At 11/19/2017 11:21, Karen Zander wrote >I try to make a GEDCOM of my entire TMG database regularly - "just in case" >- and it takes just under 2 hours, using a fairly new and fast computer. I hope you make TMG Backups regularly also. They are much quicker and in my opinion better for the "just in case" scenario. Plus, they include _everything_ that is in your project while GEDCOM may not. Most TMG users find that GEDCOM loses data for them. Now, it is often that "lost" data is less 'important' and the really important stuff is included in the GEDCOM. There is also the situation of having data included in a GEDCOM whichy does not import into some other program. While GEDCOM can be very reliable for basic genealogical information,* it is also very ambiguous. The GEDCOM specifications are NOT a standard, and there is no requirement that all parts of the specifications be implemented by any one program. So data exported by one program may not be imported by another -- especially anything more than basic information. * Names, Sex and, Birth, Marriage, Death, Burial dates and places. Lee

Lee, I make a TMG back-up either hourly, or each time I close the project. It is much quicker and I realize that it contains everything in my database, whereas a GEDCOM does not. The "just in case" is really 'just in case" a Windows update breaks TMG, or some corruption sneaks into the database and doesn't make itself apparent until I have invested too much time to have lost all the hours, weeks, months of work. Since I use TMG bilingually, I hope that day never comes! Karen On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Lee Hoffman/KY <[email protected]> wrote: > At 11/19/2017 11:21, Karen Zander wrote > >> I try to make a GEDCOM of my entire TMG database regularly - "just in >> case" >> - and it takes just under 2 hours, using a fairly new and fast computer. >> > > I hope you make TMG Backups regularly also. They are much quicker and in > my opinion better for the "just in case" scenario. Plus, they include > _everything_ that is in your project while GEDCOM may not. Most TMG users > find that GEDCOM loses data for them. Now, it is often that "lost" data is > less 'important' and the really important stuff is included in the GEDCOM. > There is also the situation of having data included in a GEDCOM whichy does > not import into some other program. > > While GEDCOM can be very reliable for basic genealogical information,* it > is also very ambiguous. The GEDCOM specifications are NOT a standard, and > there is no requirement that all parts of the specifications be implemented > by any one program. So data exported by one program may not be imported by > another -- especially anything more than basic information. > > * Names, Sex and, Birth, Marriage, Death, Burial dates and places. > > Lee > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ances > try.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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >