I haven't tried using the scanner and OCR program to put things into the FTM program. I have OmniPage Pro 8.0 and I wasn't impressed with the % of accuracy it produced. I plan to upgrade my FTM 5.0, OmniPage Pro 8.0 and some other programs after the first of the year (Y2K jitters) I have been 2 years trying to get my Social Security Disability and finally had a hearing this month and won. It will be a few months before I can get some dough to upgrade with, but I can spend some time each day poking some data in. I don't sit for long periods but I type several times each day... plodding along. Query! Does the FTM version you are using allow you to generate a GEDCOM file with a range from one individual down 5 or 6 generations? The version 5.0 I have dumps the whole 2000+ names into the GEDCOM file. I can't believe they did that! >From my earlier email: Well my FTM files have been created from a PAF transfer a few years ago. Before I knew enough about PAF I had merged in some files found on a CD at the Ft. Wayne (Allen County) Indiana Library. So after the two transfers of data I have some entries have reference numbers like 3, 5, 22, and some have numbers like 1RL2-QJ, 9GF9-DW most have no reference numbers at all since the default of the FTM version was to be none. I have not had much luck in merging files into my FTM program. Climbing up the learning curve. I have carried many of the names dumped into my file from the CD at Ft. Wayne and with no source references I don't think many folks would like that merged into a file with well sourced data. I have removed all the reference numbers/ letters and now have to find a way to trim the good data from the rubbish data. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [CALVERT-L] Calvert Repository > > Gary writes, > > >Well greetings again. > >Have you started your first 6 generations yet? > > Gary, > > THANKS, really needed some encouragement. Let me tell where I am > on this. > > I have Generations 1 thru 5 in good shape. Besides having everything > in FTM, I have the full text from O'Gorman included for each individual. > In other words when you click on text for Lord Baltimore, you get the > whole chapter. Its like this for all individuals through #30 George > Calvert (I am working on him right now). > > (All this copied text is from my scanner and an OCR program. It is > something I done for a couple of years, and there is quite a bit of it > now.) > > Also I have all the "numbered indivuals" up through the 8th generation > loaded in FTM. The last individual is #1034 Annie M. Calvert on page > 197. > > The procedure of going back and adding in the "un-numbered > individuals" (spouses) is obviously a pain in the butt. I have to add > spouse and then connect all the children back to each spouse. This > preserves the numbering from O'Gorman and places the new numbers > in an 8000 series. > > The real challenge begins in the 6th, 7th and 8th generations. I believe > it is possible to manually combine records after merging, and that is > probably what we can do. Perhaps we exchange GEDCOM files or > maybe even better FTM files. Please go ahead mail me whatever you > have and I will try to work with it. Experimenting is probably the only way > to do this. Also can I send you my FTM file or a GEDCOM. > > Again thanks, > > George Calvert > [email protected] > > > > > I > > > ==== CALVERT Mailing List ==== > All messages posted to this mailing list are the property of their writers. Please obtain permission from all parties before forwarding or publishing any message from this list. > >