First of all, I don't understand what you mean by 'duplicates of Family
files'. Does this mean (based on your following paragraph) 'duplicated
information'? Technically, Family File is something else.
Assuming you're talking about duplicate information, Legacy does not
throw up a warning when you enter duplicate information. Because it has
a way of searching for it. On a large file you might not know when
you're entering duplicate information. It happens. I have a 3rd cousin
from one line married to a 5th cousin from another more distant line,
and I recognized it when I was entering it but I might not have.
The way to identify duplicate information is to use Legacy's Merge
function. This is way preferable to deleting duplicate information
because you can delete things you really don't mean to. Click on Merge
and it says right there: Find Duplicates. After that, just follow your
nose.
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JL
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Bill Rhodes wrote:
Two days ago I posted a query which I have not found in any of the user
group email, nor have I received any replies. So here it is again:
"Somehow, I find I have have several duplicates of Family files entered
in Legacy. What is the proper way to identify and delete the extras?"
To clarify, I ran a potential problems report and in correcting several
problems I found that I have two identical records for two different
families. I was surprised to find them and have no idea as to what I did
to create them. I am also surprised that Legacy never warned me that I
was duplicating a record. I suspect there may be others, but am not
sure. My questions are: (1) Is there a way to identify families with
duplicate records? And (2) After identifying them what is the correct
way to deal with them, i.e. should they be deleted (and how) or should
they be merged (and how) or is there some other method? And (3) How do I
avoid creating duplicates in the future?
I hope this is clear and would greatly appreciate any answers and advice
on this problem.
Bill R.
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