Howard, Have you also asked Family Search WHY they feel that an event with text exceeding 255 char is not allowed? Or is there a field discrepancy that maybe your gedcoms are inserting the notes of that event into the "description" of that event. The Legacy Event Table is confusing where they list what we refer to as the "Notes" field as "Desc", which is a different field than the "Description" field (which follows the Event Name field in most instances) Will Family Search work ok if you change the Life Sketch event to a General Note?
Maybe you could share a snippet of the Family Search gedcom that shows how the Life Sketch event is stored. Jay On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Howard Cady <[email protected]> wrote: > My OS Windows 8.1, 32 and 64 bit computers, Legacy version > 8.0.0.499 setup to connect to LDS FamilySearch with remembered name and > password. > Some individuals in the LDS FamilySearch database have under “Facts > and Events” an entry “Life Sketch” e.g. William Scott b. 25 Sep 1801, d. 1 > Jun 1880, FS ID# LWQM-F3Q. The Life Sketch Event’s description can be > quite long and far exceeding 255 characters. When I try to share this type > of event by downloading from FamilySearch to Legacy on my computer Legacy > does not download anything. A manual work-around is to use Windows ctrl-C > to copy the LDS information, generate a Legacy event “LifeSketch” and use > Windows ctrl-V to copy the LDS information back into my LifeSketch Notes > field (a MEMO field not restricted to 255 characters). > There is now a serious problem with my Legacy database. I can no > longer connect to the LDS FamilySearch web site with this active individual > that has this new “LifeSketch” event because the LDS site considers my > information dangerous to their data. > This type of error was reported to Legacy months ago and a ticket for > repair generated, but the error was not fixed through version 499. > I do not know anything about uploading a LifeSketch Event to FamilySearch, > but I have my doubts. > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
