Hugh wrote:
>Problem:
>Legacy is my main genealogy program but I use another program for certain
>benefits. I switched from program to program with GED (I don't anymore!).
>Legacy includes the desirable ability to Source Names and the other program
>does not. The other program converts name sources to "Unspecified", thus
all
>my Legacy name sources were deleted when I GED'd back. I have edited Legacy
>for hundreds of records and deleted the source for "Unspecified" and added
>the source for Name. But I have thousands more records to edit - I am only
>as far as the letter "C" at the moment.
>
Others have already replied with some suggestions. Sorry I cannot
offer more on solving your immediate problem. I have a similar problem
necessitating that I go through my database one tagged person at a time.
It's a real pain of using GEDCOM.
One thing I do to minimize the pain is that I don't go "back and forth".
I keep Legacy as my main program used for data entry, except that I
do keep my "original" FTM file around and update it only with "important"
people, such as new births in the immediate family. When I go to
one of the other TWO programs I use, I always export from Legacy
to the other program. I never go back from the other programs to
Legacy. Thus I use Legacy as my "true" gen program
and just use the others as utilities to provide various functions that
are lacking in Legacy -- such as making graphical descendant charts.
jr
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