WELCOME! Thanks for visiting the Brisbane TMG Users' Group website, hosted and resourced by Garrison Communications.

Our TMG Users' Group - "the BTMGUG" - {usually} meets the FIRST SATURDAY MORNING of each month at Garrison Communications, 26 Montrose Street, Gordon Park {Brisbane}, from 10am to noon.

Bring along your questions, your answers, your dataset on a memory stick...and let's workshop your TMG issues/tips/problems and share the lessons learned/solutions revealed!

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DATECLAIMERS FOR 2010:

The 2010 scheduled BTMGUG meeting dates will be as follows.

Please bookmark and re-check this website closer to the date of each forthcoming get-together to learn about last-minute postponements and/or meeting cancellation:

1. Saturday, February 6 - attendance: 10
2. Saturday, March 6 - attendance: 9
3. Saturday, April 10 - attendance: 10
4. Saturday, May 1 - CANCELLED
5. Saturday, June 5 - attendance 8
6. Saturday, July 3 - attendance 10
7. Saturday, August 7 - attendance 11 
8. Saturday, September 4 - attendance 12
9. Saturday, October 2 - attendance TBA
10. Saturday, November 6 - attendance 
11. Saturday, December 4 {pre-Christmas break-up} - attendance 

Below are a couple of very handy URLs of sites that have been brought to group members' attention recently. We commend them to all researchers-cum-designers. Do you have a particular favourite?

Drop us a line at tmg@garrisonau.com.

1. Follow us on Facebook
2. Follow TMG Sydney on Facebook
3. Must-join list of the day - Sydney's TMG Users Group's Yahoo Group mailing list.
   Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMGSydney where questions can be asked and answered and external meetings organised. To join this mailing list please click here.
4. This one is red hot if you've got Irish forebears - the FREE - 1901 and 1911 Censuses for Ireland.
5. The Ireland Genealogy Project and Ireland Genealogy Project Archives
6. The Lancashire Births, Deaths and Marriages Transcription Project
7. Add A Drop Shadow - A site that enables you to take your own JPEG images and recreate and download them with a nifty "drop shadow" effect..
8. The Tasmanian State Library - there's some incredible new features to be found here for those of you with Apple Isle forebears.
9. The Irish Census for 1911 - coming soon, this resource should be a "must-see" for Emerald Isle ancestry buffs...coming soon!

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SOME OTHER TMG SITES WORTH BOOKMARKING

• Check out Lee Hoffman's amazing collection of TMG hints.
• Essential viewing: Terry Reigel is a TMG expert user.Click here to brush up on the basics or to find out what's new.
• Sydney TMG Users' Group Now with a must-join Yahoo Groups facility. Join in the new conversation about TMG, form a distinctly Australian perspective.
• United Kingdom TMG Users' Group
• Perth TMG Users' Group
• Canberra TMG Users' Group
• Ottawa TMG Users Group
• Check out this presentation about the very nifty "associates" menu that now is standard in TMG ver.7.04. This PDF-format report was give on January 12, 2008 by Sue Hilton, a member of the in the United States. Click here for details.

VERSION 8.0 NEWS

Here's some detail about the changes in ver.8.0 of TMG, due for release soon…
http://www.whollygenes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=WG&Screen=TMG8PREVIEW

The website (as at March 4, 2010) hastened to declare: "Although we expect that TMG ver.8.0 will include the new features here, among others, this preview of work-in-progress does not represent a committment with respect to any particular feature(s) or option(s). When TMG ver.8.0 is available to the public, it will be announced in the Wholly Genes Newsletter."

Perhaps a very telling clue as to the status of TMG's "ver.8.0 release date" was reflected in the pithy comment of Wholly Genes's master user/tester/software guru, Jim Byram, writing on the TMG mailing list at RootsWeb (on June 2, 2010), viz.-

{ DORR, Bud }:- "Is a fix coming or do we wait for ver.8.0?"

{ BRYAM, J. }:- "It has been said repeatedly: ver.8.0 contains a new report manager and new word-processing modules that will resolve the issue with 64-bit operating systems. Put another way…ver.8.0 is the fix. There is no simple fix. Resolving the issue required a major change to TMG."

UK GOLD ver.7.04 PATCH ISSUES

Anyone using the UK Gold Edition should not assume that the internal update notification and patch installer in ver.7.x works properly. Always dismiss the internal notice and visit the update page at www.whollygenes.com to download the listed UK Gold Edition upgrade patch found there.

Then just run this patch as you would any normal update and follow the prompts until the "splash" screen confirms you are working in the latest UK Gold Edition variant. Brisbane TMG Group users recommend that you then perform a "re-index" of your project, as well as a "validate" and "optimise" to ensure every potential internal TMG issue is resolved with your data before proceeding.

Users upgrading to TMG ver.7.04 should please understand the following important points:

 TMG ver.6.12 and TMG ver.7.04 can run happily on the same computer at the same time. Your unlock code (aka "licence" or "serial number") for TMG ver.6.12 will not unlock TMG ver.7.04, however. Shortly after purchasing the TMG ver.7.04 upgrade, you will receive a new serial number by email to unlock the new program. If you do not see it, please check your spam or junk folder for a message with a subject that begins with "Serial Number for The Master Genealogist™ ver.7.04".

Although TMG ver.6.12 and ver.7.04 can be run at the same time on the same computer, they cannot access the same project. Once a project is upgraded to TMG ver.7.04, it cannot be read again by ver.6.12.

To upgrade an existing project to TMG ver.7.04 you must back it up from ver.6.12 (or earlier) and restore it to ver.7.04. You cannot simply use File>Open to access a project which was created in an earlier version.

TMG ver.7.04 uses a new strategy for data file storage in accordance with Microsoft® recommendations. Most notably, data files can no longer be stored in the program folder. During the restore process, ver.7.04 data files are automatically placed in their new default locations, depending on their type (e.g., projects, exhibits, speller checking dictionary, layouts, report configurations, etc.). Again, this process is completely automatic and most users will be satisfied to just accept the default settings in the Restore Wizard.

 If you are curious about the details of the new file storage system, however, please consult the topic called "Data File Storage" in the TMG ver.7.04 Help file. Power users who prefer to isolate multiple projects so that they don't share configuration files, exhibit folders, etc., are especially encouraged to read this help topic and the linked topics for "Advanced Users".

THEREFORE, the process to upgrade your data from ver.6.12 (or earlier) to ver.7.04 is as follows

1) Run TMG ver.6.12 and back up your data (File > Backup). In Step 2 of the Backup Wizard, be SURE to make a note of the backup file location. In Step 3, be sure to include accents, filters, layouts, report configurations, and any other customisations that you want to move to ver.7.04.
2) Purchase your ver.7.04 Unlock Code upgrade to The Master Genealogist™ ver.7.04 or the full program.
3) Install TMG ver.7.04 and run that program with the Sample project. Consult the "Data File Storage" help topic if desired.
4) Restore your project to TMG ver.7.04 (File > Restore), selecting the backup file that you created in Step #1. Since TMG ver.6.12 and ver.7.04 can peacefully co-exist on your computer, we recommend that you do not uninstall the earlier version until you're happily accessing your data with the new program.

CHECK OUT THE 'GUIDED TOUR'

This extensive self-running demo provides a complete overview of TMG's main features. You can use pause, rewind, and fast forward buttons to view the demo at your own pace or you can jump directly to a topic that interests you.

This is a great way to learn the basics of The Master Genealogist™ and it is strongly recommended for new users.

Click here to download the file guided tour (only about 8 Megs).

In the meantime, don't forget to regularly log into the Wholly Genes Community at http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php for all the latest news, chat rooms, forums, downloads and so much more.

SOME BEAUT FILTERS

If you are looking for some beefed-up filter protocols, download samplefilters.zip and unzip same into your "projects" sub-folder of The Master Genealogist™.

SOME BTMGUG BACKGROUND

BTMGUG - for those who have purchased, or are contemplating purchasing The Master Genealogist™ - was formally inaugurated at Australian Genealogy Roadshow on Thursday, April 17, 2003.

This predecessor of this page went "live" on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 12.45pm, with your honorary webmaster and convenor of the group, Peter Collins, in the design chair. I would still very much appreciate your input as to how we progress this project further…maybe you could have your two cents' worth by becoming a fan of the group's Facebook page (click on the button above).

As a long-term TMG Gold user, it is a real joy to "get under the bonnet" of this wonderfully versatile piece of software and to stretch its capabilities even further...perhaps you feel the same way? Join us, won't you?

These were the 2009 meeting dates at Garrison Communications' Board Room:

1. Saturday, February 7 - attendance 8
2. Saturday, March 7 - attendance 9
3. Saturday, April 4 - attendance 5
4. Saturday, May 2 - attendance 8
5. Saturday, June 6 - attendance 9
6. Saturday, July 4 - attendance 10
7. Saturday, August 1 - attendance 7
8. Saturday, September 5 - attendance 6
9. Saturday, October 3 - attendance 8
10. Saturday, November 7 - attendance 10
11. Saturday, December 5 - attendance 9

These were the 2008 meeting dates at Garrison Communications' Board Room:

1. Saturday, February 2 - attendance 4
2. Saturday, March 1 - attendance 10
3. Saturday, April 5 - attendance 10
4. Saturday, May 10 - attendance 14
5. Saturday, June 14 - attendance 12
6. Saturday, July 5 - attendance 9
7. Saturday, August 2 - attendance 7
8. Saturday, September 13 - attendance 6
9. Saturday, October 4 - attendance 13
10. Saturday, November 1 - attendance 10
11. Saturday, December 6 {pre-Christmas break-up} - attendance 9

These were the 2007 meeting dates at Garrison Communications' Board Room:

1. Saturday, February 3 - attendance 7
2. Saturday, March 3 - attendance 9
3. Saturday, April 14 - attendance 8
4. Saturday, May 12 - attendance 7
5. Saturday, June 2 - attendance 9
6. Saturday, July 7 - attendance 9
7. Saturday, August 4 - meeting cancelled due to illness
8. Saturday, September 1 - attendance 6
9. Saturday, October 6 - attendance 6
10. Saturday, November 3 - attendance 8
11. Saturday, December 1 {pre-Christmas break-up} - attendance 6

These were the 2006 meeting dates at Garrison Communications' Board Room:

1. Saturday, February 4, 2006 - attendance 6
2. Saturday, March 4, 2006 - attendance 11
3. Saturday, April 1, 2006 - attendance 7
4. Saturday, May 6, 2006 - attendance 9
5. Saturday, June 3, 2006 - attendance 12
6. Saturday, July 1, 2006 - attendance 8
7. Saturday, August 5, 2006 - attendance 10
8. Saturday, September 2, 2006 - attendance 11
9. Saturday, October 14, 2006 - attendance 8
10. Saturday, November 4, 2006 - attendance 9
11. Saturday, December 2, 2006 - attendance 12

These were the 2005 meeting dates at Chermside Municipal Library:

1. Thursday, February 10, 2005 - attendance 6
2. Thursday, March 10, 2005 - attendance 5
3. Thursday, April 14, 2005 - attendance 6
4. Thursday, May 12, 2005 - attendance 8
5. Thursday, June 9, 2005 - attendance 7
6. Thursday, July 14, 2005 - attendance 9
7. Thursday, August 11, 2005 - attendance 6
8. Thursday, September 8, 2005 - attendance 8
9. Thursday, October 13, 2005 - attendance 7
10. Thursday, November 10, 2005 - attendance 5

These were the 2004 meeting dates at Chermside Municipal Library:

1. Thursday, June 17, 2004 - the inaugural get-together
2. Thursday, July 22, 2004
3. Thursday, August 19, 2004
4. Thursday, September 16, 2004
5. Thursday, October 13, 2004
6. Thursday, November 18, 2004 - attendance 8

So don't stand on ceremony...pass on your own contributions to this TMG users' dialogue. Simply e-mail me your thoughts/suggestions and I may post them on this page for all to share.

By the way, have you seen the amazing array of report formats that TMG (Gold Edition) ver.7.04 is capable of whipping up from your data, lately? Check out the sample reports demo on the Wholly Genes website.

Drop me an e-mail at tmg@garrisonau.com.

This space for this website and all webmaster/design work has been kindly donated by Garrison Communications. It was first posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 and most recently updated on Black Friday, August 13, 2010.

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