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? And what suffix(es) should I be looking for in order to find her most current (not backed up) database? 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? 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? Even if TMG is no longer supported, can I simply buy my own copy anyhow? Her daughter and I are trying to finish up a research project which was almost done, and while we have the written reports (the Word files), the sources are in her database (she was super careful about that), so we really need in. :-) Thanks for any help or advice! Karen

On 9/19/2015 3:53 PM, Karen Isaacson Leverich via wrote: > 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? Karen, I forgot to address this question in my previous reply. It is very unlikely that all the data will be successfully imported into RM or any other program. How much is lost depends largely on which features of TMG the prior user used, and how the data was entered. While the basic data will be imported, many details may not be. In addition, source notes are likely to be a mess. If use was made of TMG's Sentence Structures to produce narrative reports, that will be lost. For better information about just what you can expect you will do better to consult the TMG Refugees list on Rootsweb, at http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/TMG-REFUGEES.html Terry Reigel

Welcome Karen! It sounds like you are a lucky genealogist, even if in for some hard work. I would recommend following Terry Riegels suggestions about getting TMG 9 while that is still possible. It will open whatever version of backup the deceased genealogist had, or for that matter I think her current files as we ll. Actually, if you can locate TMG setup files, you may find that she had something much more recent than version 6.x installed, as most recent users were downloading new versions rather than purchasing by CD. While Wholly Genes is no longer supporting TMG, you will find lots of support here and on the TMG Forum. Many of us expect to use the program for a long time to come. Terry Riegel and others also have websites with many wonderful tips. Best wishes, Karla On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Karen Isaacson Leverich via < tmg@rootsweb.com> 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? > > And what suffix(es) should I be looking for in order to find her most > current (not backed up) database? > > 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? 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? Even if TMG is no longer supported, can I simply buy my own > copy anyhow? > > Her daughter and I are trying to finish up a research project which was > almost done, and while we have the written reports (the Word files), the > sources are in her database (she was super careful about that), so we > really need in. :-) > > Thanks for any help or advice! > > Karen > 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 > -- Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com

Karen, you mentioned her daughter was working with you? Did her daughter inherit? Sent from my iPad > On Sep 19, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Karen Isaacson Leverich via <tmg@rootsweb.com> 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? > > And what suffix(es) should I be looking for in order to find her most current (not backed up) database? > > 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? 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? Even if TMG is no longer supported, can I simply buy my own copy anyhow? > > Her daughter and I are trying to finish up a research project which was almost done, and while we have the written reports (the Word files), the sources are in her database (she was super careful about that), so we really need in. :-) > > Thanks for any help or advice! > > Karen > 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 > .