Hi Robert, Great explanation. I really had not even thought of that.
Thanks, Tim On 10/20/2010 7:41 PM, Robert E. Carneal wrote: > 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
