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From: "Lorna McIntosh" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] TMG Version 4.0C GEDCOM Import Problem
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:50:52 +1300
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJEHGCCNKFDKGHMMNGEKFCJAA.JoeHarrington@alum.emory.edu>


and I've just experienced this in an export/import gedcom from/to 4.0c TMG,
so TMG is being a bit inconsistent in it's own export/import.
Great to see that every time I hit an issue the answer is right in front of
me,

Ta

Lorna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Harrington [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, 2 February 2001 09:00
> To:
> Subject: RE: [TMG] TMG Version 4.0C GEDCOM Import Problem
>
>
> I ran into that as well. I was importing a very small GEDCOM, don't
> remember whether it was one downloaded from FamilySearch or one
> that someone
> had emailed me (i think it was the latter). It only had about 10
> individuals, so I just manually fixed them in TMG.
>
> I saw that some said it was the way the TITL field was handled.
> What should
> be there, where should prefix & suffix be?
>
> joe harrington
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bryant [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:40 AM
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] TMG Version 4.0C GEDCOM Import Problem
> Importance: High
>
>
> I wonder if anyone has noticed this GEDCOM import problem:
>
> 1) I tried to import a GEDCOM 5.5 file into TMG V4.0C
> 2) My GEDCOM file has a number of PREFIX and/or SUFFIX abbreviations
> such as Dr., Mrs., Jr., Sr. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, I, II, III etc.
> 3) I find that TMG has generated a LARGE NUMBER of NAME-VAR tags which
> contain nothing but the PREFIX and/or SUFFIX abbreviations. This makes
> it very hard to keep a CLEAN database.
>
> Question:
> 1) Am I the only one that has run into this problem?
> 2) If not, is there someway that I can ask TMG to ignore the Dr., Mrs.,
> Jr., Sr. etc. and NOT MAKE NAME-VAR tags for these prefix and/or suffix
> abbreviations?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated since I am REALLY NEW to TMG.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
>

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