-- On Sun, 8/23/09, jeffma...@orthohelp.com <jeffma...@orthohelp.com> wrote:
> A question about the sources produced > by the new source writer: will they > transfer correctly in a gedcom to another genealogy > program? In other words, > does gedcom have any difficulty with the new style of > sources compared the > to the older style? All information will be transferred (except in one case of a Tax template where the details are not transferred; this is being tracked by Legacy as a bug), but they will not transfer in exactly the same sequence as they print in Legacy because of the way Master Source and Details are interspersed in an EE-style citation. My understanding is that this is because of the limitations of the gedcom format, and has little to do with Legacy. Example: In Legacy, a SourceWriter source might read: 1810 U.S. census, Centre Co,, Pennsylvania, Aaronsburgh Town, Haines Twp., p. 103 (penned), 187 (stamped), Wm. Armstrong; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 46. In another program it reads: Pennsylvania, Centre Co, 1810 U.S. census, \i Ancestry\i0, Digital images (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M252, roll 46, Aaronsburgh Town, Haines Twp., p. 103 (penned), 187 (stamped), Wm. Armstrong, accessed 16 Jul 2009. So in effect, the Master Source "prints" first from a gedcom, then the details. Whereas, in anything produced from Legacy the details are interspersed with the Master Source data. BTW, I've found that Legacy does a better job of transferring out an EE-style citation than does a major competitor with similar EE-style citation capability (IMO anyway). Connie in AZ 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
