I haven't tried using the scanner and OCR program to put things into
the FTM program. I have OmniPage Pro 8.0 and I wasn't impressed
with the % of accuracy it produced.
I plan to upgrade my FTM 5.0, OmniPage Pro 8.0 and some other
programs after the first of the year (Y2K jitters) I have been 2 years
trying to get my Social Security Disability and finally had a hearing
this month and won. It will be a few months before I can get some
dough to upgrade with, but I can spend some time each day poking
some data in. I don't sit for long periods but I type several times
each day... plodding along.
Query! Does the FTM version you are using allow you to generate
a GEDCOM file with a range from one individual down 5 or 6
generations? The version 5.0 I have dumps the whole 2000+ names
into the GEDCOM file. I can't believe they did that!
From my earlier email:
Well my FTM files have been created from
a PAF transfer
a few years ago. Before I knew enough about PAF I had
merged in some files found on a CD at the Ft. Wayne
(Allen County) Indiana Library. So after the two transfers of
data I have some entries have reference numbers like 3, 5,
22, and some have numbers like 1RL2-QJ, 9GF9-DW most
have no reference numbers at all since the default of the FTM
version was to be none. I have not had much luck in merging
files into my FTM program. Climbing up the learning curve.
I have carried many of the names dumped into my file from
the CD at Ft. Wayne and with no source references I don't
think many folks would like that merged into a file with
well sourced data. I have removed all the reference numbers/
letters and now have to find a way to trim the good data from
the rubbish data.
----- Original Message -----
From: <cybercat(a)mail.ntr.net>
To: <CALVERT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [CALVERT-L] Calvert Repository
Gary writes,
>Well greetings again.
>Have you started your first 6 generations yet?
Gary,
THANKS, really needed some encouragement. Let me tell where I am
on this.
I have Generations 1 thru 5 in good shape. Besides having everything
in FTM, I have the full text from O'Gorman included for each individual.
In other words when you click on text for Lord Baltimore, you get the
whole chapter. Its like this for all individuals through #30 George
Calvert (I am working on him right now).
(All this copied text is from my scanner and an OCR program. It is
something I done for a couple of years, and there is quite a bit of it
now.)
Also I have all the "numbered indivuals" up through the 8th generation
loaded in FTM. The last individual is #1034 Annie M. Calvert on page
197.
The procedure of going back and adding in the "un-numbered
individuals" (spouses) is obviously a pain in the butt. I have to add
spouse and then connect all the children back to each spouse. This
preserves the numbering from O'Gorman and places the new numbers
in an 8000 series.
The real challenge begins in the 6th, 7th and 8th generations. I believe
it is possible to manually combine records after merging, and that is
probably what we can do. Perhaps we exchange GEDCOM files or
maybe even better FTM files. Please go ahead mail me whatever you
have and I will try to work with it. Experimenting is probably the only
way
to do this. Also can I send you my FTM file or a GEDCOM.
Again thanks,
George Calvert
cybercat(a)ntr.net
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