Ron: When I import a Legacy GEDCOM into Family Tree Legends, the AKA name comes across just fine. So, it seems (from previous messages) that Rootsmagic, Genbox, FTW, Brothers Keeper, and Family Tree legends finds the AKAs that is exported to the GEDCOM by Legacy.
One would probably conclude that AQ is at the root of your problem! Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Winfrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 5:39 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Name Prefix and Suffix/Middle name field > Ron, > > I just tested your AKA claims by creating a one person database in > Legacy and assigning the person several AKAs. I exported the database > to a gedcom and imported it into Rootsmagic, Genbox, and FTW. The AKAs > transferred correctly in all cases. > > Then I created a gedcom from each of these and imported these gedcoms > into Legacy - again it worked correctly. Last test was to import the > Legacy gedcom back into Legacy and, of course, this worked correctly > also. > > What did I do/or not do that would create different results than you > got? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron > Klotz-Zellhoefer > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 6:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Prefix and Suffix/Middle name field > > Well, Ron, never heard of GenBox, but > > I'm not here to tout AQ, but it at least has a totally sortable Index > View > which I (and Legacy) need very badly rather than screwing around with > the > back/forth between GenViewer and Legacy. > > But the AKA>GEDCOM problem appears all the time. I've seen AKA's > transfer > at all, I've seen only one AKA transfer and then show up in the > receiving > file as the main name rather than an AKA, and even a recent "Direct > Import" > of a Legacy file to TMG v.5 didn't get the AKA's. > > I have NEVER seen AKA's transfer fully and/or correctly, including to > phpGedView reading a GEDCOM 5.5 directly. > > If you take some time to look at the fields available in a Legacy Export > file, no matter which format is used (even Legacy's own) there are no > fields > for AKA or _AKA, nor for Location coordinates, and I don't yet know for > what > else, but I am sure there are more. > > Legacy fields which ARE available for GEDCOM export do include _Tag1 ... > _Tag9, which are not data and normally disposable without impact. > > I can live without the new Location Finder, but am having a very hard > time > dealing with missing for dysfunctional basic tools. > > RonKZ > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Bernier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 19 June 2004 14:05 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Prefix and Suffix/Middle name field > > > Ron, > > I beleive the problem lies with AQ, not Legacy. I > created a GEDCOM from Legacy and imported it into > GENBOX. All of my AKAs carried to GENBOX as "Other > Name". I did not loose a single AKA. > > > > Ron Klotz-Zellhoefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from Dennis: > >This may have been discussed earlier (I don't feel > like going on a > scavenger > >hunt to find it), but why can't AKA be used in this > instance? > > using V.5 latest.... > I am at this moment dealing with yet another horrible > experience with > Legacy's AKA's (and more). > > I have loved that AKA button, and AKA's seem also be a > great place to store > those farmname/surnames, but... > .... NEVER unless Legacy fixes it's GEDCOM output to > include (ALL) it's > proprietary data-fields. > > I just exported a new GEDCOM and imported it with > Ancestral Quest (because > of it's completely sortable index view, on which I am > being completely > ignored by Legacy). I spent considerable time during > the export setup > looking over the various formats and examining the > export data-items. > > NOW HEAR THIS! Regardless of export format used, > Legacy's AKA's are NOT in > that list. They are also not written to GEDCOM's > "Alias field". > NEITHER are Location Coordinates, on which I have > spent so many many hours. > Also apparently missing are all or most of Legacy's > unique data-items - that > I will be checking further > AND upon importing to AQ, of course nothing of all > those efforts is anywhere > to be found. > > I have grown hugely disgusted with all this, and am > coming to feel it is > completely deliberate, because one can't use any other > gen-app to deal with > Legacy's shortcomings. The only alternative seems to > be to switch, and do > tons of rework, and never even attempt to return to > Legacy, because one > would have to rework it all over again. > > I am not a GEDCOM fan at all - it's tons of problems > in it's own right. > But, GEDCOM is the only import/export tool we really > have, and even tho' > it's "bad", it does appear that it can handle > additional data-fields if told > to so so. > > For me, it's 8 years of full-time work on the line ... > and to think I began > this day in a great mood! > > RonKZ > > 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 > > > ===== > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > 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 > 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
