I've been using Legacy for several years now & have updated over time. I purchased my first 2 versions however finances prevents me from getting anything but the free versions now offered. I had decent luck with it until several months ago with v. 6. Think I've messed up a setting or perhaps the program has become corrupt..... thus my question. First off... when I first started genealogy, in my naivety I began entries with my paternal grandparents. I discovered how to set the preferred family but when the GEDCOM was imported it would open to my paternal grandparents names. I never could figure out how to correct this so would just explain to anyone with whom I shared a GEDCOM. Would love to change this if possible. Secondly.....I create GEDCOMs about 2-3 times monthly & burn to a CD for my back-up. During the process of a customary pre-burning double check, I started noting about a month ago that not all files were always transferring to the GEDCOM. The files began to delete my paternal grandfather however his siblings & ancestors would still be in their own file. Thought I had it corrected when I re-entered & relink him to his wife/children. The real kicker was when the next GEDCOM that I made opened without an error. This has been a situation that won't remain stable one way or another. Today, when I tried importing my most recent GEDCOM as a double check, the file was truncated again at my paternal grandparents. I righted the file & did yet another test GEDCOM under another name. That one included my grandparents however truncated a line that was added just this morning. Also, at the times when my GEDCOM isn't going to come out correct, I get an error log at the end of the import of files I've corrected repeatedly......more times that I care to think about. I've thought about uninstalling & reinstalling but wasn't sure if it was necessary. Admit that I'm not sure how to do it properly anyway. I'd go back to v. 5 but it won't install since I have v. 6 installed.... sounds goofy to do so but I'm at wits end. Any thoughts, ideas & suggestions will be appreciated beyond words. I'm petrified of losing my years of work as well as GEDCOMS from others who have shared their research with me. Many thanks! Sheila

On 23 Jun 2006 Sheila Chonko wrote: > I began entries with my paternal grandparents. I discovered how to set > the preferred family but when the GEDCOM was imported it would open to > my paternal grandparents names. I never could figure out how to > correct this so would just explain to anyone with whom I shared a > GEDCOM. Would love to change this if possible. I assume that you have one of your grandparents with RIN 1 and would like to change that to yourself. To do this select yourself in the Family view, then click on Tools > Renumber RINs. Select the top item "Renumber current RIN to:" and type 1 in the box to the right. Click Apply. You will now be RIN 1 and the the opening person by default. > I started noting about a month ago that not all files were always > transferring to the GEDCOM. The files began to delete my paternal > grandfather however his siblings & ancestors would still be in their > own file. I don't understand what you mean by the above. A gedcom only contains one family file. Do you mean that some individuals were not being included in the gedcom? > Thought I had it corrected when I re-entered & relink him to his > wife/children. So are you saying he was deleted from your Legacy family file? If so this would have nothing to do with creating a gedcom. > at the times when my GEDCOM isn't going to come out correct, I get an > error log at the end of the import of files What errors are it identifying? We really need a better idea of just what you are doing and what is happening. What are you selecting to create the gedcom and what is not being exported to it? Are you checking the gedcom with a text editor to see if the data *is* in it? > I'd go back to v. 5 but it won't install since I have v. 6 > installed. It should install, but I don't think that's the solution for you. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. ---