Caroline - it depends on what you are including in the GEDCOM. For example, while I can export from TMG using GEDCOM I know that the citation and source details I have will not be effectively transferred. I have received GEDCOMs from people using FTM and I have a number of problems with them - including how the place names are stored. Different programs have different ways of handling relationships (e.g. step-children, same-sex marriages), places (e.g. including latitude and longitude) and such as DNA. So I certainly do not expect GEDCOM to be able to handle everything. Nor do I expect developers of any future version of GEDCOM to be able to handle all the data types / events / relationships that all programs use. It will be an improvement on the current version - but I certainly do not expect any way near perfection. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caroline Gurney Sent: 19 April 2012 8:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Upgrade from FTM2006? On Apr 19, 2012 6:55 AM, "John Hanson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Their > inability to export a GEDCOM that is compatible with other programs strikes > me as "once we've got them - make it impossible to leve" I'm sorry but this is nonsense. It is perfectly possible to export a GEDCOM from FTM which is compatible with other programs. My website - www.carosfamily.com - is created directly from a GEDCOM exported from FTM 2012 and imported into The Next Generation version 9.0.0. I've also recently imported GEDCOMs from FTM 2012 into Legacy and Roots Magic without any problems. Caroline Gurney ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message