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From: Joe Makowiec <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Gedcom Import and Export Questions
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 06:33:20 -0500
In-Reply-To: <af.3d63771.275891aa@aol.com>


At 12:31 AM 12-1-2000 -0500, wrote:
>Gecom Export - I am trying to export database into Gecom 5.5. Although I
>have checked the box "suppress information for living individuals," the
>birthdates and birthplace for living individuals still appear in the Gedcom
>file. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I just did a sample GEDCOM export, with 'supress information' checked, and
the information on living individuals did not appear. Some information
does appear - the person's name, her spouse, parents, children, etc. Dates
of birth and marriage do not appear.

>Gedcom Import - I received a Gedcom file which I imported into TMG.
>Unfortunately it appears that part of the last names ended up in the "first
>name" field, and part of the last name and the first name ended up in the
>"surname" field. For example the name "Jan van den Berg" shows up as:
>
>Last name: van
>First name: den Berg, Jan
>
>The correct way entry should be:
>
>Last name: van den Berg
>First name: Jan

The following is a name structure (my ggg grandfather) straight from a
GEDCOM file, indented for clarity:
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME Captain James/Farr/Jr
2 GIVN James
2 SURN Farr
2 NPFX Captain
2 NSFX Jr
2 SOUR @S61@

Not all programs will produce the '2' level structure; in fact, in TMG you
have to select Name NPFX/NSFX on the 'Options' tab of a GEDCOM export
report. Note, however, that the surname is enclosed in // in the 1 NAME
line; this should occur in all GEDCOM files.

Which leads me to: examine the GEDCOM file in Notepad or Wordpad (GEDCOMs
are plain text) and see how the names are given. I'm just guessing, but it
might be:
1 NAME den Berg, Jan van
and TMG, lacking other information, is assuming that the last element is
the surname.

Check for the // around the surname. If your correspondent's program
doesn't produce them, you could go through and enter them manually,
rearranging the name as necessary. I realize that isn't an overly amusing
thought, but using search (search for 1 NAME) it shouldn't be *too* bad,
especially if you achieve the result you want.

Remember - if you're using Wordpad, make sure that when you save, you save
the file as plain text.

Joe
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