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From: jo harper <>
Subject: [TMG] TMG for Dummies?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 01:43:12 -0600
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Greetings, Genealogists ~

While recuperating last winter I came across some old family papers that
have set me on the genealogy trail. Fun, fascinating, and so far,
expensive, as well, as I've tried several genealogy programs only to go on
to the next greener pasture.

So now I've just installed TMG 4.0d(?) I think, on the theory that even
from my limited experience, this will have the greatest flexibility and
completeness. I've been reading selections from this list for a week or
so, too, and now that I'm ready to start, I find myself more than a little
intimidated by all the options and the "computer-ese" that I'll need to
learn to make TMG work for me.

So I wonder, is there a TMG for Dummies list? A list for rank, crank
beginners? I have a vague notion what a sys.ini file is, but haven't a
clue where to find it and would be scared spitless to touch it if I
could. As I read on some of the messages and see the kinds of variables
I'll have to learn about ... well, if you can think back to your own TMG
childhood, perhaps you'll get a sense of my hesitancy.

For instance, I've brought some of my data from several of the other
programs I've tried into TMG, and was wanting to "merge" them, so to have
one complete set of each family line. But then I saw something that seemed
to say merging wouldn't check for duplicates. So that makes me think I'd
only do more harm. But now I've got all these databases, and hate to think
of dealing with them all all over again by hand, as it were.

Any ideas, helpful comments or encouragements would be appreciated ~

jo

jo harper
mailto:
Nebraska, USA
Searching:

Cornwall to NY & Wisconsin & Beyond
BAKER, UGLOW, HONEY,
DALE, ELLSWORTH, GREEN,
HARRY, FLETT, OAKES, OSBORNE,
RISSER, SAMPSON, TROUSDALE,
WARNER, WATKINS

England to ? to Michigan & Beyond
LINCE

England to Virginia, Carolinas, Tenn, Kentucky
PILAND, MARKHAM, LEMONS, CORDER

Germany to Pennsylvania & Beyond
MINNICH, EARNEST, WOLFE

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