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IMPORT SSN into Legacy using a Gedcom

I wonder if anyone could help with this problem. I have downloaded all of the SSDI records for my family name "Gittens" into an excel spreadsheet and thereafter created a GEDCOM to import this data into legacy. The gedcom import worked really well with one exception. The SSN data did not import and the 2 NOTE record which follows the SSN attribute in the gedcom was not recognized by the import program. Here is an example of my gecom for a single individual.

0 @50001@ INDI
1 NAME Charity /Gittens/
2 GIVN Charity
2 SURN Gittens
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Mar 5 1894
1 DEAT
2 DATE Dec 1972
1 SSN 555-21-6576
2 NOTE State Issued: New York Residence Location: Bay Shore, New York, 11706 Residence County: Suffolk Payment Location: [Unknown], [Unknown], [Unknown] Payment County:

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Permalink Reply by Cliff Gittens on November 1, 2012 at 6:17pm

I just found the solution to the problem which was a syntax error.....to add a SSN record you must have the following (Bolded section) in the GEDCOM.

0 @50000@ INDI
1 NAME Eugene E /Gittens/
2 GIVN Eugene E
2 SURN Gittens
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE May 14 1925
1 DEAT
2 DATE Sep 1991
1 EVEN 111-18-2426
2 TYPE Social Security Number
2 NOTE State Issued: California Residence Location: Glendale, California, 91204 Residence County: Los Angeles Payment Location: [Unknown], [Unknown], [Unknown] Payment County:

IMPORT SSN into Legacy using a Gedcom

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