Since I had only a small family file started, I downloaded an ancestry.com gedcom of the family tree I have on their site. I merged that with what I had (into a third family file so my original is still intact).
Wondering if ancestry had caused part of the location problems, I downloaded another gedcom and created a new file from it. The locations are a mess. The sources are way too basic and there are no details given, even though they were there on the record. Only the ones I copied and pasted into Legacy have the detail citation. I also have Family Tree Maker 12 on my computer just to keep my family file synced. The details are in that program but do not get added to the gedcom and are not imported into Legacy. This time I cleaned up the locations in FTM with a feature they have for that purpose. It helped, but was far from perfect. Still a lot of work to do. I've read that ancestry.com is a for profit company and can't be depended on for accurate sources. That seems to be true. I'll have to cut and paste the information from now on. I'm updating the group on this in case anyone else thinks it will be easy to just merge the information you find on ancestry.com with your Legacy file. 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
