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TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist Don Ide Robin Lamacraft Mark Rampling Bryan Wetton Peter Norman
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist We would like to thank of Wholly Genes for providing us with this research tool ‘par excellence’
TMG Downunder SA OUTLINE 4 Overview of TMG 4 Data Entry Import from existing S/W Add a New Person’s Details References and Sources 4 Data Viewing Screens Person Family Tree
TMG Downunder SA OUTLINE 4 Finding a Person 4 Organizing your information (TMG Tags) (beyond Births, Deaths, and Marriages) 4 Timelines 4 Exhibits
TMG Downunder SA OUTLINE 4 Reports and Charts 4 Support 4 Publishing 4 Web Publishing
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist History of the software
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist In about 1992 Bob invited genealogists to submit their ‘wish list’ for a new piece of genealogy software
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist After two DOS versions and many modifications TMG for Windows V 3.0 was released on CDROM in February 1997
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist Data Entry TMG allows direct data import from a number of popular genealogy programs as well as GEDCOM import
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist Date format variations –after –before –about (circa) –between
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TMG Downunder SA Sources Your data and information needs to be sourced for validity and future reference A complete set of tools is available to assist
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TMG Downunder SA Searching Locate someone easily within your data by ID No Given Name or Surname Birth or Death Dates Soundex Here’s how !!
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TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist What data does TMG manage?
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist 4 TMG stores multiple evidence of the same event (each with separate memos and citations) 4 TMG can store ALL your research notes Every PIECE OF DATA has its place in TMG
TMG Downunder SA Persons and Tags in TMG A person record in TMG is like a Pin-Board (each person has an ID number) There are over 100 pre-defined tags in TMG AND you can add your own tags! A tag is like a message pinned to the person (tags can be entered in any order)
TMG Downunder SA Each tag has one of these Tag Types Name Names and variations Event Birth, Death, Marriages, Occupation, Education, etc Address Mailing addresses History Events with many witnesses Relationship Parent-of and Child-of Tag Types in TMG
TMG Downunder SA PERSON ID 1 Person and Tags in TMG Name-Var : given names, surname, memo Birth : date, place,memo Baptism : date, place,memo Death : date, place,memo Burial : date, place,memo Education : date, place,memo Occupation : date, place,memo Education : date, place,memo
TMG Downunder SA Most tags have a Date field a Set of Place fields a Memo field 4 Most tags have 1 principal person; a Relationship tag has 2 principal persons Tag Details in TMG All tags have surety fields to record your belief in the truth of that tag information.
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TMG Downunder SA PERSON ID 3 Relationship Tags in TMG PERSON ID 4 Child-of : date, place,memo PERSON ID 1 PERSON ID 2 Marriage : date, place,memo Parent-Child Relationship Marriage Relationship
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TMG Downunder SA Witness PERSON ID 3 Witness Tags in TMG Witness PERSON ID 6 Principal PERSON ID 1 Principal PERSON ID 2 Any-Event : date, place,memo Event-Witness Relationship Witness PERSON ID 4 Witness PERSON ID 5
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TMG Downunder SA Tag Types are separated into Tag Type Groups –Namee.g. Name-Baptm, Name-Chg, Name-Marr, Name-Nick, Name-Var –Relationship –Birth –Death –Burial –Marriage –Divorce –History –Address –Other Event Tag Type Groups in TMG
TMG Downunder SA You only have to use the tags you need! 4 TMG tags will handle all the complexity of some multi-partnered families 4 There are many styles of use of the tag-fields; some are more powerful for later reporting 4 BUT you can use tags simply for simple tasks! YOU NOT HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT TO USE IT Tags in The Master Genealogist
TMG Downunder SA Timelines Exhibits The Master Genealogist
TMG Downunder SA Timelines The Master Genealogist A database of (say) historical events which can be used to provide ‘context’ for a persons life.
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TMG Downunder SA Exhibits May be Photograph Sound Clip Scanned Text Documents
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TMG Downunder SA Sample Reports Individual (tree and narrative) Family Group Ancestral and Descendant Lists (of People, Events, Tasks, etc) Pedigree and Ahnentafel with output to screen or Word Processor and preparation facilities for publishing. Reports in The Master Genealogist
TMG Downunder SA Custom Reports tune them to your needs 4 Custom Report Wizard makes report specification easy Reports in The Master Genealogist
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TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist Support via Daily Mailing List Newsletters with Author User Groups
TMG Downunder SA Individual Narratives Preparing A Publication Index My Family History To The Publisher Tree Charts Exhibits
TMG Downunder SA A Publisher’s View GOULD BOOKS Alan Phillips
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TMG Downunder SA Internet Publishing The Master Genealogist
TMG Downunder SA My objective min imum cost - upgradeable easily 4 Basic TMG HTML report 4 Fixed front page - never varies 4 Embed links to other pages in Memo field 4 Expand site for complete coverage –Image Maps –Places of Abode –Some links -Wettons on the Web 4 Sound + animation 4 Humour
TMG Downunder SA Improved Graphical Reporting 4 Improved Windows98 GUI style 4 Web Connectivity 4 Active Databases for WWW Access 4 Object-Oriented Database The Master Genealogist -wish list
TMG Downunder SA The Master Genealogist In 1993 Bob invited genealogists to submit their ‘wish list’ for a new piece of genealogy software
TMG Downunder SA OUTLINE 4 Overview of TMG 4 Data Entry Import from existing S/W Add a New Person’s Details References and Sources 4 Data Viewing Screens Person Family Tree
TMG Downunder SA OUTLINE 4 Finding a Person 4 Organizing your information (TMG Tags) (beyond Births, Deaths, and Marriages) 4 Timelines 4 Exhibits
TMG Downunder SA OUTLINE 4 Reports and Charts 4 Support 4 Publishing 4 Web Publishing