While you are waiting for replies from people with more experience I would be thinking along the following lines.
Open the GEDCOM file as a txt file in Word or whatever and then use Find & Replace to edit and move info around to suit Legacy's use of GEDCOM. If there was much repetition involved I would use the Macro function of Word. As this can't be an uncommon requirement there might be 'conversion' routines out there already written for this job, i.e. FTM source format to Source Writer format. In fact it would be useful if Legacy provided 'conversion' suites from the well known application (one way, of course). For simple users like myself working with standard GEDCOM files has always been sufficient. I will be interested to read other peoples approaches. Best of luck. Lionel Dorothy Researcher wrote: > > I am a new user of Legacy Deluxe software & am in the process of > moving data from Family Tree Maker 2005 (FTM) for over 8,000 > individuals in 4 databases that I plan to merge. (There are less than > 4 people that overlap in each of them.) > > > > After exporting a GEDCOM file from one FTM database, I imported it > into Legacy running on a Windows XP machine. Now I need to clean up > my data & would appreciate any tips to make that task easier. > > > > 1) In FTM, I had included the Hospital & Cemetery names in the > location fields but Legacy has the additional screen, etc for that > information. > > 2) In the FTM single name field, I had the full given name & in ‘(‘ > &’)’s the nick names, other spellings, etc. These extra pieces need to > be moved into the AKA. > > 3) My FTM Source data doesn’t follow the Source Writer format & after > the import appears in the “Detail Comments†of Legacy Source. > > 4) In FTM, I used the Notes file to record Census, Land records, > Newspaper clippings, Obits, Wills, Probate, etc. In Legacy, it > appears that many of these items could be Events. > > 5) What other possible issues might I find when importing GEDCOM files > from FTM? > > > > Thank you for all of your tips to make this task easier, > > Dorothy > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
