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    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

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    Was trying to implement Terry's RELATED-BY flag as per http://tmg.reigelridge.com/related-by.htm.

     

    However step 4 doesn't find anything, and so that is an obvious problem!

     

    Does anyone who has created & used this flag have ideas on what the problem could be?

     

    (I've reset all the flags back to "?" and tried again a few times with the same results.)

     

    BTW: the tutorial has an error in step 2, in the 3rd last bullet of this step: at end it has the quoted text "Additions" that should say "Ancestors".

    ("Additions" is the name given to a filter that is created: not sure why Terry even has us name the filter since it is called up again only one other time [step 1 second last bullet] and not any of the subsequent times that the List...of People report is called up. Is that a mistake?)

     

    -strathglass

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    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. Posted · Report reply

    This was the kind of info I was looking for, thanks.

    Maybe others have their own scheme? (Looking for more input! :D )

     

    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

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    Hi: I am a new user (still on trial version, coming from FTM2005).

     

    I've always tried to add source details when documenting genealogical facts.

    But after importing into TMG7 and looking at my master source list, I realize it looks rather haphazard.

    I thought if I applied a naming scheme to the master sources that this would help (make it easier to find items, for example).

     

    Does anyone else have a naming scheme they apply to their sources that they could share?

     

    BTW - I also see TMG has a master repository list: anyone want to advise on how important (or not) that this is?

    Most of my source info to date is just personal recollection of family members, copies of relevant personal documents (obituaries, death certificates, marriage records, etc.), and photos of gravestones.

     

    Thanks,

    strathglass

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    Yes, TMG support GEDCOM output, so it's data can be exported to TNG. The problem is, GEDCOM doesn't support TMG's most valuable features, like Witnesses, Roles, multi-party tags beyond a few family tags, customized sentences and source notes, etc.

     

    So, either you restrict your use of TMG to those features supported by GEDCOM, or you find another web publishing tool. The good news is that Second Site, a TMG companion program, reads the TMG data files directly and supports all these TMG features. It's extreamly flexible - see for example the sites listed at Keith Winters' Galary of Websites created with Second Site.

     

    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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    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.

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