And to complicate it, the months are abbreviated in various programs and transferrable to nFS, meaning you would have to go back into nFS just to clean it up. I put in a clear request to Ancestral Quest to include the provision to DE-abbreviate the months. Otherwise, I would have to use text editor to open the gedcom and hunt down every bloody month and de-abbreviate them. And no guarantee nFS will recognize GENT as a surname. It changed it to a suffix after a small gedcom. Learned something along the way the drawbacks of gedcoms converted to nFS. David Samuelsen > Clearly, then, adding a GEDCOM and thus introducing duplicates only for > the > sake of adding sources and notes is not the best thing to do. > > Right? > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Miles Meyer" <milesmeyer@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:01 PM > To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] transferring notes/sources into nFS as gedcom > >> The question was how do you add notes from your file without adding >> the whole gedcom. The easiest way is to sync the files with AQ or >> FamilyInsight. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Jorge Todeschini >> <jorgetodeschini@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Why add a GEDCOM with individuals already on nFS anyway? >>> >>> In any case, a GEDCOM can be created without LDS ordinances so the >>> overwriting mentioned below does not have to happen. >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Stephen J. Kelsey" <sjkelsey@msn.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:39 PM >>> To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] transferring notes/sources into nFS as gedcom >>> >>>> You are much better off to not use a gedcom, particularly if you >>>> Have used temple ready and have the SUB in the ordinance dates as >>>> Nfs interprets them as COMPLETED and overwrites the actual dates or >>>> In progress statement, depending on how you combine the individuals. >>>> I use it only to transfer small groups into nfs on which I am certain >>>> There are no submitted nor ordinance dates in my gedcom. >>>> >>>> Steve Kelsey >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Miles >>>> Meyer >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:31 PM >>>> To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] transferring notes/sources into nFS as gedcom >>>> >>>> Ancestral Quest transfers the notes well. I use it all the time to add >>>> notes. I haven't tried to do sources since I keep all my sources as >>>> notes. >>>> >>>> Miles Meyer >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Donna B. <angelchatter@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>>> Does anyone know of a program that will transfer notes into new >>>> FamilySearch without transferring whole file? Thought I heard from >>>> someone, >>>> that we could .... >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Donna in Canada >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >>>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without >>>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >>>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >