1. TMG Downunder SA 19971 by the TMG Downunder Group SA Branch

2. TMG Downunder SA 19972 The Master Genealogist Don Ide Robin Lamacraft Mark Rampling Bryan Wetton Peter Norman

3. TMG Downunder SA 19973 The Master Genealogist We would like to thank of Wholly Genes for providing us with this research tool ‘par excellence’

4. TMG Downunder SA 19974 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

5. TMG Downunder SA 19975 OUTLINE 4 Finding a Person 4 Organizing your information (TMG Tags) (beyond Births, Deaths, and Marriages) 4 Timelines 4 Exhibits

6. TMG Downunder SA 19976 OUTLINE 4 Reports and Charts 4 Support 4 Publishing 4 Web Publishing

7. TMG Downunder SA 19977 The Master Genealogist History of the software

8. TMG Downunder SA 19978 The Master Genealogist In about 1992 Bob invited genealogists to submit their ‘wish list’ for a new piece of genealogy software

9. TMG Downunder SA 19979 The Master Genealogist After two DOS versions and many modifications TMG for Windows V 3.0 was released on CDROM in February 1997

10. TMG Downunder SA 199710 The Master Genealogist Data Entry TMG allows direct data import from a number of popular genealogy programs as well as GEDCOM import

11. TMG Downunder SA 199711 The Master Genealogist Date format variations –after –before –about (circa) –between

12. TMG Downunder SA 199712 Add unrelated person

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16. TMG Downunder SA 199716 Person View

17. TMG Downunder SA 199717 Family View

18. TMG Downunder SA 199718 Tree View

19. TMG Downunder SA 199719 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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22. TMG Downunder SA 199722 Searching Locate someone easily within your data by ID No Given Name or Surname Birth or Death Dates Soundex Here’s how !!

23. TMG Downunder SA 199723 TMG Pick List

24. TMG Downunder SA 199724 The Master Genealogist What data does TMG manage?

25. TMG Downunder SA 199725 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

26. TMG Downunder SA 199726 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)

27. TMG Downunder SA 199727  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

28. TMG Downunder SA 199728 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

29. TMG Downunder SA 199729 4 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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31. TMG Downunder SA 199731 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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33. TMG Downunder SA 199733 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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35. TMG Downunder SA 199735 4 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

36. TMG Downunder SA 199736 4 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

37. TMG Downunder SA 199737 Timelines Exhibits The Master Genealogist

38. TMG Downunder SA 199738 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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40. TMG Downunder SA 199740 Exhibits May be Photograph Sound Clip Scanned Text Documents

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42. TMG Downunder SA 199742 4 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

43. TMG Downunder SA 199743 4 Custom Reports tune them to your needs 4 Custom Report Wizard makes report specification easy Reports in The Master Genealogist

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52. TMG Downunder SA 199752 The Master Genealogist Support via Daily Mailing List Newsletters Email with Author User Groups

53. TMG Downunder SA 199753 Individual Narratives Preparing A Publication Index My Family History To The Publisher Tree Charts Exhibits

54. TMG Downunder SA 199754 A Publisher’s View GOULD BOOKS Alan Phillips

55. TMG Downunder SA 199755 A Publisher’s View

56. TMG Downunder SA 199756 Internet Publishing The Master Genealogist

57. TMG Downunder SA 199757 4 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 +++++++++++++++++

58. TMG Downunder SA 199758 4 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

59. TMG Downunder SA 199759 The Master Genealogist In 1993 Bob invited genealogists to submit their ‘wish list’ for a new piece of genealogy software

60. TMG Downunder SA 199760 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

61. TMG Downunder SA 199761 OUTLINE 4 Finding a Person 4 Organizing your information (TMG Tags) (beyond Births, Deaths, and Marriages) 4 Timelines 4 Exhibits

62. TMG Downunder SA 199762 OUTLINE 4 Reports and Charts 4 Support 4 Publishing 4 Web Publishing