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From: Trevor Hodgson <>
Subject: RE: TMG-L: converting uncertain parent to candidate parent
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:43:38 -0400

I am new to TMG. Can someone describe how best to set up candidate tags.
Many thanks for any help
Trevor Hodgson

-----Original Message-----
From:Ida Skarson McCormick [SMTP:]
Sent:Sunday, August 29, 1999 7:01 PM
To:
Subject:TMG-L: converting uncertain parent to candidate parent

Jane and John:

Have you considered setting up candidate parent tags? Setting up one will
set up the whole set of candidate relationships (pp. 256-7 of the TMG v.4.0
manual). That way you can "remember" to follow up and prove/disprove.

--Ida Skarson McCormick, , Seattle

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At 04:59 PM 8/29/99 -0400, From: "Jane Sarles" <>
To: <>
Subject: TMG-L: deleting an entire line
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 16:59:04 -0400
wrote:
>I imported my data base from Generations, and now find that one of the lines
>I thought I had is suspect. I tried deleting the marriage tag, but the
>bogus person is still given on the tree view as the wife. Must I delete the
>wife altogether? Then what will happen to all her ancestors floating around
>out there? What is the best way to handle this situation? Can I just undo
>the relationship and leave the line intact as "unrelated" in case the
>marriage is verified down the road somewhere?

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John O'Neall wrote:
>How do I change the sentence for "son of x" to "possibly son of x"?

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