Diana and all, in February I sent the following information about my GEDCOM experiences: "What I have not yet learned is how to create a GEDCOM that contains source information. Or, perhaps I am getting the source information into the GEDCOM but do not know how to get it out when I import. Anyway, whenever I export from my FTM to GEDCOM then import back into FTM, the source information is gone." (This was based on attempts I had made a long while back, perhaps several years ago.) Today I tried this again and I am pleased to let you know that I was able to recover source information successfully. Here are the details: I created a test .FTW file with six names, size 452 KB, in Family Tree Maker 5.0b (17 Sep 1998), my current version. In this I created seven master sources and uses them in several citations. In one case I applied three sources to one fact. I included a fairly long note, about a page of characters. For more fun, I included additional facts about one person - baptism, burial, religion, occupation and "temple". I exported this file to GEDCOM, which turned out to be 4 KB in size, a 100:1 reduction. I then closed the .FTW file, opened the .GED file and imported it into a new .FTW file. All the information was recovered, without corruption so far as I detected. From the experience, I have some additional questions. During both exporting and importing, I was offered some choices that I did not understand. The choices are as follows, with default answers noted: EXPORTING from .FTW to .GED (dialog box labeled "File type") - -Destination: FTW (default); TempleReady; PAF; ROOTS -GEDCOM: Version 5.5 (default); Version 4 -Character set: ANSEL; ANSI (default); IBMPC; MACINTOSH -Indented records (not checked default) -Abbreviated tags (checked default) IMPORTING from .GED to .FTW (dialog box labeled "Import from GEDCOM") - -Keep first part if location fields are too long; (selected default) -Keep last part if location fields are too long; (not selected default) -Delete underscore from names (checked default) -Add spacing in location fields (checked default) -Facts to import: NAME; BIRT; DEAT; MARR; SEX; BAPM; BURI; CONF; OCCU; RELI; NOTE (Marriage note); NOTE (first 10 selected by default, note fields not selected by default) In exporting I accepted all defaults. In importing I accepted all defaults EXCEPT that I selected all twelve fields to import, including the notes fields. I would be very interested in receiving comments on what each of these choices does. One additional comment about "facts to import". The FTM fact "Temple" was not among the twelve choices. So I assumed "Temple" would not be recovered. I was wrong, "Temple" survived. So I do not understand the purpose of the "Facts to import" dialog box. Comments and guidance would be welcomed. I have not attached the experimental files, but would be happy to send upon request. Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected]