Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
Which version of FTM? Legacy 6 may need custom import setting to get the correct note spacing if "let Legacy decide" default does not work. Legacy users often make many changes before looking at the note spacing after a GEDCOM import -- could be a broken word in each line of notes. Legacy 6 was never updated to recognize the note spacing (splitting in the middle of words) of FTM 2006 released August 2005. It should be okay with FTM 2005 but I didn't check today. If the original database involved other transfers or merges, watch for run-together words, short lines and duplicated notes. Client may expect your version of the family history to include FTM-style box charts. Charts will be different if locations are edited the "Legacy way" and a GEDCOM sent back to FTM. Long locations in Legacy include place holder commas. -- Elizabeth - Original Message - From: "Cathy I'm ghost writing a family history and one of my clients will be sending me a gedcom of her family tree created in Family Tree Maker. Is there anything I should watch out for or tell her to do before sending it? Any glitches you've encountered when importing from FTM? 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
They do not have one unless it was user created. User's can create any "fact" field they like in FTM. One large problem with FTM is when they went from one edition to another (don't remember which on) they changed Facts to Comments so there are holdovers from that, in some cases you have both. In Legacy they are called "events". Jan B. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Flamholtz Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:42 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker Hi all. I'm so grateful for all your input. I have one question that came up when I tried transferring my Reunion files to Legacy. I don't know if FTM has this so maybe some of you can tell me. I know that Legacy has fields for religion and bar and bas mitzvahs, but they don't have a field for Religious name, which Reunion does. In addition to their regular names, most American Jews have Hebrew names. I now know that I have to identify this tag for Legacy when I do the import. My question: does FTM have a field for religious name and will I have to watch out for this? CJ 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
Hi all. I'm so grateful for all your input. I have one question that came up when I tried transferring my Reunion files to Legacy. I don't know if FTM has this so maybe some of you can tell me. I know that Legacy has fields for religion and bar and bas mitzvahs, but they don't have a field for Religious name, which Reunion does. In addition to their regular names, most American Jews have Hebrew names. I now know that I have to identify this tag for Legacy when I do the import. My question: does FTM have a field for religious name and will I have to watch out for this? CJ 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
There is a problem with the FTM PLAC tag. When you convert the file to Legacy you need to let it know if it is a place or a description. FTM allows both in the same field. Ex. St. Mark's Church, Anytown, Any Co. Any state. That is a description and place but it is all listed as a place in FTM. If the file is not a large one then I would go ahead and accept Legacy's offer of placing them in the master locations and then editing it from there, otherwise you can check them one at a time and decide if you want this in descriptions or if you want them in locations. Legacy also may have a problem with user created events but that is fairly simple to fix by creating the event in Legacy as well. Jan P.S. Just got through with this. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Flamholtz Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker Hi all. I'm new to Legacy. I'm ghost writing a family history and one of my clients will be sending me a gedcom of her family tree created in Family Tree Maker. Is there anything I should watch out for or tell her to do before sending it? Any glitches you've encountered when importing from FTM? Thanks, CJ 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
I recently imported a rather large FTM gedcom into Legacy and haven't had too many problems, of which I am aware. There is an option, and I don't recall right now what it is, but FTM fields with data, that don't seem to fit into a corresponding Legacy field, can be imported into the General Notes field for each individual. About the only thing that I "lost" was my extensive research journal, but Legacy is so far and above FTM, it doesn't matter. I can do back to FTM and look at the journal if I need to. Judy - Original Message - From: "Robert Carneal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker This is probably a question for Support. I think FTM has a tag in Gedcom that does not import well into Legacy. Robert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cathy Flamholtz Sent: 2006-07-27 23:58 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker Hi all. I'm new to Legacy. I'm ghost writing a family history and one of my clients will be sending me a gedcom of her family tree created in Family Tree Maker. Is there anything I should watch out for or tell her to do before sending it? Any glitches you've encountered when importing from FTM? 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
Cathy, I have just recently downloaded a GEDCOM from FTM and had no problems. The import worked beautifully. Ted Ted Rissmiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you heard about Legacy Family Tree? This highly acclaimed genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=6527Oji - Original Message - From: "Cathy Flamholtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 12:58 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker > Hi all. I'm new to Legacy. I'm ghost writing a family history and one > of my clients will be sending me a gedcom of her family tree created > in Family Tree Maker. Is there anything I should watch out for or tell > her to do before sending it? Any glitches you've encountered when > importing from FTM? > > Thanks, > CJ > > > 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker
This is probably a question for Support. I think FTM has a tag in Gedcom that does not import well into Legacy. Robert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cathy Flamholtz Sent: 2006-07-27 23:58 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms in Family Tree Maker Hi all. I'm new to Legacy. I'm ghost writing a family history and one of my clients will be sending me a gedcom of her family tree created in Family Tree Maker. Is there anything I should watch out for or tell her to do before sending it? Any glitches you've encountered when importing from FTM? 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
