I have a STRONG feeling that a CD is NOT the answer. The 'other person' will need Legacy to open the file. I think GEDCOM is the only answer at the present time. For your sake I hope I am wrong.
Peter
At 05:30 PM 12/11/03, you wrote:
Hi Jeremy,
It sounds as though you are trying to do the same thing I am doing. I am not sure how you are putting your data into your Legacy Files, I used "events" a lot and the notes. I keep my files separate then utilize the split screen view to compare them. The only report I think would be useful is the Descendent report as it is the only one that gives all the information. You would have to do a descendent report of both files, and print them in order to have a hard copy to compare. That's the only way I know of getting a hard copy of each that contains all the information. Maybe more experienced people have better ideas.
I put my files on a c.d. and sent that to all my relatives. That way they could download Legacy ( standard not deluxe) and they can utilize the split screen view. I'm not sure how they can get it into FTM .
Perhaps a PDF file? I hope someone else with more experience will answer this. One thing about gedcoms that concerns me is that the more experienced users here have said you loose a lot of information when you use them. That's why I decided on the c.d.'s in the end. Hope this helps a bit.
Carol
Jeremy Main wrote:
Request for suggestions and an idea:
I'm currently reviewing several family files from relatives that use other programs besides Legacy. From some I've gotten gedcom files and sometimes original application files.
I'm in the process of using Legacy to review them and clean them up. Splitting events out of locations. Creating source citations from notes. Spending a lot of time in the Master Lists making locations, surnames, sources, etc. consistently phrased and spelled correctly, etc. (Sometimes using the new features and adding Lat/Long. etc.)
I'd like to be able to share the results of all this work back with the originator of the data. There are a number of ways sending the data back, **but** I'd like to do it in a way that they can easily use it to update their own data in whatever system they are using. What is the best way of doing this? Has anyone developed a convention?
None of the folks I'm working with understand much about gedcom files and how to compare them! I was thinking more along the lines of doing the comparison for them on Legacy and sending them the report along with the data. Or perhaps getting Legacy to "turn on update/change logging" (the idea) so that I could generate an editable record as I go along and use that as the report.
Indeed, ** I ** would like a record of what I did to their file for my records as well. The Legacy reports I've focused on so far are all targeted mostly to the task at hand and limit the amount of data reported.
So, the ideal solution, would be to take the original file (converted to Legacy) and the cleaned up file. Presume that I've at least tagged the individuals that I've edited so I know who to report on. Then produce some sort of side by side individual report with the differences highlighted.
I'm open to suggestions. Anyone else facing this problem? It sort of speaks to the general issue of encouraging family researches to work together. Perhaps it's only a problem when there are many changes and fixes. A small amount can easily be handled by FGSs and emails. (I've already thought of sending them all Legacy as a Christmas present. It might work with about half of them.)
thanks for your thoughts....../Jeremy Main
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