Gedcoms should only be used to transfer data between different genealogy programs or to upload to websites.
They were never intended to use to transfer data between the same program such as Legacy to Legacy. The only time you would need to do that is if you need to open the Legacy Family File in an earlier version of Legacy for some reason. There are very rare instances where a database is corrupted and exporting to a gedcom can resolve a problem but I've only recommended that maybe two or three times in the 10 years I've been working in support. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Syble Glasscock <[email protected]> wrote: > Re: Ron's comments: > " Legacy cannot satisfactorily import its own GEDCOM." > > I'm not one to be among the first to download and update, nor to buy an > update due to the many problems that I've read about since I began using > Legacy years ago starting with version 5 or 6. I'm not as computer > literate as some, and my main concern is to have Legacy operating properly, > I can wait on all the "bells & whistles". My horror is to loose all these > years of work just to get a few more options. > > I was very disappointed when I read the about updates for version 8, some > sound okay, but when I do buy v.8, I had every intention of keeping Version > 7.5, until I felt comfortable with v.8, now I read that I should not import > my Legacy 7.5 as a Gedcom to v. 8, so it's there a simple process, without > overriding v.7.5 > > WHY release something that seemingly has so many problems? > Thanks, > Syble 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
