Hello, I asked these same questions a couple of weeks ago when I discovered all of the missing census data from my new Legacy file. I was told that to work around this you could import from TMG into FTM and then import from FTM into Legacy. I tried this but the witness data still did not import. I have since found that TMG is the only program to use a witness feature. Had I known this years ago when I first started using TMG I would not have used the witness feature. Even more distressing is the fact that I did not know that the witness information did not export into Gedcoms. All that time I had been sending Gedcom files out to fellow researchers...never dreaming that the files were incomplete. Oh well....Live and Learn.....I certainly have. I am sold on Legacy and will continue to use Legacy in the future. I was able to transfer the approximately 500 items of census data in about 8-10 hours....can't remember for sure. The time spent doing this was well worth it though in order to be able to use a more user-friendly program with nearly all of the same features of TMG. From TMG you could run a report of persons using the Census tag to make it a little easier to find what you need to change. After the changes are made you could then easily import into Legacy. Everything else seems to have imported very nicely.
Patsy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:35 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. 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
