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From: "Laurie Taylor" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from other software
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 20:55:19 -0700
In-Reply-To: <000d01c4a8f9$c45367e0$6501a8c0@hpp1700>


Hi,

Wow, thanks for the speedy response. I no longer have any of the old
Roots programs, especially those that ran on DOS. I have UFT on the
computer but no longer have the disks or manuals. Wish I had kept an
old DOS computer and my Roots III. None of the follow-ups to R3 were as
nice. I don’t have TMG 4 as I am still debating the purchase based upon
playing with the 30-day trial of TMG5.

Well, maybe I'll contact TMG tech support and see what they can suggest
or offer. I'd love to go back to the R3 database and come forward from
there. I'd have to re-enter a very few people and all of my footnotes
and references might come through much cleaner.

Thanks for the thoughts.

Laurie Taylor



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-----Original Message-----
From: William M Roberts [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:34 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from
other software


Laurie

If the data in the Roots III file is the same or very close to the same,
as
the data in the UFT file (with the exception of the data you lost via
GEDCOM) I would use the data in the Roots III file to convert to TMG.

There is a problem doing this as TMG 5 does not support GenBridge from
Roots
III. You can GenBridge the Roots III data into TMG 4 and then into TMG 5
or
you can use an old Roots IV, Roots V, Virtual Roots or UFT and GenBridge
one
of them directly into TMG 5 if you have a good copy of one of these
files.

If you do not have a copy of TMG 4 I am sure someone will assist you
with
the conversion from Roots III if that is what you decide to do.

Myrnice

"Laurie Taylor" wrote on Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:13 PM
Subject: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from other
software


> Hi,
>
> I am considering The Master Genealogist to replace Ultimate Family
> Tree. I started out with Roots II and progressed through III, Virtual
> and UFT, along with so many other people. After struggling
> intermittently with UFT, I'm ready to get seriously back to building
> our family tree but cannot face the frustration of UFT.
>
> What I'm wondering is would I be better off using TMG to open up my
> old UFT files, which are the result of a gedcom conversion due to
> software and DOS issues a couple years back? Alternatively, should I
> pull out my Roots III files, which were quite footnoted and
> comprehensive but did not make it intact to UFT and figure out how to
> get them into order to use with TMG?
>
> Does this make any sense at all? I'm not sure how to explain it so if

> it needs clarification I'll sure understand.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Laurie Taylor
> Arizona



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