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Notes Truncated When GEDCOM is Imported


SarahBeth

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Look in the top of the GEDCOM file as I mentioned previously for the line

1 CHAR

what comes after that? 

It needs to say 

1 CHAR UTF-8

Does it say ANSI? Change it to UTF-8, save the GEDCOM file and run the import yet again.

Roger

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9 hours ago, SarahBeth said:

Have I missed a setting? That's very possible, because this is a first for me! :)

Sarah,

After you convert your GEDCOM to UTF-8 in Notepad++, you need to change the line that shows

19 hours ago, SarahBeth said:

1 CHAR ANSI

to

1 CHAR UTF-8

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@Ken Roy and @theKiwi

Thanks for that suggestion! I checked, but that's already changed in my GEDCOM.

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And then the "Save As" option has the UTF-8 option selected:

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And I double checked the Language settings in my TNG Admin:

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But this is the GEDCOM displaying after I just re-imported  it a minute ago:

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I'm using Windows 10 (64-bit) totally updated, with Microsoft Edge, Chrome and Firefox . . . if any of that helps.

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38 minutes ago, SarahBeth said:

You have Dynamic Language Change set to Yes. Did you set up other languages in TNG Admin ------> Languages?

If so, what are they set to?

Can you make a .zip copy of the GEDCOM file as it comes out of Family Tree Maker and send it by eMail to rogerkiwi@aol.com and I'll take a look at it, and import it into my testing site to see what's going on.

Roger

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4 minutes ago, theKiwi said:

You have Dynamic Language Change set to Yes. Did you set up other languages in TNG Admin ------> Languages?

If so, what are they set to?

Can you make a .zip copy of the GEDCOM file as it comes out of Family Tree Maker and send it by eMail to rogerkiwi@aol.com and I'll take a look at it, and import it into my testing site to see what's going on.

Roger

Hi!

I've just sent the GEDCOM to your e-mail. Thank you so much for helping!

No, I have not set up other languages yet . . . this is what that area looks like in my Admin:

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Thanks to @theKiwi the answer is found! 

Family Tree Maker must be doing something funny with the GEDCOM. But this worked --

1) Save GEDCOM in FTM

2) Open GEDCOM in Notepad

3) Copy all text and paste into a new document in Notepad.

4) Replace 1CHAR ANSI line to 1CHAR UTF-8

5) Save File as .ged (you have to manually add the file extension) with UTF-8 Option Selected

6) Import this saved GEDCOM into TNG

. . . and all the odd characters are working perfectly! 

Thank you all so much for the help!!

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