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2010

Library & Archives Canada, Room 154

Library & Archives Canada, Room 154, 2:00-4:00pm

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13 June 2010

2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems

2:10
Q & A, General Discussion

2:35
- Second Site v.3.2 - Ernest Wiltshire

2:40
- Monthly TMG Tip - Mike More

2:50
- Refreshments

3:10
-TMG – a Pot Pourri Part II, by David Walker. Click here to view both talks.

4:00
- End of Meeting

Next meeting: Sunday 19 September 2010, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
TBA

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16 May 2010

2:00
- Welcome - Introductions: newcomers & visitors
- Exchange TMG training videos / books
- Other TMG news and problems
- General discussion

2:10
Q & A, General Discussion

2:45 - 3: 15
- Refreshments

3:15
-TMG – a Pot Pourri Part I, by David Walker. Click here to view both talks.

4:00
- End of Meeting

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11 April 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 - Guest Speaker: Douglas Hill – Producing a Book with TMG and Word (large PDF file - ~29.7MB). If you have MS Word or Open Office (free) you can download the smaller DOC format, 8.3MB)
“It will be an update to a previous talk, including the issue of printing and distributing the books”

4:00
- End of Meeting

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14 March 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
- Preparing Charts for WhollyGenes Printing Service – David Walker

3:30
- TBA

4:00
- End of Meeting

Next meeting: Sunday 11 April 2010, 2 to 4 pm at LAC
Topic: Producing a Book with TMG and Word - Douglas Hill

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2009

Library & Archives Canada, Room 154

Library & Archives Canada, Room 154, 2:00-4:00pm

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

 

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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

 

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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)

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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)

Dick Eastman's Online genealogy newsletter; and the new "Digital Genealogist" online magazine Update to Cardinal's TMG Utilities Pros & cons of TMG's "Message Manager"

(2) Douglas Hill: Dealing with Names & Namesakes (30 min)
(3) Refreshments (20 min)
(4) David Walker: Using GenViewer to view databases (30 min)

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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)

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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

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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

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