Yesterday at SAG

The TMG (The Master Genealogist) Sydney User Group meets every three months at The Society of Australian Genealogists in Sydney. The enthusiastic members of this group provide support and friendship to users of The Master Genealogist software. The group was founded by Carole Riley and is now under the stewardship of Kerry Farmer.

Of the twenty odd persons who attended yesterday there was a number of seasoned users, some novices like me and one gentleman who had only purchased the program on Friday. Kerry Farmer organised a varied program for the meeting. I was pleased to be able to show the group how I publish my TMG data on the web with TNG. As I only had 15 minutes I was not able to do justice to the TNG software. 

I directed the group to these Australian sites that had been produced with TNG.

Bobby Family Tree	http://www.bobbyfamilytree.com/genealogy/
Brady Family Tree in Western Australia	http://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/index.php
Briese family genealogy pages	http://www.gang-gang.net/briesegenealogy/
Castellorizo Genealogy Pages	http://www.castellorizo.org/
Clan Cameron Australia	http://www.clan-cameron.org.au/
A Country Squire	http://www.jansquire.com/tng/index.php
Geniaus Family Site	http://www.geniaus.net
King and McKay Genealogy Pages	http://family.shhdtm.com/
Roy - Royes Family Links	http://royroyes.net/genealogy/index.php
The Tree of Me	http://www.thetreeofme.net/
Twigs of Yore	http://www.twigsofyore.com/

 

Kerry gave the next two presentations. Firstly she gave us a thorough tour of the new beta version of TMG (v8); the group members were interested to see the new features that Kerry demonstrated. We were all most grateful to Kerry for the time she put into examining this software for us.

 

Second Site was the topic of Kerry's second presentation. Kerry had stepped into the breach when the member who was to do the presentation could not attend.  After providing an introduction to the program Kerry gave a practical demonstrataion on using Second Site to publish one's TMG  data in html format. Once produced these websites can then be saved to a CD and given to family members. Kerry then showed us a number of family websites created with Second Site that had been published online.

I commend the meetings of this group to anyone who uses TMG or who is considering purchase of a genealogy software program. At the next meeting of the group at SAG in August Bruce Fairhall will be presenting on how he uses TMG for his One-Name Project.  All with an interest in TMG are welcome to the meeting, bookings can be made closer to the date on the SAG website.