Best advice given by Bob Austen. Run check/repair on your 7.5 file and be sure all errors are repaired before moving forward. Then check a few of the key families that you thought were corrupted at version 8. If they are corrupted in 7.5, upgrading to version 8 won't fix that kind of problem. Last, if the 7.5 file is clean, open it in version 8 and have it copied and converted to version 8 leaving the 7.5 file where it is.
Check out the newly converted file, especially the key families that you checked in 7.5. Run a check/repair in version 8. Should be good-to-go now. I have not had any 7.5 databases corrupted by the upgrade. My main file is 253,000 individuals and is working great. Ron Taylor On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:33 PM, Don Hendershot <[email protected]> wrote: It sounds like you most likely opened the wrong file. Double check your file names and dates. ~DonH On Aug 5, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Evert van Dijken <[email protected]> wrote: I opened my 7.5 family file (fdb) in version 8 (37000 + individuals) and didn't see any problems. >I also restored a backup of this 7.5 family in version 8 and again I didn't >see any problems. >Of course I couldn't look at all individuals but I did check some direct >family lines. > >Could your 7.5 family file be corrupt before you opened this file in version 8? > >Evert > > > > >2014-08-05 18:12 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>: > >I have been busy completing a 1970-page book using Legacy 7.5 and only >yesterday was able to begin working in 8.0 I opened one of my well-reviewed >family lines in 8.0 only to find that it is corrupted. Is this a known >problem or has it been fixed? It appears that I have the latest build of >8.0.0.439. >> >> >>So far I found that someone born in the 1900s was moved to be a child of the >>original immigrant in the 1700s. >> >> >>After doing a check/repair, it says that I have marriages messed up with >>husbands and wives swapping places with each other in some cases. >> >> >>Sometimes brothers and sisters are listed as married persons. In at least >>one of those cases, the child died in infancy and never married. >> >> >>Does anyone know what is going on and how I can fix this without great >>upheaval of 1000s of names? I don't know how I am to trust any of the >>information in that file at all now. I have begun making some changes until >>I realized what was happening. I'm trying to get updates in the computer and >>don't want to work with corrupted files. Also we have the reunion this >>weekend where I want to promote Legacy. I cannot in good conscience promote >>something with so many problems. >> >> >>God bless, >>Ellen >> >>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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
