Mary-

NameBase is a desktop software application that keeps track of names,  
addresses, phone numbers, dates, notes, reminders, and other data  
about persons and organizations.  I assume this correctly describes  
the product you are using?  (See www.base40.com/nbFrame.html)

NB 2.0 reportedly has export to ASCII text file functionality.   
Consult your NameBase documentation.  If you have an earlier version  
you may wish to upgrade so as to get the export functionality.  (It's  
*only* $20.)  You can also export the table records with MS-Access, as  
the underlying DB in NameBase is an Access DB.

You will then need to import the exported ASCII data into PastPerfect  
.  Consult your PastPerfect documentation for where to put this data  
(which tables and columns).  Be sure to make a good backup of your  
PastPerfect database *before* you do the import!  A test import into a  
PastPerfect "sandbox" is a good idea too.

Don't hesitate to get _advice_ from PastPerfect if you have a support  
contract with them.  Also, they have (or at least, they had.... can't  
seem to find it at the moment) a support forum on their website, so  
you may be able to locate a fellow PP client with NameBase experience.  
  Finally, get a quote from PastPerfect.  That $500 figure is *only*  
an average and your data conversion may cost less.

If doing it yourself, it should be a relatively easy task, provided  
you have the tools (an up-to-date version of the NameBase Software, or  
MS-Access), the knowledge (documentation for both products), and some  
time.

Best, and good luck with your project.

Sincerely, Robert
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Quoting Mary Mahoney <[log in to unmask]>:

> We recently purchased the Past Perfect Software for our Historical Society
> and would like to convert our database of members which is currently in a *
> Namebase* database.  Does anyone have any experience in converting Namebase
> to Past Perfect?  We would like to try and avoid the $500. cost that Past
> Perfect charges to assist in database conversion.
>
> We thought there would be an easy way to do the conversion ourselves so if
> anyone has any insight we would greatly appreciate it!
>
> Thanks,
> Mary Mahoney
> Garden City Historical Society
>
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