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From: "Laurie Taylor" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from other software
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 20:56:37 -0700
In-Reply-To: <00ad01c4a8f9$434a91a0$647ba8c0@TOSHIBA>


Don,

Thanks for your very quick response. I will contact tech support and
see what they suggest. There are so many things to like about TMG, but
I'm sure I'd like it even better if I didn't have to spend hours
grumbling my way through footnote proofing and re-entry.

Laurie Taylor



"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might
as well dance." (author unknown)


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Park [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:30 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from
other software


Hi Laurie,

I am still in the process of validating and correcting for data
integrity my RootsIII import into TMG because none of these are ever
seamless. I would suggest you go ahead as I think TMG will be great
once I get through this effort. I would however suggest you do the
conversion directly from Roots III though if UFT is not a satisfactory
database. Tech support at TMG was VERY supportive and helpful to me in
making the switch. Go For It and best of luck.

One of these days I'll get back to research instead of just data entry!!
:-)


Don in Calgary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Taylor" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 9:13 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
>
>
>
> "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we
> might as well dance." (author unknown)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Teresa Ghee Elliott [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 10:04 AM
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] Census Name Styles and How they can be helpful
>
>
> One thing I do differently than Betty is each of my census names has a

> different name style. In the Picklist and PE, they show as
>
> John Jones (age 43) on the 1860 census
>
> John Jones (age 52) on the 1870 census
>
> John Jones (age 2) on the 1860 census
>
> John Jones (age 11) on the 1870 census
>
>
>
> As you can see, that easily helps me to pick out the right John Jones.

> While that may not seem like a big deal in my example, imagine that
> you have 14 Sarah Unknowns. One of them is the Sarah Jones you are
> looking for. So if you need to find the right Sarah Unknown, having
> her listed as Sarah Jones, (age 42) on the 1860 census, is more
> helpful than 14 Sarah Unknowns.
>
>
>
> It also is helpful for analysis. Say I find a John Jones in 1920. He
> is 59. He is probably NOT my younger John Jones, since he would be
> about 62. Having the census names in the PV would make that more
> obvious. I am a little dense at noticing things like that, so the
> more things I have to remind me the better. <G>
>
>
>
> Teresa Ghee Elliott
>
> I'm getting organized this year. Join me in August.
>
> For Rutherford County TN Cemeteries
> <http://www.Rutherfordcemeteries.home-page.org>;
> www.Rutherfordcemeteries.home-page.org
>
> For TMG sentences
>
> <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/TMG.html>;
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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