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The following is our library of articles and presentations by this group's members.

 

 


2005
TMG Flags, by Mike More (November 2005)
Publishing Your Family History , by David Walker (December 2005)

 


2006

Navigating the Four Video Tutorials for The Master Genealogist (TMG), by Douglas Hill (April 2006)
A Custom Universal Source Type for all Books, by Douglas Hill (April 2006)
Suppressing Sensitive Information from Displaying on TMG Screens or Reports, by Douglas Hill (June 2006)
Using Genmatcher to find Duplicate People in TMG, by David Walker (November 2006)
Using Exhibits in TMG ~ Part I, by David Walker (December 2006) [Large file - 7.8MB]

 


2007
Using Exhibits in TMG ~ Part II, by David Walker (February 2007) [Large file - 4.3 MB]
Creating a Web Site, by Charles Godwin (April 2007)
Conservation of Digital Media by Ernest Wiltshire (April 2007)
TMG Research Logs, by Mike More (November 2007)

 


2008
The Ten Best Features of TMG 7.0, a subjective view by Douglas Hill (January 2008)
Personal Standards for TMG, by Douglas Hill (February 2008)
Citations, Sources & Repositories, by Douglas Hill (April 2008)
Source Data Entry and the Effects on Reports, by David Walker (April 2008)
English County List, by Douglas Hill (May 2008)
Producing a Book Using TMG and Word, by Douglas Hill (May 2008)
Visual Chartform (VCF) Notes, by Douglas Hill (June 2008)
Suppressing Sensitive Information from Displaying or Printing in TMG, by Douglas Hill (June 2008)
TMG Census Conventions, by Mary Anne Sharpe (September 2008)
Custom Tags, Roles and Sentences, by Mike More (October 2008)
TMG on an iMac, by David Walker (October 2008)
TMG Tips and Tricks, by Mike More (7 Dec. 2008)
Those Pesky Sources.......again, by Ernest Wiltshire (7 Dec. 2008)

 


2009
Mike's Tips - Excluding Citations, by Mike More (11 January)
Using John Cardinal's Second Site with TMG, by Ernest Wiltshire (11 January)
Mapping with TMG & Second Site, by David Walker & Ron Chenier (11 January)
Mike's Tips - Sureties, by Mike More (8 February)
Mapping with Second Site: Homesteads and Migrations, by David Walker (8 February)
TMG Utility - Search & Replace, by Mike More (8March)
TMG Utility Exhibit Image Mapping, by David Walker (8 March)
Mike's Tips - Custom Tool Bars, by Mike More (5 April)
Custom Place Styles, by Mary Anne Sharpe (5 April)
Add New Person Template, by David Walker (3 May)
Mike's Tips - Sort Dates, by Mike More (7 June)
David Walker's Tip - GIMP Photo Editor (7 June)
Suggested Sizing of TMG Exhibits, by David Walker (7 June)
Mike's Tips - Backup Locations, by Mike More (13 September)
Creating a Repositories "person" for TMG & Second Site 3, by David Walker (13 Sept.)
Editing Photos for TMG, Second Site & GedStar Pro, by David Walker (18 Oct.)
TMG - Name Fields, by Mike More (15 Nov)
Image Editing with ACDSee Pro, Foxit PDF Reader and GIMP, by David Walker (15 Nov.)
Mike's Tips - Bugs & Fixes, by Mike More (13 December 2009)

 
2010
Mike's Tips - Changing Default Role, by Mike More (10 January)
Mike More's TMG Tips - Mike More (10 January)
Postmaster Database at collectionscanada.caDavid Walker (7 February)
Creating a Second Site Web Site, a Practical Demonstration
- Ernest Wiltshire (7 February)
Mike More's TMG Tips - Mike More (14 March)
Preparing Charts for WhollyGenes Printing Service - David Walker (14 March)
Mike More's TMG Tips - Mike More (11 April)
Producing a Book with TMG and Word - Douglas Hill (large PDF file - ~29.7MB). If you have MS Word or Open Office (free) you can download the smaller DOC format, 8.3MB)(11 April)
A Pot Pourri, Parts I & II - David Walker (16 May & 13 June)
Monthly TMG Tip - Tag Type Definitons: Roles & sentences, by Mike More (19 September)
Monthly TMG Tip - TMG Exclusions, by Mike More (17 October)
A Wee Pot Pourri, by David Walker (17 October)
Monthly TMG Tip: Audit Report - by Mike More (21 November)
Walking With Angels - Procedures for Documenting Cemetery Burials, by David Walker, 22 MB (21 November)
 

2011

Monthly TMG Tip: Place List Clean Up - by Mike More (16 January)
Using Google Maps & Google Street View to Locate Cemeteries, by David Walker  (19MB) (16 January)
Using GIMP to Combine Multiple Images, by David Walker.  The example demonstrated will be a family spread over two pages of a census return.  GIMP is free for PC and Mac computers. (6.5MB) (16 January)
Using City Directories , Death Certificates, Obituaries & Burial Records to Find Ancestral Homes, by David Walker. This presentation will include the use of Google Maps to actually view ancestral homes.  (13 February)
Update on John Cardinal's Second Site v.3.4.0 - New Chart Features - by Ernest Wiltshire (13 February)
The Road Warrior - how to keep in touch with your data, by Charles Godwin (13 March)
Using GenSmarts with TMG, by Liz Hubbard (13 March)
From Printed Book to Searchable PDF,  by David Walker (10 April) 15.1MB
AniMap ver. 3.0.2, by David Walker (15 May) 8.6MB
GENViewer, ver. 1.23, by David Walker (15 May) 6.8MB
GENMatcher, ver. 108, by David Walker (15 May) 6.0MB
Flip-Pal, a compact mobile scanner for traveling genealogists, by David Walker (12 June), 10MB
Icons in Second Site, by Mike More (19 October)
Wireless Keyboards for Mobiles & Laptops, by Mary Anne Sharpe (19 October)
Flip-Pal, a portable, self-contained scanner - a revisit with examples, by David Walker (13 November)
Backup Strategies for the Home PC User, by Charles Godwin (11 December)


2012

Focus Groups - their use and applications, by Mike More (14 January)