Which would end up being more work than just retyping the data! Gedcom is just a basic text file in a very specific format. If it's not created correctly, it doesn't get imported correctly. A gedcom file is imported into Legacy to match the format of the Legacy Family File. Within the Legacy Family File (based on Access) there are a jillion tables (well, not quite that many, maybe half a jillion) and very specific parameters for each field within those tables plus linking and lots of other stuff. It's just not that easy!
Sherry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Lane Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] family information in MS Access database A GEDCOM file, when opened in WORD, appears to only be a list of data elements for each person. Here is data for me as RIN #1: 1 NAME Jack Daniel /Lane/ 2 GIVN Jack Daniel 2 SURN Lane 2 NSFX Jr. 1 TITL Jr. 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 19 Sep 1934 2 PLAC Atlanta, GA 1 EVEN Ga Tech, BME 2 TYPE College 2 DATE 1957 2 PLAC Atlanta, GA 1 CHAN 2 DATE 20 Nov 2003 3 TIME 18:40 1 OBJE 2 FORM jpg 2 FILE d:\Photos\Jack\2000-Jack.jpg 2 _DATE 2000 2 _SCBK Y 2 _PRIM Y 2 _TYPE PHOTO 1 FAMS @F1@ 1 FAMC @F5@ 0 @I2@ INDI If you knew the pattern used for GEDCOM, you could output the Access file in that form. Thanks, Jack Lane Jack & Sue Lane, 2208 McCurdy Rd. Stone Mountain, GA 30087 770 939 4579 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please view our photos at <http://community.webshots.com/user/jackdlane> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Support Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] family information in MS Access database Ron, That would only work if the file is in the exact same format as the Legacy structure. Paul, you'd probably better start typing! Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Klotz-Zellhoefer Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] family information in MS Access database Never tried this, but suggest: make a copy of your MSaccess file, then rename it from *.mdb to *.fdb. The icon on the new file should change to the Legacy icon, then click the filename.fdb and see if Legacy can open the file. good luck! 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
