Contact: charris4@att.net
Meeting Information: Meet 2nd Saturday of each month

Apparently there is no longer a TMG Users' Group in the Phoenix, Arizona area. If anyone is interested in starting one
please contact me or post to this forum.
Judy Drake
Jdrake1039@aol.com

Contact:
Linda Lambert at ktlkate@avantek.net or phone (623-388-2262)

Membership:
Membership is open to users of the TMG software. Membership information, along with a membership application, can be found on our website (see below). We welcome members from all over Arizona, beginners through advanced.

(Membership is by the calendar year, January through December.

Meeting Information:
Meetings are the 2nd Saturday of every month, January through December. The meetings are held from 10:00 A. M. until noon in the meeting room at the West Valley Genealogy Society Library, 12222 North 111th Avenue, Youngtown, AZ. Our website contains the meeting schedule and topics.

Sun Country TMG's Website:
Sun Country TMG Users' Group Website
This site has membership information, membership forms and a listing of the current officers. It is a work in progress, so check often for new items.

Sun Country TMG's Mailing List
To subscribe: Send email to: TMG-PAZ-L-request@rootsweb.com
with only the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line and again in the body of the message.

This mailing list is for communication between meetings regarding the use of the TMG program, for meeting reminders, and other TMG-related topics.

The mailing list administrator is Linda Lambert at ktlkate@avantek.net.

Contacts:
Carol Andrews, Sherri Hessick, and Bette Richards at tmgtug@yahoo.com.

Meeting info:
Meetings are every 2nd Saturday of the month from October* thru May. Our meetings are held from 1:00 to 3:3 p.m. in Room 3117 of the University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ. Consult the TMG TUG website for directions to both UMC and to Room 3117. The website also contains the meeting schedule, topics and handouts.

*The October meeting is a field trip to Mesa for the annual Arizona TMG Workshop with Bob Velke (presented by the Sun Country TMG Users Group).

Website:
Tucson TMG Users Group Website

Mailing List:
TMGTUG-L

Other info:
The Tucson TMG Users Group is sponsored by the Arizona State Genealogical Society. ASGS membership is not required to attend the TMG TUG meetings. Each meeting begins with a 30-minute Q&A (preferably submitted to the coordinators at least a week in advance) then a two hour presentation. The meeting room is equipped with a PC, projector, high-speed internet access, VHS and DVD players. Seating is stadium style and is padded -- very comfortable. No food or drink (except bottled water) is allowed in the meeting room.

Membership: Membership is open to users of TMG software. We have members from all over the greater Los Angeles area. Our purpose is to provide information and user help for effective utilization of TMG through education, product knowledge and the sharing of ideas and experiences.

Meeting Information:
Location: Southern California Genealogical Society Library
Address: 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504-2408
Phone: (818) 843-7247 or [818-THE-SCGS]

Meeting Schedule: Meetings are held many times a year on the first Saturday of the month.
2010 Meetings: Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1, Jun. 5, Aug. 7, Oct. 2, Nov. 6
Meeting Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Map with Directions: Click on "Map This Location with Mapquest" for Map to SCGS

Contact: Evelyn Maynard EvMaynard@socal.rr.com

Reminder list: An email reminder is sent out one week and one day before the meeting. Subscribe to our reminder list on Yahoo by clicking here.

Website: Southern California TMG-UG

Other info: An email reminder is sent the week before a meeting. Dues are $10 per year. The library has a projector that hooks up to a laptop for demonstrations. Members are encouraged to bring their laptops or their project files on a removable disk (CD, USB/Flash/Thumb/Travel drive) for the Q&A session. We have the TMG training videos available for viewing or available for checkout. We welcome all interested TMG users, beginning to advanced, to our meetings.

Contact:
Gene Pennington
webmaster@maringensoc.org
MCGS Webmaster, CIG & TMG Users Group
Marin County Genealogical Society

Meeting Schedule:
3rd Thursday of every other month, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Click TMG Schedule to view our schedule, and for directions and a map.

Meeting Location:
Marin Community Foundation, Hanger 5, 2nd Floor Suite 200, Hamilton Field, Novato

Description:
The Marin County TMG Users Group is part of the Computer Interest Group (CIG) of the Marin County Genealogical Society. You can participate in either or both groups. Many of our members are previous UFT users who have transitioned to TMG.

Our purpose is to provide information and user help for effective utilization of TMG through education, product knowledge and the sharing of ideas and experiences to enhance our genealogy research.

All users from the Newbie to the Advanced user are welcomed to join our group.

Our group is intended to serve TMG users in Marin County but visitors from any Bay Area County are welcomed.

If you have a specific problem, bring your TMG backup (.sqz) file and be sure to bring your own laptop and wireless network card. If you don't have a wireless network card, you can check one out from the receptionist at the front desk of MCF where our meetings are held.

Bring questions and we will attempt to answer them.

Please contact Gene Pennington (webmaster@maringensoc.org) if you have any suggestions or comments for our TMG User's Group. We especially want to hear from you if you have suggestions for topics or speakers for our bi-monthly meetings.

News:
The first Marin County, California, TMG Users Group fist meeting was held on 22 June 2005. We've been meeting ever since and we've covered many features of TMG and other software tools.

We also had several user questions answered and each of us learned something new.

Contacts:
Kathryn Bassett at kathryn@bassett.net
Frank McAninch at frankmac@worldnet.att.net
Meeting info:
Orange Family History Center, 674 S Yorba St in Orange, CA
3rd Sat each month 10am-noonish (Dec depends on when it falls in relation to Christmas)
Map with directions:
http://www.ourwebsite.org/photos/MiscPics/tmgorangemap.jpg
Mailing Reminder list:
Subscribe free by visiting this site. Email reminder sent the week before meeting.
Other info:
No dues. We are a small group, which allows for plenty of "personal response". Have a specific problem? Bring your .sqz file for our laptop, or bring your own laptop.

Contact: BJ Heard at 2BJHeard@volcano.net or 209-295-4313.
Meeting info: The Sacramento Area TMG Users Group meets the third Saturday of each month at 11AM at La Bou Bakery & Cafe Meeting Room, 10909 Olson Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA. All users from the Newbie to the Advanced user are welcomed to join this group. Our goal is to help each other and share our thoughts, ideas, uses for, and problems with using TMG.

Olson Drive is off of Zinfandel at HWY 50 in Rancho Cordova. We use the private meeting room in the back of the restaurant at no charge, therefore, La Bou is expecting that we will purchase some of the beverages and food they have to offer while we are there. Please get a receipt for any food or beverage purchases you make at the meeting.

Please come join us while we share our interest in, excitement over, and knowledge of The Master Genealogist! Bring your questions and I bet someone in our group will have an answer for you. I hope to see you there. Barbara Heard

Contact Info:
Kathy Watson
Meeting Info:
1st Saturday of every month (except December)
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Meeting Place:
1611 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland CA
Other Info:
Dues collected at each meeting: $3

The TRI-VALLEY TMG USERS GROUP is associated with the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society (www.L-AGS.org). We meet in Pleasanton California which is part of the East Bay near San Francisco. Check our web site calendar under Current Events for topic and special meeting notices. Our user group's TMG expertise ranges from beginning to expert. We accommodate laptops which are connected to a digital projector, allowing customized personal assistance to attendees. Our meetings are similar to a 3-hour hands-on mini workshop.

Meeting Dates: 3rd Saturday of every month.

Meeting Leader: Kay Speaks, assisted by Sue Johnston.

Meeting Topic and Special Notices: http://www.L-AGS.org/events.html.

Meeting Location: 7077 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 110, Conference Room, Pleasanton, CA 94566.
Meeting Map: http://www.L-AGS.org/maps/Pls-KollCenter.html.

Contact: E-mail inquiries to Kay Speaks at tvtmg.chair@L-AGS.org.

Contact:
Hal Stevens (hrs28@sbcglobal.net)

Meeting Information:
All are welcome, no dues, collection taken for the library or society where we meet.

Meeting Dates:
1st Saturday of each month, September thru June, at 1:30 pm

Note: This September's meeting will be on the 10th.

DC) District Columbia - see (VA) Roots Users Group of Arlington, VirginiaRoots Users Group of Arlington, VA

(DC) District Columbia - see (VA) Roots Users Group of Arlington, Virginia

We are meeting at the Orange Park Library on Saturday 2-Aug. Please contact me for more information at Laurie Manning.

Contact: Laurie Manning

Meeting Information: Startup of new TMG user's group in the NE Florida region. Please send your contact information to the above address. All comers are welcome whether you are a current TMG user or just interested.

We're meeting this Saturday, 2-Aug-2008 at the Orange Park Library. Email me at the above address for information and times.

Meetings: The first meeting will be held December 5, 2005 at 1 p.m. at the LCGS meeting room at Harvey-Englehardt Funeral Home on Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop computer with the latest version of TMG installed.

Contact: Judy Bishara, jjjbis@yahoo.com

Contact: Debbie Smyth at msmyth@tampabay.rr.com or 727-773-1542.
Meeting Info: There will be an organizational meeting held on August 6, 2005, from 10:00 A.M. to Noon, at St. Alfred's Episcopal Church, 1601 Curlew Road, Palm Harbor, Florida. Please contact Debbie Smyth for further information or directions.

Purpose: The TMG-GAUG was initially formed to provide a mailing list for local genealogists who are using, or interested in using, TMG. We now have monthly meetings to work on questions and explore new features of TMG5, TMG6 and related programs.

Contact: Bill R. at
tmg-gaug-owner@yahoogroups.com.

Meeting info: Meetings are held monthly, except in the summer,
on the second Saturday of the month, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the
Roswell Library, 115 Norcrose Street, Roswell, Georgia.
Directions can be found by entering the address into the MapQuest site.
*NOTE: The driveway to the building is on Forest St, just south of Norcross St.

Mailing list: To subscribe, Email your request to the TMG-GAUG list.

Other info: We cover Q's & A's for part of the meeting and then concentrate on a section of TMG6 that is of interest to the group. Members are encouraged to bring a laptop or an SQZ file to demonstrate their question or problem.
There is no charge to join at this time.

Name of Group: Hawai`i TMG User's Group

When: 4th Sunday of each month; 1:00-3:00 p.m. (sometimes longer)

Where: 1550 Wilder Avenue, #A711, Honolulu 96822

Host: Richard Dennis Souther

Contact: (808) 349-2378 / richard.souther@hawaii.rr.com

Web Page: Hawai`i TMG User's Group

Please come and join us. Even if you are not a member of our group; if you have a question about TMG we would be very happy to try and help you. Give us a call.

Contact: CAGG-NI at cagg_ni@yahoo.com

Meeting Info: Meetings are held at the Schaumburg Township District Library, corner of Roselle and Schaumburg roads, on the second Saturday of each month at 10:30am. Meeting room location is posted in library.

Web site: See our page for meeting topics and items of interest. Computer-Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois

Other Info: Meeting topics are generally posted at our website in advance. Some topics are formal presentations and others are an informal group participation format. After meetings, interested attendees eat lunch together at the Dominicks food store adjacent to the Library to continue informal discussions. Meetings are informal and questions, answers and observations are always welcome. A meeting reminder is sent prior to the meeting via e-mail.

Contact: Marion Harcourt at mgharcourt@comcast.net.

Meeting Information: Next meetings of the Central Indiana TMG User Group will be Saturday Jan. 14 and Saturday Feb. 18. We will continue the with the Intermediate teaching tape from Wholly Genes.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: Midwest Internet, 5348 N. Tacoma Ave., Indianapolis. This is one block east of Keystone, on the west side of Tacoma, between 52nd and 54th Streets. It is on the NW corner of Tacoma and Armour Avenues.

Other Information We have beginners and experienced users.

Meeting Information: TMG Discussion Group meets on the first Saturday at 1 pm at the MHGS Library, 1203 North Main, Wichita, KS. A topic is presented each month with a lot of general discussion. All are welcome.

Contact: Donna Woods, 316-529-4142 or 316-264-3611; email dwoods4267@aol.com or mhgs1121@aol.com for more information

REVISED 18 Aug 2006, 02:05 AM

Contact: Susan Moore at mooresk@win.net or 502-499-5222.
Meeting info: Third Monday of the Month (except January), at 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Louisville Free Public Library - Eline Branch, St. Matthews City Hall Building, Corner of Grandview Avenue and Fairfax Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky.
Web site: http://www.genealogy-family.com

Other info: Our meetings are formal presentations on a TMG topic including general genealogy information. Handouts usually provided. Q & A follows.
Another meeting on the Second Thursday of the Month, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Louisville Free Public Library - Jeffersontown Branch, 10635 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, Kentucky. This meeting is a Q & A format with short presentations occasionally.
The Web site includes past presentations, Family Lines with TMG Reports and Census Forms available for download (Excel format).
These Genealogy SIGs are 2 of over 20 SIGs available on a wide range of subjects including New Users and Excel in addition to the General Meeting Presentation.

Contact: Lee H. Hoffman lhoffman@acm.org or (859) 498-3192
Meeting Info: No set schedule or place
Other Info: We meet informally in homes and restaurants and act more as a user to user helping group.

Contact:
John B. Windham, j.b.windham@cox.net, Phone (504)454-1903

Meeting info:
No set place or schedule

Web site:
None

Mailing List:
None

Other info:
We meet on an infrequent basis in homes. We communicate by phone and email with other members when we are not meeting.

Contact: Ed Feustel, efeustel@hughes.net, (603)298-5716.

The Boston Area TMG Users Group is a new organization seeking to educate users of "The Master Genealogist" (TMG) and to share experiences with the program and other useful computer software related to TMG to research and record genealogical data, to utilize the data, and to display and share the data. It maintains a mailing list on http://www.yahoogroups.com called BostonAreaTUG where Group members may share with others in the Boston Area.

Meeting Info: If you live in the Boston area and would like to learn with us while contributing your experience, please join us and request to be added to the group or mailing list (if you do not wish to be a member of the Yahoo Group).

Our first public meeting will be held in the third Saturday of September.

(MD) Southern Maryland Suburban - see (VA) Roots Users Group of Arlington, Virginia

(MD) Southern Maryland Suburban - see (VA) Roots Users Group of Arlington, Virginia

Contacts:
Dick Shryock at dshryock@maine.rr.com

Meeting Schedule:
Third Thursday from 7pm - 9pm Februry, March, May, June, August, September, November, December
Second Saturday 9am - Noon January, April, July, October

Meeting Location:
Maine Medical Center
Emergency Medicine Administrative Offices
321 Bracket St
Portland, Maine 04102
Website: http://tmgsome.com
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tmgsome/

No dues. We are a small group, and meetings may be cancelled if no one plans to attend. Please email Dick Shryock if you plan to attend. We have a loose agenda and discuss questions that members bring to the meeting for most week-night meetings. We usually have a more structured workshop type meeting in the months we meet on Saturday Morning.

For more information contact Dick Shryock

Meeting the fourth Monday of the month in January, March, May, July, September & November, 6 p.m. preceding the regular meeting of the Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society.