The elephant in the room here is the GEDCOM standard which is 18 years old (5.5) and doesn't support charing. GEDCOM 5.5.1 is used extensively but apparently has not been "approved" and in any case it is 15 years old. More recent efforts to change or extend the standard seem to have foundered and I think this issue of data transferability will stultify the efforts to move to shored events.
On the positive side RootsMagic, which has enjoyed shared events for a while, seems perfectly capable of reading the shared events from Legacy. Perhaps the developers could get together and put up a new "GEDCOM" standard. David (For the record I am not a GEDCOM expert, I just read a lot!) On 30/03/2014 12:17, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Jenny, Mark, David > > I quite agree with your comments, but I think that with Shared Events we are > only seeing the start of their development. At least I hope so as there is > much to do especially with things like exporting and GEDCOMS. > > When it comes to English/Welsh BMDs, I have always had separate Events for > the Indexes and the actuality. I have never considered them to be part and > parcel of the same thing. > > I know that with UK sourcing Legacy includes the Index and BMDs on the same > template, which I consider to be wrong, have always opposed and never used in > that way - for example by having separate sources for an Index and > certificate. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > GOONS #5307 > > 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
