I converted from Legacy several years ago, at about the number of people you have in your database. In view of the fact that Legacy 7 seems to have some new sourcing methods, I would wait until you get Legacy 7 upgrade (sounds like you will get the upgrade shortly anyway), and then tackle a cleanup of your sources. It sounds to me like even experienced Legacy users may have to adjust / clean up some of their sourcing when they get the upgrades, and personally, i think thats a positive think. I had no clue about sourcing when I started out, and a good cleanup is probably way overdue. Its a lot easier to do 4500 people, than 45000 people.
As far as the notes go, well...think of it as a minor inconvenience, and tackle it on a regular schedule and it will get done. Legacy is so much easier and robust than FTM that it is worth the front end aggravation. I do keep both programs for the sole reason that I can immediately help other family members who do not have Legacy, and I can still use the FTM cds this way On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Chambro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > II am a long time user of FTM but I am thinking of converting to Legacy. I > downloaded Legacy V6 (standard) but I notice that many of you on this list > have version 7. How did you get it? I have not seen it for sale anywhere > and according to the website, it is not yet available. I also notice that a > few of you (Alan and Ole) are also on the FTM list, so I assume you are > using both FTM and Legacy. I am curious as to why anyone would want to > maintain two files and try to keep them updated especially since Legacy > seems to have everything that FTM has and more. > > I have imported a GEDCOM from FTM ver 16 but unfortunately, GEDCOMs from FTM > do not transfer properly even though I followed the Legacy suggestions on > import (Dest: FTW, Ver 5.5, ANSEL and Abbreviated Tag box checked.) 4554 > people and 1581 marriages seem to have transferred properly, but sources are > messed up and there are unwanted spaces in some of the notes. Whether or > not I stay with FTM and go to FTM2008 or switch to Legacy, it appears I > will have to do some file clean-up as sources and facts are handled > differently. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to clean > up my file without having to go through each individual? Thanks > Chick from Camarillo > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
