Hello all, My name is Cristal and I am considering purchasing Legacy. Before I purchase the deluxe version I downloaded the standard version to check out the gedcom conversion. My main data base is PAF. I also have FTM and TMG and have moved the data back and forth for certain features so I am familiar with Gedcom. Needless to say I continue to use PAF because of how I originally set up my data and the difficulties in data conversion as I have several years of data and a lot of notes and fields. I would like to not have to do too much editing although I realize that I may have to if the benefits of the software out weight the time factor involved in conversion. With that said, I have what is probably one of several questions that will help me decide if investing in another software program is the thing I should do.
My event data is in PAF as tagged notes. So the 1870 census data is stored in the note section as "1870_Census:" . Now, when I do the gedcom import the notes go to the notes section of Legacy and that is fine. However, I would like the census event to show up as an event and reflect in a timeline for the person. Is there a way to either a) tell Legacy's gedcom import to put tagged events into a line in the Events/facts section or b) convert tagged notes to Legacy's events/facts section once imported into Legacy? Needless to say this is a lot of work. I obviously have several individuals with five census citations and documents listed in their notes. Converting this so it will show up in the timelines for example is a big deal. Another option I have thought about over night is perhaps the notes in PAF in such a way so that they would move into the right place into legacy or perhaps edit the gedcom file to do this. Any ideas? Thanks for your help. I am sure I will have more questions as I continue to evaluate the software. Cristal Simmons Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
