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From: Darrell Martin <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from other software
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 23:01:38 -0500
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At 10:13 PM 10/2/04, Laurie Taylor wrote:
>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

Hi, Laurie:

You said you "struggled intermittently" with UFT. I take from that comment that your Roots III files are not missing anything significant compared with your UFT files.

That being the case, I suggest you download the 30-day free trial of TMG, import your Roots III files, and see what happens. Make sure you try the import multiple times with various options if anything is not as you would like; save each set of imported files until you are done.

If this turns out not to be satisfactory you are no worse off than now.

Darrell


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois
http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy


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