Legacy offers to map the latter to a different field, and it did. + When importing a GEDCOM, Legacy presents a window showing the fields to be imported and fields not recognized. Version tested: Legacy 8.0.0.566 Standard on Mac OS X using Crossover, Wine, and Parallels (all worked).
On the GEDCOM Import screen, I checked the box, “Put unrecognized items into notes field.” You could also check the box, “Sort events by Date while importing,” or you could do this after importing.FTM correctly exports comments to Note fields. When presented the Family Tree Maker Workaround screen (Fig 1), I selected, “Leave the Comments in the Place field because they are all place names.” I have never seen FTM 2012 or FTM for Mac (versions 1-3) put comments in the Place field.Importing a GEDCOM file from Family Tree Maker (FTM) or any other app or website into Legacy Family Tree is fairly straightforward if you stick with the default options, but if you need help, Legacy has a short video, “Introducing Legacy Family Tree: the Simple FTM Upgrade,” on their website. Price: Free (standard edition), $29.85 (deluxe edition)
