll find a message there with your private coupon code and simple instructions to use it. (Click on the "Display previous messages" box to see messages that have been sent to you previously).

     

    Here's your chance to give TMG to your friends and relatives at a greatly-discounted price! Your private coupon code can only be used _once_ (a single invoice for up to 10 copies of TMG Gold) and this offer expires 31 Dec 2007. An internet connection is required to receive your coupon.

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.0 Build 7

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.2

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.30

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.3

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 12 January 2008, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com


  21. ** For Immediate Release **

     

     

    ANNOUNCING THE 4TH ANNUAL GENEALOGY CONFERENCE AND CRUISE

    The largest family history conference on the seas.

     

    Wholly Genes, Inc., of Columbia, Maryland, is proud to announce the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise, October 26-November 2, 2008. This extremely popular annual event has a reputation for its unrivaled speaker list, exceeding even that of most land-based family history conferences. Like the three years before it, this is expected to be a sold-out event.

     

    In 2008, eleven of the most prominent professional genealogists and technical experts from the U.S., England, and Ireland will share their experience and advice with several hundred family researchers while sailing to the tropical islands of the Caribbean. This year's event will include at least 16 hours of expert presentations on genealogy methodology and tools (without a focus on any particular software) and will use a schedule of non-conflicting lecture times so attendees can make the most of this unprecedented educational opportunity.

     

    Attendees will also have the rare chance to schedule private one-on-one consultations, to share a casual meal, or to attend other social events with the speakers, many of whom are giants in the genealogy community:

     

    - Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, longtime editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

    - Barbara Vines Little, CG, former president of the National Genealogical Society and Virginia Genealogical Society.

    - John Grenham, Ireland's foremost genealogist.

    - John Titford, LHG FSG, prominent British genealogist and popular author.

    - Craig Scott, MA, CG, certified genealogist and military record expert.

    - Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, professional genealogist and popular author.

    - Cyndi Howells of Cyndislist.com, an expert at online resources.

    - Tony Burroughs, FUGA, popular genealogical author, teacher, and lecturer.

     

    Although not providing lectures, the following additional speakers will host breakfasts and private consultations:

    - Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project for NEHGS.

    - Sandra Hewlett, CG, professional researcher and councilor for the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

    - Dick Eastman, technology expert and editor of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.

     

    In addition to attending the main lectures, users of The Master Genealogist (TMG) project manager will find a variety of presentations about how to make the most of that software and its companion programs. Attendees will meet Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes, Inc., and be able to schedule private consultations with him and many other prominent researchers in the TMG community, including John Cardinal, Lee Hoffman, Jim Byram, and members of the TMG support team.

     

    Planned cocktail parties and other events will give attendees the chance to mingle with other group members, swap research interests, and make new friends. An attendee from North Carolina remembers the last such event as a "wonderful way to vacation, meet new friends with similar interests, and learn a lot in the bargain!"

     

    The 2008 conference will be held on the majestic Caribbean Princess as it sails from New York City to the exotic ports of St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Traveling companions who aren't interested in the lectures might want to relax with a book on a private balcony or take advantage of the many shipboard features, including pools, saunas, exercise equipment, jogging track, golf simulator, putting green, racket games, Internet cafe, and a large casino. The lecture schedule leaves family and friends to spend evenings together for a quiet dinner or to enjoy live shipboard entertainment, night-clubs, and even an outdoor movie theater under the stars. Four tropical ports and optional guided shore excursions will round out a truly memorable vacation.

     

    "A cruise ship makes a relaxing environment in which to learn from the experts and improve our research skills," said Velke. He added, "However, not many educational opportunities also include the ability to spend quality time with family and friends on tropical islands. We are very pleased that so many people have enjoyed this format in past years and we are looking forward to another great event."

     

    Prices for the week-long 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise start at about $843 per person (inside cabin, double occupancy) and include the cruise, food, shipboard entertainment, and attendance to all conference events. A roommate-finding service is also available. Complete details can be found at www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm.

     

    About the company:

    Wholly Genes Software is a privately held corporation founded in 1993 with the goal of providing professional-caliber software tools to family historians. Its flagship product, The Master Genealogist, is among the highest rated family history project managers and is in use in more than 30 countries around the world.

     

    Contact:

    Barbara Grempler, Conference Chair

    Wholly Genes, Inc.

    barbarag@whollygenes.com

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21044

    410-715-2260 x160

     

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    Wholly Genes Newsletter

    21 November 2007

    Issue 2007, Number 18

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    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

     

    In this issue:

     

    o Announcing the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise!

    o New U.S. Data CDs

    o Did You Know?

    o Give the Gift of TMG at 50% OFF!

    o TMG Companion Products

    o Wholly Genes online chat

    o How to reach us

     

     

    === Announcing the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise! ===

     

    Wholly Genes is proud to announce the 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise, the largest family history conference on the seas, October 26-November 2, 2008. This extremely popular annual event has a reputation for its unrivaled speaker list, exceeding even that of most land-based family history conferences. Like the three years before it, this is expected to be a sold-out event.

     

    In 2008, eleven of the most prominent professional genealogists and technical experts from the U.S., England, and Ireland will share their experience and advice with several hundred family researchers while sailing to the tropical islands of the Caribbean. This year's event will include at least 16 hours of expert presentations on genealogy methodology and tools (without a focus on any particular software) and will use a schedule of non-conflicting lecture times so attendees can make the most of this unprecedented educational opportunity.

     

    Attendees will also have the rare chance to schedule private one-on-one consultations, to share a casual meal, or to attend other social events with the speakers, many of whom are giants in the genealogy community:

     

    - Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, longtime editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

    - Barbara Vines Little, CG, former president of the National Genealogical Society and Virginia Genealogical Society.

    - John Grenham, Ireland's foremost genealogist.

    - John Titford, LHG FSG, prominent British genealogist and popular author.

    - Craig Scott, MA, CG, certified genealogist and military record expert.

    - Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, professional genealogist and popular author.

    - Cyndi Howells of Cyndislist.com, an expert at online resources.

    - Tony Burroughs, FUGA, popular genealogical author, teacher, and lecturer.

     

    Although not providing lectures, the following additional speakers will host breakfasts and private consultations:

    - Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project for NEHGS.

    - Sandra Hewlett, CG, professional researcher and councilor for the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

    - Dick Eastman, technology expert and editor of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.

     

    In addition to attending the main lectures, users of The Master Genealogist (TMG) project manager will find a variety of presentations about how to make the most of that software and its companion programs. Attendees will meet Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes, Inc., and be able to schedule private consultations with him and many other prominent researchers in the TMG community, including John Cardinal, Lee Hoffman, Jim Byram, and members of the TMG support team.

     

    Planned cocktail parties and other events will give attendees the chance to mingle with other group members, swap research interests, and make new friends. An attendee from North Carolina remembers the last such event as a "wonderful way to vacation, meet new friends with similar interests, and learn a lot in the bargain!"

     

    The 2008 conference will be held on the majestic Caribbean Princess as it sails from New York City to the exotic ports of St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Traveling companions who aren't interested in the lectures might want to relax with a book on a private balcony or take advantage of the many shipboard features, including pools, saunas, exercise equipment, jogging track, golf simulator, putting green, racket games, Internet cafe, and a large casino. The lecture schedule leaves family and friends to spend evenings together for a quiet dinner or to enjoy live shipboard entertainment, night-clubs, and even an outdoor movie theater under the stars. Four tropical ports and optional guided shore excursions will round out a truly memorable vacation.

     

    "A cruise ship makes a relaxing environment in which to learn from the experts and improve our research skills," said Velke. He added, "However, not many educational opportunities also include the ability to spend quality time with family and friends on tropical islands. We are very pleased that so many people have enjoyed this format in past years and we are looking forward to another great event."

     

    Prices for the week-long 2008 Genealogy Conference and Cruise start at about $843 per person (inside cabin, double occupancy) and include the cruise, food, shipboard entertainment, and attendance to all conference events. A roommate-finding service is also available.

    Complete details can be found at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/cruise.htm

     

     

    === New U.S. Data CDs ===================

     

    The following new data CDs support full-text search and are now available from www.WhollyGenes.com:

     

    David Franks, et. al., THE NEW YORK DIRECTORY FOR 1786, (1786, 1905) 2007.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0319

    This is the first directory of its kind for New York City (1786). This directory itemizes the leading businessmen of the time to which was added separate lists of State and City officials, notary publics, lawyers, bankers as well as the members of some notable societies, including the Cincinnati, St. Andrew's, the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, and the Society of Peruke Makers and Hair Dressers. Also included from the original publication is an almanack and table of coin valuations. To this 1905 reprint of the original directory was also added a great, high-resolution map of New York in 1786 and a description of the city in that year by Noah Webster. A list of street name changes will also prove helpful to researchers (e.g., Dock Street was changed to Pearl St. between Broad Street and Hanover Square).

     

    Daniel S. Lamson, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WESTON, MASSACHUSETTTS, 1630-1890, (1913) 2007.

    $12.95 http://www.WhollyGenes.com/find_wg.mvc?ref...WS&p=US0299

    Lamson has compiled a comprehensive, topical history of the first two and a half centuries of Weston, Massachusetts. He devotes special attention to matters of ecclesiastical and military history, and also treats of such subjects as town records, taverns, schools, railroads, businesses and doctors. (more...)

     

     

    === Did You Know? ======================

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can use TMG's "Merge Two People" feature (on the Tools menu) to compare the events of any two people side-by-side, even if you don't intend to merge them? You can even see the events of both people combined in a single chronological list. Just don't click on the button!

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can link any external text file to a memo? Just start the memo with an exclamation point followed by the fullpath and name of the file (e.g., "!c:\mydata\mybiography.txt"). Narrative reports will insert the external text just as though you had typed it into the memo. You can even click on the button to edit the text file directly in TMG. Note however it must be a plain text file, not a .DOC or other file containing formatting codes.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that an event memo can contain multiple pieces that you can refer to independently in the sentence? Just separate the pieces with "||" (two vertical bars) and refer to them as [M1], [M2]...[M9] in the sentence template.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can prevent the printing of most text fields by entering "-" (a minus sign) as the first character? This is called "excluded" data and it works on place fields, memo fields, citation details, source elements, etc. (but not dates). Most reports have an option to override that exclusion and ignore the minus sign but if you don't want to take that risk then start the field with "--" (two minus signs). That is called "double excluded" data and cannot be overridden.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that there is more than one formula for Soundex? Indexing projects have used several different interpretations of the Soundex rules and you could miss your family members if you don't use the right one! TMG's Soundex Calculator (on the Tools menu) will report the most commonly-accepted Soundex code as well as any likely variations. Enter "Burroughs," for instance, and it will report that you should check B620 and B622.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can sort the Picklist or Project Explorer by the Soundex of the surname so that like-sounding names are sorted together regardless of their spellings (e.g., SMITH and SMYTH)? You'll find the Soundex options under the "Sort by" field at the top of the Picklist and Project Explorer windows. Those screens use the most common interpretation of the Soundex rules (see above).

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can easily make an exact copy of a tag? This is sometimes handy if you want to enter several variations of the same event for a person (e.g., RESIDENCE) or copy a relationship tag (e.g., FATHER-BIO) to link the same parent to several different children that are already in the project. Just highlight the tag to be duplicated and select "Copy Tag" from the Add menu. All of the details, _including_ source citations, are duplicated. You can then edit the new tag to change some of those details.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can configure TMG so that it displays graphic lines between the rows of lists (e.g., event list, children list, sibling list, etc.)? Some people find that this makes it easier to follow a row of data across the screen. Access File > Preferences > Program Options > Lists and you'll find three related check boxes that control this feature.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that on the Person View you can simply point with the mouse to a tag's Name/Place column value (without clicking!) to see a long memo that is otherwise hidden from view? To turn this feature on, access File > Preferences > Program Options > Item Tips. You'll also find other check boxes there to use this "Item Tips" feature on other windows.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you can display more than one line for each event on the Person View? Just right-click on the list and choose "Display more rows per tag". That same option can be controlled from File > Preferences > Program Options > Tag Box screen.

     

    DID YOU KNOW that you there is a feature in TMG that will evaluate your system and give you advice about how to make the program run faster? Choose File > Maintenance > Performance Recommendations.

     

     

    === Give the Gift of TMG at 50% OFF! ===

     

    For a limited time, registered users of TMG Gold v6.09 or later can now purchase additional copies of the program for friends and family for HALF OFF the regular retail price! At just $39.97, the price of TMG Gold Edition, including printed Users Guide and CD-ROM, has never been lower. Copies of the program that are purchased now will also get a FREE upgrade to TMG v7 when it is released.

     

    To take advantage of this offer, simply run TMG and access the "Message Manager" from the Help menu. You'll find a message there with your private coupon code and simple instructions to use it. (Click on the "Display previous messages" box to see messages that have been sent to you previously).

     

    Here's your chance to give TMG to your friends and relatives at a greatly-discounted price! Your private coupon code can only be used _once_ (a single invoice for up to 10 copies of TMG Gold) and this offer expires 31 Dec 2007. An internet connection is required to receive your coupon.

     

     

    === TMG Companion Products ======================

     

    The following companion products which were developed for TMG users like you:

     

    "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist"

    The popular book compiled by Lee Hoffman - now available in electronic form.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gettingthemost.htm

     

    Video training for TMG on DVD

    Getting Started, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/videotapes.htm

     

    Second Site

    Web site construction tools for your TMG data.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/secondsite.htm

    Latest version=2.0 Build 7

     

    Pocket Genealogist

    The TMG companion program for Pocket PCs and other Windows Powered devices.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/pocketgen.htm

    Latest version=3.11

     

    GedStar PRO

    The TMG companion program for PalmOS users.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gedstarpro.htm

    Latest version=3.1

     

    GenSmarts

    The research advisor that reads your TMG data directly.

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/gensmarts.htm

    Latest version=2.1.1.21

     

    Map My Family Tree

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/mapmyfamilytree.htm

    Latest version=1.3

     

    Chartform Delivery

    An inexpensive chart printing service

    See http://www.WhollyGenes.com/wallcharts.htm

     

    For the full list of companion products, please visit the Wholly Genes Community forum (http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm) and click on "Companion Products."

     

     

    === Wholly Genes online chat =======================

     

    The next online chat with Wholly Genes will be Saturday, 1 December 2007, at 2pm EDT and again at 11pm Eastern Time. Don't miss this opportunity to "talk" online with Wholly Genes representatives, as well as with other TMG users around the world.

     

    Remember that the Wholly Genes chat room is available to you at any time. Just go to http://www.WhollyGenes.com and click on Public Chat in the Support menu. When you see the security warning, click on or . Then be patient because it could take 30 seconds or more (especially on a dial-up connection) to load the necessary chat tools. When prompted, simply enter a chat nickname and then click on Connect. That's all there is to it. We hope to see you there!

     

     

    === How to reach us ==============================

     

    For tech support, please access the Wholly Genes Community message board at:

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com/forums.htm

    or write to:

    support@whollygenes.com

     

    Please be sure to note what version of the program you are using.

     

    You can also reach us at:

     

    Wholly Genes Software

    9110 Red Branch Road, STE O

    Columbia, Maryland 21045

    410-715-2260

    410-730-9734 (fax)

    http://www.WhollyGenes.com

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