On 9/19/2015 3:53 PM, Karen Isaacson Leverich via wrote: > First off, I do realize I'm late to the party and support for TMG has been discontinued. > > But I do need some help! I've been sent a Google drive with all of the genealogy files of a recently deceased genealogist ... Word files, image files, etc. Buried somewhere in this structure of folders and sub-folders MIGHT be her TMG database. The 1999 TMG manual says backups have the suffice .sqz, and I have found one such file. But 1999 was a long time ago. :-) If she were using a newer TMG, would .sqz still be the suffix? Karen, Yes, TMG backups are still .sqz files. Files with the .sqz extension are just zip files with a different extension. While they are not totally unique to TMG, they are uncommon, and if you found it among genealogy files it is likely a TMG backup. To test, you could change the extension to .zip, then look at it with Windows Explorer - you should see 60-odd files, all with the same name except for the extensions. > Second ... assuming I find the files. Or the .sqz file is good stuff. I have a CD-ROM (hers) of TMG 6.x, and there is a long string written on it, presumably an access code. Is that all I need in order to install it? What version(s) of Windows would this work with? There is no assurance that the TMG CD will work, nor that it will be able to open the files if it does. The first issue is that I think there are issues installing TMG 6 on a current version of Windows, though there may be workarounds for that. You will not be able to send reports to a word processor if you install on a 64-bit version of Windows. It may also be that the original user updated with a later version of TMG 6 than the one on the CD, and if the file structure changed you will not be able to open the files even if you do successfully install from the CD. The serial number is tied to the email address and name she used when she purchased TMG. So unless you can figure those out you will have only a 30-day free trial, assuming you can successfully install to begin with. > Or I've been told RootsMagic will import a TMG database ... the .sqz one? How much data is lost or does it do it all? I don't know whether the RM import works from a .sqz file or the individual files. But you can extract the individual files from the sqz if need be. However I also wonder whether RM can import TMG files that old - there have been a number of file format changes since then. > Even if TMG is no longer supported, can I simply buy my own copy anyhow? Yes, you can buy TMG 9. The installer can be downloaded from http://whollygenes.swmirror.com/tmg9setup.exe You can currently buy a license from the Dutch dealer, Harry Goegebeur, at harry.goegebeur@genea.be You can also obtain a license from the Roots User Group of Arlington, if you join that group. Info at http://rootsusers.org/ TMG 9 can Restore the TMG 6 backup. Terry Reigel