Hi Mike, Thank you so much for this information. Just experimented a bit. I was able to get all the obits in by editing the GEDCOM file and matching _OBIT_ to NOTE. All I need is for the information to be there, somewhere. Thanks again.
Cheers, Heidi ________________________________ From: Mike Fry <mike...@iafrica.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:47:48 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Importing Obituaries into Legacy from GED Heidi J. Schmelzer wrote: > My problem is that they are not being imported into Legacy. OBIT does not > show up in the import list and it doesn't show up in the unrecognized list > either. As far as I can tell, the data is not being imported anywhere. > > What can I do to bring this data into Legacy? >From what I can determine from the GEDCOM 5.5 Standard, OBIT is *not* a valid >tag. Legacy won't recognise it. As you say, it doesn't even show up in the >'Unrecognised items' list when importing. However, changing the tag to _OBIT_ >*does* get Legacy to see the tag as 'Unrecognised'. -- Best regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. 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
