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11 months 3 weeks ago #1 by adams_tracker
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Invalid GEDCOM data passed to Fact::_construct(10 LY : text text text,I502550)

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11 months 3 weeks ago - 11 months 3 weeks ago #2 by bertkoor
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Garbage in, garbage out...

Did the import of data into a tree succeed, or did it abort with this error?

I think what you need to do is open the .GED file with a text editor. Then find I502550 and somewhere in the next lines you'll see "10 LY" which needs to be corrected. It looks a bit like a part of a corrupted date.
 
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11 months 3 weeks ago #3 by adams_tracker
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Definition GIGO, but can't find the G in the file.  I can't read gedcom well though.

The 10ly: is on line 18426 and then there are many many lines of text until line 18572 where the string I502550 shows up.

I don't see any patterns that seems particularly out of place or broken, but again, I don't necessarily read gedcom. 

I'm only thinking if there are any known issues with exports from myheritage that might point me in a direction.

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11 months 3 weeks ago - 11 months 3 weeks ago #4 by bertkoor
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No problem, there are plenty people here in the forum that can read GEDCOM.
Could you share that line 18426 and a handful before and after it please?

Perhaps the data beyond line 18572 where I502550 starts is where we need to look as well.
The error message mentions "10 LY" while you wrote "10ly"...

And did the import of data into a tree succeed, or did it abort with this error?
It used to be in webtrees 1.7.x that it would import and process anything you'd throw at it.
More recent versions are more strict in parsing weird GEDCOM constructions.

If the import completely fails because of a syntax error on one line, then imho that's not intended so a bug that needs fixing.
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11 months 3 weeks ago #5 by Peter_S
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I suspect a known error in MyHeritage: line breaks within NOTE texts are not converted in a GEDCOM-compliant manner (CONT).
The cost-free program GEDCOM-Validator from Chronoplex corrects this error with its repair function.
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11 months 3 weeks ago - 11 months 3 weeks ago #6 by adams_tracker
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I tried the validator on the myheritage gedcom.
If I click the Severity filter and only check actual "ERRORS", there are 672.  Most of them are "Invalid Line structure".
There are 3341 warnings too.  That seems like a lot.  Is myheritage just creating junk gedcom files?

I tried the encoding repair, but not sure if that's fixing my immediate problem or the other 672 reported errors.
I still get a new error when trying to import using webtrees.

Here's the new error:
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Invalid GEDCOM data passed to Fact::_construct(11 ITT i Doe Give unto my Son ffrancis page the one Halfe of all my fre sh medow which I bought of Leiut Howard the whole being by Estimation Sixt een Acres Adjoy[n]ing to my Greatt lott, the which Sixteen Acr es is to be Equally Devided betwixt my two sons my son ffrancis to Devi de and my son Thomas to Choose after Devision the Stock yard to b ee for bo th their use and thatt both of them their Heires and Assignes shall have f ree Egres and Regres to the sd stok yard and to their land According to th eir Devision from time to time for Ever 2 CONT 2 CONT 2 CONT 12ly: I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my Grand Child Robertt page my Son Thom as Eldest son thatt tractt of land Reserved from my son frances his land A djoyni[n]g to the land of Abra Drake and nath bo ulter and so to the Bar rs thatt Goeth into the Comons towards John Garlands land with the two Acr es Adjoin[in]g to Boulters fence and ten Rod more in bredth tot he Bridg t hatt Goeth over the Swamp by Ed Colcords medow 2 CONT 2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto my Grand son Robertt page Eightt Acres of fresh med ow by my son francies his medow the which he is to Enter upon and poses se att he Age of twenti fower ye ars and his father to posesse and Injoy t he same in the mean time 2 CONT,I502550)


Here's some context of the file.  This time it's more contained within a few lines all covered here:

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2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto the sd Robertt moulton my Iland of fresh medow that l i eth above my planting land or pastuer by taylors Rive 2 CONC r being by Estimati on one Acre more or less as itt is with free Egres an d Regres through my l and to the same, and in Case the sd Robertt moulton Die wi thout Issue th en the sd lands and Commonage to 2 CONC  bee and Remaine to his Brother Benjamin m oulton 2 CONT 11 Itt i Doe Give unto my Son ffrancis page the one Halfe of all my fre sh medow  which I bought of Leiut Howard the whole being by Estimation Sixt 2 CONC een Acres Adjoy[n]ing to my Greatt lott, the which Sixteen Acr es is to b e Equally Devided betwixt my two sons my son ffrancis to Devi de and my son Thom as to Choose after Devision the Stock yard to b 2 CONC ee for bo th their use and thatt both of them their Heires and Assignes s hall have f ree Egres and Regres to the sd stok yard and to their land According  to th eir Devision from time to time for Ever 2 CONT 2 CONC 2 CONT 2 CONT 12ly: I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my Grand Child Robertt page my Son Thom  as Eldest son thatt tractt of land Reserved from my son frances his land A djoy ni[n]g to the land of Abra Drake and nath bo 2 CONC ulter and so to the Bar rs thatt Goeth into the Comons towards John Garla nds land with the two Acr es Adjoin[in]g to Boulters fence and ten Rod more in b redth tot he Bridg t hatt Goeth over the Swamp 2 CONC by Ed Colcords medow 2 CONT 2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto my Grand son Robertt page Eightt Acres of fresh med o w by my son francies his medow the which he is to Enter upon and poses se att he  Age of twenti fower ye 2 CONC ars and his father to posesse and Injoy t he same in the mean time 2 CONT 13 I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my two Grand Children Robertt page and Samu ell p age twentie Acres of upland att the Saw mill the w 2 CONC hich is to bee Equa lly Devided betwixt them, and they are to Enter upon itt att their fathe rs Decease and their fathers to Have the use of itt Duering the terme of t heir lives
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11 months 3 weeks ago - 11 months 3 weeks ago #7 by bertkoor
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2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto the sd Robertt moulton my Iland of fresh medow that l i eth above my planting land or pastuer by taylors Rive 2 CONC r being by Estimati on one Acre more or less as itt is with free Egres an d Regres through my l and to the same, and in Case the sd Robertt moulton Die wi thout Issue th en the sd lands and Commonage to 2 CONC  bee and Remaine to his Brother Benjamin m oulton 2 CONT 11 Itt i Doe Give unto my Son ffrancis page the one Halfe of all my fre sh medow  which I bought of Leiut Howard the whole being by Estimation Sixt 2 CONC een Acres Adjoy[n]ing to my Greatt lott, the which Sixteen Acr es is to b e Equally Devided betwixt my two sons my son ffrancis to Devi de and my son Thom as to Choose after Devision the Stock yard to b 2 CONC ee for bo th their use and thatt both of them their Heires and Assignes s hall have f ree Egres and Regres to the sd stok yard and to their land According  to th eir Devision from time to time for Ever 2 CONT 2 CONC 2 CONT 2 CONT 12ly: I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my Grand Child Robertt page my Son Thom  as Eldest son thatt tractt of land Reserved from my son frances his land A djoy ni[n]g to the land of Abra Drake and nath bo 2 CONC ulter and so to the Bar rs thatt Goeth into the Comons towards John Garla nds land with the two Acr es Adjoin[in]g to Boulters fence and ten Rod more in b redth tot he Bridg t hatt Goeth over the Swamp 2 CONC by Ed Colcords medow 2 CONT 2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto my Grand son Robertt page Eightt Acres of fresh med o w by my son francies his medow the which he is to Enter upon and poses se att he  Age of twenti fower ye 2 CONC ars and his father to posesse and Injoy t he same in the mean time 2 CONT 13 I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my two Grand Children Robertt page and Samu ell p age twentie Acres of upland att the Saw mill the w 2 CONC hich is to bee Equa lly Devided betwixt them, and they are to Enter upon itt att their fathe rs Decease and their fathers to Have the use of itt Duering the terme of t heir lives

There are line breaks in the text which should not be there. Also some words seem to have been cut in half once and later the lines were glued back together but the words kept a space in them.

Spot the differences:
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2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto the sd Robertt moulton my Iland of fresh medow that lieth above my planting land or pastuer by taylors Rive 2 CONC r being by Estimation one Acre more or less as itt is with free Egres and Regres through my land to the same, and in Case the sd Robertt moulton Die without Issue then the sd lands and Commonage to 2 CONC  bee and Remaine to his Brother Benjamin moulton 2 CONT 11 Itt i Doe Give unto my Son ffrancis page the one Halfe of all my fresh medow which I bought of Leiut Howard the whole being by Estimation Sixt 2 CONC een Acres Adjoy[n]ing to my Greatt lott, the which Sixteen Acres is to be Equally Devided betwixt my two sons my son ffrancis to Devi de and my son Thomas to Choose after Devision the Stock yard to b 2 CONC ee for both their use and thatt both of them their Heires and Assignes shall have free Egres and Regres to the sd stok yard and to their land According to their Devision from time to time for Ever 2 CONT 2 CONC 2 CONT 2 CONT 12ly: I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my Grand Child Robertt page my Son Thomas Eldest son thatt tractt of land Reserved from my son frances his land A djoyni[n]g to the land of Abra Drake and nath bo 2 CONC ulter and so to the Barrs thatt Goeth into the Comons towards John Garlands land with the two Acres Adjoin[in]g to Boulters fence and ten Rod more in bredth tot he Bridg thatt Goeth over the Swamp 2 CONC by Ed Colcords medow 2 CONT 2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto my Grand son Robertt page Eightt Acres of fresh medow by my son francies his medow the which he is to Enter upon and poses se at the Age of twenti fower ye 2 CONC ars and his father to posesse and Injoy the same in the mean time 2 CONT 13 I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my two Grand Children Robertt page and Samuell page twentie Acres of upland att the Saw mill the w 2 CONC hich is to bee Equally Devided betwixt them, and they are to Enter upon itt att their fathers Decease and their fathers to Have the use of itt Duering the terme of their lives
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11 months 3 weeks ago #8 by Peter_S
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I tried the validator on the myheritage gedcom.
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I tried the encoding repair, but not sure if that's fixing my immediate problem or the other 672 reported errors.
 

How did you proceed?

After installation, select 'Encoding repair' in the GEDCOM Validator menu at the top right, then read in the GEDCOM file, press the 'Convert' button (bottom left) and save the file with a new name.

Does the number of errors decrease if you run a GEDCOM check again with the new file?
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11 months 3 weeks ago #9 by adams_tracker
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bertkoor, Yeah, it turns out the copy/paste was bad.  All of those lines are actually connected. so we're fine.

Peter_S, yes, the rerun on the validator got rid of most errors and now just looking at these:
Code:
Code    Line          Description                                                                         Parent record E801    18441         Invalid user defined tag 'Itt'.                                                     INDI (I502550) E501    18441         Level number '11' invalid.                                                          INDI (I502550) E501    18454         Level number '13' invalid.                                                          INDI (I502550) E801    18454         Invalid user defined tag 'I'.                                                       INDI (I502550) E801    18460         Invalid user defined tag 'I'.                                                       INDI (I502550) E501    18460         Level number '15' invalid.                                                          INDI (I502550) E501    18467         Level number '17' invalid.                                                          INDI (I502550) E801    18467         Invalid user defined tag 'I'.                                                       INDI (I502550) E801    18470         Invalid user defined tag 'I'.                                                       INDI (I502550) E501    18470         Level number '18' invalid.                                                          INDI (I502550) E501    18478         Level number '20' invalid.                                                          INDI (I502550) E801    18478         Invalid user defined tag 'I'.                                                       INDI (I502550)

Here's a segment that encompasses a portion of the errors above.  What should these lines look like?
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2 CONC  bee and Remaine to his Brother Benjamin m oulton 2 CONT  11 Itt i Doe Give unto my Son ffrancis page the one Halfe of all my fre sh medow which I bought of Leiut Howard the whole being by Estimation Sixt  2 CONC een Acres Adjoy[n]ing to my Greatt lott, the which Sixteen Acr es is to be Equally Devided betwixt my two sons my son ffrancis to Devi de and my son Thomas to Choose after Devision the Stock yard to b 2 CONC ee for bo th their use and thatt both of them their Heires and Assignes shall have f ree Egres and Regres to the sd stok yard and to their land According to th eir Devision from time to time for Ever 2 CONT  2 CONC  2 CONT  2 CONT 12ly: I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my Grand Child Robertt page my Son Thom as Eldest son thatt tractt of land Reserved from my son frances his land A djoyni[n]g to the land of Abra Drake and nath bo 2 CONC ulter and so to the Bar rs thatt Goeth into the Comons towards John Garlands land with the two Acr es Adjoin[in]g to Boulters fence and ten Rod more in bredth tot he Bridg t hatt Goeth over the Swamp  2 CONC by Ed Colcords medow 2 CONT  2 CONT Itt I Doe Give unto my Grand son Robertt page Eightt Acres of fresh med ow by my son francies his medow the which he is to Enter upon and poses se att he Age of twenti fower ye 2 CONC ars and his father to posesse and Injoy t he same in the mean time 2 CONT  13 I Doe Give and Bequeth unto my two Grand Children Robertt page and Samu ell page twentie Acres of upland att the Saw mill the w 2 CONC hich is to bee Equa lly Devided betwixt them, and they are to Enter upon itt att their fathe rs Decease and their fathers to Have the use of itt Duering the terme of t heir lives 2 CONT  2 CONT 14ly: I Doe Give u 2 CONC nto my Grand Child John page one Hundred Acres of land G ranted to mee in the west partt of Hampton bound, Called the new plantati on 2 CONT
 

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11 months 3 weeks ago #10 by Peter_S
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The GEDCOM Validator cannot repair all incorrect line breaks within NOTEs. If a new line begins with a number, the program interprets it as a new GEDCOM line, with the number as the level number and the subsequent value as the GEDCOM tag. This then leads to the errors 501 (Level number invalid) and 801 (Invalid user defined tag). These errors, which the program cannot correct itself, must be edited manually.

The line number is also output with the error message. In the case of a line break, these lines must begin with "2 CONT ", for example line 18441:
"2 CONT 11 Itt i Doe Give unto my Son ffrancis page the one Halfe of all my fre sh medow..."

If there is already a line "2 CONT" before this line without any further values, check whether there should be a blank line at this point. If not, delete the line "2 CONT".

Regardless of the error messages, the NOTE texts should be checked and adjusted if necessary. As Bert already wrote, some words in your GEDCOM have been separated by a space. Example in line 18441: "fre sh" instead of "fresh". Whether this is caused by the export to MyHeritage, or whether it already exists in the data in MyHeritage, I cannot say.
In any case, the incorrect line breaks (missing "2 CONT") are a problem of the MyHeritage export.
 
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11 months 3 weeks ago #11 by adams_tracker
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All fixed.

This has been an immensely helpful thread.  Thank you all very much.

The repair tool is super easy to run, fix, recheck, repeat and get things sorted out.

Bravo, webtrees community!

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