Never mind. I just realized that the sources are coming from the father's information, not the individual that I "merged." I've also realized that the temporary merge backup is only good as long as you don't close Legacy. That means you don't perform a "restore," you just "undo" the merge.
If this is not exactly right, I hope someone will let me know. It is a little misleading, if you're not familiar with the difference in the two kinds of backups. Lesson learned...when performing a merge - check ALL the tabs in the Merge window, not just the first one. If anyone else has merge/backup advice, I'd like to hear about it. Dede On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Dede Holden <deanbuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I need help! I have just done a simple manual merge of two individuals. I > did a backup, not to my flash drive, but just the temporary backup. I > remember some recent conversation about this type vs. the zipped backups. > Once I completed the merge, I printed an individual report to be sure all the > information is there. I got very interesting results. There are sources > listed on the report that DO NOT appear on the individual's list of sources. > That's when I realized that when you perform a merge, you need to check ALL > the tabs, not just the first screen. (Just a word of warning to those who > might make the same mistake I have made!) > > Now, for the question. I've found the backup. It's a .usr file. But when I > try to restore the family file, it will only allow me to look for files with > a .zip extension. What do I need to do? I don't want to go back to the full > backup I did last night, because I've done quite a bit of work this morning. > I can add the sources to the individual if I have to, but I'm thinking this > backup should work. Any advice will be appreciated. > > Dede Holden Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
