From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Sep 21 21:10:45 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8M3Ajjb023510; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:10:45 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8M3AVdM032485 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:10:31 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8M0SfFI015001 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:28:41 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8M0SfqF015000 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:28:41 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k8LKVuFI014548 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:31:56 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8LNDaPr016769 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:13:36 -0600 X-Envelope-From: drewsmithtpa@gmail.com Thu Sep 21 17:13:36 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8LNDajb016760 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:13:36 -0600 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8LNDXdS029775 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:13:34 -0600 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so831713wxc for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:13:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:x-mimeole:in-reply-to; b=U7vIvrsHPtEEABzNvgld1U4FxoDiUR6uua7o1okczAucBPfvUjVzo24Ves83SBfjqL4mWl4yeFFQBngTNimBhwE+2G9576lBRWLVTG/f1MR/DI2Anh8SJPWIgr2FRwG/bZlpylxO4x91MLQFklnqKJcS+R8zp46y+mnjRopJCf0= Received: by 10.70.87.9 with SMTP id k9mr18104019wxb; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Drew ( [70.126.18.234]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h36sm1264498wxd.2006.09.21.16.13.35; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:13:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Drew Smith" To: "'Alyson D'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Legacy program Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:13:35 -0400 Message-ID: <008801c6ddd3$90e85120$640fa8c0@Drew> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acbdh0oXp8DIp1j4TQyB5X3CA+T7ZwAS6GwQ X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <005301c6dd67$5afce150$0b00a8c0@rad009> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com All of the major commercial genealogy software programs (including Family Tree Maker, RootsMagic, Legacy, and The Master Genealogist) can import and export GEDCOM-format files, so that should address your compatibility question. Exporting a GEDCOM-format file is a similar process in most of these programs. In the specific case of Legacy, go to the File menu and choose "Export To" and then "GEDCOM file". Then follow directions on the screen that appears. Drew Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com > [mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alyson D > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:19 AM > To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ROOTS-L] Legacy program > > I wonder if any of the listers are using the Legacy genealogy > program. I am trying to help a friend of mine who is out of > state; he has this program, and he cannot figure out how to > create a gedcom. I'm at a disadvantage in that I have never > seen how this program works but I would like to try and help > him if I can. > > Can someone email me off list with instructions about how to > create gedcoms, and also, are files compatible with FTM? > > Thanks so much in advance, > Alyson