For #1. I prefer to have two windows on my laptop, Legacy on the left, and whatever website in use on the right, and both not touching each other, so the screens don't pop in and out.
For #2. As in the above note, I cut and paste back and forth. I also copy 'pages' from Ancestry, then paste into 'notes', next hit the 'Strip HTML' third I delete all 'other stuff', fourth, hit the 'left buttons' twice in this order, underline x2, italics x2, bold x2. I then save it and reopen it. Now I can remove the rest of the junk, finally spacing it properly. I have never had a Source disappear "Do I just pretend they are "different" and I want the ancestry date to replace what I have, thus bringing over all the sources. What would happen to any source that I had for my legacy date, would it disappear ?" Are you asking about notes, which you may want to append both together, or the Source, which can't be deleted once attach to at least one person? If your notes meed, they can have hundreds of sources for the same notes. I would set up Events to split the notes into a lot of separate ones. I hope I understood what you asked. Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 5/28/09, lucee-...@prodigy.net <lucee-...@prodigy.net> wrote: > From: lucee-...@prodigy.net <lucee-...@prodigy.net> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Question on merging two files > To: "LegacyUserGroup" <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:39 AM > Sorry about that blank > message. > I read the article on merging two files and have a > question. What I have done is to look up things > (census, etc) on Ancestry and bring them into the family > file that I have posted on the Ancestry > site. > > At the same time, I tried to enter them into my Legacy > file here on my laptop. Now what I find is that > Ancestry has done a much better job of filling out the > source information than I have done and would like to take > advantage of that by downloading my family file and merging > it with my Legacy file. My aim would be to get the > source information to move over. My Legacy file is the > one where I have written all my family and research notes so > I don't want to lose them by going the other way. > > Question: Those with more experience at this, would it > be better for me to do it in the reverse and just do a side > by side to move all my notes to the Ancestry file after I > import it back into a new Legacy file ? > > Question: If I merge ancestry into my legacy > file......If I have a birthdate in my legacy file that is > the same as the birthdate on the ancestry file, but the > ancestry file has more sources for it, how do I get the > ancestry info to come over. Do I just pretend they are > "different" and I want the ancestry date to > replace what I have, thus bringing over all the > sources. What would happen to any source that I had > for my legacy date, would it disappear ? > > Question: Do I always want my "to > keep" file on the left of the screen, or is that where > it automatically goes ? > > Hope I have not muddled this up so no one can > understand me. Thanks for any help. > > Lucy > > > > > 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 > > 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
