This is my first experience with a GEDCOM, so I am not sure where the problem is. The GEDCOM was sent by a distant cousin in Poland. We rely on electronic translations which can be problematic enough, so I at least want get my facts right before contacting him again.
I downloaded the GEDCOM into a new family file. The vast majority of individuals are shown as “unknown” but some have dates of birth or death. There are no names of places for anyone in this file. Could these problems be caused by Legacy not recognizing names of individuals or places containing Polish diacritics? The only names of people displayed are German (without diacritics) from ancestors who emigrated to Poland in 1784. This may however be a coincidence- I have previously tried pasting letters/characters with diacritics into Legacy notes and the only thing that happened when saving the information was that letters with diacritics were automatically substituted with other letters or symbols. My understanding is that GEDCOM is an international program and handles all languages. It appears that the sender uses “MyHeritage” web based software, which seems to be an international program where the user selects their language. Just before downloading the GEDCOM, Legacy showed only two “Unrecognized items”: MOON and PRIN. Later, Legacy showed there were many “unrecognised lines” for both “Individual Records” and “Family Records”, which were placed in the notes. For example: BIRT: RIN MH:IF438 DEAT: RIN MH:IF439 RIN MH:SC109 Technology is not my strong point, so I hope someone can help me solve this “mystery”. Regards, John Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
