TMG is TMG. It is/was unique. NOTHING out there will totally replace it. OTOH, until it quits running on new computers, there really isn't any need to leave it.
Cheryl pjhanse...@aol.com wrote: > Barbara, I am also a TMG user, trying to determine which > genealogical software I want to adopt instead of TMG. So far > I have not found anything that totally replaces TMG, ideally > with a few items that TMG was lacking, if such things exist! > My main problem is determining how to migrate all of my > flags, with color coding a close second. With TMG we could > have up to the 250 unique flags that TMG can support. Even > looking at the only 7 flags that are standard, none of them > are a two choice flag. Most people only consider SEX as > having only two choices, but there ARE times when we do not > KNOW for sure what sex should be assigned to a person. There > ARE times when even medical professionals don't know, and > they are a bit more educated in the area than most of us! > I have just over 100 flags for my personal database, and I > use many of them to color code the various screens so that I > can tell at a glance how the people fit in with others. As > an example, seeing a pale yellow background with navy blue > lettering tells me that a person died young. Generally those > that died at a young age do not have as much available > information as their siblings that lived to what we now > consider adulthood. Unless the family is very notable, it > would probably be more time effective to skip over extensive > searching for data on those that died young in the less > notable families. > In addition to color coding the ancestors of each of my > grand and great-grand children, there are also a number of > families for which I trace the descendents of a notable > person, with color variations for each of those particular > immigrants or notable people. > Within TMG I currently have over 200 color codes, far beyond > what Legacy provides even in it's Deluxe edition. > Several months ago the rumors were that Legacy was being > retooled to directly import everything directly from the TMG > structure, but I am wondering how many years that will take. > TMG has taken 25 years to become the program that it is > closing down as. Is that how long it will take Legacy to get > caught up??? > PJ > In a message dated 12/16/2014 11:57:15 A.M. Central Standard > Time, karenhapp...@cox.net writes: > > Why would you not have tags set permanently? I and > others are coming into Legacy from TMG. TMG calls them > flags. We are used to having an unlimited number of > these and also being able to have several or more > settings for each rather than just on or off. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
