Tim- I believe what Sherry means is something like this happens: Say you enter your grandfather on January 1, 1995. You also enter several other people on the dates of January 2, 1995, January 3, 1995. You are using Legacy. You make a Gedcom of your family file, perhaps to share with a cousin, or just for backup purposes, on January 5, 1995. You keep this Gedcom. Gedcoms do not save the date you entered data into Legacy.
Today (also using Legacy), you realize you need to import that Gedcom you made in January 5, 1995 to a file. Legacy doesn't know better, and when you import those people, Legacy assigns them a today's date. For Legacy to use the original date, somehow, someone would have to change the Gedcom format to accommodate and accept "date-added/modified" dates for Legacy. There is a problem here. Let's say Millennia changes the Gedcom format to accept those dates- can you imagine the uproar Millennia would have if someone were to take a Millennia-Legacy-built Gedcom and try to import it into one of the competitors? There are arguments in both directions as to the validity of this, but I believe it is a strength for Legacy not to put "date-added/modified" dates into Gedcoms. There are those who will disagree- and I won't argue either way. This is also why you lose bookmarks- The current Gedcom standard does not accommodate those either. Does that help? Robert On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Tim Rosenlof <spa...@xmission.com> wrote: > > Sherry, > > You mention that you would loose dates added and modified. > Help me understand that please. > > Tim > > On 10/20/2010 12:35 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: > > Rich, > > > > A gedcom will change all SourceWriter sources to a standard style source.... > > > > For that reason, I recommend gedcoms only as an absolute last resort > > if you're not sharing data with someone with a different genealogy > > program. > > > > You would also lose dates added and modified, history and bookmarks > > when it's imported back into Legacy. > > > > Sincerely, > > Sherry > > Technical Support > > Legacy Family Tree > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES > > <fourpa...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> > >> I don't work with netbook, but if your zipped' did not grab 100%, then you > >> need to do a gedcom instead. Is netbook large enough to hold the Legacy > >> program and the data, with photos, and whatever else is also there. > >> especially if you have multiple copies of any file or backup on it. I > >> never zip Legacy. Good Luck > >> Rich in LA CA > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
