In the picklist, all of the different name variations will show up unless you specify primary name only (the ones with an *). They aren't different (duplicate) people unless they have different ID numbers. So if the primary name is Jennifer Amy Doe but she married two times and has married names of Jennifer Smith and Jennifer Jones and perhaps you've entered a nickname of "Buffy" Doe - then Jennifer Amy Doe will have the * but all four names will show in the picklist. You can get rid of the duplication in the picklist by ticking primary names only on the filter but personally, I like having the different name variations show up because it makes it more likely I will find the person I'm looking for rather than think they aren't in the database because I'm looking for them under a different name. On 7/28/2016 12:11 PM, Alice Eichholz via wrote: > If you find a completely duplicated person but one of them has the * in the Picklist and the other one doesn't,and they can't be "merged" because they are the same, how would you delete the un-asterisked one? Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG > >

Thanks for mentioning this. I was wondering just the other day whether any of the past websites with templates were still around. I was specifically thinking of sentence templates, but source templates are just as pertinent. I'll bet you'll get a flurry of orders soon! Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Patrick M. Lofft via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > If you purchased the book "Source Templates for The Master > Genealogist(TM)" from www.Lulu.com > and wish to download a copy of the templates as described on page 193 in > the book please request them in an email to TVTMG.editors@L-AGS.org > > > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

At 7/27/2016 08:58, you wrote: >1. When running an Ahnentafel report, I would like the principal's >sentence to read,//*John Smith, son of Terry Smith and Elvira Jones*, >was born ...... >I don't want to have to put in the parents as witnesses so - *is there >a way to restructure the Name tag to give me the above sentence**.* >(Under Tools, Tag Type list, Name-Var) No, there is not an option in the Ahnentafel Narrative report to have the parents included in the subject's lead sentence. But, I don't know why you would want this. The Ahnentafel report is designed to show the person and his/her details followed in the next paragraph by the person's parent, then that person's parent, etc. depending on the number of generations. This would be like creating a Pedigree Chart with the parents' name in each box -- it's redundant. >2. First of all, I know that we can't send charts in as I did over 5 >years ago. But would like to set one up, send it to my .pdf software >program and take it to Kinko's or another plotter printer. Why not create the chart to Visual ChartForm and then File=>Export the chart to JPG or BMP format? Most Kinkos and other printers can handle JPG and/or BMP as input to their plotters. They may even be abl;e to handle EMF files. I'd just call and ask their preference. Lee

Nancy, For question 2. When in VCF did you choose the kind of page you wanted and not try to use an 8.5 x 11 sheet? Margins are the distances from the right and left of the page at which printing begins. Did your margins exceed the size of the paper? A 25 inch margin is huge and is larger than any but the custom sheet! You would probably want to use a C0, C1, or C2 size for printing at Staples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#C_series Ed Feustel On 2016-07-27 08:58, Nancy A via wrote: > I have a list of questions and sure the Archives probably hold some of > the answers, but every time I try to access it, it gives me an error. > So here goes with the questions. > > 1. When running an Ahnentafel report, I would like the principal's > sentence to read,//*John Smith, son of Terry Smith and Elvira Jones*, > was born ...... > I don't want to have to put in the parents as witnesses so - *is there > a way to restructure the Name tag to give me the above sentence**.* > (Under Tools, Tag Type list, Name-Var) > > 2. First of all, I know that we can't send charts in as I did over 5 > years ago. But would like to set one up, send it to my .pdf software > program and take it to Kinko's or another plotter printer. > > But I can't get the margins to reset. Would this have something to do > with printer specified in TMG 9.005? I have tried changing the page > setup to _landscape_, _user defined_ with no luck. > > This morning I can't even get it to change to landscape, letter, tray 1, > so I am going downhill. I looked at Terry's hints, even printing them > out and reading several times and also looked at the book and nothing > gives me a clue about changing my margins. I would like to set the > margin to about 25" width and see what I can do within that process. > > So hopefully someone can figure out what is wrong with the Archives, let > me know if I can fix the Name tag and remind me of what I am doing wrong > on the charts. > > I will thank you in advance as I do appreciate all of the help I have > received in the past. > > Nancy in New Mexico > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On 7/27/2016 8:58 AM, Nancy A via wrote: > I have a list of questions and sure the Archives probably hold some of > the answers, but every time I try to access it, it gives me an error. > So here goes with the questions. > > 1. When running an Ahnentafel report, I would like the principal's > sentence to read,//*John Smith, son of Terry Smith and Elvira Jones*, > was born ...... > I don't want to have to put in the parents as witnesses so - *is there > a way to restructure the Name tag to give me the above sentence**.* > (Under Tools, Tag Type list, Name-Var) Nancy, No. The Ahnentafel does not use Sentences, so it doesn't matter what you put in the Sentence. > 2. First of all, I know that we can't send charts in as I did over 5 > years ago. But would like to set one up, send it to my .pdf software > program and take it to Kinko's or another plotter printer. Sorry, can't help you with this one. > So hopefully someone can figure out what is wrong with the Archives... That's a known issue and Ancestry is supposedly working on it. Terry Reigel

I have a list of questions and sure the Archives probably hold some of the answers, but every time I try to access it, it gives me an error. So here goes with the questions. 1. When running an Ahnentafel report, I would like the principal's sentence to read,//*John Smith, son of Terry Smith and Elvira Jones*, was born ...... I don't want to have to put in the parents as witnesses so - *is there a way to restructure the Name tag to give me the above sentence**.* (Under Tools, Tag Type list, Name-Var) 2. First of all, I know that we can't send charts in as I did over 5 years ago. But would like to set one up, send it to my .pdf software program and take it to Kinko's or another plotter printer. But I can't get the margins to reset. Would this have something to do with printer specified in TMG 9.005? I have tried changing the page setup to _landscape_, _user defined_ with no luck. This morning I can't even get it to change to landscape, letter, tray 1, so I am going downhill. I looked at Terry's hints, even printing them out and reading several times and also looked at the book and nothing gives me a clue about changing my margins. I would like to set the margin to about 25" width and see what I can do within that process. So hopefully someone can figure out what is wrong with the Archives, let me know if I can fix the Name tag and remind me of what I am doing wrong on the charts. I will thank you in advance as I do appreciate all of the help I have received in the past. Nancy in New Mexico

If you purchased the book "Source Templates for The Master Genealogist(TM)" from www.Lulu.com and wish to download a copy of the templates as described on page 193 in the book please request them in an email to TVTMG.editors@L-AGS.org

When trying to add information to a selected tag  (tags are not original to TMG), one of our research group keeps getting the following error messages: Invalid subscript reference  348 FRMEVENTS.CUSCODEHOLDER1.MSAVEEVENTS and  Date type mismatch   351FRMEVENTS.CUSCODEHOLDER1.MSAVEEVENTS With the choice of Abort, Retry, Ignore Can anyone point me in the right direction to solving this problem so that she can add information to the tag data? Thanks!Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG    

At 11:40 AM 7/25/2016, Ann via wrote: >I'm sorry to report that the same message came up after I did the >uninstall of TMG and reinstalled from the link you gave me. It did >begin to install files but then stopped abruptly and gave the same >message as before. (Error opening installation log file. Verify that the >specified log file location exists and is writable.) If you are getting that error when the INSTALLER is running, it is likely not a TMG related problem. 1) are you installing from an administration account 2) is there some possibility that whatever "repair" work was done to that machine left some directories in a read-only mode; or allocated to a user account that no longer exists (the way Windows works, if you delete a user account, then create one with the very same "login name", it is still a different user -- since the SID* is generated new at the time of account creation). Might need to try running secedit http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/in-windows-7-how-do-i-restore-security-settings-to/cd0f1e1e-739e-427e-baad-d2a744e61008?auth=1 * SIDs are what you find in the registry editor under HKEY_USERS... example: S-1-5-21-1678609431-2586186264-3208637217-1001 -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

Hi John, I've run Optimize a fair number of times since discovering the problem--that hasn't fixed it. Sorry... it was the first thing I thought of, too Karla Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:19 AM, John Cardinal via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Karla, > > If you have not done a File > Maintenance > Optimize since the problem > occurred, I suggest you do that first. > > John > > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Figured out my problem with a bit of help from GMOOTMG. Thanks Lee, and team :) The problem was that I was running the DIN on a filtered group of descendants of the progenitor, rather than on the progenitor, so I got a separate report for every person. Should have seen that last night, but it was late :( All's good now, no need for help. Cheryl -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Freeman via Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 12:37 AM To: tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: [TMG] Descendent Indented Narrative report Issue I am having a strange problem that I hope I can explain sufficiently. I am getting ready to update my Second Site website, and running Descendant Narrative Reports by earliest known ancestor to select which individuals to include. I am running the fifth in this series of reports. The first 4 were exactly what I wanted and the fifth is really ... hosed. My filter is simply: Is a descendant of ID 1646 [END]. The only tag I am using is the marriage tag, so that the spouse's name appears next to the name of the person. On the first reports I ran, I got the hierarchical "tree" by generation that I expected. On this report, here is what I am seeing: All the names appear in alphabetical order, as individual entries. There is a page break after each individual (if no issue). If an individual has issue, they are listed in the indented format I would expect, to the end of that line, followed by a page break. Then the next alphabetical person appears. <snip>

Karla, If you have not done a File > Maintenance > Optimize since the problem occurred, I suggest you do that first. John

At 7/25/2016 01:36, you wrote: >I am having a strange problem that I hope I can explain sufficiently. I am >getting ready to update my Second Site website, and running Descendant >Narrative Reports by earliest known ancestor to select which individuals to >include. I am running the fifth in this series of reports. The first 4 >were exactly what I wanted and the fifth is really ... hosed. > >My filter is simply: > >Is a descendant of ID 1646 [END]. The only tag I am using is the marriage >tag, so that the spouse's name appears next to the name of the person. > >On the first reports I ran, I got the hierarchical "tree" by generation that >I expected. On this report, here is what I am seeing: > >All the names appear in alphabetical order, as individual entries. > >There is a page break after each individual (if no issue). If an individual >has issue, they are listed in the indented format I would expect, to the end >of that line, followed by a page break. Then the next alphabetical person >appears. > >I am using CMOS numbering. The first person's number/letter is "I", as I >would expect. However, every single person, when they first appear as an >individual on the report, also has the letter "I," as though I am starting a >new report. If that person has a family, the numbering system is: >I. > A. > 1. > a) > (1) > (a) > (i) > >At the end of that line, there is a page break and a the next person, in >name alphabeticl order, appears, as though starting a new chart. But since >every person in the report also appears with their family, that person >appears again as a descendant of his/her parents under the lineal parent's >name. > >When I run the filter for the report, I get a total of 135 people. Then as >the report generates, I get the message that it is generating the narrative >for 710 people (because of the multiple redundancies). The report, with one >tag, is 145 pages, because everyone's on a new page. > >I have run VFI with no problems found. I've run optimize, and closed and >reopened the program. What have I "broken" and how can I get a DIN for my >end of line person that simply shows his descendants (with their spouses on >the marriage tags). Let me understand things a bit better. You are running the Descendants Indented Narrative report, right? This report is designed to have a unique individual as its subject. Thus, if you are using a filter, all you need is: ID number = Equals 1646 END and on the [Options...] window General tab, select the Number of generations you want. Actually, you don;t need the filter, just select the person as the Subject and set the Number of generations. With the filter you have been using, it starts with person #1646's first descendant, creates that narrative; then selects the next descendant and runs that narrative; then the next; and the next, etc. So you are creating a multitude of reports with your filter. Lee

Yesterday I encountered something quite unexpected when I ran a Second Site make-site on my TMG data. Some of the sources suddenly showed as having images. At first I thought this must relate to data I had imported from my brother's Ancestry-to-FTM work, as that had indeed brought a lot of census and other images into my database. However, a look at a few of the images showed that they had nothing whatsoever to do with the sources in question. There were census pages connected to the IGI, for example. Here's the page where I discovered this: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~huebnerlamb/p2.htm#i84 --the IGI is cited several times since this ancestor was discovered early in my research, and there aren't even the same number of images per citation. When I went to look at TMG and see if I had images attached to sources, exactly two showed, one of which had the frowny-face of Not Found. I tried running VFI with the find image feature enabled (usually I don't select that), and it ran endlessly, finally freezing TMG after finding a total of 65 images (I don't know how many it ought to find, but certainly more than that--VFI was at 3% when TMG froze). I waited a long time and finally used Task Manager to close TMG. I then restarted TMG and did maintenance without looking for images. VFI claimed to fix over 30,000 possible errors (!) although it hadn't been very long since I had last run it and found none. I haven't run it looking for images again yet, though. What might be causing this? Karla Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com

I seem to have lost the ability to reply to anyone from my original query. I get all the messages returned as undeliverable. Hi Lee I'm sorry to report that the same message came up after I did the uninstall of TMG and reinstalled from the link you gave me. It did begin to install files but then stopped abruptly and gave the same message as before. (Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and is writable.) Perhaps this is where I go wrong as I have no idea how to verify this, and have no idea where the log location is or if it is writable. Ann

I am having a strange problem that I hope I can explain sufficiently. I am getting ready to update my Second Site website, and running Descendant Narrative Reports by earliest known ancestor to select which individuals to include. I am running the fifth in this series of reports. The first 4 were exactly what I wanted and the fifth is really ... hosed. My filter is simply: Is a descendant of ID 1646 [END]. The only tag I am using is the marriage tag, so that the spouse's name appears next to the name of the person. On the first reports I ran, I got the hierarchical "tree" by generation that I expected. On this report, here is what I am seeing: All the names appear in alphabetical order, as individual entries. There is a page break after each individual (if no issue). If an individual has issue, they are listed in the indented format I would expect, to the end of that line, followed by a page break. Then the next alphabetical person appears. I am using CMOS numbering. The first person's number/letter is "I", as I would expect. However, every single person, when they first appear as an individual on the report, also has the letter "I," as though I am starting a new report. If that person has a family, the numbering system is: I. A. 1. a) (1) (a) (i) At the end of that line, there is a page break and a the next person, in name alphabeticl order, appears, as though starting a new chart. But since every person in the report also appears with their family, that person appears again as a descendant of his/her parents under the lineal parent's name. When I run the filter for the report, I get a total of 135 people. Then as the report generates, I get the message that it is generating the narrative for 710 people (because of the multiple redundancies). The report, with one tag, is 145 pages, because everyone's on a new page. I have run VFI with no problems found. I've run optimize, and closed and reopened the program. What have I "broken" and how can I get a DIN for my end of line person that simply shows his descendants (with their spouses on the marriage tags). Thanks!! Cheryl Freeman cheryl@genattic.com

At 7/23/2016 22:58, Ann wrote: >I have tried to install from our CD backup disk (v9.04) but can't seem >to get the program to install from it. I hesitate to delete the program >from my computer - is it necessary to delete the program on the >computer in order to install from the CD? If the placement of the MSVCR71.dll file does not help, I suggest that you go ahead as uninstall TMG and then re-install. The ununstall will not remove your data although I suggest making sure you have a backup of your project(s) just in case. Be sure that you have your serial number to enter when you re-install (and use the e-mail address that your first used in case that has changed). You noted that you have the CD for v9.04 which is fine if you have not upgraded to v9.05. If you have upgrade to v9.05, do you have a copy of the upgrade? If so, just use that to re-install. If you don't have v9.06, you can get a copy from the Wholly gene web site at one of the following links: TMG 9.05 USA Version http://www.whollygenes.com/files/tmg9setup.exe TMG 9.05 UK Version http://www.whollygenes.com/files/tmg9uksetup.exe Just click on the appropriate link. The afte you have finished the download, just double-click on the downloaded file and it should install normally. Lee

Ann via wrote on 7/23/2016 10:04 PM: > I hope one of you computer people will be able to tell me how to fix > this problem. . . . > . . . Earlier I responded: >I am a little confused. What makes you believe this file is needed? On my Windows 10 computer with TMG 9.05 installed, I find ten copies of MSVCR71.dll on my hard drive. Nearly all of them are located in the program files directory of various programs, such as Paint Shop Pro or Office 16. None of them are in the TMG program files directory. Their file dates run all the way from 2003 through this past April. Hopefully the messages from Virginia and Lee have helped you solve your problem. Just by way of providing a bit more background information, I looked at one of my Windows 7 computers which still have TMG 9.04 installed. It has 51 copies of MSVCR71.dll on the hard drive, none in places clearly associated with TMG. So TMG must be looking for this file in a "normal" Windows location, rather than within its own program directory as so many programs do. -- Rollie

Hi Rollie & Lee I wish I could say it helped but I am afraid the reverse is true. I also have the MSVCR71.dll and other files that start with "MSV" all over my computer but I still get the same message whether I try to install from the CD or just try to start the program from the file or the icon on the desktop. I have now uninstalled the program, Lee, but I still get the same messages when I try to reinstall from the CD or from the installation program I have just downloaded. I am not sure of the actual version of 9.xx that I had installed as I have been unable to run my program to find out. The CD and my previously downloaded version of TMG both say just tmg9install.exe. My memory is that I had originally installed every update that we were ever given. I have a complete backup of my computer on disk from about 2 months ago. I may have to resort to using it. I have never had to do a restore before and I am quite hesitant in case I lose something else in the transition. Does anyone have any ideas on a reinstall from backup? And thank you to everyone who has given me ideas - its good to not feel alone in this. Ann MacLeod On 7/24/2016 6:55 PM, Rollie Littlewood via wrote: > > Ann via wrote on 7/23/2016 10:04 PM: >> I hope one of you computer people will be able to tell me how to fix >> this problem. . . . >> . . . > Earlier I responded: > >I am a little confused. What makes you believe this file is needed? > On my Windows 10 computer with TMG 9.05 installed, I find ten copies > of MSVCR71.dll on my hard drive. Nearly all of them are located in the > program files directory of various programs, such as Paint Shop Pro or > Office 16. None of them are in the TMG program files directory. Their > file dates run all the way from 2003 through this past April. > > Hopefully the messages from Virginia and Lee have helped you solve > your problem. Just by way of providing a bit more background > information, I looked at one of my Windows 7 computers which still > have TMG 9.04 installed. It has 51 copies of MSVCR71.dll on the hard > drive, none in places clearly associated with TMG. So TMG must be > looking for this file in a "normal" Windows location, rather than > within its own program directory as so many programs do.

At 7/24/2016 13:10, Virginia Blakelock wrote: >1) Download a copy of the file from http://www.whollygen...les/msvcr71.zip Unfortunately, the link Virginia copy/pasted is missing a piece. Try the link below: http://www.whollygenes.com/files/msvcr71.zip Lee