Ottawa
TMG Users Group
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Meetings for 2009/2010
13 September 2009 18 October 2009 15 November 2009 13 December 2009 10 January 2010 7 February 2010 14 March 2010 11 April 2010 16 May 2010 13 June 2010 |
2010
Library & Archives Canada, Room 154
Library & Archives Canada, Room 154, 2:00-4:00pm
7 February 2010
2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General discussion
2:20
General Discussion
2:40
- Mike More's
TMG Tips
2:50 - 3: 10- Refreshments
3:10
- Postmaster
Database at collectionscanada.ca – David Walker.
3:30
- Creating
a Second Site Web Site, a Practical Demonstration - Ernest Wiltshire
4:00
- End of Meeting
Next meeting: Sunday 14 March 2010, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: TBA
2009
Library & Archives Canada, Room 154
Library & Archives Canada, Room 154, 2:00-4:00pm
13 December 2009
2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General discussion
2:30
- Mike More's TMG Tips - Bugs
& Fixes
3:00 - 3: 15- Refreshments
3:20
- General Discussion - con't
4:00
- End of Meeting
15 November 2009
2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General discussion
2:30
- Mike More's TMG Tips - TMG
Name Fields
3:00 - 3: 15- Refreshments
3:15
- David Walker – Live Demo of Image
Editing, Featuring ACDSee Pro, GIMP and Foxit Reader
4:00
- End of Meeting
Next meeting: Sunday 13 December 2009, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: TBA
7 June 2009
2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:30
- Mike More's
TMG Tips
- David Walker's
Tip
- Larry Empey - Screen capture software
3:00 - 3: 20 - Refreshments
3:20
- David Walker – Suggested
sizing of TMG exhibits
- Ernest Wiltshire - "Mapping" TMG Exhibits for Second Site
- General discussion
4:00
- End of Meeting
3 May 2009
2:00 - Welcome - Introductions: newcomers &
visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:30 - David Walker's TMG Tips - Add New Person Template
3:00 - 3: 20 - Refreshments
3:20 - David Walker – AniMap software (“This unique title for genealogists displays maps of province/state boundaries for Canada and the US, and county boundaries for the US, from earliest times”)
General Discussion
4:00 - End of Meeting
5 April 2009
2:00 - Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:30 - TMG Tips & Tricks - Mike More
2:45 - Options for Books Out of Copyright - David Walker
3:00 - 3: 20 - Refreshments
3: 20 - Custom Place Styles in TMG - Mary Anne Sharpe
4:00 - End of Meeting
Next meeting: Sunday 3 May 2009, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: TBA
8 March
2:00 - Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:30 - A Three Part Presentation on TMG Utility. Ernest Wiltshire (Exhibits), Mike More (Search & Replace) & David Walker (Image Maps)
3:00 - 3: 20 - Refreshments
3: 20 - Ernest Wiltshire – Creating Custom Lists in TMG.
4:00 - End of Meeting
Next meeting: Sunday 5 April 2009, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: TBA
8 February
2:00 - Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:20 - Mike More’s Monthly TMG Tip(s)
2:40 - Larry Empey – Pathwiz for TMG
3:00 - Refreshments
3: 20 - David Walker - More on Mapping with TMG and Second Site
4:00 - End of Meeting
Sunday 11th January, Room 154, Library & Archives
Canada, 2-4 pm
Library & Archives Canada, Room 154
11 January
2:00 - Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:20 - Mike More’s Monthly TMG Tip(s)
2:30 - Ernest Wiltshire: Using Second Site to verify TMG data
2: 55 - Refreshments
3: 10 - David Walker & Ron Chenier - Mapping with TMG and Second Site - View your events with Google Maps
4:00 - End of Meeting
Sunday 7th December, Room 154, Library & Archives
Canada, 2-4 pm
Library & Archives Canada, Room 154
2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General TMG Discussion
2:25
- Ernest Wiltshire - Those Pesky Sources - again! : some thoughts
on keeping track of sources
2:50
- Mike More - Tips & Tricks for TMG
3: 10
- Refreshments
3: 25
- Tips & Tricks cont.
4:00
- End of Meeting
Sunday 5th Oct., Room 154, Library & Archives Canada
2.00 p.m. Meeting Begins
Welcome: Ernest Wiltshire
Introduction of newcomers
Queries & Problem solving
2.15 p.m. Ernest Wiltshire: Some information
on Sources
2.20 p.m. Mike More - Custom Tags, Roles
& Sentences (version 2008)
3.05 p.m. Refreshment break
3.20 p.m. David Walker: Using TMG on
Apple iMac
3.50 p.m. Return & borrow DVDs, Books
4.00 Adjourn
Next meeting: Sunday 16 NovemOctober 2008, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: TBA
Sunday 5th Oct., Room 154, Library & Archives Canada
Agenda
2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors - Exchange TMG training
videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- Open discussion of TMG version 7.03 (Read notes below)
2:20
- Ernest Wiltshire - Final Results of the Survey
2:30
- Mary Anne Sharpe - TMG & Census records
3:00
- Refreshments
3:15
- Meeting continues - More on the Census: - David Walker - Available
books, microfilms and CDs.
- Agendas for future meetings / Beginners sessions
3:45 - Farewell to Douglas Hill
4:00 - End of Meeting
8 June
Agenda
2:00
~ Welcome visitors & exchange TMG training videos
~ News about TMG Group next year
~ Discussion of TMG version 7.02
~ Discussion of French "dit" surnames
2:20 - Software Demos
~ Ron Chenier demo of FlipAlbum
~ David Walker demo of Flip Album Pro
~ Bruce Dodd demo of Calendar Magic
~ Ernest Wiltshire Results of the Questionnaire & Next Year's
Program
3:00 Refreshments
End of Meeting
Next meeting: Sunday 7 September 2008, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: TBA
18 May
Agenda
2:00
~ Welcome visitors & exchange TMG training videos
~ Other TMG news and problems
~ TMG group news
2:20 Douglas Hill: Producing a Book with the TMG Book Manager.
We will start with the pro and con of this example (admittedly done
just as an illustration) and then I will discuss the methods I am using
to produce of my own book, again using TMG and MS Word.
3:00 Refreshments
3:20 con't
4:00 Finish
6 April
Agenda
2:00
~ Welcome visitors & exchange TMG training videos
~ Terry Reigel's new book, "A Primer for TMG"
~ Other TMG news and problems
~ TMG group news
2:20 David Walker: Source data entry and its effect on reports
(intermediate level)
2:30 Charles Godwin: How to copy tag types between projects.
(advanced level)
3:00 Refreshments
3:20 Douglas Hill: Citations, Sources and Repositories in TMG (intermediate
level)
4:00 Finish
10 February Meeting
Agenda
2:00 welcome visitors
~ exchange TMG training DVDs
~ web site renewed for one year
~ TMG 7 problems & news
~ Volunteers needed to demonstrate TMG 7 at Gene-O-Rama Sat 29 March.
2:20
~ Douglas Hill - Standards for Doing Genealogy
(beginner level)
~ Standards for Using TMG
3:00 refreshments
3:20
~ Charles Godwin - How to copy tag types
~ Don Pounder - different implementations of
SOUNDEX.
4:00 finish
Sunday 13 Jan 2008, 2 to 4 pm
Library & Archives Canada, room 154
Agenda
2:00 welcome visitors
exchange TMG training DVDs
A new "committment tag" (from Charles Godwin)
2:10 The Joys of TMG 7 ! (Intermediate level)
File locations (from Douglas Hill)
Finding restored layouts (from Alan Robertson)
Narrative Children tag (from Mike More)
Divorced spouses & relationship tag (from David Walker)
Hiding the new buttons (from David Walker)
Faulty On/Off indicators for three windows (from Douglas Hill)
What's new in Preferences (Douglas Hill)
Ten best new features (opinion of Douglas Hill)
Volunteers needed to demo TMG 7 at Gene-O-Rama Sat 29 March
2:45 Don Pounder - comments on Genealogy cruises
- different implementations of GEDCOM
3:00 Refreshments
3:20 Douglas Hill Standards for Genealogy & for using TMG
(Beginner level)
4:00 Finish
Next meeting: Sunday 10 Feb 2008, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Agenda: more about TMG 7
8 June TBA
Past Meetings
Don Pounder: Different implementations of the Soundex codes.
Douglas Hill: Personal Standards for doing genealogy, and
Personal Standards for data entry in The Master Genealogist,
2007
14 January 2007
12:30 pm Beginners Session
Douglas Hill on "Family Group Sheets"
one-on-one help with your current problem or topic
Beginners - please bring your notebook PC so we can work with you
2:00 pm Regular Meeting
News & problem sharing (20 min)
Review of Duration & content of meetings
David Walker "Family Atlas"
(30 min video) an alternative program to Map My Family Tree
refreshments (20 min)
Charles Godwin "Backing up and Restoring
TMG Projects" (20 min)
11 February 2007
12:30 pm Beginners Session
Douglas Hill ~ "The Useful Function Keys"
2:00 pm Regular Meeting
News & problem sharing (20 min)
David Walker ~ "Scanning and Photo Editing
for TMG"
Sun 11 March 2 to 4 pm
Room 154 Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.
Agenda
2 pm News & problem solving 20 min
Douglas Hill - Writing a Book with TMG, Part
2. 35 min
TMG Book Manager feature 5 min
MS Word 30 min
3 pm Refreshments 25 min
DVD Video: Creating colour charts with Visual
Chartform (VCF) 35 min
Sun 15 April, 2 to 4 pm
Room 154 Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.
Agenda
2 pm All news & problem solving 10 min
Ernest Wiltshire:
Long Term Digital Data Storage 10 min Click here
to download a self-running copy of his presentation.
David Walker:
Intro to Animap (a database of old towns &
counties, for each of the 48 adjacent United States for every year since
colonial times) 5 min
Charles Godwin:
Creating a Web Site (updated)
30 min. Click here
to download a self running copy of his presentation.
3 pm refreshments
3:20 pm Martin Roy:
Historical Timelines in TMG - including creating your own
30 min
Sun 13 May, 2 to 4 pm
2 pm All news & problem solving. Exchange TMG training DVDs
2:20 Martin Roy - Historical
timelines, including creating your own
3:00 refreshments
3:20 Douglas Hill - Tags
for beginners: Groups of tags - how they work. The Living tag and its
use in reports
14 October
2 pm
~ Welcome & greet visitors
~ exchange TMG training DVDs
~ news & problem solving
2:15 David Walker
~ Adding Audio and Video as Exhibits to TMG and Second Site
3:00 Refreshment break
3:20 Ken Wood
~ Report on experience using the "Finding My Past" web site
- live demo
3:40 Douglas Hill
~ Using unused ID numbers for new people.
~ Changing the fields on the Add Person screens (Beginner level)
4:00 End
23 September
2 pm
~ Welcome & greet visitors, exchange TMG training DVDs, news &
problem solving
~ Getting The Most Out of The Master Genealogist - now on CD
or download
~ Elizabeth Shown Mills' new book Evidence Explained -
Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
~ Problems & other news (including an observation of TMG
& the new Vista operating system)
2:25 Douglas Hill
~ List of TMG ver 7 features "coming soon"
~ Using unused ID numbers for new people.
~ Changing the fields on the Add Person screens (Beginner level)
2:50 refreshments
3:10 Intermediate level Training DVD: customizing the program
25 November
2 pm Welcome & greet visitors, exchange TMG training DVDs, news
& problem solving
2:15 ~ Mike More: The Research Log
2:35 ~ Larry Empey: Report on the Wholly Genes Carribean cruise
2:55 ~ Refreshments
3:15 ~ Douglas Hill: Changing the fields on the Add Person screens
(Beginner level), and Standards for Genealogy and for Using TMG
(Beginner level)
2006
10 December
2006
12:30 pm Beginners session
(1) David Walker: Exhibits
(2) One-on-One Help with your current
problem or topic
Beginners - please bring your notebook/laptop and your current problem
or questions so we can work with you.
2:00 pm Main meeting
(1) News & problem sharing (10 min)
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(3) Refreshments (20 min)
(4) David Walker: Using GenViewer to view databases (30 min)
12 November 2006
12:30 pm Beginners session
(1) Douglas Hill: Family Group Sheets
(2) One-on-One Help with your current
problem or topic. If you have a notebook computer, please bring it with
you so we can work with you on your problems or topics of interest.
2:00 Main Meeting
(1) news & problem sharing (10 min)
(2) David Walker: Another approach to merging
TMG databases using GenMatcher (30 min)
(3) Refreshments (20 min)
(4) Mike More: Using 'Map My Family Tree' with
TMG (30 min)
8 October
12:30 pm Beginners Session with David Walker
"Introducing the Picklist and the Project
Explorer"
2:00 pm Main meeting
2:00 pm Main meeting ~ news & problem sharing
2:20 Martin Roy on "Comparing TMG databases
before merging them"
3:00 Refreshments
3:20 Advanced data entry (from the Intermediate DVD) 32 min
3:55 end
17 September
12:30 pm ~ Beginners session with David Walker, on "Working
with reports" (a 10 min DVD followed by David's demo)
2:00 pm Main meeting
1) What (genealogy) we did this summer
2) Response to Ken Healy's passing
3) Ron Chenier - handling email sources
4) - speed of TMG with new cpu
5) Douglas Hill - demo of problem with extra endnotes.
6) 2:30 Advanced data entry (from the Intermediate DVD) 32 min
7) 3:00 Refreshments
8) 3:20 Douglas Hill comparison of Individual Narrative & Individual
Detail reports
9) 3:45 end
Sun 18 June 2006(Father's Day) Room 154 Library and Archives Canada
12:30 Beginners session
David Walker: More on data entry (add tags, memos, exhibits, etc.)
Individual help as needed.
2:00 Regular meeting
News and problem solving
Douglas Hill: Excluding information (4 different ways) (Download a copy
of Douglas's presentation here,
in PDF format)
Slide shows
Refreshments (20 min)
Intermediate DVD - Working with datasets & using accents (21 min)
14 May 2006
12:30 - 1:30 Beginners session
1. Getting Started DVD: Navigation, & creating a New Project (31 min)
2. Individual help for beginners as needed
2:00 - 4:00 Regular meeting
1. News and problem solving
2. David Walker: GedStar Pro 3.1a (a database running on a Palm handheld
device)
Explanation of new features & demo on two Palm devices (15 min)
3. Douglas Hill Finding people: Bookmarks - the use and management thereof
(15 min)
4. Refreshments (20 min)
5. Intermediate DVD - Customizing, Project Explorer & Focus Group
(34 min)
23 April 2006
12:30 Beginner Session: Data Entry, Next Steps; discussion of problems
2:00-4:00 Regular Meeting:
1. News and problem solving
2. David Walker on Options for the Journal Report (40 min)
3. Refreshments (20 min)
4. Intermediate DVD - Working with datasets & using accents (21 min)
19 March 2006
Beginner Session: 12:30 Starting
from Scratch - Entering your first data; 1:00 Discussion
of problems. For this session there will be four mentors, each with
a computer, and six beginners.
Regular Meeting: 2:00-4:00:
1. Greet Visitors, News & Problem Solving (20 min)
2. DVD training video: Source Templates (19
min)
3. Template example: Custom Universal Book Source
Template - Douglas Hill (15 min)
5. Refreshments (20 min)
6. All the options under Preferences (30
min). Presented by Douglas Hill