Thanks Russ! Yeah, that is essentially the same thing I do now also. Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org
On 11/4/2011 12:24 AM, my genealogy email wrote: > Jerry, > That’s what I use for my TNG site and then when you do then you just > have to > go to your site and accept the custom tags you want and ignore the ones you > don't. Once I have all the tags that I want I save the Gedcom file options > and then when I want to create a new Gedcom upload I just load that file > with the custom settings, and create the new gedcom. > What I do: > File>Export to GEDCOM then choose Produce file for: Legacy, Character Set: > ANSI > I have these boxes checked: Keep embedded formatting codes within text, > Convert formatting codes to HTML style, and Override Source options - > include all source information. > Records Selection: All Records in the Entire Family. > Then I click on the Customize... button and > go through the list of available for export and move the ones I want to the > Export these items > under Groups of items to EXCLUDE from Export I have the following checked: > Address/Phone and To-Do items > if you haven't already done it then Save the List: > then when you do a new one just click Load List and pick the file you saved > it as, it will have a file extension of .gel > When done with that screen click OK and then you can select File Name and > START EXPORT. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people > > Thanks Brian. I was just wondering because when I export a GEDCOM from > LEGACY and create a GEDCOM 5.5 file with it, I am not able to transfer > the longitude / latitude information for the Google mapping system to > our website. But when I create a GEDCOM file FOR LEGACY, as you > stated, I am able to transfer the longitude / latitude information to > the website just fine. My website cannot utilize a LEGACY (.fdb) file > directly, but must use a GEDCOM for the transfer. So, I have learned > through trial and error to use the GEDCOM that is being designed for > LEGACY even though the file is transferred to a TNG (The Next Generation > of Genealogy Sitebuilding) website and not to LEGACY, if that is making > sense to you. > > Jerry Boor / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org > > On 11/03/2011 04:57 PM, Brian/Support wrote: >> Jerry, >> >> If you export as a Legacy file you are NOT exporting a GEDCOM. You are >> creating a new .fdb file that can be opened directly in Legacy. >> >> If you are talking about exporting a GEDCOM for Legacy versus exporting >> a GEDCOM in GEDCOM 5.5 format they are both GEDCOM files however the >> file designed for Legacy will include special tags to tell Legacy where >> to store information that the GEDCOM 5.5 standard does not use. These >> are for special data that Legacy uses. >> >> Brian >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> [email protected] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> We are changing the world of genealogy! >> When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. >> Thanks. >> >> On 03/11/2011 3:32 PM, Jerry wrote: >>> 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 >> > > > > > > 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
