Vicki

Forgive me if this questions has been posed previously, but here goes. I have TMG 9.05 on both my desktop and laptop. It's time to replace my laptop, so will I be able to install TMG 9.05 on my new laptop since TMG is licensed to run only on two computers and the new laptop would be #3? Thank you for your assistance.

Thank you for responding. I do plan on upgrading to v9 and hope that all goes well. This proves that one should stay in sync with technology.

I have not kept up on updating TMG (7.04) (bad I know) and now getting new computer with Win 8.1. Should I try to patch the old TMG version and backup or just purchase v 9 when my new PC is functional and restore my dataset saved with v 7.04?

The record numbers are place record numbers, an internal number used by TMG but not usually visible to end-users. I include them in the log because they are the only unique identifier for place records. There are circumstances where it would be helpful to have the record numbers, but probably only for me, and not for TMG Utility users. You can use the Master Place List in TMG to browse through place records and from there you can find the events that use those records. There is no requirement to add Address tags. You might want to add Address tags if you keep contact information for living people in your TMG project. There are probably other uses for the Adress tag, but that's the main one as far as I know. For other places, such as the location of a BMDB event, the place is entered via the event. So, for example, when you enter a Birth tag, you can enter the place where the birth occurred. In real life, an "address" isn't an event in the same way that a birth, marriage, or death is an event, and so I suspect that typical TMG users don't have many Address events in their projects. I hope this makes sense... John, Yes it all makes sense now. Especially now that I know what the number on the log represents. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Vicki

Thank you Bob! Yes, now that I have reviewed the log from John's utility program, it is clear (not crystal) on how I should continue moving the city, county, state into the appropriate fields from the country field. When I first began entering data into Family History many years ago, the only consistency was my inconsistency. Vicki

Thank you for suggesting I look outside the box. I have not been able to work with my database for an extended period of time, which makes getting my thoughts etc., organized and implemented. Vicki

Thank you. I will try the Optimize option, and hopefully it will work for me. My problem (one anyway) is just finding a big block of time to work with the program. Vicki

I have been using John Cardinal's utility program to movedaddress data that was 'dumped' into the country field when I imported from FH years ago. The utility program works great! As I review the log generated, I need to determine if the 'Frederick Co VA' currently in the country field is the city or county of Frederick. I open the ID # listed on the log, but there is no record of the city, county, state data. Or am I looking in the wrong place? I have not tried to add an address tag as it was much too late last night to begin a new thought process. I am assuming that I will need to add an address tag to all those entered in my old program. Does anyone have a clue on how to manage my dilemna? I did try the address filter option, but nothing was selected, which leads me to believe I will create address tags for all but those entered since using TMG. Vicki

Thank you for the help on how to correct the problem in my database. Unfortunately, I do have hundreds to fix so I am going to try John's utility program and hopefully save time and frustration. If I only knew then what I know now... Cheerio

Thank you for the information. Unfortunately, I have numerous one/two occurrances where the city, state is in the country field. I intend to try your utility program for the challenge of trying something new. I may find other 'problems' in my project which the utility program will be a time saver. Vicki

I imported data from Family History years ago and did not realize that some data did not move into their proper field. You ask, You are just now discovering this? Yes, with TMG 7 and renewed interest in cleaning up my data and sharing with family (by request). Is there a utility that will assist me with cleanup or is this a manual excerise? Example--Girard, KS is in the Country field. I tried Terry's suggestion in his "Primer" to move the data, but then the city, state is in one field. I admit I don't remember if I tried to double click in the field to remove the KS and perhaps a double click isn't allowed. Thanks.