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,
[email protected] 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.
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