I am trying to clean up my mixture of basic sources and Sourcewriter sources and at the same time split some of my lumped master sources. Since Gedcom is still the only way to transfer from one program to another, and because of problems associated with Sourcewriter and Gedcom, I have decided to stick with the Basic format and convert my Sourcewriter sources back to Basic.
I am not planning on leaving Legacy, but I was a long time user of FTM and had not planned on leaving that program either. But - due to numerous problems and multiple changes of ownership, I did make a change for the better to Legacy. No one knows what the future will bring. I have two questions: (1): Would there be a problem converting Sourcewriter to Basic? While I am in this process, I decided I would try to efficiently re-name my sources. For instance, I have a lumped master source called Birth Index. I have decided to split it down by states. In other words I am creating several more sources; Birth Index California, Birth index California 1905-1995, Birth Index Massachusetts, Birth Index Colorado, etc. Since the lumped master source “Birth Index” contains a mixture of all of the above, I need to move the applicable sources into their applicable master sources. The problem is attaching the individual source details to the proper individual. There has to be an easier way than opening the detail in the old source and copying and pasting the info into the detail of the new source. It takes several operations to copy each field. Question number (2): Is there an easy way to transfer the source details without having to copy each field separately? I would welcome comments and/or suggestions… Thanks Lew 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
