When I export a ged file of my tree, the file has an error message to aalmost every entry, any ideas?

Question

This is the heading of the  file when viewed with MS Notepad.

GEDCOM Import Log - 01 Apr 2014
    File: M:\POWELL-3738-4c3923.GED (31 Mar 2014)
    Created by: WikiTree.com WikiTree: Growing the World's Family Tree
    Submitted by: Wayne /Powell/
    Individuals: 640
    Marriages: 201
    Sources: 0
    Repositories: 0
    Errors: 3507

Answer 1

Hi Wayne,

I assume this is the log produced by another system when you try to import a WikiTree-created GEDCOM into that system.

Some of the errors won't represent actual problems. For example, it may not be able to interpret the _MIDN tag (middle name), _MARN (married name, which we use for Current Last Name), or _AKA (which we use for Other Last Names). The system may not have equivalent fields. Some systems import and export the entire name using just one NAME field.

In many cases, no data will be lost because the NAME field condenses the key name fields.

Chris