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  1. newbie Q - how to change ADDR to RES tag?

    Thanks Michael. I think they should have implemented the Residence tag in line with what you did, as part of the address group! BTW - how do you suggest I handle deceased people? Is address used for them, and if so do you put their "primary" address (maybe where they spent most of their life), or just their last address or what? -strathglass
  2. RELATED-BY flag not working

    No, "Additions" is correct. Hi Terry: Well, if "Additions" is correct then the mistake is the wording before that, where it says: "in the drop-down list next to "Filtered group" select the "Additions" Filter" when it should say something like "in the "Configuration Name" dropdown select the "Additions" Filter". Assuming I am correct (please confirm), that may have been my confusion. -strathglass
  3. In my FTM-imported data, I have an individual with a SSN entry (I've renamed the field to SIN for Canada), and other tags like baptism, etc. When I double click on the SSN (SIN) tag, I see the Place Style (US Standard) fields, and the SSN (SIN) value shows in the Country field. Ditto for other tags like Religion or Nationality. In yet other tags (baptism) I see the data split between a couple of Place Style fields (e.g. state and country). In another case (medical info) I see the data entered into the memo field. Why is this? Is this right or some artifact of a bad import process. Or do all tags work like this (which seems odd)? In the SSN case, when I try to enter data in another field (like Postal), then both the Country value and the Postal value show as the tag value (in a comma-separated list). Does anyone have an explanation of how these tags should work in terms of what field the data should normally reside in and why they currently use the fields of a place style even for data that is not place-type data? -strathglass
  4. Why does SSN tag appear in COUNTRY field?

    Thanks Jim! -strathglass
  5. Why does SSN tag appear in COUNTRY field?

    Upon reflection I may have misinterpreted your original post Jim: however I am still left wondering: would I move all non-place type values out of PLACE fields into the memo field? Or some other destination. -strathglass
  6. I've added a new place style to supplement the default US standard place style default. Now I'd like to globally change all address tags in the db to use this new place style I've created. Is this possible to do in one operation? Thanks, strathglass.
  7. Mass Changing All Place Styles Possible?

    Cool - thanks Jim. I will try out that utility! -strathglass
  8. Why does SSN tag appear in COUNTRY field?

    Thanks Jim. But did you mean MEMO field? I don't see a comment field in the tag entry window. -strathglass
  9. Hi: I am a new user, still playing with the trial. When I open the Project Explorer window, the help screen says "When you highlight any name in the Project Explorer, it changes the focus person on the other windows." Problem is - it doesn't! Whether I single- or double-click a name in the Project Explorer, the focus person in the Details window does NOT change (the other two windows, for Siblings and Children. Is this a known bug in 7.0? -strathglass
  10. Project Explorer Window - can't change focus

    Bingo! That did it Terry. Odd that the default behaviour doesn't make these windows all linked. Anyways, I'll have to go check out your tutorials/articles/book - thanks! -strathglass
  11. MSL Naming Scheme?

    This was the kind of info I was looking for, thanks. Maybe others have their own scheme? (Looking for more input! ) One specific thought I had that is a variation on your scheme is to also include after the source type an indication of the relevant family name(s) mentioned. Although in some cases (CENSUS 1900 U.S.) that makes sense only if the master source list is talking about some specific page of census data (since in general the census covers millions of names!) So you'd have: <SOURCE TYPE>-<SUBJECT SURNAME>-<DESCRIPTION> E.G. MARRIAGE RECORD-SMITH+JONES-John Smith+Mary Jones 1869 marriage certificate DEATH RECORD-SMITH-John Smith 1949 statement of death PHOTO(ANNOTATED)-MACDONALD-1942 photo of Jim MacDonald and immediate family and some aunts+uncles TOMBSTONE-SMITH+JONES-John Smith+Mary Smith nee Jones tombstone photo taken 1989 (Our Lady of Grace Catholic Cemetery, Anytown, YourCountry) I think the key is a good list of <SOURCE TYPE> entries that you could standardize on. Here are my ideas, which include your input above: SOURCE LIST TYPES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIBLE PHOTO(ANNOTATED) (old family photos with notes on back, bottom, etc) BIRTH RECORD BAPTISM RECORD MARRIAGE RECORD DEATH RECORD LAND RECORD OTHER RECORD OBITUARY NEWSPAPER (non-obit. info, including captioned photos) TOMBSTONE BOOK CENSUS RECOLLECTION(PERSON) (recollections of PERSON about anything relevant) OTHER That is probably good enough, but I am sure someone with more experience could suggest changes for the better! -strathglass
  12. I have FTM 2005 (and had several earlier versions). I just started looking at reviews to see if there was anything better. I haven't found a lot of informative reviews to be honest. But some I did find suggested TMG was pretty good. My question to actual users of TMG who have also used other programs like FTM: How does TMG compare? Is it really better? (I've heard that the db [database] is more sophisticated, not so hap-hazard as the one in FTM.) (I've also heard its quite fully featured compared to the competition. And that it has a bit of a steeper learning curve [which doesn't bother me at all, FYI].) Speaking about the db though, I see from another thread that it looks like TMG7 is using Foxpro. Isn't that kind of a dated solution? (Since Micro$oft is no longer supporting Foxpro.) That would also limit you know to XP/Vista since Foxpro doesn't even run on other platforms now. Just trying to get a feel for how well designed and put together this s/w is. Ideally it will be very robust and portable! (Unfortunately I see the program only runs on Microsoft OSs.) And finally how stable is this new TMG7 release? I see a lot of threads here that imply maybe it has a few more bugs than I'd like. But then maybe it is still very usable and the problems are rare and not serious? I'd like some feedback on this too if possible. Regards, strathglass PS: I plan to give the 30 day trial a spin, so that will help me form some opinions of my own.
  13. TMG7 vs. the competion? Stability?

    Wow - lot more detail than I expected, thanks! To answer Joan's question: I wanted Mac compatability. If it will run under Parallels, then great - since that satisfies my needs! -strathglass PS: I've downloaded the trail and will run it through its paces.
  14. TMG7 vs. the competion? Stability?

    More good input. Thanks all! -strathglass
  15. I just saw a spiffy web publishing tool called The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding. It is cheap and I like the looks of it. Anyone here use TMG exports to feed TNG Sitebuilding? (It only requires GEDCOM input, so I suspect there would be no problem.) And maybe TMG has its own web publishing capabilities: anyone want to comment on them? -strathglass
  16. TMG7 vs. the competion? Stability?

    Thanks all for the helpful feedback (especially efcharvet). Keep it coming if anyone has anything else to add. (Like: when will a 7.x point release come out?) -strathglass
  17. Are TMG and TNG Sitebuilding compatible?

    Thanks Terry. I did check out some of those examples. It looks like it has some potential, but I did like the look of the other product better. -strathglass
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