I'm trying to import from TMG v4.0d.
Direct import only appears to work with .tmg and .pjc files. However, my version of TMG stores its data in .sqz files.
Is there a way to do direct import from these .sqz files, or is the only option to go via GEDCOM?
* Importing from TMG v4.0
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Re: Importing from TMG v4.0
Welcome to the FHUG Paul.
Possibly GEDCOM is the only route for a 14 year old version of TMG.
However, I did some Google searching and I am confused by your file types.
According to http://www.tmgtips.com/dbnames2.htm TMG v4.0 uses .TMG files that are accepted by FH.
Later on its says TMG v5.x, v6.x, v7.x, & v8.x uses backup .SQZ files.
So why does your TMG v4.0 have backup .SQZ files that are only used in later versions?
Anyway, backup files would not be a suitable format for migrating to any other program.
Possibly GEDCOM is the only route for a 14 year old version of TMG.
However, I did some Google searching and I am confused by your file types.
According to http://www.tmgtips.com/dbnames2.htm TMG v4.0 uses .TMG files that are accepted by FH.
Later on its says TMG v5.x, v6.x, v7.x, & v8.x uses backup .SQZ files.
So why does your TMG v4.0 have backup .SQZ files that are only used in later versions?
Anyway, backup files would not be a suitable format for migrating to any other program.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
Re: Importing from TMG v4.0
@Paul,
Its a very long time since I used Version 4 of TMG and I don't recall exactly what extension the projects were but I'm fairly sure they were .pjc files.
I have found the manual I had with version 5, (which is 2003.....) and the .sqz file is a backup file rather than the project file and .sqz is still used in version 9 as the backup format.
In TMG v5 the Default project path is under File->Preferences-> program Options - General. Find that folder and see if it contains any .pjc files with the name of your project.
I have to say I'm not sure how successful any direct import is going to be because there were changes to the database structure of TMG as the versions progressed.
Just read a bit further in the V5 manual and it say that TMG v4.x have a file extension of .tmg
Its a very long time since I used Version 4 of TMG and I don't recall exactly what extension the projects were but I'm fairly sure they were .pjc files.
I have found the manual I had with version 5, (which is 2003.....) and the .sqz file is a backup file rather than the project file and .sqz is still used in version 9 as the backup format.
In TMG v5 the Default project path is under File->Preferences-> program Options - General. Find that folder and see if it contains any .pjc files with the name of your project.
I have to say I'm not sure how successful any direct import is going to be because there were changes to the database structure of TMG as the versions progressed.
Just read a bit further in the V5 manual and it say that TMG v4.x have a file extension of .tmg
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PaulTheobald
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Re: Importing from TMG v4.0
A big thanks to both of you. Much to my surprise and delight I have successfully performed a direct import from TMG v4.0.
I found that you were right, my TMG v4.0 does have a .TMG data file, but only 1K in size. It also has a lot of other data files but these data files are mixed together in the same folders as the program files so hard to know which ones are important.
I then remembered that the backup format .SQZ is actually just a zipped copy of the data files.
So I unzipped the .SQZ (by renaming it .ZIP) into a new folder. I then pointed FH v6.0.2 at the tiny .TMG file within this folder and lo and behold FH chugged away for a bit and successfully imported the full data set without error. I've even got all the Witnesses and Memos.
Marvellous!
I found that you were right, my TMG v4.0 does have a .TMG data file, but only 1K in size. It also has a lot of other data files but these data files are mixed together in the same folders as the program files so hard to know which ones are important.
I then remembered that the backup format .SQZ is actually just a zipped copy of the data files.
So I unzipped the .SQZ (by renaming it .ZIP) into a new folder. I then pointed FH v6.0.2 at the tiny .TMG file within this folder and lo and behold FH chugged away for a bit and successfully imported the full data set without error. I've even got all the Witnesses and Memos.
Marvellous!