If I leave the UID as unrecognized, then won't it just go into the Notes? In which case, then I'll have to edit all the people to pull info out of the Notes.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Brian/Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Melody, > > Have you tried just leaving the UID as an unrecognized item. If you do > Legacy should list the UID entries from the Ancestry GEDCOM in the error > report when the GEDCOM is imported. > > If you will send me one of those Ancestry downloaded GEDCOMs privately to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will test the customize Option on import from > a GEDCOM. We have a problem recorded where the customization is not working > when you export to a GEDCOM, perhaps there is a similar problem with the > import customization as well. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > Melody B wrote: > >> When I import the gedcom of the tree I have at Ancestry.Com, the import >> process tells me that there is an unidentified tag "UID". I do Not want to >> import this. >> >> I go to the Customize screen. "UID" is listed under "Unrecognized items". >> I click "Create an event for this tag", entering"Ancestry UID" as the >> "Event Name". I click on "[UID]=EVEN Ancestry UID" in the "Import these >> items" box. I then click the "< Remove" button which places it in the >> "Items not to be imported" list. >> Except that UID gets imported anyway. >> >> Any idea what I need to do to get rid of this tag? I know that I will >> still have an Event in my Event definitions list. That's trivial to get rid >> of. But clicking on every single record in the family file to get rid of >> the UID event for each person is hugely annoying and time wasting. >> >> Other bugaboos... >> On the Customize screen, I enter "BUGFIX" for "Optional text to precede >> unrecognized items". I close the screen and then open the screen again. >> "BUGFIX" is gone. That doesn't seem quite reasonable to me. >> >> Annoying thing about Ancestry.Com - I am the "home person" in my tree. On >> export, Ancestry.Com so very nicely puts "Y" in my name suffix. Do what? >> So every time I download my tree from Ancestry to merge in new data, there >> I am as "Melody Songofruth, Y". Sheesh! I figure they are doing it to >> indicate the person who is the "home person". But it's still annoying. >> Just mentioning it because it took me a while to figure out what was >> responsible for it. >> >> -- >> Take care, >> Melody >> If not now, when? >> >> 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 > > > > -- Take care, Melody If not now, when? 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
