Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.

We would like to invite all members using The Master Genealogist genealogical program to join our user group and attend our meetings. If you are considering this advanced program for entering your genealogical data, please come along to discuss and view the many features of TMG (as it is commonly known).

We will be demonstrating via the WAGS data projector at our meetings and this is a decided advantage for transmitting the many features of this top level program. Neil Bradley is our specialist demonstrator but many of our members have been using the program for many years and contribute to our discussions.

So come along and we’ll be happy to help where we can with any queries you may have. We would particularly like to hear from people in regional areas using the program. We currently have over 25 people in our user group membership and hope we can reach out to many more WAGS or affiliated members this year.

 TMG Interest Group Forum

If you would like an answer to a burning question on any aspect of TMG, post your question on the WAGS TMG Forum . One our members will answer as soon as possible.

WAGS Members are already registered for the forum and just need to log in to post a message. Members of the public are also welcome, but need to register before being able to post, read the Forum FAQ's to find out how.

  << WAGS TMG Forum

Contact

Convenors:       Neil Bradley and Robert Atkins

Email:                 Convenor - The Master Genealogist

Meetings

The Group meets on the first Saturday in February, May, August and November at WAGS.

Next Meeting 

Saturday, 4 August, 2012

11.00am - 1.00pm

 Second Site - a beginner's experience & unlocking your TMG problem

 tmg_agenda_August 2012 ( 621.50 Kb)

For further meeting dates, have a look at:

 WAGS Event Calendar

 February 2012

The new TMG version 8 was demonstrated by Neil who showed some of the new features of version 8 along with some tips on how to download the new version and transfer data from one to the other.  Geoff also demonstated his new website as a way of sharing his family history. He also showed how he used Second Site in association with TMG to populate the site.

  TMG Minutes February 2012 (1.02 Mb)

November 2011

 Geoff outlined the steps for transferring data using TMG report creation to a Word document  to publish a book or report on his family history.

TMG Minutes November 2011 ( 202.01 Kb)

August 2011

A tour through the members area of the WAGS Website including an introduction to the new Forum facility. The TMG Forum will be used in future to advise members of meeting reminders and when minutes are posted on TMG webpage. For more read the minutes.

TMG Minutes August 2011 (195.71 Kb)

May 2011

Edwina led a tutorial on the use of Sources, Citations and Repositories and how to enter the data into TMG; including the various ways of structuring sentences in TMG's reports. The amount of information and the way you store it depends on individual researcher's needs. There was much debate and members generally fell into two groups: "Lumpers" and "Splitters". Find out about these and more in the minutes.

 TMG Minutes May 2011 (227.81 Kb)

February 2011

Discussion topics included: TMG Demo, Second Site 3, TMG Utilities; Backing up your computer; TMG Book references.

 TMG Minutes Feb 2011 (193.37 Kb)

November 2010

Please refer to the minutes on the link below for discussion topics.

  TMG Minutes Nov 2011  (253.04 Kb)

August 2010

Discussion included the following items: Wholly Genes Website; Terry Reigel Website; TMG Ver. 8; Backing up; etc. See minutes on the link below:

TMG Minutes Aug 2010 (780.92 Kb)

May 2010

Various topics were  discussed including the treatment of UK Census data in the US version of TMG, reading scanned documents, how best to deal with photos, primary and non-primary tags, importing from GEDCOM etc.  Neil described his preferred procedure for backing up TMG data.  Software for creating PDFs and saving full or partial screen captures were also demonstrated.

TMG Minutes May 2010 (205.32 Kb)

February 2010

General TMG issues discussed including: how to deal with photos, creation and use of "Foster" tag, use of SecondSite to create web pages and CDs, editing the list of Place Names and updating your database etc.

TMG Minutes February 2010 (199.12 Kb)  

November 2009

Neil demonstrated the use of two monitors for Windows 7 and TMG.  Also discussed global changes to capitalisation of surnames such as 'van der Merwe' etc and using TMG Utility to remove Married Names from TMG.  The latest version of Second Site allows for the use of maps.

TMG Minutes November 2009 (191.42 Kb) 

August 2009

Discussed additional content for TMG Special Interest Groups web page and also the requirements for WAGS Open Day.  Neil demonstrated TMG, Second Site and TMG Utilities throughout, in particular Journal Reports with photos and resizing photos.

TMG Minutes August 2009 (191.02 Kb) 

May 2009

Neil demonstrated TMG, Second Site and TMG Utilities.  In particular, we looked at Sources, Witnesses and Flags.  Sort Dates and File Maintenance were also discussed.

TMG Minutes May 2009 (196.70 Kb)

February 2009

Neil demonstrated TMG, in particular the use of flags and creating a focus group.  This was followd by a workshop using Second Site software to create a CD of genealogical data.  For more information on this workshop see minutes (below).

  TMG Minutes Feb 2009  (203.51 Kb)

November 2008

We looked at dealing with adoptive parents, filtering out living people and changing the recorded sex of a person in TMG.  In preparation for the Feb 09 Second Site workshop instructions were provided on creating the focus group for the project and how to get started with Second Site (see appendix attached to minutes)

  TMG Minutes Nov 2008  (195.26 Kb)

There are many resources to assist you in getting the most out of The Master Genealogist

TMG

The Master Genealogist software is available as a 30 day free trial from www.whollygenes.com/

Second Site

Second Site creates web pages or CDs from your TMG database. It generates either narrative or grid style person pages, a master index, a surname index, and source pages in HTML format.  Great for sharing your data with family members.

Current version 3, released 5 May 2009 is available at www.johncardinal.com/ss/index.htm

TMG Utility

TMG Utility is a powerful database modification tool for TMG projects., The features available in TMG Utility complement the capabilities of TMG itself. People who have recently converted to TMG from another genealogy product will find a number of features designed to help them take advantage of TMG features. It is available at www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/

DVDs

In these self-paced DVDs you will learn TMG's basic concepts, terminology, navigation, and many of its features.  There are 4 titles available in the series: "Getting Started", "Intermediate", "Advanced", and "Expert", each one has a duration of approx 90 mins.

Available from WAGS Library

Books

A primer for The Master Genealogist, by Terry Reigel

The book is designed to help users quickly become comfortable and adept with TMG. It provides an introduction in straightforward terms, with a level of detail that helps but doesn't overwhelm a novice user .  Written for Version 7

Available from WAGS Library

Getting the most out of The Master Genealogist, compiled by Lee Hoffman with contributions from many experienced TMG users and testers

Available from WAGS Library