I would agree that there is never a completely smooth changeover from one program to another. I have often kept my backups on both gedcom and FTM files in hopes of having one or the other available. But twice the installation of a new version of FTM failed to pick up all the data or data correctly, most often the notes and/or references were not transferred. I tended to keep paper copies of the data, notes and references so I could at least re-enter if necessary. Rick Shea