When you want to transfer
information from a different genealogy program you usually have
to export a GEDCOM file from it and then import
this file into Legacy. (Once a GEDCOM file has been
exported from another program, you can easily
import it into Legacy by clicking on File and selecting
Import From > Use Import Wizard to help with any import.) Following are instructions on how to
export GEDCOM files from several major programs:
• Ancestral Quest Export (for family file with .aq
extension)
1. Select Export in the File
menu or click the Export button in the Toolbar. The GEDCOM Export
window will open.
2. For Ancestral Quest 3.0 or earlier, select the Standard export
type by clicking its radio button. For version 2002 or version
11, choose Personal Ancestral File from the drop-down list.
3. Select version 5.5 and the ANSEL character set.
4. Check the boxes for Regular Notes, Source Notes, Ctrl Notes,
and Submitter information. If you are LDS (Mormon) also check the
box for LDS Data (this option is available if you selected Use
LDS Data in Tools, Preferences, General).
5. Optionally, check the box for Confidential Data (notes
beginning with a ~ and confidential events).
6. Optionally, check the box for Full Info on Living. If you
select this option, you will get all information on everyone
selected for export. If you don’t select this, you will get only
relationship information and the name Living for people who
qualify as living (anyone under 110 years old with no entry in
the death date field).
7. If you only want to export some of the individuals in the
file, select the Partial option and then click the SELECT button
to open the Select Set of Individuals window. Use this window to
specify exactly which individuals you would like to export.
8. When you are satisfied with your selections, click the OK
button to export the file. A directory dialog will open allowing
you to select a filename and directory for the file. After you
have settled on a name and location, click EXPORT and the export
will begin.
• Brother’s Keeper
1. From the File Menu, choose
GEDCOM > Export.
2. Click All people. The Name of gedcom file to create screen
appears.
3. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file.
4. In the Save in field, select the drive and folder where you
want to place your file.
5. Click Save. The Export Gedcom File screen appears.
6. Check the options you want to include (or exclude). Choose the
Ansel character set.
7. Click OK.
• Cumberland Family Tree
1. From the File Menu, choose
Import/Export > GEDCOM Export.
2. On the General tab, click the File icon in the GEDCOM File
box. Type the name for the GEDCOM file in the File name box and
then select the drive and folder where you want to place your
file in the Save in box.
3. On the Options 1 tab of the GEDCOM Export screen, accept the
default settings.
4. On the Options 2 tab, select any options you want to use.
5. Click the Export icon to create the file.
• Family Historian
The Family Historian stores
all of its information in GEDCOM format. This means that you
don’t have to export a GEDCOM file in order to import it into
Legacy. If you want to create a GEDCOM file with a different
name:
1. From the File menu, choose Save as.
2. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file.
3. In the Save in field, select the drive and folder where you
want to place your file.
4. Click Save.
• Family Matters
1. From the File menu, choose
GEDCOM Import/Export.
2. On the Data & Control tab of the GEDCOM Import/Export screen,
click the GEDCOM File button.
3. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file.
4. In the Look in field, select the drive and folder where you
want to place your file.
5. Click Open.
6. On the Export Options tab, select the Export Repositories,
Export Source Data, Export Picture Data, and Export Notes
options.
7. Click the Export button and confirm by clicking OK.
• Family Tree Legends
1. From the File menu, choose
Export to GEDCOM File.
2. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file.
3. In the Save in field, select the drive and folder where you
want to place your file.
4. In the Export to field, select Standard GEDCOM.
5. Click the Advanced button.
6. Select the Combine multiple notes into a single note option
and click OK.
7. Click Save.
• Family Origins
1. With the database
containing the information you want to export open, choose GEDCOM
from the File menu and then choose Export GEDCOM from the submenu
that opens.
2. In the GEDCOM File to create dialog that opens, indicate the
path and choose a filename for the new GEDCOM file. The extension
.GED will be added automatically. Click Save or OK when the
filename and path are correct.
3. Mark "General" as the destination of the GEDCOM file you are
exporting.
4. Indicate whether you want to export the entire database or
only select individuals by marking the radio button.
5. Check the following boxes preceding: export notes, export
sources, export addresses, and preserve word wrapping in notes.
6. Click OK to create the export file. The extension .GED is
added automatically to the file, and it is saved in the specified
location.
• Family Tree Maker (pre
FTM 2008)
1. From the File menu: If you
are using FTM, version 11 or earlier, select Copy/Export Family
File. If you are using FTM 2005 or 2006, select Export File >
Entire File.
2. Click the Save as type drop-down list and select GEDCOM.
3. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file. It
must have the extension .GED.
4. In the Save in field, select the drive and folder where you
want to place your file.
5. Click Save and Family Tree Maker displays the Export to GEDCOM
dialog box.
6. Make your selections from the dialog box as follows --
Destination: FTW, Version: 5.5, Character set: ANSEL, check the
Abbreviate tags box.
7. Click the OK button and the GEDCOM file will be created.
• Family Tree Maker 2008
1. Click on the File menu.
2. Click on Export.
3. Change the Output format to GEDCOM 5.5
4. Make sure that “Entire file” is selected.
5. Click OK.
6. Create a name for the GEDCOM file, select its location on your
hard drive, and click Save
• Family Tree Maker 2009
and newer
1. From the File menu choose
Export.
2. In the Individuals to export box, choose Entire file.
3. For the Output format, choose GEDCOM 5.5 (standard)
4. Click the OK button at the bottom.
5. Create a name for the GEDCOM file, select its location on your
hard drive.
6. Click the Save button and the GEDCOM file will be created.
• Family Ties (Shareware)
Family Ties is an old DOS
genealogy program that does not create GEDCOM files; however,
there is a free Family Ties GEDCOM export utility that can be
downloaded from
http://www.xmission.com/~famties/ft-ged.htm.
• GenBox Family History
1. From the File menu, choose
Export Data > to GEDCOM File. The GEDCOM Export Options screen
appears.
2. On the Key tab, select the two All options next to the
Ancestral and Descendant labels in the Generations to go from Key
Individuals box.
3. On the Options tab, select Legacy from the Intended receiving
system list.
4. In the Notes box, check the Include embedded source citations
option with the Field codes set to Value and code.
5. In the Notes box, choose the Break mid-word option for the
Continued lines.
6. Click Make Export File.
• Generations (earlier
versions)
1. From the menu bar select
File and choose GEDCOM File. The GEDCOM Export dialog box
appears.
2. Accept the defaults except for Destination, which should be
marked for Other.
3. Click the Export button and the Save GEDCOM File dialog box
will appear.
4. Give your GEDCOM file a name and select the destination drive.
Next click the Export button.
• Generations
(version 8)
1. From the File menu choose
Import/Export > Export GEDCOM. The GEDCOM Export dialog box
appears.
2. Select Include Sources.
3. Accept the default Destination, which should be marked for
GEDCOM 5.5.
4. Set the GEDCOM Character Set to Ansel.
5. Click the Export button and the Save GEDCOM File dialog box
appears.
6. Give your GEDCOM file a name and select the destination drive.
7. Click the Save button.
• The Master Genealogist
1. From the File menu choose
Export. A Wizard dialog box appears.
2. Click Next to go to Step 2.
3. Make sure Gedcom is highlighted in the Export file type box.
4. Type in the name for the GEDCOM file in the Export file name
field.
5. Click the Locate button and choose the drive and folder where
you want to place your file.
6. Click Next to go to Step 3.
7. Click Next again to go to Step 4.
8. Select the radio button below the Current Focus Person option.
(It is the one next to a list box with some kind of description
in it.)
9. Select the All people option.
10. Click Next to go to Step 5.
11. Select the desired options. (The defaults are OK.)
12. Click Next to go to Step 6.
13. Click Next to go to Step 7.
14. Click Next to go to Step 8.
15. Click Finish to create the file.
• Relatively Yours II
1. From the Family menu choose
Export > GEDCOM. The GEDCOM Export Wizard appears.
2. Click Next.
3. Choose Personal Ancestral File (PAF) from the Destination
System list.
4. Click the ... button at the end of the Output File Name box.
5. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file.
6. In the Save in field, select the drive and folder where you
want to place your file.
7. Click Save.
8. Click Next and fill in your name and address, if desired.
9. Click Next and fill in any comments, if desired.
10. Click Next and select the Format Addresses in structured form
option.
11. Click Next and then Finish to create the file.
• RootsMagic
1. With the database
containing the information you want to export open, choose Export
GEDCOM File from the File menu.
2. Mark "General" as the destination of the GEDCOM file you are
exporting.
3. Indicate whether you want to export the entire database or
only select individuals by marking the radio button.
4. Check the following boxes in the Information to export box:
Note, Sources, Addresses, To do tasks, Multimedia links,
Correspondence Log, and Note formatting.
5. Click Export. In the GEDCOM file to create screen that opens,
indicate the path and choose a filename for the new GEDCOM file.
The extension .GED will be added automatically. Click Save when
the filename and path are correct.
• Ultimate Family Tree
1. From the File menu, choose
Save As.
2. Select GEDCOM from the Save As File Type drop-down list.
3. Enter a filename in the Name field with the extension .GED.
4. Change the Drive and Directory to the location you want to
send the GEDCOM file.
5. Choose OK. The Save As GEDCOM Options window opens, providing
selections that determine the format and content of Ultimate
Family Tree GEDCOM files.
6. Use Grouping to create a GEDCOM export with only part of your
project.
7. Choose Family 5.5 as GEDCOM type.
8. If saving to a floppy disk, select Erase Disk if you want to
assure that the disk is empty before copying the GEDCOM file.
9. Choose OK to start the GEDCOM export.
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using the Legacy Import Wizard to make importing a GEDCOM file
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