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.