As someone who went through a similar process I suggest you look at your Master Location List for variations of the same places. Go to View > Master Lists > Location To get similar places together you can use the right to left sort order country, state, county, city instead of city-> country If you find multiple versions of the same place use the combine button to combine all the variations into a single name. You can highlight all but the one you want to keep before using the combine button and all the selected places will be combined into the single version you choose. There is also a feature under the Options button menu that will, after you have tagged those non-locations, let you copy or move the non-location entries to Event or General Notes.
You can also use a similar review of the other master lists, Source, Surnames, etc. to clean up variations coming from FTM. Some surname variations may be legitimate but the show list button on the master surname list will give you a list of people using the variation so you can check if any should be changed. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. 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
