Let me put in my 2 cents worth.... As I advise in my class....there is a way to gedcom the data in ...but I myself am doing it manually... now I have 18,000 names to move from FTM to Legacy and it will take me a year to finish this move but it is well worth it because I have in FTM some very large bodies of notes because of the limitation FTM had and find Legacy gives a better method of showing timelines on the person. I did gedcom a small portion at first to see how it worked and found it took me longer to correct the problems than to just enter manually. It also gives me an opportunity to review my data and especially on the source data find need to make adjustments to better meet proper documentation because my earlier data from 10 years ago wasn't up to par. Mind you also found that the notes data would be divided between the event field and various note fields in the Legacy formatt and also some of the note data had to be rewritten to give a better read in published reports. I work on one group sheet at a time and when I need to add a piece of data within a group sheet at that time make the connection in Legacy and update in Legacy, but still if someone wants details on a family group not in Legacy can pull the report from FTM even tho it has not been moved to Legacy. Richard
> From: macdonald...@hotmail.com > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] How to convert Family Tree to Legacy > Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:05:37 -0400 > > > I have checked the archives but could not locate the correct answer, if it > has been answered please accept my apologies. > I have always used Legacy and think that it is the best program on the market. > I have a friend who has always used Family Tree Maker, she has just purchased > the Legacy 7 program and would like to know what is the best and easiest, > step by step way to transfer all her data from her Family Tree Maker program > into Legacy. > I'm sure that there are quite a few x-ftm's out there who have been converted > to Legacy, I'm sure that those of you who have transferred your data base > incorrectly have learned by trial and error. > There must be a way to transfer the data and still keep one's sanity intact. > Thanks, Leo > > > 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 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
