- The Master Genealogist
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Original author(s) Bob Velke Developer(s) Wholly Genes Software Initial release 1991 Stable release 7.04.000 / February 13, 2009 Preview release TMG v8 Public Beta / May 10, 2011 Written in Visual FoxPro Operating system Microsoft Windows Available in Multilingual (9) Type Genealogy software License Proprietary Website whollygenes.com The Master Genealogist (TMG) is genealogy software for Microsoft Windows first released in 1993[1] by Bob Velke. Data entry can be customized through the use of user-defined events, names, and relationship types.
Contents
Features
- Information is displayed like a spreadsheet.
- Allows the user to record conflicting information, instead of being restricted to deciding which piece of evidence is correct.
- Can import from a standard GEDCOM file. Its GenBridge recognises many common genealogy data format files from other programs and imports genealogical data directly into TMG. This minimizes the loss of data when transferred from other software.[2]
Source types
The default source types in the standard edition are based on Wholly Genes' interpretation of Elizabeth Shown Mills's Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian.[3] Source templates based upon Wholly Genes' interpretation of the source types in Richard S. Lackey's Cite Your Sources[4] are also provided. The source templates in the UK edition are based on designs by Caroline Gurney for sources commonly encountered in the United Kingdom.[5]
TMG version history
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TMG version historyMeaning Red Not supported Yellow Still supported (Update to the last patch for that version) Green Current version Blue Public beta version Edition/s From v3.5 TMG was separated into a Gold and Silver version.
From v5 TMG was separated into: Gold (U.S.A), Gold UK, Silver (U.S.A), Silver UK.Version Release date Edition/s Notes TMG v.XX 1991[6] pre-release - TMG v.99 Feb, 1993[7] pre-release - TMG v1.0 Jul 1993 [7][8] DOS - TMG v1.1 Nov 1994[7] DOS Upgrade/Patch TMG v1.1b Feb 1994[7] DOS Upgrade/Patch TMG v1.2 21 Apr 1995[7][9] DOS Upgrade/Patch TMG v1.2a Nov 1995[7] DOS Upgrade/Patch TMGW v2.0 Oct 1996[7] Windows 3.1 - TMGW v2.3 Feb 1997[7] Windows 3.1 Upgrade/Patch TMG/Win v3.0 Gold Edition May 1997[7][10] Windows 3.1 - v3.5 Windows April 1998[7][10][11] Split into separate Gold and Silver Editions. Upgrade/Patch. GenBridge Introduced.[12] v3.6 Windows Aug 1998[7] Upgrade/Patch v3.6a Windows Sep 1998[7] Upgrade/Patch v3.7 Windows Dec 1998[7] Upgrade/Patch v4.0 May 1999[7] Windows 95 Ancestral Genealogical Reference Library supplied on the second CD-ROM. Based on FoxPro v2.6.[13] Visual Chartform v1 introduced.[14] v4.0a 15 Aug 2000[15] - Upgrade/Patch v4.0b (UK edition) 2000[16] - Upgrade/Patch. First British edition. v4.0c 3 Nov 2000[17] - Upgrade/Patch. TMG v4.0a version updated directly to v4.0c v4.0d 20 Feb 2001[18] - Upgrade/Patch. Visual Chartform (VCF) v1.2[19] v5.00 22 May 2002[20][21] Split into separate USA and UK versions. Based on Visual FoxPro v6.[13][22] v5.01.000 25 May 2002[23] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.02.000 15 Jun 2002[24] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.03.000 22 Aug 2002[25] - Upgrade/Patch. Visual Chartform (VCF) v2.1.[26] v5.04.000 09 Nov 2002[27] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.05.000 04 Mar 2003[28] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.06.000 08 Apr 2003[29] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.07.000 28 Apr 2003[30] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.08.000 15 Jul 2003[31] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.09.000 12 Aug 2003[32] - Upgrade/Patch. Visual Chartform (VCF) v2.1.0.592 [33] v5.10.000 21 Nov 2003[34] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.11.000 05 Dec 2003[35] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.12.000 21 Apr 2004[36] - Upgrade/Patch. Visual Chartform (VCF) v3.0[37] v5.13.000 17 May 2004[38] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.14.000 07 Jun 2004[39] - Upgrade/Patch. v5.15.000 25 Jul 2004[40] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.00 21 Dec 2004[41][42] - Based on Visual FoxPro v7[43] v6.01.000 28 May 2005[44] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.02.000 11 Aug 2005[45] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.03.000 02 Sep 2005[46] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.04.000 27 Sep 2005[47] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.05.000 30 Oct 2005[48] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.06.000 04 Nov 2005[49] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.07.000 04 Nov 2005[50] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.08.000 24 Mar 2006[51] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.09.000 3 May 2006[52] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.10.000 09 Oct 2006[53] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.11.000 15 Oct 2006[54] - Upgrade/Patch. v6.12.000 04 Nov 2006[55] TMG updated to run as a legacy application under Windows Vista[56] Upgrade/Patch. Visual Chartform (VCF) v3.2.0.2 (Note:VCF uses http://freeimage.sourceforge.net freeimage.sf.net]) v7.00 28 Dec 2007[57][58] Windows Vista (Support for 98, NT dropped) Based on Visual FoxPro v9.[59] CD-ROM version of TMG includes a free copy of The Universal British Directory of Great Britain 1791. v7.01.000 18 April 2008[60] - Upgrade/Patch. Visual Chartform (VCF) v3.2.0.13 (Build date:1 Sep 2007). v7.02.000 24 May 2008[61] - Upgrade/Patch. v7.03.000 28 Jun 2008[62] - Upgrade/Patch. v7.04.000 13 Feb 2009[63] - Upgrade/Patch. v8.00.xxx 10 May 2011[64] add: Windows 7, 64-bit Beta, Public pre-release version, Free trial Languages available
English (US), English (UK), German, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Italian and Afrikaans.[citation needed]
File format
TMG's underlying database engine is Visual FoxPro v9. and does not support Unicode.
- File Structures for (TMG) for DOS and Windows v3.6
- TMG File Structure - Applicable to TMG v3.x, v4.x, v5.x, v6.x, v7.x
Migration from TMG
Because of the underlying database structure of TMG, it is not possible to perform a complete GEDCOM export. In particular, witness data is not exported.
- Non GEDCOM exports of TMG
The following advanced options, apart from GEDCOM transfer are available:
- tmg2gramps Converts TMG 6 datafiles to a GRAMPS v2.2.6 XML - by Anne Jessel.
- Forays Into Genealogy Data Base Modelling - Details how Leif Biberg Kristensen moved his data out of TMG into a program of his own creation [46].
Platforms
TMG was designed to run on the Windows platform, however some users run TMG on Macintosh and Linux machines.[65] Running TMG on a Macintosh requires special software such as Parallels, or Virtual PC for older non-Intel Macs. TMG runs on Linux with Wine.[66]
References
- ^ "Ancestry - Genealogical Computing 7/1/2002 - Innovators: Bob Velke". http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=7608.
- ^ "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - August 30, 2004 -GenBridge Update". http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2004/08/genbridge_updat.html.
- ^ Elizabeth Shown Mills. Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997.ISBN 0-8063-1543-1
- ^ Richard S Lackey, Cite Your Sources: a manual for documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1980.ISBN 0-87805-286-0
- ^ "Terry's TMG Tips - A Source Tutorial". http://www.reigelridge.com/tmg/source-tutorial.htm.
- ^ 23 Aug 2008 Chat Transcripts - Wholly Genes Community
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n TMG-L Re: [TMG] TMG puchase (sic) - "TMG's update history off the top of my head <g>:" From: Bob Velke - Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 13:41:19 -0400 - RootsWeb
- ^ Product announcement from 1993 when TMG v1.0 - Laura's Minimalist Home Page
- ^ Product announcement for TMG v1.2 - Laura's Minimalist Home Page
- ^ a b TMG Demo - Laura's Minimalist Home Page
- ^ Downloading TMG/Win v3.5, Laura's Minimalist Home Page
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- ^ RootsWeb: TMG-L [TMG] TMG v5.06.000 is now available, From: Bob Velke Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003
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- ^ VCF Chart, Second Site requires version 2.1.0.592 or greater of VCF.EXE. If you are using TMG v5.09 or greater you should have a supported version of VCF.EXE., John Cardinal's Home Page
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- ^ Subject: TMG v6.00 is now available!, From: Bob Velke, Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004, RootsWeb: TMG-L
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- ^ RootsWeb: TMG-L TMG v6.08 is now available!
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- ^ TMG 6 and Windows Vista.pdf
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- ^ RootsWeb: TMG-L [TMG] TMG v7.04 is now available! From: Bob Velke Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009
- ^ Wholly Genes; The Master Genealogist v8 - Free Public Beta From: Wholly Genes, Inc.: 10 May 2011
- ^ RootsWeb: TMG-L Re: [TMG] TMG on a Mac - 21 Jun 2008
- ^ "TMG Setup on Wine - Wine Application Database (AppDB)". http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10500.
External links
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