Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[jclinx]

Oddly enough, that’s how I saw the computer room. The son of old family friends 
worked in Denver for IBM and was in Tucson on business.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Ian Macaulay
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 4:38 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Ok Well in 1949 I became IBM and have been ever since.   :-)

 

Ian B Macaulay

 

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Oh, yes. Way back (1959) I got to look at the U of A’s computer building. Rooms 
of tape machines. Who knew then what I’d be typing on today.

 

Jane L

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Mary Young
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 5:53 PM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

I miss CCPM. LOL

 

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 21:13 , mailto:sarrazingeor...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > De la part de L S
Envoyé : 22 décembre 2023 15:53
À : Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!

 

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 
<https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHerit

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[Ian Macaulay]

Ok Well in 1949 I became IBM and have been ever since.   :-)

Ian B Macaulay

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM  wrote:

> Oh, yes. Way back (1959) I got to look at the U of A’s computer building.
> Rooms of tape machines. Who knew then what I’d be typing on today.
>
>
>
> Jane L
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup  *On
> Behalf Of *Mary Young
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 28, 2024 5:53 PM
> *To:* Legacy User Group 
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle
>
>
>
> I miss CCPM. LOL
>
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 21:13 ,  wrote:
>
> What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 
>
>
>
> *De :* LegacyUserGroup  *De la
> part de* L S
> *Envoyé :* 22 décembre 2023 15:53
> *À :* Legacy User Group 
> *Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle
>
>
>
> Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM  wrote:
>
> Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a
> story. I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was
> interesting.
>
>
>
> Jane in Phoenix
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup  *On
> Behalf Of *L S
> *Sent:* Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
> *To:* Legacy User Group 
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle
>
>
>
> According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they
> created a synch feature.
>  
> https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html
> <https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
>
>
>
> It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now
> owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to
> synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can
> download a gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of
> the other sites but it will not synch - so no media will transfer.
>
>
>
> You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or,
> you can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.
>
>
>
> I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my
> primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the
> late 1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software
> programs on cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the
> internet so I went with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid
> of paf files and I once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb,
> which Ancestry bought. I decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which
> is pricey, and keep my tree there thinking they would keep being innovative
> so maybe I wouldn't have to keep reinventing my tree.
>
>
>
> Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared
> that I'd lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching
> with Ancestry. Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice
> versa. I then bought RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic
> had glitches so I decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had
> and save by the persons noted in what I was scanned (like
> letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get online, etc.). Lots, but not
> all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but I wanted everything in
> one place by the person that I could always access if any of the sites
> closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work well
> permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose
> everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once
> but it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I
> had so much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for
> anything else. It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I
> keep that in Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a
> stand alone hard drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually
> and I give it to one of my kids to keep at their house.
>
>
>
> All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry
> about moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally
> so it wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on
> MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of
> the National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10
> years which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in
> the past with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry
> but couldn't do it in January.

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[jclinx]

Oh, yes. Way back (1959) I got to look at the U of A’s computer building. Rooms 
of tape machines. Who knew then what I’d be typing on today.

 

Jane L

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Mary Young
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 5:53 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

I miss CCPM. LOL

 

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 21:13 , mailto:sarrazingeor...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > De la part de L S
Envoyé : 22 décembre 2023 15:53
À : Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!

 

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 
<https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10 years 
which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in the past 
with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry but couldn't 
do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a new one on 
MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April to mess with it 
further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person in June with David 
Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose all the DNA matches (I 
also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe) which was fine with me as I 

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[Mary Young]

I miss CCPM. LOL

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 21:13 ,  wrote:

> What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 
>
>
>
> *De :* LegacyUserGroup  *De la
> part de* L S
> *Envoyé :* 22 décembre 2023 15:53
> *À :* Legacy User Group 
> *Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle
>
>
>
> Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM  wrote:
>
> Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a
> story. I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was
> interesting.
>
>
>
> Jane in Phoenix
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup  *On
> Behalf Of *L S
> *Sent:* Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
> *To:* Legacy User Group 
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle
>
>
>
> According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they
> created a synch feature.
>  
> https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html
> <https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
>
>
>
> It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now
> owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to
> synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can
> download a gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of
> the other sites but it will not synch - so no media will transfer.
>
>
>
> You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or,
> you can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.
>
>
>
> I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my
> primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the
> late 1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software
> programs on cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the
> internet so I went with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid
> of paf files and I once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb,
> which Ancestry bought. I decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which
> is pricey, and keep my tree there thinking they would keep being innovative
> so maybe I wouldn't have to keep reinventing my tree.
>
>
>
> Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared
> that I'd lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching
> with Ancestry. Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice
> versa. I then bought RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic
> had glitches so I decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had
> and save by the persons noted in what I was scanned (like
> letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get online, etc.). Lots, but not
> all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but I wanted everything in
> one place by the person that I could always access if any of the sites
> closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work well
> permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose
> everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once
> but it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I
> had so much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for
> anything else. It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I
> keep that in Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a
> stand alone hard drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually
> and I give it to one of my kids to keep at their house.
>
>
>
> All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry
> about moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally
> so it wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on
> MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of
> the National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10
> years which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in
> the past with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry
> but couldn't do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a
> new one on MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April
> to mess with it further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person
> in June with David Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose
> all the DNA matches (I also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe)
> which was fine with me as I figured I would just re upload those, too. He
> was unable to delete my tree. Told me to bring my gedcom on a thumbdrive
> and he'd upload it. He couldn'

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[sarrazingeorges]

What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup  De la part de L S
Envoyé : 22 décembre 2023 15:53
À : Legacy User Group 
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!

 

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 
<https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10 years 
which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in the past 
with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry but couldn't 
do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a new one on 
MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April to mess with it 
further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person in June with David 
Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose all the DNA matches (I 
also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe) which was fine with me as I 
figured I would just re upload those, too. He was unable to delete my tree. 
Told me to bring my gedcom on a thumbdrive and he'd upload it. He couldn't do 
it. I gave him permission to copy my gedcom and take it to IT. By August, I 
hadn't heard anything from anyone at MyHeritage so I wrote to him. He forwarded 
my concern to someone in IT who deleted my tree and told me to use Family Tree 
Builder to upload but it didn't work. We went round and round and then he gave 
me to someone else who didn't read any of the email

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[L S]

Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM  wrote:

> Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a
> story. I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was
> interesting.
>
>
>
> Jane in Phoenix
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup  *On
> Behalf Of *L S
> *Sent:* Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
> *To:* Legacy User Group 
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle
>
>
>
> According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they
> created a synch feature.
>  
> https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html
> <https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
>
>
>
> It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now
> owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to
> synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can
> download a gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of
> the other sites but it will not synch - so no media will transfer.
>
>
>
> You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or,
> you can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.
>
>
>
> I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my
> primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the
> late 1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software
> programs on cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the
> internet so I went with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid
> of paf files and I once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb,
> which Ancestry bought. I decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which
> is pricey, and keep my tree there thinking they would keep being innovative
> so maybe I wouldn't have to keep reinventing my tree.
>
>
>
> Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared
> that I'd lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching
> with Ancestry. Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice
> versa. I then bought RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic
> had glitches so I decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had
> and save by the persons noted in what I was scanned (like
> letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get online, etc.). Lots, but not
> all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but I wanted everything in
> one place by the person that I could always access if any of the sites
> closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work well
> permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose
> everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once
> but it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I
> had so much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for
> anything else. It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I
> keep that in Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a
> stand alone hard drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually
> and I give it to one of my kids to keep at their house.
>
>
>
> All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry
> about moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally
> so it wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on
> MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of
> the National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10
> years which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in
> the past with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry
> but couldn't do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a
> new one on MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April
> to mess with it further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person
> in June with David Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose
> all the DNA matches (I also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe)
> which was fine with me as I figured I would just re upload those, too. He
> was unable to delete my tree. Told me to bring my gedcom on a thumbdrive
> and he'd upload it. He couldn't do it. I gave him permission to copy my
> gedcom and take it to IT. By August, I hadn't heard anything from anyone at
> MyHeritage so I wrote to him. He forwarded my concern to someone in IT who
> deleted my tree and told me to use Family Tree Builder to upload but it
> didn't work. We went round and round and then he gave me to someone else

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[jclinx]

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 
<https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html>
  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10 years 
which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in the past 
with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry but couldn't 
do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a new one on 
MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April to mess with it 
further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person in June with David 
Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose all the DNA matches (I 
also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe) which was fine with me as I 
figured I would just re upload those, too. He was unable to delete my tree. 
Told me to bring my gedcom on a thumbdrive and he'd upload it. He couldn't do 
it. I gave him permission to copy my gedcom and take it to IT. By August, I 
hadn't heard anything from anyone at MyHeritage so I wrote to him. He forwarded 
my concern to someone in IT who deleted my tree and told me to use Family Tree 
Builder to upload but it didn't work. We went round and round and then he gave 
me to someone else who didn't read any of the email chain and told me to do 
what I'd already tried multiple times. I got an attitude and then I got pawned 
off on another IT person who again tried to tell me to do what had already been 
tried. That's when I asked if I could just send them my gedcom (Have no idea 
what David Horowitz did with the one I gave him in June). That IT guy sent me a 
special link to send it to them. Then, he wrote that there was a p

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[L S]

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created
a synch feature.
 
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html


It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can
download a gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of
the other sites but it will not synch - so no media will transfer.

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or,
you can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the
late 1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software
programs on cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the
internet so I went with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid
of paf files and I once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb,
which Ancestry bought. I decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which
is pricey, and keep my tree there thinking they would keep being innovative
so maybe I wouldn't have to keep reinventing my tree.

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that
I'd lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with
Ancestry. Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I
then bought RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had
glitches so I decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and
save by the persons noted in what I was scanned (like
letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get online, etc.). Lots, but not
all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but I wanted everything in
one place by the person that I could always access if any of the sites
closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work well
permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once
but it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I
had so much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for
anything else. It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I
keep that in Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a
stand alone hard drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually
and I give it to one of my kids to keep at their house.

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry
about moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally
so it wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of
the National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10
years which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in
the past with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry
but couldn't do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a
new one on MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April
to mess with it further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person
in June with David Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose
all the DNA matches (I also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe)
which was fine with me as I figured I would just re upload those, too. He
was unable to delete my tree. Told me to bring my gedcom on a thumbdrive
and he'd upload it. He couldn't do it. I gave him permission to copy my
gedcom and take it to IT. By August, I hadn't heard anything from anyone at
MyHeritage so I wrote to him. He forwarded my concern to someone in IT who
deleted my tree and told me to use Family Tree Builder to upload but it
didn't work. We went round and round and then he gave me to someone else
who didn't read any of the email chain and told me to do what I'd already
tried multiple times. I got an attitude and then I got pawned off on
another IT person who again tried to tell me to do what had already been
tried. That's when I asked if I could just send them my gedcom (Have no
idea what David Horowitz did with the one I gave him in June). That IT guy
sent me a special link to send it to them. Then, he wrote that there was a
problem with it and they couldn't get it to load. What was really strange
was when I would go on to MyHeritage my DNA matches were still showing,
with no tree associated with it. I thought maybe it was picking it up from
Family Tree Builder so I deleted that. No, the IT guy said the DNA matches
stay permanently. That was not what Daniel Horowitz said nor an email I got
from another IT person.

I really don't think they know what is 

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[Gloria DeSousa]

Thank you Lori! Are you saying that I could synch Legacy to myheritage.com?
Is syncing from Legacy possible with Ancestry.com or Roots Magic? If
there's a synch option in Legacy, I can't find it. I use only Legacy and
myheritage.com for my genealogy, and have no experience with Roots Magic. I
have an Ancestry account but don't use it. Are any of these other sites
better for syncing? Forgive me if I'm not asking the right questions. What
Cloud service do you use?

Thanks again,
Gloria

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 6:19 PM Lori Samuelson 
wrote:

> A gedcom can transfer the data. A synch transfers the media. I use the
> following to maintain my years of work which has individuals close to the
> number in your treeI use Ancestry.com as my main place to save both
> data and media. I synch to RootsMagic and Family TreeMaker. I do that
> because the programs offer different options and if one stops working I
> have the backup of the other. This has happened in the past and I don't
> want to go through that again. I can save a gedcom from Ancestry.com and
> upload to Legacy, which I also use, since there is no synch option. It took
> me 10 months and way too much time with MyHeritage's IT Department to get
> that gedcom working on their site. I like MyHeritage  but I don't like
> their Family Tree Builder which has a known bug. Even so, I was told
> several times by MyHeritage to just follow the directions to use Family
> Tree Builder. Finally, I requested that I upload my gedcom to IT and have
> them do it. They agreed and then said there was a problem with the gedcom.
> Odd that none of the other software companies had issues with it. So, I
> asked for my money back. Within a week they were able to get the gedcom
> uploaded. Amazing, right?! Since I don't update the MyHeritage tree, in the
> past, I'd just delete the old tree and then upload the newer gedcom every
> year or so. Never had a problem until this past January. Took until October
> for them to figure it out. I wouldn't have been persistent over this if I
> didn't find it useful to connect with my eastern European family who uses
> it. I also save to a stand alone hard drive and Cloud. Paranoia works when
> trying to preserve your hard work.
>
>
> On December 21, 2023, at 5:27 PM, Gloria DeSousa 
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I know from asking this group many years ago that media is not uploaded
> with gedcoms. I've asked myheritage.com is there any way of using all the
> work I've done with numerous certificates and photos for most if not all
> individuals in my 60,000 and growing tree, to be uploaded without their
> cumbersome one-by-one loading of media? I was told to upload my Legacy 9
> software to their FamilyTreeMaker, and that it would transfer the media as
> I have it in each individual's Media Gallery. I didn't spend more than 5
> seconds to see that it didn't work. The first thing that jumped out is that
> I am married when I have marked in the Marriage Box the line that says "No
> Evidence that this couple ever married". Is there a way to change that? I'd
> rather it say "This couple didn't marry".
>
> So I'm asking for a miracle - Is there a way that I can share what I have
> in Legacy 9 with others besides the tree with no media on myheritage? Or is
> there some wiz out there that would love to develop the necessary software?
>
> Best to all,
> Gloria
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Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[Lori Samuelson]

A gedcom can transfer the data. A synch transfers the media. I use the 
following to maintain my years of work which has individuals close to the 
number in your treeI use Ancestry.com as my main place to save both data 
and media. I synch to RootsMagic and Family TreeMaker. I do that because the 
programs offer different options and if one stops working I have the backup of 
the other. This has happened in the past and I don't want to go through that 
again. I can save a gedcom from Ancestry.com and upload to Legacy, which I also 
use, since there is no synch option. It took me 10 months and way too much time 
with MyHeritage's IT Department to get that gedcom working on their site. I 
like MyHeritage  but I don't like their Family Tree Builder which has a known 
bug. Even so, I was told several times by MyHeritage to just follow the 
directions to use Family Tree Builder. Finally, I requested that I upload my 
gedcom to IT and have them do it. They agreed and then said there was a problem 
with the gedcom. Odd that none of the other software companies had issues with 
it. So, I asked for my money back. Within a week they were able to get the 
gedcom uploaded. Amazing, right?! Since I don't update the MyHeritage tree, in 
the past, I'd just delete the old tree and then upload the newer gedcom every 
year or so. Never had a problem until this past January. Took until October for 
them to figure it out. I wouldn't have been persistent over this if I didn't 
find it useful to connect with my eastern European family who uses it. I also 
save to a stand alone hard drive and Cloud. Paranoia works when trying to 
preserve your hard work.

On December 21, 2023, at 5:27 PM, Gloria DeSousa  wrote:

Hi,


I know from asking this group many years ago that media is not uploaded with 
gedcoms. I've asked myheritage.com is there any way of using all the work I've 
done with numerous certificates and photos for most if not all individuals in 
my 60,000 and growing tree, to be uploaded without their cumbersome one-by-one 
loading of media? I was told to upload my Legacy 9 software to their 
FamilyTreeMaker, and that it would transfer the media as I have it in each 
individual's Media Gallery. I didn't spend more than 5 seconds to see that it 
didn't work. The first thing that jumped out is that I am married when I have 
marked in the Marriage Box the line that says "No Evidence that this couple 
ever married". Is there a way to change that? I'd rather it say "This couple 
didn't marry".


So I'm asking for a miracle - Is there a way that I can share what I have in 
Legacy 9 with others besides the tree with no media on myheritage? Or is there 
some wiz out there that would love to develop the necessary software?


Best to all,

Gloria 

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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents

[Jenny M Benson]

On 02/01/2019 22:59, Valerie Garton wrote:


In family tree in findmypast called " Mt Jerome Cemetery Family Tree to find
? " there are 40 people. In the list of trees I selected this tree and then
selected download in RHS column. Here now it changed to " Download tree File
created 5:10am 2 Jan 2019.

Where am I now SUPPOSED to find this file please ? I say this as I am not
too sure as to what files are meant to be where ?


Are you using Windows 10? If so, one of the "standard" folders is named
Downloads and unless you have directed otherwise, everything you
download should go in there.


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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents

[Chris Hill]

Hi Valerie

I have a tree within Findmypast and look at how to do a download from there
tomorrow.

Regards

Chris

>From my Motorola G6+

On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 23:00 Valerie Garton 
> In family tree in findmypast called " Mt Jerome Cemetery Family Tree to
> find
> ? " there are 40 people. In the list of trees I selected this tree and then
> selected download in RHS column. Here now it changed to " Download tree
> File
> created 5:10am 2 Jan 2019.
>
> Where am I now SUPPOSED to find this file please ? I say this as I am not
> too sure as to what files are meant to be where ?
>
> Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney
>
>
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents ?

[Chris Hill]

Hi Valerie

No, you cannot, or should not, send attachments.

If you have files, of files or screen dumps, you can send them directly to
me at chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com . This
will take it out of the forum group and limit it to us.

I am a retired IT Manager with 35 years of user support and can usually
resolve most issues, if I have enough information.

I am UK based and it is now 11pm here, but I can look at it tomorrow.

Regards

Chris

>From my Motorola G6+

On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 22:56 Valerie Garton  Thanks for your reply Chris. I always have trouble trying to say what my
> problems are as I find t so hard to remember what I have just done. I will
> now take time and write down everything I do and what happens. I don't
> think I can send an attachment to this site can I ?
>
>
>
> Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848,
> T756083, H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup  *On
> Behalf Of *Chris Hill
> *Sent:* Thursday, 3 January 2019 9:32 AM
> *To:* Legacy User Group 
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents ?
>
>
>
> Hi Valerie
>
>
>
> Exactly what do you mean by a GEDCOM file coming as a word document
>
>
>
> 1. Are these files which you have been sent
>
> 2. Are they files that you have downloaded and where from
>
> 3. Are they files that you have created
>
>
>
> Why do you think that they are word documents? Is the file name .ged?
>
>
>
> How are you trying to open them? Per se, there is no default program
> defined in Windows to open these files.
>
>
>
> Normally, one would use a text editor - Notepad or Notepad++ - to view
> these files.
>
>
>
> Otherwise one would use a genealogy program like Legacy to IMPORT the file
> and convert it to its own file format.
>
>
> Can you please let us know exactly what is happening, why and where the
> files are and what are you trying to do with them.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> From my Motorola G6+
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 22:09 Valerie Garton 
> Is this my problem or from the source as I have the problem with
> MyHeritage and findmypast. At ancestry there is a second stage to do to
> stop this from happening. I do not know whether this is my problem or a
> universal one. Anyhow I need assistance again. Thank you to all those who
> have helped me so far.
>
>
>
> Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848,
> T756083, H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch
>
>
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents ?

[Valerie Garton]

Thanks for your reply Chris. I always have trouble trying to say what my 
problems are as I find t so hard to remember what I have just done. I will now 
take time and write down everything I do and what happens. I don't think I can 
send an attachment to this site can I ?

 

Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848, 
T756083, H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Chris Hill
Sent: Thursday, 3 January 2019 9:32 AM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents ?

 

Hi Valerie

 

Exactly what do you mean by a GEDCOM file coming as a word document

 

1. Are these files which you have been sent

2. Are they files that you have downloaded and where from

3. Are they files that you have created

 

Why do you think that they are word documents? Is the file name .ged?

 

How are you trying to open them? Per se, there is no default program defined in 
Windows to open these files.

 

Normally, one would use a text editor - Notepad or Notepad++ - to view these 
files.

 

Otherwise one would use a genealogy program like Legacy to IMPORT the file and 
convert it to its own file format.


Can you please let us know exactly what is happening, why and where the files 
are and what are you trying to do with them.

 

Regards

Chris

>From my Motorola G6+

 

On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 22:09 Valerie Garton mailto:vbgar...@gmail.com>  wrote:

Is this my problem or from the source as I have the problem with MyHeritage and 
findmypast. At ancestry there is a second stage to do to stop this from 
happening. I do not know whether this is my problem or a universal one. Anyhow 
I need assistance again. Thank you to all those who have helped me so far.

 

Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848, 
T756083, H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch

 

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms coming in as word documents ?

[Chris Hill]

Hi Valerie

Exactly what do you mean by a GEDCOM file coming as a word document

1. Are these files which you have been sent
2. Are they files that you have downloaded and where from
3. Are they files that you have created

Why do you think that they are word documents? Is the file name .ged?

How are you trying to open them? Per se, there is no default program
defined in Windows to open these files.

Normally, one would use a text editor - Notepad or Notepad++ - to view
these files.

Otherwise one would use a genealogy program like Legacy to IMPORT the file
and convert it to its own file format.

Can you please let us know exactly what is happening, why and where the
files are and what are you trying to do with them.

Regards

Chris

>From my Motorola G6+

On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, 22:09 Valerie Garton  Is this my problem or from the source as I have the problem with
> MyHeritage and findmypast. At ancestry there is a second stage to do to
> stop this from happening. I do not know whether this is my problem or a
> universal one. Anyhow I need assistance again. Thank you to all those who
> have helped me so far.
>
>
>
> Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848,
> T756083, H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms

[Ward Walker]

Daniel,

I have custom events in my TNG site. Have you confirmed that the events did not 
even make it into the Legacy export GEDCOM? When setting up the export, there 
is a customize window where you can include and exclude various things. Ensure 
that you have not accidentally excluded events there.

   Ward

From: Daniel Landry
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 5:14 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms

Hi

How do I create an export file that includes certain events that I created (ie: 
military attestations).
When I try try to import my file to TNG my events will not migrate it seems 
that only notes make the journey so to speak.

Thank you.
Daniel





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Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms

[Jay Wilpolt]

Daniel,

Make sure you have the Admin>Custom Events set to "allow" for each type
BEFORE you import .

Hope that helps

Jay

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Daniel Landry  wrote:

> Hi
>
> How do I create an export file that includes certain events that I created
> (ie: military attestations).
> When I try try to import my file to TNG my events will not migrate it
> seems that only notes make the journey so to speak.
>
> Thank you.
> Daniel
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Ward Walker]

Barton, any chance that the missing people are marked as Private, or as
Living, and that your export privacy options exclude those?

   Ward

-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:39 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Did you export everyone with Tag 1 into the GEDCOM?
Click the record selection button on the GEDCOM export screen
Select all records with an individual tag of 1
Make sure the check marks are in the three subordinate options about
spouses, parents and children.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


On 21/03/2015 9:14 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 I have never tagged so I read about it in Help but it's still not working.
 Here are the steps I followed:

 I turned on Tagging.

 I went to my ancestor and right clicked on Tab 1 above his name.

 In the Advanced Tagging dialog box I clicked on Descendants.

 I clicked on Spouse in the Descendants Options dialog box and clicked on
 All Spouses, then closed this dialog box.

 I closed the Advanced Tagging dialog box.

 All my ancestor's descendants' No. 1 tag is blue as well as their spouses.

 I exported the file to a gedcom and then imported it into Legacy.  No
 spouses of my ancestor or any of his descendants are showing, just his
 descendants.

 What am I doing wrong?

 Barton



 -Original Message-
 From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:07 PM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 You are not doing anything wrong. There is a known problem recorded in our
 system for export of a focus group. Spouses are not included in the
 export, even though they are part of the group.

 To get all the correct people in the export tag all the people in the
 focus group then export the tagged people to the GEDCOM. Export of a group
 of tagged records will include the spouses.

 Brian
 Customer Support
 Millennia Corporation
 br...@legacyfamilytree.com
 http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


 On 21/03/2015 1:57 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

 1.  Export Gedcom file.
 2.  Record selection.
 3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
 4.  Edit focus group.
 5.  Add an individual and descendants.
 6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
 7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
 8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants
 selected (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9.  Click OK in Focus
 Group dialog box 10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog
 box 11.  Click Select file name and start export.

 I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane
 shows up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as
 unknown.  His descendants show up down to me but none of his
 descendants' spouses are listed.

 What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g.
 his daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's
 marriage to my grandmother, etc.)

 Barton




 -Original Message-
 From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between
 the options

 Descendants
 Entire Descendant Line

 You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

 If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse
 button.  If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's
 spouses are listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific
 spouse and then your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one
 spouse.  This option applies only to the anchor person.

 If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse
 those spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus
 group.  What won't be in the focus group will be any additional
 spouses the direct line's spouse had (does that make sense?)

 For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both
 of my 2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the
 children he had with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband
 will not appear nor any children she had with him.

 Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always
 recommend that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will
 create a gedcom that has the most information in it and any of the top
 programs will be able to read it.   The only time I would crank it down
 to one of the lesser options is if I was creating the gedcom for someone
 that didn't have one of the top programs or I was doing it for a specific
 website.  For example, if you export to an Ancestry.com tree format it
 takes into consideration what Ancestry can handle as incoming
 information.  To get an idea, you can

RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Barton Lewis]

Thanks, Brian, this now works just fine.

Barton

-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:40 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Did you export everyone with Tag 1 into the GEDCOM?
Click the record selection button on the GEDCOM export screen Select all 
records with an individual tag of 1 Make sure the check marks are in the three 
subordinate options about spouses, parents and children.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


On 21/03/2015 9:14 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 I have never tagged so I read about it in Help but it's still not working.  
 Here are the steps I followed:

 I turned on Tagging.

 I went to my ancestor and right clicked on Tab 1 above his name.

 In the Advanced Tagging dialog box I clicked on Descendants.

 I clicked on Spouse in the Descendants Options dialog box and clicked on All 
 Spouses, then closed this dialog box.

 I closed the Advanced Tagging dialog box.

 All my ancestor's descendants' No. 1 tag is blue as well as their spouses.

 I exported the file to a gedcom and then imported it into Legacy.  No spouses 
 of my ancestor or any of his descendants are showing, just his descendants.

 What am I doing wrong?

 Barton



 -Original Message-
 From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:07 PM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 You are not doing anything wrong. There is a known problem recorded in our 
 system for export of a focus group. Spouses are not included in the export, 
 even though they are part of the group.

 To get all the correct people in the export tag all the people in the focus 
 group then export the tagged people to the GEDCOM. Export of a group of 
 tagged records will include the spouses.

 Brian
 Customer Support
 Millennia Corporation
 br...@legacyfamilytree.com
 http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


 On 21/03/2015 1:57 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

 1.  Export Gedcom file.
 2.  Record selection.
 3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
 4.  Edit focus group.
 5.  Add an individual and descendants.
 6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
 7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
 8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants
 selected (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9.  Click OK in Focus
 Group dialog box 10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog
 box 11.  Click Select file name and start export.

 I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane 
 shows up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as 
 unknown.  His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' 
 spouses are listed.

 What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g.
 his daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's
 marriage to my grandmother, etc.)

 Barton




 -Original Message-
 From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between
 the options

 Descendants
 Entire Descendant Line

 You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

 If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse 
 button.  If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses 
 are listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and 
 then your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse.  This 
 option applies only to the anchor person.

 If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse
 those spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus
 group.  What won't be in the focus group will be any additional
 spouses the direct line's spouse had (does that make sense?)

 For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of 
 my 2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he 
 had with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear 
 nor any children she had with him.

 Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend 
 that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom 
 that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able 
 to read it.   The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser 
 options is if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of 
 the top programs or I was doing it for a specific website.  For example, if 
 you export to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what 
 Ancestry can handle as incoming information.  To get an idea, you can change 
 the format

RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Michele/Support]

Brian,
When I tested it I DID get the spouses.  I am not sure why can do it and other 
people can't.   I tested it using my real file so I know who is supposed to be 
there and who isn’t.

Is it just females spouses or male spouses?  I need to test this again.


Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:07 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

You are not doing anything wrong. There is a known problem recorded in our 
system for export of a focus group. Spouses are not included in the export, 
even though they are part of the group.

To get all the correct people in the export tag all the people in the focus 
group then export the tagged people to the GEDCOM. Export of a group of tagged 
records will include the spouses.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com






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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Barton Lewis]

This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

1.  Export Gedcom file.
2.  Record selection.
3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
4.  Edit focus group.
5.  Add an individual and descendants.
6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants selected 
(as opposed to Entire Descendant Line)
9.  Click OK in Focus Group dialog box
10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog box
11.  Click Select file name and start export.

I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane shows 
up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as unknown.  
His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' spouses are 
listed.

What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g. his 
daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's marriage to 
my grandmother, etc.)

Barton




-Original Message-
From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between the 
options

Descendants
Entire Descendant Line

You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse button. 
 If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses are 
listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and then 
your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse.  This option 
applies only to the anchor person.

If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse those 
spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus group.  What 
won't be in the focus group will be any additional spouses the direct line's 
spouse had (does that make sense?)

For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of my 
2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he had 
with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear nor any 
children she had with him.

Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend 
that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom 
that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able to 
read it.   The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser options is 
if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of the top 
programs or I was doing it for a specific website.  For example, if you export 
to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what Ancestry can 
handle as incoming information.  To get an idea, you can change the format and 
then click the Customize button on the right.  You will be able to see exactly 
will, and won't be exported for that format.



Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

-Original Message-
From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:45 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Thanks, Michele.  You're right - my C drive was not selected.  Now all gedcoms 
are showing.  (I tend to use the word gedcom as a generic term and what I 
really meant was fdb file.)   But, now that all my fdb files are showing I see 
I just need to click File, Open File to get to the fdb I need.  But I am having 
a new problem.  I selected Add an individual and descendants in my Focus 
Group and no spouses are showing in the file that resulted.  In the Focus Group 
list, the words and **All Spouses** are showing at the end of the file name.  
I presumed this meant that was default (to show spouses) but they are not 
showing.  Also, my entire line on my dad's side (all direct ancestors including 
spouses) is showing in the file, although my ancestor that I have chosen to 
generate this file is on my mom's side.   Why are both these things happening?  
I only want to see my maternal ancestor, his wives and children and all his 
descendants and their spouses.

Finally, if I don’t know the genealogy software of the person I am sending the 
gedcom to, should I choose Basic?

Thanks,

Barton

-Original Message-
From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:16 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Barton,

When you go to Open File and you select the option to let Legacy search for 
your files, that is the file search page I am talking about.  At the bottom 
there is a button to tell Legacy which drives to search.  This might have 
gotten changed to something other than the C: drive (assuming that is where 
your files are).

Also, you said, “I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between 
gedcoms.”  Gedcoms have to be converted

RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Michele/Support]

When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between the 
options

Descendants
Entire Descendant Line

You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse button. 
 If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses are 
listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and then 
your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse.  This option 
applies only to the anchor person.

If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse those 
spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus group.  What 
won't be in the focus group will be any additional spouses the direct line's 
spouse had (does that make sense?)

For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of my 
2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he had 
with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear nor any 
children she had with him.

Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend 
that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom 
that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able to 
read it.   The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser options is 
if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of the top 
programs or I was doing it for a specific website.  For example, if you export 
to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what Ancestry can 
handle as incoming information.  To get an idea, you can change the format and 
then click the Customize button on the right.  You will be able to see exactly 
will, and won't be exported for that format.



Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

-Original Message-
From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:45 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Thanks, Michele.  You're right - my C drive was not selected.  Now all gedcoms 
are showing.  (I tend to use the word gedcom as a generic term and what I 
really meant was fdb file.)   But, now that all my fdb files are showing I see 
I just need to click File, Open File to get to the fdb I need.  But I am having 
a new problem.  I selected Add an individual and descendants in my Focus 
Group and no spouses are showing in the file that resulted.  In the Focus Group 
list, the words and **All Spouses** are showing at the end of the file name.  
I presumed this meant that was default (to show spouses) but they are not 
showing.  Also, my entire line on my dad's side (all direct ancestors including 
spouses) is showing in the file, although my ancestor that I have chosen to 
generate this file is on my mom's side.   Why are both these things happening?  
I only want to see my maternal ancestor, his wives and children and all his 
descendants and their spouses.

Finally, if I don’t know the genealogy software of the person I am sending the 
gedcom to, should I choose Basic?

Thanks,

Barton

-Original Message-
From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:16 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Barton,

When you go to Open File and you select the option to let Legacy search for 
your files, that is the file search page I am talking about.  At the bottom 
there is a button to tell Legacy which drives to search.  This might have 
gotten changed to something other than the C: drive (assuming that is where 
your files are).

Also, you said, “I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between 
gedcoms.”  Gedcoms have to be converted to Legacy data files before you can 
open them and switch back and forth between them.

Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:59 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

This is so frustrating.  I don’t know what the file search page is.  I clicked 
on New File instead and found it listed and opened it.   I want to be able to 
easily switch back and forth between gedcoms.  Why does Legacy say no Legacy 
Family Files can be found on my computer system when click Refresh List?  Why 
can’t Legacy find the new file even though I was able to open it?






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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Brian/Support]

You are not doing anything wrong. There is a known problem recorded in
our system for export of a focus group. Spouses are not included in the
export, even though they are part of the group.

To get all the correct people in the export tag all the people in the
focus group then export the tagged people to the GEDCOM. Export of a
group of tagged records will include the spouses.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


On 21/03/2015 1:57 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

 1.  Export Gedcom file.
 2.  Record selection.
 3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
 4.  Edit focus group.
 5.  Add an individual and descendants.
 6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
 7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
 8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants selected 
 (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line)
 9.  Click OK in Focus Group dialog box
 10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog box
 11.  Click Select file name and start export.

 I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane 
 shows up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as 
 unknown.  His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' 
 spouses are listed.

 What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g. his 
 daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's marriage to 
 my grandmother, etc.)

 Barton




 -Original Message-
 From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between the 
 options

 Descendants
 Entire Descendant Line

 You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

 If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse 
 button.  If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses 
 are listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and 
 then your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse.  This option 
 applies only to the anchor person.

 If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse those 
 spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus group.  What 
 won't be in the focus group will be any additional spouses the direct line's 
 spouse had (does that make sense?)

 For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of my 
 2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he had 
 with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear nor 
 any children she had with him.

 Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend 
 that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom 
 that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able 
 to read it.   The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser 
 options is if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of 
 the top programs or I was doing it for a specific website.  For example, if 
 you export to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what 
 Ancestry can handle as incoming information.  To get an idea, you can change 
 the format and then click the Customize button on the right.  You will be 
 able to see exactly will, and won't be exported for that format.



 Michele
 Technical Support
 mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
 www.legacyfamilytree.com

 -Original Message-
 From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
 Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:45 PM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 Thanks, Michele.  You're right - my C drive was not selected.  Now all 
 gedcoms are showing.  (I tend to use the word gedcom as a generic term and 
 what I really meant was fdb file.)   But, now that all my fdb files are 
 showing I see I just need to click File, Open File to get to the fdb I need.  
 But I am having a new problem.  I selected Add an individual and 
 descendants in my Focus Group and no spouses are showing in the file that 
 resulted.  In the Focus Group list, the words and **All Spouses** are 
 showing at the end of the file name.  I presumed this meant that was default 
 (to show spouses) but they are not showing.  Also, my entire line on my dad's 
 side (all direct ancestors including spouses) is showing in the file, 
 although my ancestor that I have chosen to generate this file is on my mom's 
 side.   Why are both these things happening?  I only want to see my maternal 
 ancestor, his wives and children and all his descendants and their spouses.

 Finally, if I don’t know the genealogy software of the person I am sending 
 the gedcom to, should I choose Basic?

 Thanks,

 Barton

 -Original Message-
 From

RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Michele/Support]

Barton,
Just to make sure that a bug hadn't crept in I did this in my own file and 
everything worked exactly like I expected.  So here is what I want you to do.

Close Legacy, reboot your computer and then open Legacy back up.  Now do a 
check/repair on your file.  Select File  File Maintenance  Check Repair.  
Click Proceed.  If an error is found select No so that the check/repair will 
continue.  If there are errors found, run the check repair again until there 
are no errors.  If there are any errors that Legacy can't clear automatically, 
look at the log file that is generated and it will give you the information you 
need to clear the errors manually.

Try the gedcom again and if it doesn't work this time I want you to send an 
email to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Put Attn: Michele in the subject line.  
Make a backup of your file, data portion only, leave the other boxes unchecked. 
 Attach that backup file to the email that you send.  As soon as I am done 
looking at your file to see if I can figure out what is going on I will delete 
it off of my computer permanently.  In the email tell me that your starting 
person is George D. Lane (I'll forget if you don't).

Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

-Original Message-
From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 1:58 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

1.  Export Gedcom file.
2.  Record selection.
3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
4.  Edit focus group.
5.  Add an individual and descendants.
6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants selected 
(as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9.  Click OK in Focus Group dialog box 
10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog box 11.  Click Select file 
name and start export.

I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane shows 
up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as unknown.  
His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' spouses are 
listed.

What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g. his 
daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's marriage to 
my grandmother, etc.)

Barton






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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[BARTON LEWIS]

Thanks, Michele.  Should I follow your instructions or does Brian's
subsequent email render them moot?

Barton


On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 03:59 PM, Michele/Support wrote:

 Barton,
 Just to make sure that a bug hadn't crept in I did this in my own file
 and everything worked exactly like I expected.  So here is what I want
 you to do.

 Close Legacy, reboot your computer and then open Legacy back up.  Now
 do a check/repair on your file.  Select File  File Maintenance 
 Check Repair.  Click Proceed.  If an error is found select No so that
 the check/repair will continue.  If there are errors found, run the
 check repair again until there are no errors.  If there are any errors
 that Legacy can't clear automatically, look at the log file that is
 generated and it will give you the information you need to clear the
 errors manually.

 Try the gedcom again and if it doesn't work this time I want you to
 send an email to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Put Attn: Michele in the
 subject line.  Make a backup of your file, data portion only, leave
 the other boxes unchecked.  Attach that backup file to the email that
 you send.  As soon as I am done looking at your file to see if I can
 figure out what is going on I will delete it off of my computer
 permanently.  In the email tell me that your starting person is George
 D. Lane (I'll forget if you don't).

 Michele
 Technical Support
 mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
 www.legacyfamilytree.com

 -Original Message-
 From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 1:58 PM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

 1.  Export Gedcom file.
 2.  Record selection.
 3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
 4.  Edit focus group.
 5.  Add an individual and descendants.
 6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
 7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
 8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants
 selected (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9.  Click OK in Focus
 Group dialog box 10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog
 box 11.  Click Select file name and start export.

 I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D
 Lane shows up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are
 listed as unknown.  His descendants show up down to me but none of
 his descendants' spouses are listed.

 What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g.
 his daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's
 marriage to my grandmother, etc.)

 Barton






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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Barton Lewis]

I have never tagged so I read about it in Help but it's still not working.  
Here are the steps I followed:

I turned on Tagging.

I went to my ancestor and right clicked on Tab 1 above his name.

In the Advanced Tagging dialog box I clicked on Descendants.

I clicked on Spouse in the Descendants Options dialog box and clicked on All 
Spouses, then closed this dialog box.

I closed the Advanced Tagging dialog box.

All my ancestor's descendants' No. 1 tag is blue as well as their spouses.

I exported the file to a gedcom and then imported it into Legacy.  No spouses 
of my ancestor or any of his descendants are showing, just his descendants.

What am I doing wrong?

Barton



-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:07 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

You are not doing anything wrong. There is a known problem recorded in our 
system for export of a focus group. Spouses are not included in the export, 
even though they are part of the group.

To get all the correct people in the export tag all the people in the focus 
group then export the tagged people to the GEDCOM. Export of a group of tagged 
records will include the spouses.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


On 21/03/2015 1:57 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

 1.  Export Gedcom file.
 2.  Record selection.
 3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
 4.  Edit focus group.
 5.  Add an individual and descendants.
 6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
 7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
 8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants
 selected (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9.  Click OK in Focus
 Group dialog box 10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog
 box 11.  Click Select file name and start export.

 I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane 
 shows up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as 
 unknown.  His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' 
 spouses are listed.

 What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g.
 his daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's
 marriage to my grandmother, etc.)

 Barton




 -Original Message-
 From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between
 the options

 Descendants
 Entire Descendant Line

 You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

 If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse 
 button.  If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses 
 are listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and 
 then your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse.  This option 
 applies only to the anchor person.

 If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse
 those spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus
 group.  What won't be in the focus group will be any additional
 spouses the direct line's spouse had (does that make sense?)

 For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of my 
 2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he had 
 with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear nor 
 any children she had with him.

 Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend 
 that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom 
 that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able 
 to read it.   The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser 
 options is if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of 
 the top programs or I was doing it for a specific website.  For example, if 
 you export to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what 
 Ancestry can handle as incoming information.  To get an idea, you can change 
 the format and then click the Customize button on the right.  You will be 
 able to see exactly will, and won't be exported for that format.



 Michele
 Technical Support
 mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
 www.legacyfamilytree.com

 -Original Message-
 From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
 Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:45 PM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 Thanks, Michele.  You're right - my C drive was not selected.  Now all 
 gedcoms are showing.  (I tend to use the word gedcom as a generic term and 
 what I really meant was fdb file.)   But, now that all my fdb files are 
 showing I see I just need to click File, Open File to get

Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Brian/Support]

Did you export everyone with Tag 1 into the GEDCOM?
Click the record selection button on the GEDCOM export screen
Select all records with an individual tag of 1
Make sure the check marks are in the three subordinate options about
spouses, parents and children.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


On 21/03/2015 9:14 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 I have never tagged so I read about it in Help but it's still not working.  
 Here are the steps I followed:

 I turned on Tagging.

 I went to my ancestor and right clicked on Tab 1 above his name.

 In the Advanced Tagging dialog box I clicked on Descendants.

 I clicked on Spouse in the Descendants Options dialog box and clicked on All 
 Spouses, then closed this dialog box.

 I closed the Advanced Tagging dialog box.

 All my ancestor's descendants' No. 1 tag is blue as well as their spouses.

 I exported the file to a gedcom and then imported it into Legacy.  No spouses 
 of my ancestor or any of his descendants are showing, just his descendants.

 What am I doing wrong?

 Barton



 -Original Message-
 From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:07 PM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 You are not doing anything wrong. There is a known problem recorded in our 
 system for export of a focus group. Spouses are not included in the export, 
 even though they are part of the group.

 To get all the correct people in the export tag all the people in the focus 
 group then export the tagged people to the GEDCOM. Export of a group of 
 tagged records will include the spouses.

 Brian
 Customer Support
 Millennia Corporation
 br...@legacyfamilytree.com
 http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com


 On 21/03/2015 1:57 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:
 This is not working.  Here are the options I am choosing:

 1.  Export Gedcom file.
 2.  Record selection.
 3.  Selected records contained in the focus group.
 4.  Edit focus group.
 5.  Add an individual and descendants.
 6.   Change (to my ancestor George D Lane)
 7.  Spouse (selecting All spouses)
 8.  Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving Descendants
 selected (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9.  Click OK in Focus
 Group dialog box 10.  Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog
 box 11.  Click Select file name and start export.

 I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file.  George D Lane 
 shows up and all his children by his 3 wives.  Their names are listed as 
 unknown.  His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' 
 spouses are listed.

 What am I doing wrong?  I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g.
 his daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's
 marriage to my grandmother, etc.)

 Barton




 -Original Message-
 From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM
 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

 When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between
 the options

 Descendants
 Entire Descendant Line

 You want, most likely, just the Descendants.

 If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse 
 button.  If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses 
 are listed.  If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and 
 then your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse.  This 
 option applies only to the anchor person.

 If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse
 those spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus
 group.  What won't be in the focus group will be any additional
 spouses the direct line's spouse had (does that make sense?)

 For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of 
 my 2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he 
 had with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear 
 nor any children she had with him.

 Now your second question.  When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend 
 that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom 
 that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able 
 to read it.   The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser 
 options is if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of 
 the top programs or I was doing it for a specific website.  For example, if 
 you export to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what 
 Ancestry can handle as incoming information.  To get an idea, you can change 
 the format and then click the Customize button on the right.  You will be 
 able to see exactly will, and won't be exported for that format.



 Michele
 Technical Support
 mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
 www.legacyfamilytree.com

 -Original Message-
 From

RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Barton Lewis]

I’ve created the new gedcom and imported it into Legacy.  When I open Legacy 
the default is my tree.  How do I find the new file and open it?  When I click 
on File, Open File, and browse to it on my hard drive and select it, nothing 
happens.  I remain in my file.  Also, when I select “Have Legacy Select a List 
of File to Choose From,” there are 9 files showing in the list.  When I click 
“Refresh List,” I get a message saying “No Legacy family files could be found 
on your computer system.”



Barton



From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 8:04 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



Barton,

When you create the gedcom down and the bottom you will see a button that says. 
“Record Selection.”  Click that and then chose Selected records contained in 
the focus group.  You can Edit the focus group here if you need to.





Michele

Technical Support

mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com

www.legacyfamilytree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com



From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 7:33 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



I want to generate a gedcom for a specific ancestor and all his descendants.  I 
created him as a focus group including all descendants.  I saved the focus 
group to line 1 and gave it a name.  When I have him selected in Family view 
and then click File, Expert Gedcom File, then click Select File Name and Start 
Export, Legacy cannot find the Focus Group on my hard drive.  Where is the 
Focus Group?  It is in my saved list but how does that correspond to my hard 
drive or how do I access it?



Barton

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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Mary Young]

There was a problem recently with exporting a Focus Group to gedcom (some
of the individuals were missing from the gedcom). I'm not aware this has
been fixed.
An alternative method, is to Tag everyon in the Focus Group, then export
the Tagged people to gedcom.  Sorry I'm not at my main computer, so can't
access Legacy for details. Hopefully someone else can enlarge on this.
Mary

On 20 March 2015 at 11:33, Barton Lewis bartonle...@optonline.net wrote:

 I want to generate a gedcom for a specific ancestor and all his
 descendants.  I created him as a focus group including all descendants.  I
 saved the focus group to line 1 and gave it a name.  When I have him
 selected in Family view and then click File, Expert Gedcom File, then click
 Select File Name and Start Export, Legacy cannot find the Focus Group on my
 hard drive.  Where is the Focus Group?  It is in my saved list but how does
 that correspond to my hard drive or how do I access it?



 Barton





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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Michele/Support]

Barton,

When you create the gedcom down and the bottom you will see a button that says. 
“Record Selection.”  Click that and then chose Selected records contained in 
the focus group.  You can Edit the focus group here if you need to.





Michele

Technical Support

 mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mich...@legacyfamilytree.com

 http://www.legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com



From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 7:33 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



I want to generate a gedcom for a specific ancestor and all his descendants.  I 
created him as a focus group including all descendants.  I saved the focus 
group to line 1 and gave it a name.  When I have him selected in Family view 
and then click File, Expert Gedcom File, then click Select File Name and Start 
Export, Legacy cannot find the Focus Group on my hard drive.  Where is the 
Focus Group?  It is in my saved list but how does that correspond to my hard 
drive or how do I access it?



Barton

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Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[MikeFry]

On 2015/03/20 18:59 PM, Barton Lewis wrote:

\ This is so frustrating.  I don’t know what the file search page is.  I 
clicked
 on New File instead and found it listed and opened it.   I want to be able to
 easily switch back and forth between gedcoms.  Why does Legacy say no Legacy
 Family Files can be found on my computer system when click Refresh List?  Why
 can’t Legacy find the new file even though I was able to open it?

  BECAUSE A GEDCOM ISN'T A LEGACY DATABASE FILE!

--
Regards from a frustrated,
Mike Fry (Jhb)




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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Barton Lewis]

This is so frustrating.  I don’t know what the file search page is.  I clicked 
on New File instead and found it listed and opened it.   I want to be able to 
easily switch back and forth between gedcoms.  Why does Legacy say no Legacy 
Family Files can be found on my computer system when click Refresh List?  Why 
can’t Legacy find the new file even though I was able to open it?











From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:45 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



On the file search page at the very bottom click Drives to Search and make sure 
it isn’t on the wrong drive.





Michele

Technical Support

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www.legacyfamilytree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com



From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 11:21 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



I’ve created the new gedcom and imported it into Legacy.  When I open Legacy 
the default is my tree.  How do I find the new file and open it?  When I click 
on File, Open File, and browse to it on my hard drive and select it, nothing 
happens.  I remain in my file.  Also, when I select “Have Legacy Select a List 
of File to Choose From,” there are 9 files showing in the list.  When I click 
“Refresh List,” I get a message saying “No Legacy family files could be found 
on your computer system.”



Barton



From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 8:04 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



Barton,

When you create the gedcom down and the bottom you will see a button that says. 
“Record Selection.”  Click that and then chose Selected records contained in 
the focus group.  You can Edit the focus group here if you need to.





Michele

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www.legacyfamilytree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com



From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 7:33 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



I want to generate a gedcom for a specific ancestor and all his descendants.  I 
created him as a focus group including all descendants.  I saved the focus 
group to line 1 and gave it a name.  When I have him selected in Family view 
and then click File, Expert Gedcom File, then click Select File Name and Start 
Export, Legacy cannot find the Focus Group on my hard drive.  Where is the 
Focus Group?  It is in my saved list but how does that correspond to my hard 
drive or how do I access it?



Barton

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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Michele/Support]

On the file search page at the very bottom click Drives to Search and make sure 
it isn’t on the wrong drive.





Michele

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From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 11:21 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



I’ve created the new gedcom and imported it into Legacy.  When I open Legacy 
the default is my tree.  How do I find the new file and open it?  When I click 
on File, Open File, and browse to it on my hard drive and select it, nothing 
happens.  I remain in my file.  Also, when I select “Have Legacy Select a List 
of File to Choose From,” there are 9 files showing in the list.  When I click 
“Refresh List,” I get a message saying “No Legacy family files could be found 
on your computer system.”



Barton



From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 8:04 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



Barton,

When you create the gedcom down and the bottom you will see a button that says. 
“Record Selection.”  Click that and then chose Selected records contained in 
the focus group.  You can Edit the focus group here if you need to.





Michele

Technical Support

mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com

www.legacyfamilytree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com



From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 7:33 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] gedcoms



I want to generate a gedcom for a specific ancestor and all his descendants.  I 
created him as a focus group including all descendants.  I saved the focus 
group to line 1 and gave it a name.  When I have him selected in Family view 
and then click File, Expert Gedcom File, then click Select File Name and Start 
Export, Legacy cannot find the Focus Group on my hard drive.  Where is the 
Focus Group?  It is in my saved list but how does that correspond to my hard 
drive or how do I access it?



Barton

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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Michele/Support]

Barton,

When you go to Open File and you select the option to let Legacy search for 
your files, that is the file search page I am talking about.  At the bottom 
there is a button to tell Legacy which drives to search.  This might have 
gotten changed to something other than the C: drive (assuming that is where 
your files are).

Also, you said, “I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between 
gedcoms.”  Gedcoms have to be converted to Legacy data files before you can 
open them and switch back and forth between them.

Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:59 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

This is so frustrating.  I don’t know what the file search page is.  I clicked 
on New File instead and found it listed and opened it.   I want to be able to 
easily switch back and forth between gedcoms.  Why does Legacy say no Legacy 
Family Files can be found on my computer system when click Refresh List?  Why 
can’t Legacy find the new file even though I was able to open it?






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RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

[Barton Lewis]

Thanks, Michele.  You're right - my C drive was not selected.  Now all gedcoms 
are showing.  (I tend to use the word gedcom as a generic term and what I 
really meant was fdb file.)   But, now that all my fdb files are showing I see 
I just need to click File, Open File to get to the fdb I need.  But I am having 
a new problem.  I selected Add an individual and descendants in my Focus 
Group and no spouses are showing in the file that resulted.  In the Focus Group 
list, the words and **All Spouses** are showing at the end of the file name.  
I presumed this meant that was default (to show spouses) but they are not 
showing.  Also, my entire line on my dad's side (all direct ancestors including 
spouses) is showing in the file, although my ancestor that I have chosen to 
generate this file is on my mom's side.   Why are both these things happening?  
I only want to see my maternal ancestor, his wives and children and all his 
descendants and their spouses.

Finally, if I don’t know the genealogy software of the person I am sending the 
gedcom to, should I choose Basic?

Thanks,

Barton

-Original Message-
From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:16 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

Barton,

When you go to Open File and you select the option to let Legacy search for 
your files, that is the file search page I am talking about.  At the bottom 
there is a button to tell Legacy which drives to search.  This might have 
gotten changed to something other than the C: drive (assuming that is where 
your files are).

Also, you said, “I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between 
gedcoms.”  Gedcoms have to be converted to Legacy data files before you can 
open them and switch back and forth between them.

Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:59 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

This is so frustrating.  I don’t know what the file search page is.  I clicked 
on New File instead and found it listed and opened it.   I want to be able to 
easily switch back and forth between gedcoms.  Why does Legacy say no Legacy 
Family Files can be found on my computer system when click Refresh List?  Why 
can’t Legacy find the new file even though I was able to open it?






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Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

[Anthony Punnett]

If I were you, I would back up my database then do the maintenance on
the old/current database then check to see if Legacy has deleted the
unwanted source.

On 2012-10-04 12:55 PM, Pat Hickin wrote:
 I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x grgrandmother.  I am
 trying to eliminate a faulty source that I don't need.  Legacy won't
 delete it as it is being 'used.'  When I click on show List,' I am
 told it is attached to Marriage Record 902.

 So I do a search on MRIN = 902.   I am told it does not exist.

 So I go to the original file (the file I created the GEDCOM from) and
 search for MRIN = 902.  That marriage record is for someone in an
 entirely different branch of the family,  someone who is NOT included
 in the GEDCOM at all.

 So how do I get rid of the faulty source??

 Thanks!

 Pat





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Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

[bgsu1976]

Anthony Punnett ajpunn...@yahoo.ca proclaimed:

If I were you, I would back up my database then do the maintenance on
the old/current database then check to see if Legacy has deleted the
unwanted source.

On 2012-10-04 12:55 PM, Pat Hickin wrote:
 I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x grgrandmother.  I am
 trying to eliminate a faulty source that I don't need.  Legacy won't
 delete it as it is being 'used.'  When I click on show List,' I am
 told it is attached to Marriage Record 902.

 So I do a search on MRIN = 902.   I am told it does not exist.

 So I go to the original file (the file I created the GEDCOM from) and
 search for MRIN = 902.  That marriage record is for someone in an
 entirely different branch of the family,  someone who is NOT included
 in the GEDCOM at all.

 So how do I get rid of the faulty source??

Or, when the OP gets that 'Show List' screen, he/she can press that big
ol' button on the right which says 'Delete this Master Source and All
Citations to it'.

--

bgsu



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Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

[Pat Hickin]

Hi, Anthony,
Thanks -- I did that without a problem.  However a weird thing is now
happening when I try to open the .gedcom.

I click on
FileImport fromGedcom.
It goes to the folder I have my .gedcoms in and I click on the file I want
filename.ged
It puts the name of the file in the Filename box/slot, and I click on
Open.

It immediately takes me to another window.   Only the tail-end of the
filename is showing in the filename box/slot, and the only kind of filetype
showing in the lower right above the Open button is Legacy(*.fdb).
No filenames are displayed in the window and instead it says No items
match your search !!!

So now what do I do???

Pat

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Anthony Punnett ajpunn...@yahoo.ca wrote:

 If I were you, I would back up my database then do the maintenance on
 the old/current database then check to see if Legacy has deleted the
 unwanted source.

 On 2012-10-04 12:55 PM, Pat Hickin wrote:
  I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x grgrandmother.  I am
  trying to eliminate a faulty source that I don't need.  Legacy won't
  delete it as it is being 'used.'  When I click on show List,' I am
  told it is attached to Marriage Record 902.
 
  So I do a search on MRIN = 902.   I am told it does not exist.
 
  So I go to the original file (the file I created the GEDCOM from) and
  search for MRIN = 902.  That marriage record is for someone in an
  entirely different branch of the family,  someone who is NOT included
  in the GEDCOM at all.
 
  So how do I get rid of the faulty source??
 
  Thanks!
 
  Pat
 




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Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

[Pat Hickin]

Thanks, bgsu,

You wrote:
Or, when the OP gets that 'Show List' screen, he/she can press that big
ol' button on the right which says 'Delete this Master Source and All
Citations to it'.

However, when I click on the Show List button, which would ordinarily
take me to the window with the big button that you mention, I'm not taken
to that Window at all!!

Instead, I simply get a message saying This Master Source is attached to
Marriage Record 902. -- which Marriage Record is not even in the file!!!

Pat


On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi, Anthony,
 Thanks -- I did that without a problem.  However a weird thing is now
 happening when I try to open the .gedcom.

 I click on
 FileImport fromGedcom.
 It goes to the folder I have my .gedcoms in and I click on the file I want
 filename.ged
 It puts the name of the file in the Filename box/slot, and I click on
 Open.

 It immediately takes me to another window.   Only the tail-end of the
 filename is showing in the filename box/slot, and the only kind of filetype
 showing in the lower right above the Open button is Legacy(*.fdb).
 No filenames are displayed in the window and instead it says No items
 match your search !!!

 So now what do I do???

 Pat


 On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Anthony Punnett ajpunn...@yahoo.cawrote:

 If I were you, I would back up my database then do the maintenance on
 the old/current database then check to see if Legacy has deleted the
 unwanted source.

 On 2012-10-04 12:55 PM, Pat Hickin wrote:
  I have created a .gedcom of the ancestors of a 2x grgrandmother.  I am
  trying to eliminate a faulty source that I don't need.  Legacy won't
  delete it as it is being 'used.'  When I click on show List,' I am
  told it is attached to Marriage Record 902.
 
  So I do a search on MRIN = 902.   I am told it does not exist.
 
  So I go to the original file (the file I created the GEDCOM from) and
  search for MRIN = 902.  That marriage record is for someone in an
  entirely different branch of the family,  someone who is NOT included
  in the GEDCOM at all.
 
  So how do I get rid of the faulty source??
 
  Thanks!
 
  Pat
 




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Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs - exporting - problem with deleting a source.

[Pat Hickin]

I suppose I should add that I was able to delete it in the original file,
so all I have to do is put it back in correctly and create a new .gedcom.
 Which I hope to be able to open.  Well, I've done that AND opened it.

Pat



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