Thanks Sherry... yes, I do back ups as well now. Just was told a long time ago that GEDCOMs were best for everything so now I know better. Again, many thanks. Sheila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Support" <Support@LegacyFamilyTree.com> To: <LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 9:40 AM Subject: RE: [LEGACY] Source text disappearing > Backing Up the file is a lot better way to protect your data than doing > gedcoms, even if you send the backup to someone who doesn't use Legacy > just > to have it off-site for safe keeping. > > Go to http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp, where you'll find an > article > under "Backing Up and Restoring Family Files" > > > 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: Sheila Chonko [mailto:grami948@toledosuper.net] > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 4:05 AM > To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LEGACY] Source text disappearing > > Yes, think this was my GEDCOM problem. I did use GEDCOMs as back-ups plus > sent them to a number of people in an information swap. No one ever said > anything about missing document text however I'm now finding alot of > information lost that I originially thought was in my program. Blessedly > most is in an old GEDCOM from another genealogy program so the information > was saved. I was a total novice to the program & thought such things > would > be a default. I , however, will take full blame for not knowing about the > "Override Source Options." I'm able to recreate some over time & have > learned a lot in the process. Will take me awhile to get the files > totally > righted as its years of work lost that I didn't realize was gone. Things > are what they are so its time to just deal with my files as they are. > > Hopefully everyone has learned something from this & our use of the > program > will be better. Many thanks to everyone! > > Sheila > > > ==== LEGACY Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator, or to unsubscribe, or to view the > list archive, or for other list information, go to the web page at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >