A little late, but my 2 bits:
The suggestions below still make sense, maybe if I reword them:
You need to check for 2 things:
1) Did the "missing" data get exported into the GEDCOM
2) If so, what was it tagged as, so you can figure out how to get Legacy to
import it
To check for item 1:
Figure out one or two of the items you know did NOT make it into Legacy
Make a copy of the GEDCOM (call it xxx.TXT instead of xxx.GED)
Load the xxx.TXT file into a text editor (Notepad, Wordpad, even MS-Word)
Do a FIND on a unique word that's in one of the items that did not make it into
Legacy.
If its in there, then look along the left edge to see what FTM called this
info, what "field name" it was given.
If it is not in there, then FTM did not export the info into the gedcom. You
may be able to modify FTM's export function??
To do item 2:
Assuming the missing field(s) are in the GEDCOM file:
Start Legacy's import, and select the xxx.GED file
When the GEDCOM Import screen comes up (the box with the big "Start the Import"
button) - instead click the CUSTOMIZE button at the lower left
Look in the UNRECOGNIZED ITEMS box, look at the ITEMS NOT TO BE IMPORTED box,
and even look at the IMPORT THESE ITEMS list - try to find the field name (from
#1 above) and make sure it gets mapped to a NOTES field (or to whatever field
you want it) Note that you might want to put something into the box on the
bottom right (like "***CHECK THIS***" or some such thing).
I'd suggest doing item #2 to a NEW Legacy file first. If it works, make a
backup of your existing Legacy file. You now have 3 Legacy files:
A) The new import that contains your missing notes
B) Your "working" Legacy file
C) A backup of your "working" legacy file.
You SHOULD now be able to merge Legacy files A & B together so you get the
notes and keep any new info you've added. If it messes up, restore your
working file using the backup.
Hope that helps.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:48 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Re: What Happened With Rootsweb Transfer to Legacy
Ron... thank you for responding. I appreciate your thoughts. The problem is
not with Rootsweb, but rather the info transferred from Family Tree Maker 2006
via Gedcom to my Legacy program. I still have the data from the transfer date
on the FTM files, but some of the notes did not get passed to Legacy in the
transfer.
I was able to fix those that I know about by creating a FTM Genealogy Report
into Microsoft Word and then copying it for transfer to my Legacy file. Time
consuming, but it worked. I worry about those I don't know about, but once they
are detected, I will do the same process again. Where there is a will, there is
a way.
Many thanks,
Carol from Arizona
In a message dated 5/13/2008 12:50:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
Carol,
I was rather hoping that someone could have given you a definative answer
to this question but it seems not.
I do not know what Rootsweb includes in it's downloads, nor in what format,
but if it is a Gedcom then you can have a look at it in Notepad and see if the
notes are there. If so it would seem that Rootsweb may call them something else
for the Gedom and you would need to check "put unrecognised items into the
Notes field" - that wording may not be exactly right. You can then download
into a new Legacy file and merge where necessary.
If there are no Notes in the Gedcom then they haven't been downloaded.
Again, I don't know if Roorsweb allows the download of Notes, or you may have
to state exactly what data you wish to download.
To answer your point about pressing a button - I'm afraid not.
Ron Ferguson
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