Too
difficult to describe all problems – there were none published when
converting FTM V16 to FTM 2008 although there were many problems when FTM
2008 processed the error free FTM V16 GEDCOM as confirmed in the other problems
of this page.
The
2 highlighted errors below are exemplary of FTM 2008
creating GEDCOM errors which result in loss of data!
Importing from D:\Family
Tree\Chesebrough\Incomplete\Orphans_2008-02-11.ged (FTM 2008 to FTM V16)
Step 1:
Source: FTM
Destination: FTM
Creation Date: 11 FEB 2008
Character Set: ANSI
Original File: D:\Family
Tree\Chesebrough\Incomplete\Orphans_2008-02-11.ged
Step 2:
Line 120 :
Tag: _FOOT, unknown custom tag, line ignored.
Line 3225 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 4969 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 5173 :
Tag: _DCAUSE, unknown custom tag, line ignored.
Line 8957 : Tag: NAME, name too
long, truncated to: Mary L wife of Orrin
\Cheesebro\ (Cemetery [*]
Line 10094 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 10597 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 13598 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 15738 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 15739 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 16378 : Tag: NAME, name too
long, truncated to: Victoire Stephanie "Fanny or Fanny \dit Labadie\
[**]
Line 17442 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 19983 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 19984 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 19985 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 21893 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 26395 :
Tag: CONC, subordinated to wrong item, line ignored.
Line 40468 :
Tag: SOUR, has an invalid CRI: , line ignored.
[*] FTM V16 original data: Mary L wife of Orrin
Cheesebro (preferred
Mary
L wife of Orrin Chesebro, (Cemetery Source) (alternate)
FTM 2008 data from V16: Mary
L wife of Orrin Cheesebro (Cemetery Source
FTM 2008 changes name from Chesebro
to Cheesebro and drops “,” and “)”
The
preferred name is now spelled incorrectly and there is
no alternate name or AKA name
FTM
2008 GEDCOM Line 8957 : Tag: NAME, name too long, truncated to: Mary L wife
of Orrin \Cheesebro\ (Cemetery
From now on the original V16 spelling is
lost! The NAME would not be too long if
correctly spelled and the “)” after “Cemetery” could have been included.
[**] FTM V16 original data was: Victoire
Stephanie "Fanny" Descompes dit Labadie (preferred)
Fanny V (alternate)
FTM
2008 data from V16: Victoire
Stephanie "Fanny or Fanny V" Descompes dit Labadie
This is not as bad as the previous but now the alternate name is
lost and this eventually causes FTM 2008 GEDCOM problems
FTM
2008 GEDCOM: Line 16378 : Tag: NAME, name too long, truncated to: Victoire
Stephanie "Fanny or Fanny \dit Labadie\
Even though the FTM data correctly shows both “Fanny
or Fanny V” the GEDCOM now deletes the “V” and “Fanny” is duplicated for
ever!