If your data was in a recent version of FTM (2012 or 2014) you should find all your sources, citations, and media transferring to Legacy via the GEDCOM. Yesterday I completed reviewing, cleaning up, and co mbining some duplicates of my database (500+ sources and 24,000 citations). I use the 'grouping' method vs. the 'splitting' method for sources/citations.
First, if you have any descriptions of a source (in FTM, Edit Source dialog, 'Comments' text box) that information will transfer from FTM, but is turned on during the transfer and marked 'include in reports' in Legacy. You can turn off those source descriptions (Comments) via Options > Customize > 7. Sources > 7.2 Master Source Defaults (the second check box, turn on and apply, then turn off and again apply). Sources from FTM are transferred not as FTM templates in the GEDCOM, but as 'free form'. I kept my sources as free form, however I edited each source by adding Type (for example, Birth Index or Birth Records, depending upon the source of the records) and other appropriate information in the Master Source Definition. I prefer descriptions for each source, so I use (and updated as needed) on Legacy's Comments tab. FTM did not always identify (depending upon template) a Repository, so I added those were missing and included a url for the source in the Call Number text box on the Repository tab. For books, I added title and legal page scans to the Media tab. When I completed reviewing and updating or changing my database's sources (some sources were a dozen years old, going back two levels of previously used genealogy software), I found about 30 sources that could be combined. With Legacy that is easy from the Master Source List (highlight a source and click 'Combine Highlighted Source with Another in List', select the source to combine the first with and click 'Highlight Destination Source, Then Click this Button'). As you have specific questions as you clean up your FTM data for use in Legacy, let the list know. Help is quickly available. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Beatty" <pete.bea...@gmail.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 5:46:58 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Transfer from Ancestry I have been a Family Tree Maker user for MANY years and am now converting to Legacy. I recently create and transferred the Ancestry Data to Legacy using a GED file, using all options available. The question now is: How do I transfer the Sources and Images from FTM?. I have over 800 citations. If there is a tutorial, send me a shortcut. If not, what steps must I follow. Please be specific. I am hoping I do not have to MANUALLY transfer all of the work.
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