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From: "Laurie Taylor" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from other software
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:34:26 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20041003055704.47631.qmail@web81008.mail.yahoo.com>


Hi Chuck and all,

I've spent the evening playing with a Roots IV (4) database that was
tucked away on a Zip disk. It actually opened up into TMG fairly well.
I just have a lot of 'notes' from Roots that have become Sources in TMG
and need to be edited and made into Tag items or memos with Sources.

While fixing this database won't be as bad as fixing the ones that came
from UFT or an old Gedcom, I still wonder if I might get better results
by going back to the Roots III database and trying it from there. Or
perhaps I need to re-open the Roots IV database with some different
instructions to TMG for handling some of the R4 footnotes.

With the current project and the sources that really aren't sources, I
need to figure out to whom each source was originally attached as a
footnote (in R4). If I could figure that out, without fishing through
pages of hardcopy, the Roots IV database would probably be ok. Just not
sure.

I'll play some more with this tomorrow but sure do appreciate all of the
offers of help from several of you. I may well be in touch privately to
follow through on some of those offers.

Meanwhile, have a great weekend.

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: Chuck Wolfram [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 10:57 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Prospective user wondering about conversion from
other software


"William M Roberts" <> wrote:
>
> 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,

I still have TMG 4 (actually 4.0d) on my PC, and I
will convert that Roots III data for you if you wish.
Contact me off-line.
I understand what you mean about the frustations of
UFT.<vbg> I believe TMG is truely the best choice for
anybody who has used UFT.

Chuck (who has, but doesn't now use, UFT 2.8)

>
> "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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