Hi I have been a Legacy user since version 2, but I can still recall some of the issues I had moving my family tree data across to Legacy from another family tree programme (not Generations). One of the issues with the Gedcom file format is that there are different versions of it. The other issue you encounter are differences in the different family tree programmes and that is basically what the issue is here . Generations and Legacy are different, and therefore not everything is going to move across from one to the other using the Gedcom format in quite the way you might be expecting it too.
I would think all your vital data, birth, death etc, information will, but some things will not. SO check your Legacy file after the transfer is complete and tidy up if necessary. You may have to move some information manually by retyping it in the correct field Others on the list will probably have worthwhile suggestions, especially if they have had experience with Generations Garry Howard From: Turnham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 6 January 2011 2:29 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Transfer of data from Sierra Generations Hello I am new to this group and Legacy but not new to Genealogy and now have almost 2000 people in my tree. Like many others I have loved the Generations software and have nursed it through many versions of Windows (now Windows 7) and it is no longer reliable enough to not have another program plus the newer software has other advantages. I chose Legacy because it most reminded me of Generations in it family card! Having transferred a Gedcom from Generations to Legacy I find that despite telling it to put data it does not know where to put into notes it is not transferring the memo field and I have a lot of information in there (for example) for the memo associated with a death I have put cause of death. Also in my Generations notes I have put sources next to particular pieces of information and these associations have not transferred. Apologies to the vast majority of users who will not be interested but I am hoping that some people have done this recently enough to remember any fixes and might be able to help. Regards Barbara Turnham Washington DC 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
