Well, thanks for your comments, Jerry. I also was thinking about the operating system compatibility, but I knew I had not ever gone for five years, much less 10 years, on one operating system (except for DOS) and was wondering whether, in the past, I could have done so if I'd had to do it. I don't do GEDCOMs, since I use so many custom sentences. This is a decision I made when I first transferred from ROOTS/UFT to TMG, and I don't share file, either. Perhaps I made a bad decision at that time. I've also been wondering about the very large Memos I write. I know I discussed this with Bob V. early on (when I transferred to TMG in the 1990's). He assured me it would never be a problem, and it hasn't been. I'm not sure whether Roots Magic (or any other genealogical software) allows basically unlimited Memo text and has such a Memo field. I also write custom citations and wonder whether these would transfer. Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another program and think I would just lose too much information. Thanks again. Frankie In a message dated 9/24/2014 10:22:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com writes: It’s strictly an operating system issue and has nothing to do with TMG itself or any other particular application. My experience is that applications will continue to function for quite a while ask desktop operating systems evolve. Which is to say, operating systems tend to maintain a lot of backwards compatibility. There’s obviously no guarantees, but applications released in 2009 almost certainly still work on my desktop and applications released on 2004 usually do. But many applications from longer ago than that no longer work. This of course says nothing about interoperability between TMG and other genealogy software. But even there, GEDCOM is the main interoperability issue and GEDCOM seems to evolve at a glacial pace. Jerry From: Frlva@aol.com Sent: Wed, September 24, 2014 9:18 AM To: c24m48@hotmail.com ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode Hi Jerry, Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is true, I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us some of your thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would find that very helpful. Thanks. Frankie *** To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

TMG Memo fields transfer to RootsMagic Note fields which are, practically, unlimited. (There is always a limit but you will never reach it and nobody would read it!). Custom sentences and citations do transfer to RootsMagic but the accuracy of translation depends on what you have constructed. The use of split Memo fields is not yet supported by the import and may never be. I wrote a post-process query to adapt split Citation Details. That said, if Legacy succeeds in supporting split Memos, RootsMagic may feel pressed to do likewise. Explore your options. The free RootsMagic trial does the direct import, as will Legacy's (I expect) and as does Family Historian. They should all improve over time... Tom On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Frlva via <tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Well, thanks for your comments, Jerry. I also was thinking about the > operating system compatibility, but I knew I had not ever gone for five > years, > much less 10 years, on one operating system (except for DOS) and was > wondering whether, in the past, I could have done so if I'd had to do it. > I don't > do GEDCOMs, since I use so many custom sentences. This is a decision I > made > when I first transferred from ROOTS/UFT to TMG, and I don't share file, > either. Perhaps I made a bad decision at that time. > > I've also been wondering about the very large Memos I write. I know I > discussed this with Bob V. early on (when I transferred to TMG in the > 1990's). > He assured me it would never be a problem, and it hasn't been. I'm not sure > whether Roots Magic (or any other genealogical software) allows basically > unlimited Memo text and has such a Memo field. I also write custom > citations > and wonder whether these would transfer. > > Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years > with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another > program > and think I would just lose too much information. > > Thanks again. > > Frankie > > > In a message dated 9/24/2014 10:22:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com writes: > > It’s strictly an operating system issue and has nothing to do with TMG > itself or any other particular application. My experience is that > applications > will continue to function for quite a while ask desktop operating systems > evolve. Which is to say, operating systems tend to maintain a lot of > backwards compatibility. There’s obviously no guarantees, but applications > released in 2009 almost certainly still work on my desktop and > applications > released on 2004 usually do. But many applications from longer ago than > that no > longer work. > > This of course says nothing about interoperability between TMG and other > genealogy software. But even there, GEDCOM is the main interoperability > issue and GEDCOM seems to evolve at a glacial pace. > > Jerry > > > From: Frlva@aol.com > Sent: Wed, September 24, 2014 9:18 AM > To: c24m48@hotmail.com ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode > > Hi Jerry, > > Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is true, > I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us some of your > thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would find that very > helpful. Thanks. > > Frankie > > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the message > subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Frankie, I'm with you when you say "Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another program and think I would just lose too much information." At this point I'll read with interest the experience of others and stay with TMG until I have no choice...and perhaps someday I'll just have to make a decision. Judy Madnick Albany, NY On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Frlva via <tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Well, thanks for your comments, Jerry. I also was thinking about the > operating system compatibility, but I knew I had not ever gone for five years, > much less 10 years, on one operating system (except for DOS) and was > wondering whether, in the past, I could have done so if I'd had to do it. I don't > do GEDCOMs, since I use so many custom sentences. This is a decision I made > when I first transferred from ROOTS/UFT to TMG, and I don't share file, > either. Perhaps I made a bad decision at that time. > > I've also been wondering about the very large Memos I write. I know I > discussed this with Bob V. early on (when I transferred to TMG in the 1990's). > He assured me it would never be a problem, and it hasn't been. I'm not sure > whether Roots Magic (or any other genealogical software) allows basically > unlimited Memo text and has such a Memo field. I also write custom citations > and wonder whether these would transfer. > > Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years > with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another program > and think I would just lose too much information. > > Thanks again. > > Frankie > > > In a message dated 9/24/2014 10:22:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com writes: > > It’s strictly an operating system issue and has nothing to do with TMG > itself or any other particular application. My experience is that applications > will continue to function for quite a while ask desktop operating systems > evolve. Which is to say, operating systems tend to maintain a lot of > backwards compatibility. There’s obviously no guarantees, but applications > released in 2009 almost certainly still work on my desktop and applications > released on 2004 usually do. But many applications from longer ago than that no > longer work. > > This of course says nothing about interoperability between TMG and other > genealogy software. But even there, GEDCOM is the main interoperability > issue and GEDCOM seems to evolve at a glacial pace. > > Jerry > > > From: Frlva@aol.com > Sent: Wed, September 24, 2014 9:18 AM > To: c24m48@hotmail.com ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode > > Hi Jerry, > > Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is true, > I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us some of your > thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would find that very > helpful. Thanks. > > Frankie > > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message > subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Given TMG 9.04 runs on Windows 8.1, for which Microsoft support is committed until 2023, a 9 year horizon is absolute. I see nothing in Windows 9 to suggest TMG won't run on it, which adds another 2 years. People are still using UFT, which supposedly expired 14 years ago - so I expect to move to RootsMagic version 32 in about 10 years time <g> Don Ferguson -----Original Message----- From: tmg-refugees-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-refugees-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Judy Madnick via Sent: Thursday, 25 September 2014 2:04 AM To: Frlva; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode Frankie, I'm with you when you say "Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 years with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to another program and think I would just lose too much information." At this point I'll read with interest the experience of others and stay with TMG until I have no choice...and perhaps someday I'll just have to make a decision. Judy Madnick Albany, NY On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Frlva via <tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Well, thanks for your comments, Jerry. I also was thinking about the > operating system compatibility, but I knew I had not ever gone for > five years, much less 10 years, on one operating system (except for > DOS) and was wondering whether, in the past, I could have done so if > I'd had to do it. I don't do GEDCOMs, since I use so many custom > sentences. This is a decision I made when I first transferred from > ROOTS/UFT to TMG, and I don't share file, either. Perhaps I made a bad decision at that time. > > I've also been wondering about the very large Memos I write. I know I > discussed this with Bob V. early on (when I transferred to TMG in the 1990's). > He assured me it would never be a problem, and it hasn't been. I'm not > sure whether Roots Magic (or any other genealogical software) allows > basically unlimited Memo text and has such a Memo field. I also write > custom citations and wonder whether these would transfer. > > Nevertheless, I am encouraged by your thought that we could go 10 > years with TMG. At my stage and age, I really don't wish to go to > another program and think I would just lose too much information. > > Thanks again. > > Frankie > > > In a message dated 9/24/2014 10:22:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com writes: > > It’s strictly an operating system issue and has nothing to do with > TMG itself or any other particular application. My experience is that > applications will continue to function for quite a while ask desktop > operating systems evolve. Which is to say, operating systems tend to > maintain a lot of backwards compatibility. There’s obviously no > guarantees, but applications released in 2009 almost certainly still > work on my desktop and applications released on 2004 usually do. But > many applications from longer ago than that no longer work. > > This of course says nothing about interoperability between TMG and > other genealogy software. But even there, GEDCOM is the main > interoperability issue and GEDCOM seems to evolve at a glacial pace. > > Jerry > > > From: Frlva@aol.com > Sent: Wed, September 24, 2014 9:18 AM > To: c24m48@hotmail.com ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Family entry mode > > Hi Jerry, > > Do you really think we have five to ten years to use TMG? If this is > true, I find this somewhat hopeful. Would you mind sharing with us > some of your thoughts on why you think we have this long? I would > find that very helpful. Thanks. > > Frankie > > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *** To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com