There is no easy way. There won't be a tool as it's impossilbe for Source Detail. The Basic Format has a free form Source Detail area. How could any conversion tool know what to put where?
What are you trying to fix? SourceWriter is a Legacy tool so you won't get it in another program. If you're happy with the Basic Source, leave them be. A mix is not a problem. Staying Basic is not a problem if you use it well. If not slowly convert - a source at a time or a person at a time. I'm converting some and tidying others. I'm finding that the people I found first are more poorly sourced than others for two reasons. 1) I was inexperienced when I found my closest relatives both about the need for sourcing and when I realised that, in understanding the source references. 2) What was available was often partial transcriptions or lookups from others. So I'm going through and where possible checking transcriptions against images and updating sources at the same time. NOTE: When you export to Gedcom all sources are converted to Basic style. So don't go from Legacy file to a different Legacy file with a Gedcom. Export to a Legacy file. People for whom Gedcom is vital as they use it to publish on the web tend not to bother about SourceWriter sources. I don't think this is an issue now as Legacy has improved the conversion but I don't really know as I only use Gedcom to upload a tree to Ancestry and I only upload basic information with one general source with an ask if you want more. Cathy > Cheryl Rothwell <mailto:[email protected]> > Saturday, 24 May 2014 5:58 AM > Whew! That wasn't so easy to find. Thanks. Do I gather that that was 6 > years ago and there is still no "tool"? And probably never will be? > Because this is REALLY time consuming. I'd sure hate to spend all that > time and then one finally comes out. > > I wonder if I pulled the file into another program it would be easier > to fix there and then export back. > 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
