Greenvale wrote:
I would like to import into Legacy an existing PAF 5.0 data file. I would
like to save it as a new family file. I currently have my notes and sources
in the PAF notes file. The sources are annotated with an initial "!". I
have saved the data as a GEDCOM file and would like to import into Legacy so
that the sources (!) are placed in a SOURCE file and not in the NOTES file.
Can someone walk me through the steps to accomplish this task? My attempts
to date have been unsuccessful (everything is dumped into the NOTES file).
Greatly appreciate any guidance.
Bill
With the structure of a GEDCOM file it is probably easier for you
to accept the dumping of sources into the notes in Legacy.
If you really want to do it by hand in the GEDCOM here is a
summary of what is needed.
1. For each item in an individual's list of facts (Name, birth,
death etc.) that has a source there must be a level 2 entry of
the form 2 SOUR @Snnnnn@ (The "n's" represent a sequence number
that starts at 1 and increases sequentially for each separate
source document).
At the bottom of the GEDCOM or after the individuals information
is defined there must be a section defining the source with the
following information and labels for each:
0 @Snnnn@ SOUR
1 _MEDI
1 ABBR
1 TITL
1 AUTH
1 PUBL
1 REPO @R172@
1 _PAREN Y
_MEDI is the type of record selected when defining a source in Legacy
ABBR is the Source List Name in Legacy
TITL is the document Title in Legacy
AUTH is the Author in Legacy
PUBL is the Publication Facts in Legacy
REPO is a cross reference to the repository
_PAREN is the state of the print in parentheses button on the
source definition screen
In addition there may be entries for Text of source, comments and
pictures related to the source as well as any of the other
information you can input when defining a source. I don't have
any samples of those in the test GEDCOM I exported from Legacy to
get the above list so I do not know what Labels or levels these
would need.
You must also ensure that each level 0 source number matches the
source number you linked to the individuals facts. For sources
that apply to many individuals such as census data the same
source number must be repeated for each individual. As you can
see, the effort to create a proper set of source entries at the
GEDCOM level is probably more than it would take to do a search
and create sources as required after the import of your PAF data
into Legacy.
You could, for example, open the imported GEDCOM in a text editor
along with Legacy then go through the GEDCOM in the text editor
as you copy and paste the source information from the GEDCOM to
Legacy Sources and delete the source information from the Legacy
Notes. In the PAF GEDCOM the Notes for each individual are with
that individual's information.
Brian Kelly
Rockland, ON Canada.
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