A critical point. :-) As I learned the hard way with sub-contractors on my Navy cases, not one of whom had my software or any two that used the same software! We developed a work around where only the BMD fields are completed in the software. All notes and full EE source citations are kept and sent to me in a word processing research log template. best regards, Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: MEMcDTT@aol.com To: king@forensicgenealogyservices.com, ancestoring@gmail.com Cc: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:55:11 AM Subject: Re: [TGF] Advice on software for non mac Dee, A very good point! I transferred a GedCom from Reunion to Legacy with lots of French Canadiann and Acadian names. Now I get to go through them and correct any that had special characters. Mike McDermott, San Jose, CA In a message dated 1/15/2013 5:49:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, king@forensicgenealogyservices.com writes: An issue that has been missed here is that if the two of them have different software, not all the info will transfer, or transfer correctly, via gedcoms.