Charlie Hoffpauir wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:07:06 -0500, singhals<singhals@erols.com> > wrote: > > <snip> >> I'm gonna take your word for it that when you export you get >> a "NICK" field. I can't make Legacy or RM put that field >> into the GED. I generated an RM GED (it didn't give me any >> options about my target), and 4 from Legacy. None of them >> had "NICK" when I looked. >> >>> If RM had the same Family Navigation Screen as Legacy I would switch >>> back. But I'm a creature of habit. Where is that Fountain of Youth? >> >> Just past the Free Lunch Counter. ;) >> >> Cheryl > > I tested this on the free version I downloaded, and if I put a given > name within quote marks, it is indeed put into a field labeled "NICK". > I found nothing in any Legacy documentation referring to this, but a > response posted in a Legacy user group indicated that this was the > practice. BTW, it also shows the name with quote marks in the NAME > field. Example below: > > 0 HEAD > 1 SOUR Legacy > 2 VERS 7.5 > 2 NAME Legacy (R) > 2 CORP Millennia Corp. > 3 ADDR PO Box 9410 > 4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374 > 1 DEST Legacy > 1 DATE 27 Feb 2013 > 1 SUBM @S0@ > 1 FILE G:\RootsMagic\GEDCOMS\Example.ged > 1 GEDC > 2 VERS 5.5.1 > 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED > 1 CHAR ANSEL > 0 @S0@ SUBM > 1 NAME Not Given > 0 @I31540@ INDI > 1 NAME Charles Richard "Dicky" /Hoffpauir/ > 2 GIVN Charles Richard "Dicky" > 2 SURN Hoffpauir > 2 NICK Dicky > 1 SEX M > 1 BIRT > 2 DATE 15 Oct 1939 > 1 _UID DC7C5732B78C4F388EBFC9274C420EE1650B > 1 CHAN > 2 DATE 27 Feb 2013 > 3 TIME 08:36 > 0 @I31541@ INDI > 1 NAME Jerry 'Lynn' /Hoffpauir/ > 2 GIVN Jerry 'Lynn' > 2 SURN Hoffpauir > 1 SEX M > 1 _UID F025847F04784538B6E815A6089FC80DE636 > 1 CHAN > 2 DATE 24 Feb 2013 > 3 TIME 09:13 > 0 @I31542@ INDI > 1 NAME Luther "Francis" /Hoffpauir/ > 2 GIVN Luther "Francis" > 2 SURN Hoffpauir > 2 NICK Francis > 1 SEX M > 1 _UID 1082D24D2C144E60A966605DCEB75FBB0A54 > 1 CHAN > 2 DATE 24 Feb 2013 > 3 TIME 09:13 > 0 TRLR Using a db I had handy at the FHC and Legacy7.5, I added "Tom" and (Tom) as an Alternate name to one Thomas Swearingen, and then created 4 GEDs: Legacy-to-Legacy; Legacy-to-GED5.5.1; Legacy-to-basic-GED; and Legacy-to-PAF5 Omitted from this is the Legacy to Basic GED one. Out of Legacy TO Legacy: 0 HEAD 1 SOUR Legacy 2 VERS 7.5 2 NAME Legacy (R) 2 CORP Millennia Corp. 3 ADDR PO Box 9410 4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374 1 DEST Legacy 1 DATE 26 Feb 2013 1 SUBM @S0@ 1 FILE E:\hhsbook\legacy.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5.1 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR ANSEL 0 @S0@ SUBM 1 NAME Not Given 0 @I1@ INDI 1 NAME Thomas /Swearingen/ 2 GIVN Thomas 2 SURN Swearingen 1 NAME "Tom" // 2 GIVN "Tom" 2 SURN 1 NAME (Tom) // 2 GIVN (Tom) 2 SURN 1 NAME 'Tom' // 2 GIVN 'Tom' 2 SURN 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1688 2 PLAC Md 2 SOUR @S2@ 1 DEAT Y 1 _UID BBE139991522481FAFC4589C6E7BE324631E 1 CHAN 2 DATE 26 Feb 2013 3 TIME 13:36 1 FAMS @F1@ **** Out of Legacy to GED 5.5.1; 0 HEAD 1 SOUR Legacy 2 VERS 7.5 2 NAME Legacy (R) 2 CORP Millennia Corp. 3 ADDR PO Box 9410 4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374 1 DEST Gedcom5.5.1 1 DATE 26 Feb 2013 1 SUBM @S0@ 1 FILE E:\hhsbook\5.5ged.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5.1 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR ANSEL 0 @S0@ SUBM 1 NAME Not Given 0 @I1@ INDI 1 NAME Thomas /Swearingen/ 2 GIVN Thomas 2 SURN Swearingen 1 NAME "Tom" // 2 GIVN "Tom" 2 SURN 1 NAME (Tom) // 2 GIVN (Tom) 2 SURN 1 NAME 'Tom' // 2 GIVN 'Tom' 2 SURN 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1688 2 PLAC Md 2 SOUR @S2@ 1 DEAT Y 1 _UID BBE139991522481FAFC4589C6E7BE324631E 1 CHAN 2 DATE 26 Feb 2013 3 TIME 13:36 1 FAMS @F1@ *** Out of Legacy to PAF 5.x: 0 HEAD 1 SOUR Legacy 2 VERS 7.5 2 NAME Legacy (R) 2 CORP Millennia Corp. 3 ADDR PO Box 9410 4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374 1 DEST PAF5 1 DATE 26 Feb 2013 1 SUBM @S0@ 1 FILE E:\hhsbook\paf5.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5.1 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR UTF-8 0 @S0@ SUBM 1 NAME Not Given 0 @I1@ INDI 1 NAME Thomas /Swearingen/ 2 GIVN Thomas 2 SURN Swearingen 2 _AKA "Tom" // or (Tom) // or 'Tom' // 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1688 2 PLAC Md 2 SOUR @S2@ 1 DEAT Y 1 _UID BBE139991522481FAFC4589C6E7BE324631E 1 CHAN 2 DATE 26 Feb 2013 3 TIME 13:36 1 FAMS @F1@ 0 @I2@ INDI 1 NAME Lydia /Riley/ 2 GIVN Lydia 2 SURN Riley 2 SOUR @S34@ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1691 2 SOUR @S2@ 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1764 1 _UID C6E486BFCC2A4B16A1481566C65678609EBB 1 CHAN 2 DATE 5 Feb 2013 3 TIME 13:49 1 FAMS @F1@ I then opened the same file with RM. So far as I could determine, the RM version available at the Family History Centers *has* no options, you either export a .ged or you don't -- I didn't even see a way to restrict how much of the file I wanted exported; probably a user-error there. However, RM to Ged: 0 HEAD 1 SOUR RootsMagic 2 NAME RootsMagic 2 VERS 6.0 2 CORP RootsMagic, Inc. 3 ADDR PO Box 495 4 CONT Springville, UT 84663 4 CONT USA 3 PHON 1-800-ROOTSMAGIC 3 WWW www.RootsMagic.com 1 DEST RootsMagic 1 DATE 26 FEB 2013 1 FILE RM_.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5.1 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR UTF-8 0 @I1@ INDI 1 NAME Thomas /Swearingen/ 2 GIVN Thomas 2 SURN Swearingen 1 NAME "Tom" // 2 GIVN "Tom" 1 NAME (Tom) // 2 GIVN (Tom) 1 NAME 'Tom' // 2 GIVN 'Tom' 1 SEX M 1 _UID CD0DA454E12248949954482C7D550E6A5CEE 1 CHAN 2 DATE 26 FEB 2013 1 BIRT 2 _PRIM Y 2 DATE 1688 2 PLAC Md 2 SOUR @S2@ 3 _TMPLT 4 FIELD 5 NAME Page 1 DEAT Y 1 FAMS @F1@ *** No NICK in sight. [shrug] As my mechanic often says, if I can't replicate it, I can't fix it. (g) Still -- Hugh -- If you haven't already, does Legacy let you do case-sensitive? If so then pick that and do a Find: "H Replace: (H and then a FIND: h" Replace: h) Cheryl