Paul and Ron, FTM v16 uses a straight forward two screen templet similar to Legacy's basic source approach. V16 was discontinued in 2008 when Ancestry tried to invent the wheel, but there is little difference between the two programs when selecting an existing source or adding/creating a new source. From FTM v16 to Legacy this part works as it should. Both FTM and Legacy require knowledge of correct source format. When a source citation is entered from scratch, and not from a GEDCOM, the check boxes under the text and comments "add this text to the source citation" work and the source and citation information appear as they should in the printed reports.
Paul, your comment leads me to believe that Legacy does not automatically populate these text/comment boxes when importing a GEDCOM file. It could be that FTM does not keep the data in a correctly named GEDCOM field. Interestingly, there were not GEDCOM errors noted. Leonard On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:56:22 -0700 "Paul Gray" <grayp...@telus.net> writes: > I can't really comment on the data transfer between FTM and Legacy. > > But, if I understand you correctly, the missing information is on > the edit source detail screen, under the text and/or comments tab. > Have you checked, under the text and comments boxes, the "add this > text to the source citation" boxes? > > Paul Gray > > > > > > From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: February-12-12 12:35 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import? > > Leonard, > > Am I correct in thinking that FTM16 has a template system for its > sources similar to Legacy’s Source Writer? If so the problem is > that a GEDCOM does not recognise the layout – it is the same with > the Legacy version. I suspect that the best you can hope for is some > sort of Basic Sourcing. > > Maybe there is someone who has transferred similar files who can > advise you, but I cannot think of an easy way round the problem > > > From: gambol > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:29 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import? > > When I import a GEDCOM file from Family Tree Maker v16, the FTM > source Citation Page and Citation Text fields do not property appear > in the footnote/endnote when generating a Legacy v7.5 narrative > report. > > In Legacy's Show List of Assigned Sources, the page and text > information does appear under the Text/Comment tab and in the Source > Detail Text and Detail Comments fields, but does not under the > Output tab. The result is when viewing a narrative report, the > footnote/endnote appears with only the Source List Name. The Detail > Text information does not, which of course is needed to located the > detail information within the source. > > An example of one of my FTM file census citations: Census, 1900 CT, > New Haven Co, Waterbury Township, District 418, p.8, date, state. > In Legacy's narrative report only the source, Census, 1900 CT, > appears. > > MY work-around is to copy the Detail Text to the Source Detail field > on a source citation by source citation basis. This is acceptable > for a small file, but not for my family file with 40,000 + > individuals; each with an average of three source citations per > person. Is there an option I am missing, or is this an anomaly with > FTM's GEDCOM file generation algorithm. > > > Is there help? > > Leonard Middlebrooks > ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f38274d4f5cc10b1176st02vuc Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
