Sherry: You say: "Legacy's gedcom export will default to the options you have selected when you create your source." This statement is totally illogical given the definition of "default" -- 1. By definition a default option: is an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified, or -- 2. Default in computer science refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a computer program or device, outside of user intervention/ Without source information it is almost a given that you will never be able to reconstruct your database to its original state without outside help. (Hopefully from online cuzins with whom you've shared data.) And, no, I am not going to upload any site online given my propensity to poke the wrong buttons. With sourcing information you would be able to reconstruct the database -- surely a very time consuming proposition but it could be done. Why is it that Legacy has user-defined options for: privitizing persons, excluding persons from problem reports right out there with those little check off boxes but the changing of exporting of sourcing to a user-defined option-- which by definition removes it from being a *default*--is hidden from view. >From the "Exporting GEDCOM Files: A Legacy GEDCOM file contains ALL the information that can be entered into a Legacy family file. This includes all individual field information; all notes; all sources**; all events; LDS ordinance dates and temples; pictures; sound; video; list ordering and tags; as well as preferred children; spouses; and parents." By your own account this is not true unless you CHOOSE it -- there is no mention of a default here. OH excuse me, there it is -- in the bottom 1/4 of the information! "Override Source Detail options - include everything - With this option selected, all the information from each source citation detail is exported to the GEDCOM file. If unselected, the information that is suppressed, according to the source detail options, is excluded from the GEDCOM export." The emphasis is mine. Even when I imported the gedcom created by Legacy it could not find many marriage records -- it couldn't read the file that it created properly. The Family Origins program and updates *never* had any problems or created any...from the DOS days thru to transitioning to Windows 3.0 when one had to rekey the information. At that time the number of records was only in the hundreds...not tens of thousands. If RootsMagic EVER has a method of rapidly duplicating the sourcing information, methinks I would rapidly jump ship and return to their fold. Not that I hadn't tried other programs (PAF, FTM [aaaargh]. This certainly opened my eyes to a huge unmentioned difference--there isn't even a readme file in which one would expect this "default" difference to be strongly highlighted. "We are changing the world of genealogy!" Yep, you *almost* changed mine. And, why didn't you address the other problem in now trying to merge these two databases with minimal problems? Again, whoever the original poster to the list is/was -- I thank you; I am indebted to you. I found your posting by browsing the archives for quite a while. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Support To: legacy@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [LEGACY] Thank you, thank you and additional input needed please That's not quite true. Legacy's gedcom export will default to the options you have selected when you create your source. If you have not selected to include information on reports, it won't be included in exports either, whether you're exporting to a new Family File or to a gedcom. That's the reason behind the option on the Export window to "Override Source options - include all source information" This is explained in the Help file (just click on the context-sensitive Help button in the Export window) "Override Source Detail options - include everything With this option selected, all the information from each source citation detail is exported to the GEDCOM file. If unselected, the information that is suppressed, according to the source detail options, is excluded from the GEDCOM export." Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation Support@LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: legacy-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:legacy-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:34 PM To: LEGACY@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEGACY] Thank you, thank you and additional input needed please Thank you to whoever it was who posted that Legacy's output to a Gedcom would default to NO sourcing. You have saved me many, many hours trying to fix a horrible accident. <snip> Note to Legacy -- hmmm the default to the industry standard for gedcoms would be to **eliminate/drop** ALL sources/sourcing?!?!?! My main reason for switching from Family Origins/RootsMagic in the first place was the ease in duplicating sourcing -- NOW you say the export would drop that information...25 yrs. of research would be GONE?!?! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEGACY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message