Alice, You might want to use a program called UltraEdit to edit a large gedcom file. You can find UltraEdit at www.UltraEdit.com. UltraEdit can handle very large files and is a programmers editor. This program is also useful in editing .html files for editing your web pages.
Glen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy to FTM > I thought I remembered that Y problem from another time and that > there was a fix. I had intended to look in the Archives. You just > saved me the time and trouble. I have never tried to open a > GEDCOM in a word processing program, let alone edit one, but > I'm game. Thanks for the solution, Chap. I think I can make this > work now. -- Alice > > In a message dated 1/31/2005 10:29:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Alice: > FTM does not handle the GEDCOM "1 DEAT Y" tag correctly on import. > This has been discussed a number of times on this list. > > Here is your solution for the Y appearing in FTM. > > Create your GEDCOM from Legacy. > > Then go into any Text processor and edit your GEDCOM file and globally > replace > "1 DEAT Y" > With a > Blank > > Save the GEDCOM file & then import it into FTM. > > Chap > > 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
