Bob, I think you are recalling the “name” source elements, which do allow that. Terry Reigel On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 3:23 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought I remember being able to use the ID Number in a Memo Field. > > Given: a person’s name is James Jones and his ID number is 1218. Instead > of entering “James Jones was standing alone.” I could enter “1218 was > standing along.” What I can’t find is the syntax for using the ID Number in > a Memo Field. Can anyone help? > > Regards, > Bob Fleck > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

Isn't a memo field automatically free text? By syntax, do you mean whether the number is singular or plural? On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 3:24 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought I remember being able to use the ID Number in a Memo Field. > > Given: a person’s name is James Jones and his ID number is 1218. Instead > of entering “James Jones was standing alone.” I could enter “1218 was > standing along.” What I can’t find is the syntax for using the ID Number in > a Memo Field. Can anyone help? > > Regards, > Bob Fleck > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

I thought I remember being able to use the ID Number in a Memo Field. Given: a person’s name is James Jones and his ID number is 1218. Instead of entering “James Jones was standing alone.” I could enter “1218 was standing along.” What I can’t find is the syntax for using the ID Number in a Memo Field. Can anyone help? Regards, Bob Fleck

That was the problem. I did not completely understand the Memo setting of Endnote implications. Changed it to "None" and all ok. Thanks Richard

On 7/20/19 8:25 AM, Joseph Cummings via TMG wrote: > In the Memo tab, I have only one option selected and that is "Endnotes" ("unique" is also not checked). Which means that memos that are not reference in the sentence (and the default sentence doesn't use the memo) will create an Endnote for that memo, which is exactly what you are seeing. Look about that option, it says "Memos that are not included in the sentence:" -- Richard Damon

In the Memo tab, I have only one option selected and that is "Endnotes" ("unique" is also not checked).

At 7/19/2019 18:07, Joseph Cummings via TMG wrote >QUESTION: why is this endnote generated when >there are no citations in either Death tags ? >The Memo field contains “cause of death not >determined” and there are no citations. >ENDNOTES > cause of death was not determined In the Journal Report Definition screen=> Options...=> Memo tab, what select5ions do you have? Lee

QUESTION: why is this endnote generated when there are no citations in either Death tags ? DEATH tag (male version) [:CR:][:CR:]<[S] died [DD]> <[L]>< at an age of [SE]>.<He was the [RPAR:Deceased]><. [M]><. His wife, [R:preceded], preceded him in death><. He left [RG:widow] as a widow>< at an age of [RE:widow]> This tag sentence is for the “Deceased” role. The “Principle”, “widow”, “widower”, “preceded” and “witness” roles have no sentences defined. I set up a TEST female and male person in the database. The Death tag for the male name (Deceased role – Test male TEST) has a death date of 1970 and in the witness field the female test female ggggg) is inserted with the “widow” role. The Memo field is blank and there are no citations. The Death tag for the female (Deceased role – test female ggggg) has a death date of 1980 and in the witness field the male (Test male TEST) is inserted with the “preceded” role. The Memo field contains “cause of death not determined” and there are no citations. The pertinent journal output follows (ignore age, double periods): Test female ggggg (3128) died 1980, at an age of 40 years.. cause of death was not determined. Her husband, Test male TEST (3124), preceded her in death. Test male TEST (3124) died 1970 at an age of 40 years.. He left test female (3128) as a widow at an age of 30 years. . There were no children of test female1 ggggg (3128) and Test male TEST (3124). ENDNOTES cause of death was not determined

Linda Wines wrote: > Is it possible for me to get the relationship (to me!) > to print on a family group sheet report? Hi Linda, As Lee mentioned, there is no provision for using the TMG Automatic "Relation" Tag in any TMG report. Lee and DeAnna have pointed you to the way to manually add a custom tag for this purpose which then could output this manually entered data in reports. Not what you asked, but if you use Second Site note that you can add the Relationships item in the Person Entry list. That option controls the inclusion of relationship information in the person entry. If the item is enabled, Second Site will automatically calculate and output the relationship between the subject and *all* of the people listed in the Subject IDs property. Yet another reason why I like Second Site as my primary output rather than TMG reports. Michael

>At 7/18/2019 14:24, Linda Wines wrote >>Is it possible for me to get the relationship (to me!) to print on a family >>group sheet report? For example for it to print somehow that the subject is >>my great grandmother. >And Lee replied: >You could create a Custom Tag (named say "Relation") with a Sentence of "[M]" and enter the relationship in the Tag Memo. Then include that Tag in the selections to be printed in the report. I suggest a Date (or just Sort Date) of the year before the person's birth to have the Tag print at the top of the person's data section. > Lee's suggestion is exactly what I do (I call the tag Research-Interest or something like that), and I can confirm that it works beautifully in an FGS report. DeAnna (still around, though much quieter and more distracted) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DeAnna Burghart TMG Shortcuts, Variables and Report Cheat Sheets (Word and PDF) http://www.rootsandthreads.com/tmg/

At 7/18/2019 14:24, Linda Wines wrote >Is it possible for me to get the relationship (to me!) to print on a family >group sheet report? For example for it to print somehow that the subject is >my great grandmother. This might be a neat addition to the Family Group Sheet (FGS), but there is no provision for using the TMG Automatic "Relation " Tag in the FGS report. Having said this, you could create a Custom Tag (named say "Relation") with a Sentence of "[M]" and enter the relationship in the Tag Memo. Then include that Tag in the selections to be printed in the report. I suggest a Date (or just Sort Date) of the year before the person's birth to have the Tag print at the top of the person's data section. Lee

Is it possible for me to get the relationship (to me!) to print on a family group sheet report? For example for it to print somehow that the subject is my great grandmother. Thanks in advance. Linda Wines

Thanks to Michael & Richard for mentioning TMGU, I had not thought of TMGU and it takes care of my needs easily. Thanks for your suggestions. Jim On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:40 AM Richard Damon <[email protected]> wrote: > Use TMGU by John Cardinal to ‘merge’ tags. You actual change all > occurrences of one version of the tag to the other and then delete the > unused tag. > > > On Jul 17, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Jim Slade <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Years ago, when I first began using TMG, I kept families in separate > > databases. Occasionally, I created custom tags in each. Now that I have > > learned it is wiser, easier and much more efficient to keep everyone all > in > > one database, and have combined them, I find there are duplicate tags. > The > > sentences and purposes are the same, but with slightly different names. > I > > would like to merge, combine or get rid of these duplicates if they not > not > > used. > > > > Is there a way to combine or merge these duplicate tags? > > > > Is there a way to find whether or not a certain tag is used and how many > > times? > > > > Thanks, Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

One further thought, Jim, You may want a list of people who have tags of both types "MyTagTypeA" and "MyTagTypeB" in order to view each of these people to verify that you want to merge or delete one or more of these tags. Then I would use a List of People report with a filter of: MyTagTypeA // # of Tags // > Is greater then // 0 // AND MyTagTypeB // # of Tags // > Is greater then // 0 // END Hope this helps, Michael

Jim Slade wrote: > I find there are duplicate tags. The sentences and purposes are the same, > but with slightly different names. I would like to merge, combine or > get rid of these duplicates if they not not used. Hi Jim, I am "assuming" when you say they have "slightly different names" that these are different tag TYPES ("MyTagTypeA" and "MyTagTypeB") rather than duplicates of the same "MyTagTypeA" tag type? > Is there a way to combine or merge these duplicate tags? As Richard mentioned, you can use the TMGU function "Change Event Type" to convert all "MyTagTypeB" tags to "MyTagTypeA" tags. A person may then wind up with two "MyTagTypeA" tags, if that is what you want. However, if you want to delete all tags of "MyTagTypeB" type, then you can instead use the TMGU "Delete Tags by Type" function. There are a set of options to still retain some of these tags based on various conditions, as well as based on a Flag value. > Is there a way to find whether or not a certain tag is used and > how many times? If you just want the count, then running the TMGU "Delete Tags by Type" function in LOG ONLY mode is probably the quickest way. But if you want a list of a given tag type, open the Master Event List and click on the "Type" heading. That will cause the List to sort by tag type. You can now scroll down to the type of tag of interest and see all the tags of that type. Finally, if a person has two tags of the same tag type, you are best off by going to each person and viewing both tags to determine what, if anything, wants to be copied from one to the other before deleting one. Hope this gives you ideas, Michael

Use TMGU by John Cardinal to ‘merge’ tags. You actual change all occurrences of one version of the tag to the other and then delete the unused tag. > On Jul 17, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Jim Slade <[email protected]> wrote: > > Years ago, when I first began using TMG, I kept families in separate > databases. Occasionally, I created custom tags in each. Now that I have > learned it is wiser, easier and much more efficient to keep everyone all in > one database, and have combined them, I find there are duplicate tags. The > sentences and purposes are the same, but with slightly different names. I > would like to merge, combine or get rid of these duplicates if they not not > used. > > Is there a way to combine or merge these duplicate tags? > > Is there a way to find whether or not a certain tag is used and how many > times? > > Thanks, Jim > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Years ago, when I first began using TMG, I kept families in separate databases. Occasionally, I created custom tags in each. Now that I have learned it is wiser, easier and much more efficient to keep everyone all in one database, and have combined them, I find there are duplicate tags. The sentences and purposes are the same, but with slightly different names. I would like to merge, combine or get rid of these duplicates if they not not used. Is there a way to combine or merge these duplicate tags? Is there a way to find whether or not a certain tag is used and how many times? Thanks, Jim

Thank you for pointing this facility out. I have not come across it before, but now you've pointed it out I shall be making full use of it, I have many "frequently used" sentences and phrases. BobH -----Original Message----- From: sjjsftw via TMG <[email protected]> Sent: 16 July 2019 01:33 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [TMG] Re: Inputting fixed data phrases Tools > Text Macros On Monday, July 15, 2019 faldocs <[email protected]> wrote: It's a while since I had to input a lot of data into TMG but I'm now having to do that after some recent breakthroughs although I'm seriously out of practice. I seem to recall that there was a method of inputting commonly used phrases into memos, eg 'according to her death certificate her parents names were ' to save typing. I can't remember how I did it and or find the procedure in any of the help files. I've played with the control+ keys options but my new desktop doesn't seem to remember either. Anyone with any suggestions or am I just having a senior moment? _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Thank you Kay. I could have used this. Rich H -----Original Message----- From: Kay Schmidt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 9:03 PM To: 'The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List' Subject: [TMG] Re: Inputting fixed data phrases Another way to do that is with the Text Macros (on the Tools menu). You can have up to 11 phrases--each assigned to one of the Fkeys. Or you can edit the sentences associated with tags and roles. Kay (Offutt) Schmidt -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 5:48 PM To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List Subject: [TMG] Re: Inputting fixed data phrases Might be wrong but I've only found F3 to remember the last input for a particular field. I interpret the request "commonly used phrases into memos" to mean a choice from amongst several options. I can't recollect this facility but it may be outthere. Andrew Clark ________________________________ From: leoglue <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 10:37:51 AM To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List Subject: [TMG] Re: Inputting fixed data phrases -------- Original message --------From: [email protected] Date: 7/15/19 6:52 PM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [TMG] Inputting fixed data phrases It's a while since I had to input a lot of data into TMG but I'm now havingto do that after some recent breakthroughs although I'm seriously out ofpractice. I seem to recall that there was a method of inputting commonlyused phrases into memos, eg 'according to her death certificate her parentsnames were ' to save typing. I can't remember how I did it and or find theprocedure in any of the help files. I've played with the control+ keysoptions but my new desktop doesn't seem to remember either. Anyone with anysuggestions or am I just having a senior moment? _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Thanks everyone, Tools\Text Macros was what I was after. And I can recommend it as a useful tool for those who weren't aware of it. A bit like the Relationship Chart Report issue that came up the other day and which I've started using quite frequently. Great forum this isn't it!