Shaundm

Looks like my settings are OK but its still not there? I'm using v6.12. This is strange. Its the column mode that it is not showing the person in. The vent list mode is fine. Anything else to try?

[Picklist]

Less1=194

Less2=43

Less3=86

Less4=96

Less5=92

Less6=72

Less7=50

Less8=50

Less9=211

Less10=184

Less11=118

More1=166

More2=129

More3=50

More4=50

More5=50

More6=50

More7=50

More8=50

Column1=YES

Column2=YES

Column3=NO

Column4=YES

Column5=YES

Column6=NO

Column7=NO

Column8=NO

Column9=YES

Column10=YES

Column11=YES

ColorFather=No

ColorMother=No

ColorSpouse=No

ShowNP=Yes

EVTBOXWidth1=137

EVTBOXWidth2=144

EVTBOXWidth3=461

frmsimplepicklistTop=0

frmsimplepicklistLeft=0

frmsimplepicklistHeight=409

frmsimplepicklistWidth=585

frmsimplepicklistState=0

grdPLColumnWidth1=21

grdPLColumnWidth2=199

grdPLColumnWidth3=60

grdPLColumnWidth4=86

grdPLColumnWidth5=75

grdPLColumnWidth6=55

grdPLColumnWidth7=46

grdPLColumnWidth8=75

frmnameselTop=34

frmnameselLeft=237

frmnameselHeight=568

frmnameselWidth=984

I've tried finding the drag arrow but it does not appear, even moving the mouse very very slowly hoping to pick it up, I'm in column mode. When in the events lists the people column is there. Any other ideas how to show my person column in event mode?

Thanks

Shaun -

 

I"ve attached a screenshot showing where you should be looking for the column header line. The line may be hard up against the side of the window, but if you get close to it your cursor will turn into a double-headed arrow so you can drag the line to the right.

 

Virginia

Hi

Thats where I am trying to click to expand. But I end up grabbing the edge of the whole window and making that wider and still not showing the person column. I'll try again tonight and move the mouse very very slowly. I did an ungrade from v6.9 to v6.12 and it may have happened when I did the upgrade for some reason.

Thanks for your help. We'll get there in the end.

I don't have the scroll bars at the bottom neither can I get the arrow to drag to the right to show the persons name (it just drags the current boxes wider). The box is definately checked also to show the persons name but its still not showing. Any other ideas?

I can't work at the moment!

Thanks

My expanded picklist does not shows the persons name even though the box is checked under options. How do i reset this? I think it must have been dragged to a smaller width or something.

Thanks

Has anyone worked out a way to delete a language that is greyed out, as the delete option is not selectable?

Shaun

Woah!! Captain Obvious strikes again!

I must say, Jim, that one got me rolling.

I confess, I'm not up on Vista and how it's different from XP. I also figure I'm at least a year away from needing to know in detail, since I figure my P3 laptop w/ XP Home has some life in it yet, and I see no way I'll upgrade just an OS. When I change, I replace the 'puter, too.

Personally I'm quite happy with V6, and would rather have amendments to V6 than a whole new version.

Take windows bringing out a new version every 2 years or so, it becomes a bit of a pain as you feel you always need to have the latest one, which brings more expense and then ultimately a new PC! Very frustrating.

Shaun

I would like the image window to show all the images/exhibits that I have for that person, ideally as a slide show, while I'm working in TMG. Can this be done?

Currently it only shows my primary image which is good but i would like it to do more.

I attach certificates to events so I could then see which ones i have not attached yet.

Thanks

I attach exhibits so that when an event, say a census record is shown on SS, people can view the original census record. I use it for certificates rather than just photo's

Dear Forum,

I want to remove from my data set the parents and siblings for my GG Grandfather because I am longer satisfied with the original evidence that placed them in the data set on the first place.

Rather than just deleting these people I'd like to retain the group - parents marriage, other children's birth/baptism etc. - in a new data set just in case I later find more compelling evidence that they were the correct members of the Tree in the first place.

What is the procedure for transferring this group into a new data set and removing them from the original data set?

Thanks,

Buzz.

You could use a flag, then set an accent to show then in a different colour. That way they remain in the same data set. If you do a search for data set, you will probably see some posts saying keep all info in 1 data set. I used to have 4 data sets for different branches of the same family, but i have now moved them into 1 data set with flags and accents, which is easier.

Source exhibits don't show at the end of citations. They show at the end of the source page entry. Citation exhibits are shown on citations.

Hi, I've been playing and trying numerous options but can not seem to get the result that I would like. I have lots of Certificates that I want to attach as exhibits. I would like to call this source say Joe Bloggs BC and attach the exhibit once to this source. Then when ever the source is used there is an immediate like to the exhibit.

When I create my SS pages, I only like to show citations (or would like only the sources without the citations to show if I could). However as you correctly point out John the photos are not attached to the citations, as I have attached them to the sources.

Obviously I want to only attach the exhibit once and then it appears numerous times. Am I missing something and trying to achieve something that I can't? What is the best way to do this?

Thanks

I have attached exhibits with my sources. However the exhibits are not showing at the end of the Citation in SS. The settings under SS are shown to link for all exhibit types. I used to have the setting correctly previously. Any ideas what have I altered?

Thanks

I have some roles set up with my death tags, called father, mother, child, etc. to show the relationship of the person listed on the DC.

I now believe that i need to merge the roles, of mother and father to be the role of parent, so that I can have better sentenace structures. Can you merge roles together?

I also will need to merge roles for census records, to be more in line with Terry's roles of with parents, etc.

Thanks

Is there a way to print a full chart starting from some focus person? What I mean is, most of the reports show direct lineage - parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. I want to see a graph of parents - their siblings, grandparents - their siblings, etc., etc. I know it can get HUGE, but I'd still like to see it.

I would like this too.

So are we saying that there is no way of knowing what exhibits have not been used/attached to a tag.?

I am about to attach all of my exhibits and looks like I will copy them all, and attach the copy to TMG, so that I always have the original still. However it means will have less memory space on PC.

Thanks

Here is another piece of confusion. My structures that say "<listed as [M3]|not listed>" all come up saying "not listed", even though I have put information in [M3], etc. with the correct ||symbols. Obviously I am misusing the | symbol, but it makes sense to me. Why doesn't it to the program?

I have the same problem, can you create this type of variable?

I use simple roles, such as 1st Bride, 2nd Bride, 1st Groom, 2nd Groom as Terry suggests. It works fine for me.

I'm getting to grips with TMG and am really happy with the reports being generated - individual narrative, end notes, bibliography are all great. So I've got used to sentence construction and entering everything in the right place.

However, having used other family history programs in the past, I just feel a little uncomfortable that I'm not entering actual text from the source anywhere.

If the text forms part of the story - like an extract from an apprenticeship indenture that I want to show up in the individual narrative - then I include it in the memo. But what about data that I want to record but don't want to show in the narrative. For example on a birth certificate - registration district, occupation of father, informant, when registered. Or on a census return - details of others in the same household.

You could use memo 1, memo 2, etc. M1, M2. Then pick which part of the memo to use in the sentance. ie M1 is text that you will use in a sentence, and M2 is other info that you want to record but not print. Of course you will need to adjust the sentence structure to accomodate.

I use flag values such as Yes, No, Unavailable for Birth & Death Events, so I know that there are no records around when it states Unavavilable.

I also use Birth Alternative (a custom tag) when i find a dodgy/wrong date.

I have been enjoying this line of discussion this morning, most especially since I am going to be working with census records for some time to come.

me too

How do people save their exhibits, internally or externally.

Do you copy the files and have a special folder called TMG exhibits, so you know what ones are attached? Obviously this will take up more memory space and have duplicate files, etc..

I agree with elevator. The problem with RGC's approach (which I have tried) is that it makes it very difficult to get back to a specific source if it's only contained within another source's citation detail, whereas if it stands as a source itself, it can be easily accessed using the Master Source List.

 

pktropics

Looks like I'll create a source for each certificate. Thanks

I have scanned lots of Birth Certificates. I want to attach them as an exhibit. As far as I can see there are 2 possible places to put the source with the exhibit attached.

1a) The birth event itself.

2a) Create a source called 'Birth Certificate of Joe Bloggs' and attach the source to all of the events where the information is used.

I can see the following problems.

1a) As the BC also contains information like the occupation of father, the exhibit will need to be attached to the birth tag, the occupation tag, etc. This means attaching the exhibit to lots of tags.

2a) I will then have lots of sources, ie 1 source for every certificate i have which may become cumbersome. However it does mean only 1 source for each certificate.

How does everyone else attach exhibits as sources?

Thanks, Shaun

SS works fine for me. It contains every piece of data in TMG for me anyway. I've uploaded SS data to my website, added a search engine, heh presto! All data searchable.

Can't see that SS would not work for you on a flash drive.

Why is it you feel the need to "hide" them?

I don't want to see them as I only really want to see the direct people who I am really interested in. They just seem to clog it up. I could use flags and colour them but would prefer to jut hide them or temporarily move them. Reconnecting the links each time is not worth it. Thanks