Ron, You wrote, "When exporting by GEDCOM I pretty well always use GEDCOM 5.5 only and utf8 coding."
I'm using utf8 and this time I tried GEDCOM5.5, opened it in a text editor, searched for the same detail -- and lo and behold it was there!! So thanks for solving my problem!!! Pat On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Pat, > > The Basic Source format includes, pretty much the same details as the SW > Format, but does not meet the requirements of Elizabeth Shown Mills. You > can > choose how, and where, you put something in. In common with SW it has both > Master Source and Detailed Source, but does comply with the GEDCOM > standard. > > When exporting by GEDCOM I pretty well always use GEDCOM 5.5 only and utf8 > coding (this prevents potential problems with the receiving program). > > You can actually look at what is being exported in a GEDCOM by opening in a > text program eg. Notepad or Notepad++. Doing so will remove doubts about > Legacy not importing the sources correctly. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: Pat Hickin > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 3:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] does gedcom drop source details??? > > Brian wrote: > > "what makes you think there are no source details in your exported gedcom? > In other words, exactly what or how are you trying to view this data? " > > Brian, I opened it back up in Legacy, clicked on an individual's book icon, > which of course brought up a list of sources and ALL the detail fields were > blank. > > I also tried copying one of the sources via the clipboard icon as though I > were going to re-use it. Then I clipped on the ---- icon (to insert the > same source) and the detail field was empty. > > Ron, you asked why I selected the generic GEDCOM. I did so because I am > planning to export the gedcom to WikiTree. I have not tried the Basic > format. I thought I read (probably in Legacy Help) that it gave only basic > dates & places? > > Pat > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > wrote: > Pat, > > I do not understand why you selected to use the generic GEDCOM, if > exporting > from Legacy to Legacy then the Legacy GEDCOM should have been selected. The > point is that because SW is non-standard for GEDCOM purposes custom tags > have to be used. Work which I did a few years back indicated that the > Legacy > GEDCOM did allow for the import/export of Legacy generated GEDCOMS. However > an independent report (Seaver, I think) suggested that this was not the > case. > > I am surprised that you say that the Basic format does not work, I would > have expected that it would for all version, but then I do not know your > construct. > > The behaviour you report is, btw., common to all programs which use SW > style > sourcing, because, and I repeat, it is due to the prehistoric nature of the > GEDCOM standard. It has been reported on this list before, certainly by > myself, and maybe others, although I cannot remember Legacy ever > commenting. > > Personally, other than for testing, I would never use a GEDCOM to transfer > to and from Legacy but the direct Legacy transfer option, which does work > properly. > > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > GOONS #5307 > > > > "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Without wading all the way back through this thread, I have to now ask > this > >question…what makes you think there are no source details in your > exported > >gedcom? In other words, exactly what or how are you trying to view this > >data? You had one message that said “in checking your gedcom…†so > just what > >does “checking†mean, that is, how are you viewing the data? > > > > > > > >The details may be there but something or somehow they are not being > >displayed depending upon your method of displaying it. Have you tried > >sending a sample .GED to someone else to have them confirm that your > source > >details are indeed off to never-never land? > > > > > > > >Brian in CA > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Pat Hickin [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:16 PM > > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] does gedcom drop source details??? > > > > > > > >Brian,Thanks for your reply. I tried that but still no source details! > > > > > > > >Ron, to respond to some of your points: > > > > > > > >You wrote: > > > > > > > >1) "By generic, do you mean a generic GEDCOM as selected from the > drop-down > >list." > > > >Ans.: YES! > > > > > > > >2) "Ah!!! I just realised that you are probably using Source Writer " > > > > >Ans.: Now I usually use source writer but MANY of my entries are in the > >basic,original syste.-- I don't know what it's called. Doesn't matter-- I > >don't have ANY source details. > > > > > > > >3) "Even if the GEDCOM contains the Source Details the chances of them > >being imported into another program are just about zero." > > > >Ans.: I am exporting from Legacy & into Legacy. (I chose the generic > style > >because I want to upload eventually into WikiTree. > > > > > > > >I don't EVER remember anybody discussing this before -- if the source > >details are dropped then one has to become an extreme splitter or else the > >sourcing info will be extremely vague. I have zillions of entries under > >Findagrave, for example, with only the Detail info to distinguish one > entry > >from another. > > > > > > > >Also, it seems to me we should be warned if Legacy introduces something > new > >that means it will no longer "travel" via .gedcom, but that may be asking > >too much. 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