Wholly Genes Releases TMG Version 8

The following news release was received from Bob Velke, with Wholly Genes Software.

Family History Software Takes Another Leap Forward

Columbia, Maryland – 21 December 2011 – Wholly Genes Software announces a major new release of its popular family history project manager, The Master Genealogist. The software, known by its users as “TMG,” is favored by novice and expert researchers alike because of its extreme flexibility, extensive documentation features, and the ability to transform dry family data into impressive charts, forms, and narrative reports.

This new release, TMG v8, includes a completely new report writer to accommodate 64-bit operating systems, but that is just the beginning of an impressive list of new and expanded features.

“For 18 years, TMG has consistently introduced innovative features that have slowly developed into industry standards,” said the company president, Bob Velke. “Version 8 is no exception, with ground-breaking features like color-coded narrative reports and the ability to import groups of people or entire families from a spreadsheet.”

For those who prefer, its new “Add Multiple People” and “Add Family” screens, which resemble a spreadsheet environment. are among the many new features in TMG v8 which were designed to make data entry easier and faster. Like many of the program’s most useful features, they were suggested by TMG’s very active user community. Other examples include a greatly expanded list of default roles (to link witnesses to the events of other people), an option to design new roles “on the fly,” new features to share your customizations with other researchers, and the ability to output Pedigree charts to Word or RTF with an index.

The expanded web-searching tool in TMG v8 now supports 15 sites, including Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, One Great Family, Footnote/Fold3, World Vital Records, and FindAGrave.com. (Some sites provide search results but require a subscription for full access to the records.) The feature supports the specific search options of each site and can even be configured to search them all at once. “After searching Google Books for a name like ‘Lucinda Rodgers,’” said Velke, “how often do we get distracted by the results and forget to go back and search for ‘Rodgers, Lucinda’, its spelling variations, or her married name(s)?” TMG’s new web-searching tool won’t forget to try all of the permutations of your search that are supported by each site and could lead to great new discoveries.

The Master Genealogist v8 Gold Edition is available for $59 as a download from www.WhollyGenes.com and from its international dealers. The upgrade for users of v7 is $29.95. An optional CD is available by mail for a nominal extra charge.

About the company:
Wholly Genes Software is a privately held corporation founded in 1993 with the goal of providing professional-caliber software tools to family historians. Its flagship product, The Master Genealogist, has the reputation of being the most powerful family history project manager on the market and is in use in more than 40 countries around the world.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

3 Replies to “Wholly Genes Releases TMG Version 8”

  1. Hey Patty and Leland,

    Hope you had a Happy New Year! My new book, Jamestown Odyssey: America’s Unspoken Legacy of Multi-Racial Families From Its Founders has just been published. It would be of interest and a help to many of your followers. How does your book review process work for your blog?

    Sincerely,

    Chip Langston

  2. Chip,
    Send a copy to us at GenealogyBlog.com, C/O Leland K. Meitzler, 856 Mill St., Bountiful, Utah 84011. We’ll review it, and post the review on the blog. If we feel it fits our stock at Family roots Publishing Co., we’ll contact you about actively promoting the book as dealers.

  3. I have used TMG since version 4 was released. I am always happy with the product, but with all software there are bugs, minor irritants and a learning curve on new additions. I am always impressed with the level of support that Wholly Genes provides its TMG Customers. I for one always recomend TMG to folks that express a desire to either get a genealogy program, or express a real disgust with the program they are presently using.

    Regarding the text: “Jamestown Odyssey” … I would be interested in details relative to it; since I have linage roots that are direct to Jamestown. I have some details regarding the line, but not to the extent I would prefer. I would be interested in a copy, reviewing it, and if it is applicable to my Line letting Family and Relatives know about it, and how to purchase a copy for their personal genealogy library.

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