Ann Mezger

Oh, how wonderful! That worked perfectly. Thanks!

I am trying to move from Family Tree Maker to TMGv7 with a database of over 9600 people. If I import via GEDCOM, my 130+ custom tags all import with the tag type "Event-Misc." Also, because FTM handles marriages differently than TMG, I am ending up with tags called "Reference" that have the marriage unique ID stored. Lastly, all the comments associated with my custom tags import to a place field rather than Memo, which is what I would prefer since the text is not place-related. I can solve all these problems by importing directly from FTM. However, when I do that, I cannot set a default custom name style that will be applied to all my people upon import (which I can do with a GEDCOM import). Once the dataset has been imported, I can set a default custom name style that gets applied to NEW people I create, but manually adjusting the name style of 9600 people will take forever. So, is there any way that I can import and both get my custom data imported properly AND have a custom name style used for all people? Thanks for any guidance!