Can someone clear something up for me? When you export and create a gedcom file from Legacy as a Legacy file instead of a regular gedcom 5.5, what are the differences? They both become gedcoms, right? Thanks, Jerry
Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: >Russ, > >Of course, but the email about which I commented, and also included at the >bottom of my post, implied that a GEDCOM could also be used. > >As Dennis has said, Legacy could have used custom tags to create Source >Writer GEDCOMs but for some reason chose not to. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: my genealogy email >Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 5:14 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people > >The Source writer sources will transfer if it was exported as a Legacy file. >Russ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ron Ferguson >Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 8:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people > >Leon, > >Not necessarily so with a GEDCOM I'm afraid. Source Writer sources do not >export correctly to a GEDCOM (GEDCOM's fault btw. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Leon Chapman >Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:34 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people > >All the sources and pictures will be exported to the new Legacy file > >Sent from my iPad >Leon Chapman >[email protected] > >On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Tim Rosenlof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And your sources ? >> >> Regards, >> Tim Rosenlof >> Utah, USA >> Researching Southern Sweden >> Always --> Document <-- your work. >> >> On 11/2/2011 4:24 PM, Leon Chapman wrote: >>> Cheryl: >>> >>> Here is the steps that will get what you want: >>> 1. Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View >>> 2. Go to advanced tagging (Ctrl+T) (hold CTRL key and hit t) >>> 3. Clear all Tags for Everyone >>> 4. Select Tag # to use (Normally Tag #1) >>> 5. Select Ancestors >>> 6 Use Direct Line Ancestors, Include other Spouses, Include Siblings >>> 7. Select OK to tag Ancestors with Tag 1 >>> 8. Close taging and get back to Family View >>> 9. Go to File, Export to Legacy File (assuming you want to use Legacy) >>> 10. Give the file a user name and remember where you save it (should >>> be saved at C:\Legacy\Data\ >>> 11. Under Options Tab, select "All records with individual Tag #1 >>> (unckeck boxed 1) Export all spouses of tagged individuals, 2) Export >>> all Parents of Tagged Individuals -- you already did that in steps 3-7 >>> above). >>> 12. Click Start the Export >>> >>> >>> When finished, you can open this new file using Legacy by doing File >>> Open Family File. >>> >>> It will have all of your Legacy information but only the people that >>> had Tag #1 -- Ancestors. >>> >>> This seems like a lot of steps, but it is pretty easy. >>> >>> You can also create a GEDCOM file the same way but change Step 9 to a >>> GEDCOM file. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> Chap >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Leon Chapman >>> [email protected] >>> ----- >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Cheryl Rothwell<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their >>>> siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and >>>> use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at >>>> least not at the moment. >>>> >>>> It would seem I would export it as a GEDCOM but I can't seem to figure >>>> out how to set that up. One suggestion was create a focus group but a >>>> focus group seems to be size limited. I am guessing there could be >>>> 1400 people, maybe more. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to do this? > > > >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 > > 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
