Robert, You might want to check out a third party software called LTools that helps to manipulate the ms Access database specifically for Legacy.
Tho' in your case you might have to get a copy of Leg ver 7.5 and load the gedcom into that first as I dont think the LTools managed Legacy 8 shared events. But for the under 20 price still is the best investment i ever made to help manage the Legacy data. Jay On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. > > It seems to have converted all my Titles, previously entered as Title > tags, so I could add dates and witnesses (TMG), into custom events. "12th > Earl of Norfolk", and several thousand more, have now become custom event > tags each expecting it's own sentence structure. > > Since I was coming from RootsMagic I only needed to create a gedcom and > import it. That went flawlessly from what I noticed, including all my media > links. Flawless until this cropped up. > > If it's any help I have MS Access 2013 and could do some edits to the > underlying database if a fix lay there. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:42 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Robert, > > > > I'm not experienced with the programs you mention but have you looked at > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsGEDCOMfiles.asp > > which has tips on how to export the gedcom from > > other programs to import into Legacy? > > That may help. > > > > The drop down list in the Add Event dialogue is > > not a list of gedcom tags but of Event Names > > (some of which are standard gedcom tags but not > > all - you can see the default list most easily by > > looking at the Sample File. You can add your own > > Event Names. When you do this you need to add your own sentence > definitions.) > > > > The items you suggest are in your list sound like > > they belong in the Description field of Events, > > if they belong in Events at all. Note there is a > > field for Titles in the Name section unless you > > are wanting to add notes about it in which case you may want a Titles > Event. > > > > Someone at support may be able to indicate > > whether the problem can be sorted with gedcom > > export and import options if the page of tips doesn't help. > > > > I hope there's an easy way over this glitch so you can enjoy Legacy > quickly. > > Cathy > > > > At 08:16 AM 9/04/2014, you wrote: > >> Just picked up Legacy 8. (Upgraded from TMG4-8, then FH5, then RM6.) > >> > >> So maybe I'm doing something wrong. > >> > >> Let's say I want to add a census entry for an individual. > >> > >> I open his Individual's Information window, and > >> then under Events/Facts, I click on Add. > >> > >> I'm presented with a Add Event to > > window. > >> > >> I use the blue drop down to select from what I'm > >> assuming will be gedcom tags. (I.e. Event, Census, Military, Will, > etc.) > >> > >> What I get, however, is a list, which not only > >> includes the gedcom tags I'm expecting, like > >> Will, it appears to include every event entry > >> I've ever made in my years of genealogy. > >> > >> I note that most of these "Events" I can select > >> are in fact what I'd entered as Titles. I.e. > >> "Tsar of West Bulgaria" or Subking of Mercia. > >> > >> It reads Event Definition (3104) and I can > >> easily believe I'm seeing 3,104 entries. My > >> titles (Archbishop of Reims) + tags I created > >> previously (Arms) + gedcom standard (Will) ones. > >> > >> It took entries of a Title tag, a perfectly > >> legit gedcom tag, and turned it into its own tag. > >> > >> How am I to fix this? > >> > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > > > 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). 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