v.6+

TMG Source Elements

Source Element Table

TMG does not provide a report for custom source elements, you will find a list of the default Source Elements & Source Groups in the v5.x user's guide, Appendix B, pages 375 & 376 or in Getting The Most Out Of The Master Genealogist GTMOOTMG Appendix E, pages 276 & 277. If you create custom source elements, over time you may have created several, and in developing a new source type discover you have already created the custom source element you need. I developed a Microsoft Word ® table to keep track of mine. The table prints landscape on two 8.5 X 11 sheets of paper, element groups are in a column down the left side of the page and across the page you will find the default source elements in cells highlighted in yellow. You will also see many blank cells highlighted in turquoise, these blank cells are available for you to enter or write your custom source elements. You may print the table and write in the blank cells, or edit the document and type your custom source elements in the blank cells.

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No changes were made to source element groups and source elements in v.7x

A v.5x version of the table is avaialable in the Archives: May 2005

v.6+

TMG Source Element Groups

Source Element Groups by groupnum

In the process of reworking my census source types I thought it would be nice to have the source elements appear in a sequence that would help in entering data. I found that due to a poor choice or two when creating custom elements it was necessary to take on an extensive rework of the custom source elements prior to reworking the source templates.

The tables in the documents above were created in alphabetic order, but source elements are not displayed on the Source Definition dialog screen in alpha order, they are displayed in a hidden numeric order, I developed this table which shows them in numeric order. Additionally there are five Name Groups that allow entry of TMG ID#s and follow special output rules, also some source elements DO NOT appear on the Source Definition dialog, but are used in the output templates, and these are identified on the table.

If you have gotten this far you probably have an understanding of Source Elements & Source Groups, however if you are sitting there scratching your head you might want to read
Terry's TMGTips - Source Elements and Groups

TMG Source Element Groups by groupnum
This is the order in which they will appear on the Source Definition dialog screen.
color key
Always on source dialog, optional in output templates, cannot be removed.
NAME Takes TMG ID#s, seperate multiple entries with semicolons (;) enter in the form Lastname, Firstname to follow Mills style rules in output; use Firstname Lastname to override output rules.
COMMENTS Use in Comments field on the Supplemental Tab.
Does not appear on Source Definition dialog screen, they may be used in output templates.
Creating custom elements these groups would seem pointless.
groupnum group comments
1 TITLE lower case indicates not present in template*
2 SHORT TITLE
3 SUBTITLE
4 SHORT SUBTITLE
5 RECORD TYPE
6 AUTHOR
7 SUBJECT
8 COMPILER
9 EDITOR
10 SECOND PERSON
11 DATE
12 SECOND DATE
13 LOCATION
14 SECOND LOCATION
15 PUBLISHER
16 PUBLISHER LOCATION
17 SERIES
18 EDITION
19 VERSION
20 VOLUMES
21 PAGES
22 REPOSITORY returns Name - Other from Repository
23 REPOSITORY INFO returns Place fields from Repository, cannot be split
24 REPOSITORY REFERENCE returns Source to Repository reference, source specific
25 FILE REFERENCE
26 RECORD NUMBER
27 FILM NUMBER
28 COMMENTS returns Source Comments, may be split
29 CITATION DETAILS returns Citation Details, may be split
30 CITATION REFERENCE returns Citation reference, citation specific
31 CITATION MEMO returns Citation Memo, may be split
32 REPOSITORY MEMO returns Repository Memo, may be split

* Any element displayed in all lower case letters on the Source Definition dialog screen is an indication that the element is not present in the output template, if the field is populated the entry will remain in the source definition, if however you clear the entry from the field, the source element will be removed from the Source Definition dialog screen after it has been saved, closed and reopened.
The Title element cannot be removed.

You may download this table in MS Excel® or OpenOffice 2.0 formats using the links below.

Printable version of the Source Element Groups by groupnum table.