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From: "B.K.Marshall" <>
Subject: TMG-L: Re: FTM 7 to TMG 4 (after converting to FTM 6)
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:12:57 -0600


Lee:
Well, the saga continues.
Having accomplished the conversion to TMG4, and
turned off the customized flags, created the
desired subset of data to merge into my main TMG
file, I NOW have a "Tag Group conflict between
data sets on Tag Type . . . . merge not possible"
Does this mean I must go through all of my
customized tags and add them to my subset in order
to merge it? That seems a very lengthy process for
those of us foolish enough to have created a
number of customized tags. Moreover, will I then
have a problem with cusomized sources, etc?
Thanks for your continued patience
Byron
P.S. it DOES seem better to convert FTM& to FTM6
and then import to TMG4 rather than the GEDCOM
route (although be prepared to wait -- the
process from FTM6 to TMG4 on a Pentium 200 with 64
RAM took 4 hours and 55 minutes! -- of course, the
file had 50264 names, 57768 events, 69183
relationships etc for a total of 30,724 kb).

"B.K.Marshall" wrote:
>
> Thank you George (and Lee, Lorna and others who
> sent advice). I am now working with the FTW6.0 to
> TMG 4.0 (that is I transformed a FTW 7. file to
> FTM 6 and loaded it into TMG with the new patch
> you suggested I would find on the Whollygenes
> webpage. I'll compare this with the
> FTM7-to-GEDCOM5.5-toTMG4.0 route and let you know
> if it is indeed a superior way to go.
> Byron
>
> "George W.King" wrote:
>
> >
> > For those of you who have Family Tree Maker or who exchange information
> > with cousins who use FTM, the import routine for FTM 6 was released it TMGW
> > 4 was released. You must go to the Wholly Genes web page and download a
> > copy of the new routine. The new routine is quite easy to install and is
> > worth the effort. Go to: http://www.whollygenes.com/html/files.htm
> > If you have a large data set, as Brian does, it is well worth the effort.
> >
> > George
> >
> > George W King
> > Williamsburg, VA
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