James, Quite simply because when we wish to publish our data we want to do so in the most accurate and professional way available to us. That includes proper formatting of the sources, which is what Source Writer is designed to do. Yes the GEDCOM format is the only way of transferring data between some programs and it does not recognise the Source Writer format. If you wish to use the Legacy Basic Format for sources, nobody is stopping you and it is transferable via a GEDCOM. You may not be aware that other genealogy software programs also use their own version of Source Writer and they too have the same problem.
I can blame the 3rd party GEDCOM quite easily, and in good conscience. Consider two telephones connected by a cable. If someone cuts the 3rd party cable it is pointless blaming the phone manufacturers. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: James Cook Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: Determining and Defining Types of Sources Have you never encountered a 3rd party product where you were forced to upload your data via GEDCOM? -- Ancestry.com, some phone apps - that's the only choice you get If you make use of GEDCOM then, are you happy with the Source Writer conversion? -- A manually entered Basic source can produce something closer to Source Writer than Legacy's conversion process. How can you pawn that off as a 3rd parties problem? 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
