Hi Helen, Gedcoms are imported. Even if the final destination is intended to be your main family file (which obviously isn't the case for you in this instance), you import a Gedcom to a new family file. Note that is Import not Restore. Legacy backups are Restored. Gedcoms are Imported. Both from the File Ribbon/Menu.
Stan, including the Birthday Calendar is a great idea. Cathy Stan wrote: > > Hi Helen We will be distributing USB sticks with a family trees on PDF > comprising mainly Descendant narrative books. The largest will be > close to 1000 pages. It will also include Birthday Calendar, > descendant and pedigree reports.If any recipients want to manipulate > the data they are welcome to contact me for Legacy or Gedcom files. > Some paper copies will be available but print costs are exorbitant > relative to PDF file distribution. > I agree with Cathy though that most recipients of the USB would find > Legacy or Gedcom files of little interest compared with understandable > PDF narrative files. even if a free standard Legacy program was > included. Hopefully the PDFs will whet appetites for what Legacy can > achieve > cheers Stan > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Helen McCall" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 19/09/2015 2:14:59 p.m. > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing information with wider family >> >> Thanks, Cathy. This is to go with a book, rather long I'm afraid, >> between 500-600 A4 pages. But not a lot of the tree is in the book, >> though some relevant chronologies, descendants and pedigree charts >> will be included. Maybe I'll put the GEDCOM as well, then people will >> be covered. Don't know how long in the future it will be till someone >> uses them. Hopefully USBs will still be accessible when someone wants >> to follow it up. I'll think about the Legacy books, too. >> How can I test the GEDCOM - set up a separate folder and restore into >> it? I've not taken in someone else's tree before, so haven't learnt >> how that works. I assume I'll be importing and can decide what to >> call it and where to put it? Then see what they'd be getting? >> >> Helen >> >> On 19/09/2015 11:25 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: >>> >>> Hi Helen, >>> Yes it's encouraged to share Legacy by adding the free download of >>> Legacy. There's an article on it somewhere. >>> >>> Yes your database will work on the Standard Version - just some >>> views and some features for using the data are locked. >>> >>> Re Gedcom - Source information is transferred with a Gedcom. How >>> much depends on the export settings - however SourceWriter sources >>> are converted to Basic and aren't always pretty but in my experience >>> understandable. >>> >>> Additional idea: some of the recipients won't be happy with either >>> Gedcom or Legacy database or will be more inclined to look at them >>> if you include Ancestor and Descendant Charts and maybe Ancestor and >>> Descendant books - all in PDF format. >>> >>> Cathy >>> >>> Helen McCall wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I've got a small tree that I've created this year, to supplement my >>>> husband's memoirs t hat have become an enormous book. I'm planning on >>>> providing the info that I've researched with the electronic book, to >>>> save people reinventing the wheel and hopefully encouraging them to >>>> continue what I started. I had assumed I would do a GEDCOM file. But >>>> I see from a recent post that GEDCOM doesn't take source material >>>> along with it. So I'm thinking perhaps I should give them a folder >>>> (electronic) with all the Legacy files and source files, etc. And a >>>> free copy of Legacy to install to access it, whenever that happens. >>>> >>>> My question - I'm using Legacy Deluxe. If I give them the free >>>> version on a USB drive with the above: >>>> >>>> 1. am I right in assuming this is not a problem, in fact probably >>>> encouraged, as new users may come from it? >>>> 2. will what I've created work in Deluxe on it? >>>> >>>> Does anyone see any problems, or better solutions? >>>> < BR> Helen >>> >> > 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
