I was a long term TMG user before moving to Legacy. The Gedcom transfer was, and is, the only way to make this transition. Yes, I lost all roles and witness events but I gained so much with Legacy's intuitive interface to most database functions and its speed that, to me, it was definitely worth the few months it took me to get my data cleaned up per Legacy's processes. You can add a Witness event to Legacy - problem is you'll have to enter it for each person. The way I solved that was to create a witness list for each event and attach it to the person who experienced the event. For instance, a list of all witnesses and participants to a wedding is included in the marriage events of the couple.
Hope this helps, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUserGroup] Advice Before Importing from TMG? > Denise, > I guess I should have spelled out what I was asking a little more > clearly. In the second part of my post I was asking if Legacy might come > up with a feature similar to TMG's GenBridge which imports directly > without the use of a GED. TMG imports directly from several file > formats. > The two things I would need are a witness feature and a way to directly > import, thus converting what I already have, without losing the census > witness tags. > I know that is ambitious. > On the other hand, I am not happy with TMG and what the way they have > handled the rollout of their Version 5, so I would sure like to make the > switch. But if I do, at this point, it will cost me a lot in regards to > my census work. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Denise L. Moss-Fritch > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 5:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUserGroup] Advice Before Importing from TMG? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parks > > Does anyone know if Legacy will have a witness feature anytime soon? And > if so, will you be able to then import from TMG? I have a large database > and a lot of census work and do not want to lose it and it would take > forever to redo manually, as suggested. > > ************************************************************************ > **** > * > > Whether Legacy will have a feature equivalent to TMG's witness feature > soon > is of no significance. > > To transfer your files from TMG to Legacy you will have to use GEDCOM. > TMG > does not transfer witness information from all individuals associated > with > the event to a GEDCOM file. Only the primary individual is transferred > to > the GEDCOM. Instead of breaking down the event and the individuals > associated with that event into individual components, all other > individuals > associated with the multi-person event are lost, not being transferred > to > the GEDCOM. You would have the same problem (only the primary individual > geing transferred) if you sent someone a TMG GEDCOM, or tried to like a > TMG > GEDCOM file to a Palm genealogical viewer application. > > Best, > > Denise L. Moss-Fritch > > P.S. -- A similar problem seems to exist if you include text as an > Exhibit > Log entry attached to an event. That Exhibit Log text file is not > transferred to a GEDCOM. > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
