tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2098062737404002899..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Peeking at Family Tree Maker 2011 Source Citations in the GEDCOM File - Post 1Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-76506700202238633832011-01-29T07:23:23.622-08:002011-01-29T07:23:23.622-08:00I misstated in my prior comment. When I imported ...I misstated in my prior comment. When I imported the TMG GEDCOM into Legacy 7.5 everything transferred, including media but when I imported the same GEDCOM into RM4 none of the media tranferred.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064329229537398807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-1869257245565401322011-01-25T18:02:05.775-08:002011-01-25T18:02:05.775-08:00From early exports and imports via GEDCOM, I was b...From early exports and imports via GEDCOM, I was beginning to suspect that the export itself may be the issue. When I did a straight export from FTM to GED and imported it into any of my other software, I invariably lost all my media and garbled or lost my sources. In many cases, although a source list was present, none of the sources were linked to events.<br /><br />As an experiment, I exported my FTM data in FTM 2009 format and imported it into TMG 7 (which is capable of importing FTM files directly). When I did that I had all my source links and mostly all my media. I then exported from TMG to GED and then, imported the GED file into RM4 and Legacy 7.5.<br /><br />I had better sources and they were still linked to events and had all my media links.<br /><br />So my currentl plan is to fix all the problems found by TMG (some media not found, some place names, etc)and use TMG as my bridge to the other programs but still maintain my data in FTM (at least so far--that may change).Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064329229537398807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-21594302889082705002011-01-24T21:44:21.308-08:002011-01-24T21:44:21.308-08:00Randy,
Legacy Family Tree has about 1700 source t...Randy,<br /><br />Legacy Family Tree has about 1700 source templates in its SourceWriter - all those contained in the Evidence Explained book by Elizabeth Shown Mills and a few that should have been there. When exporting to a GEDCOM 5.5 file, all the information appears correctly formatted in the appropriate tags. Here is the output of the same information you used in your example:<br /><br />0 @I1@ INDI<br />1 NAME Isaac /Seaver/<br />2 GIVN Isaac<br />2 SURN Seaver<br />1 SEX M<br />1 BIRT<br />2 DATE 16 Oct 1823<br />2 PLAC Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA<br />2 SOUR @S2@<br />3 PAGE Page 83.<br /><br />0 @S2@ SOUR<br />1 ABBR Vital Records Book test<br />1 TITL Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts to the End of t<br />2 CONC he Year 1849<br />1 AUTH Systematic History Fund<br />1 PUBL Worcester, Mass: F.P. Rice, 1908.<br />1 REPO @R1@<br /><br />0 @R1@ REPO<br />1 NAME New England Historic Genealogical Society<br />1 ADDR New England Historic Genealogical Society<br />2 CONT Boston, Massachusetts<br />2 _NAME New England Historic Genealogical Society<br />2 CITY Boston<br />2 STAE Massachusetts<br /><br />Other programs have every opportunity to import and correctly format a citation from this information.Dave B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15109732283431833917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-36393777704388662342011-01-24T17:44:13.540-08:002011-01-24T17:44:13.540-08:00My family history interests are in the UK and the ...My family history interests are in the UK and the pre-defined source templates in FTM 2011 are completely useless for UK sources. So I created my own. I quickly realised that it is not a good idea to fill in the various sections in the "Add Source" form. If I do that, the program decides where to put the various elements, both when creating the source in the program and also when transferring the data into a GEDCOM. Instead I simply give the source a title and leave all the other fields blank. I then lay out the citation, with punctuation etc exactly as I want it, in the Citation Detail field of the "Add Source Citation" box. Not only does this give me the exact source citation I want, it also transfers perfectly in a GEDCOM.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977450933277241692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-64641612551075250442011-01-24T14:30:59.318-08:002011-01-24T14:30:59.318-08:00Randy,
I've heard some stories about Family T...Randy,<br /><br />I've heard some stories about Family Tree Maker deliberately having poor GEDCOM support, some from sources close to the fire.<br />However, barring evidence, it seems best to remember Napolean's epigram that you should never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.<br /><br />- TamuraTamura Joneshttp://www.tamurajones.net/noreply@blogger.com