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From: "Dick Cazier" <>
Subject: Re: [PAF-4] Gedcom import/export between Macs and PC
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 15:13:57 -0600
References: <001201c1363f$3b58cf00$48110818@lakwod3.co.home.com> <002201c1364d$7f438e40$ac250441@crvlls1.or.home.com>


Gary,
I downloaded the StuffIt Expander and processed the file through it. My
processing was to click on the attachment and then save it to disk, the
destination on my disk was my desktop. I then opened my desktop and dragged
the file onto the Expander icon on the desktop. After the expander
processed it, it reappeared on the desktop in a folder titled Gaddis_P.GED,
with the file inside of it. It changed the file name from Gaddis_P.GED.Sit
to Gaddis_P.GED, which I assume made a successful decompression. I changed
the name to Gaddis-Price.GED, which makes the family and source more
recognizable and moved it into My Documents folder. Then tried to import it
into a blank PAF4 file. Didn't work. I got the following errors on the log
report:

GEDCOM Import Log - 07 Sep 2001

File: C:\My Documents\Genealogy
Documents\Gedcoms-Incoming\Gaddis-Price.G00
Created by:
Submitted by: <UNKNOWN>
Individuals: 0
Marriages: 0
Sources: 0
Repositories: 0
Errors: 272

The following lines in the GEDCOM file could not be processed due to
unrecognizable tags or invalid data:

ERROR 1: Gaddis-Price.GED, line 6: Missing delimiter.

ERROR 7: Gaddis-Price.GED, line 92: Skipped unassociated CONT/CONC lines.

ERROR 272: Gaddis-Price.GED, line 2413: Unexpected tag 'EOF' in Top Level
Record.

0 EOF

Note the change of the file name extension from .GED to .G00. I don't know
or understand the significance of this or it's effect.

Of the total of 272 errors listed, the one listed above as #272 showed up
only once. The one listed as #7 showed up a total of 36 times. All other
errors were the same as the one listed as #1.

Can you tell me the signifcance of these errors and what they should tell me
about the gedcom file I was working with? Were these something that
occurred when it was built on the Mac computer and copied to a PC formatted
disk, before attaching it to the e-mail that I received? Or is it something
that happened while my machine was processing it?

Your, or anyone's, help is appreciated.

Dick Cazier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary R. Templeman" <>
To: "Dick Cazier" <>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [PAF-4] Gedcom import/export between Macs and PC


> I believe a .sit file is a Mac type of compressed file, similar to a
Windows
> type .zip file. It probably needs to be uncompressed first. Try using an
> expander program such as StuffIt Expander which you can get at
> http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/index.html .
>
> Gary Templeman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick Cazier" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:16 PM
> Subject: Fw: [PAF-4] Gedcom import/export between Macs and PC
>
>
> > Ruth Ann,
> > Need some more help. I sent your info to my correspondent. He re-did
the
> > gedcom using a PC formatted disk and then attached the gedcom to the
> e-mail
> > from that disk. I saved it to a PC formatted disk and then tried to
> import
> > it. Again, it didn't work.
> >
> > As I imported it, I got a message that I should insert disk #2. There
is
> no
> > disk #2, as the file copied to only one disk; it's only 13.889 KB. When
I
> > cancelled, I got a message that said "Could not open file
> A:\Gaddis_P.G00."
> > The file name that he used was Gaddis_P.GED.Sit and it recorded on my
> floppy
> > as GADDIS~1.SIT.
> >
> > After I cancelled the import, I got a listing file as follows:
> >
> > GEDCOM Import Log - 05 Sep 2001
> >
> > File: A:\Gaddis_P .GED.G00
> > Created by:
> > Submitted by: <UNKNOWN>
> > Individuals: 0
> > Marriages: 0
> > Sources: 0
> > Repositories: 0
> > Errors: 99
> >
> > The following lines in the GEDCOM file could not be processed due to
> > unrecognizable tags or invalid data:
> >
> > ERROR 1: Gaddis_P .GED.GED, line 1: Bad level number.
> >
> > (This exact error was listed all the way from error # 1 through 98.)
> >
> > ERROR 98: Gaddis_P .GED.GED, line 98: Bad level number.
> >
> > ERROR 99: Can't find HEAD record at the beginning of the file.
> >
> > Can you, or anyone, tell from this what the problem is and how we can
fix
> > it. I'm at a complete loss. Thanks for any possible help.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dick Cazier" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PAF-4] Gedcom import/export between Macs and PC
> >
> >
> > > Ruth Ann,
> > > Thanks for the info. The gedcom was actually sent as an e-mail
> > attachment.
> > > No floppy disk involved. And he stated in the e-mail that he "took
that
> > > into account." I assume from that he meant the difference between a
Mac
> > and
> > > a PC. Any more ideas as to what might have gone wrong.
> > > Dick
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <>
> > > To: "Dick Cazier" <>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:49 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [PAF-4] Gedcom import/export between Macs and PC
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dick:
> > > >
> > > > I've used PAF 2.31 on my Mac for years and just converted to a PC
and
> > > > PAF 4.0. (The LDS Church has no future plans to upgrade the PAF
> > > > program for the Macs.)
> > > >
> > > > The Mac software (PAF 2.3.1) has the "translation" info.
> > > >
> > > > The PAF software for the * MAC * can convert a file from PAF 2.3.1
> > > > for Macs to PAF 2.3.1 for PCs. An important step here, however, it
> > > > that the data must be saved on a NON-Mac disc. Did your
> > > > friend/relative put the file on a PC disc? I am guessing that he
did
> > > > NOT. Your PC won't recognize a MAC disc.
> > > >
> > > > The Mac user can also create a GEDCOM of his/her file. Again, for
> > > > you to read the file, the data must be saved on a PC-formatted disk
> > > > (not Mac formatted).
> > > >
> > > > Ask your relative about the disk used. (A Mac user can erase and
> > > > then "format" a Mac disc to be a PC disk. No need to go to the
store
> > > > and buy another disk). I'm guessing the disc type is your problem.
> > > >
> > > > You are on the right track. You can share info with your MAC family
> > > > members and friends.
> > > > Give it another try.
> > > >
> > > > (Can the info be sent to you via e-mail attachment?)
> > > >
> > > > Ruth Ann
> > > > Greeley, CO
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Help!
> > > > >
> > > > >I have a relative that is using PAF 2.3.1 for MacIntosh and I'm
> > > > >using 4.0 for PCs. Can I import one of his gedcoms? I tried, and
> > > > >got a drop-down that said insert disk #2. It's only a 35 KB file
> > > > >and fits in one disk. Then when I check the listing file, every
> > > > >entry shows that there is a missing delimiter.
> > > > >
> > > > >Is there something special I need to do to import the file? Or
> > > > >something special he needs to do to prepare the gedcom so it can be
> > > > >read by a PC?
> > > > >
> > > > >Dick Cazier
> > > > >Lakewood, CO
> > > > >
> > > > >
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