Robert, I have exactly the same issue.
One way to resolve the problem would be to use Microsoft Access (or any other database you are comfortable with) to compare the two GED files and quickly identify any differences. Depends upon how familiar you are with Access (or other database) See the other current thread where it has been established that the Legacy .fdb files are actually .mdb databases ( with the m replaced by an f) Once you know this you can easily read the mdb data and use ordinairy database functions to systematically compare the two ged files. Bill On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Robert Mann <roem...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have used Legacy for nine years and routinely exchange data with other > genealogists via GEDCOM. However, I have recently started using > Ancestry.com > to do broad-based searches through their records and I have found it to be > very difficult to easily re-import information from an Ancestry.com tree to > a Legacy tree. > > Does any one know any tricks--similar to Intellishare, for example--that > make it easier to identify records that have changed between an on-line > tree > and one in Legacy? There is a feature in Legacy to "Upload to Ancestry > Online Family Tree..." but I can't figure out how it differs from a regular > GEDCOM upload. Furthermore, since there does not seem to be a corresponding > "Import from Ancestry..." I don't know if it will help. The Legacy Help > File > is curiously thin on information about it. > > Perhaps an example might make my question clearer. I export a GEDCOM file > from Legacy and upload it to Ancestry.com as a new online tree. I use > Ancestry.com to locate historical sources and info on people in my online > tree and attach that info. Then, I export the online tree back from > Ancestry.com as a new GEDCOM file and I want to compare and merge it back > to > my original Legacy file. > > I have done this cycle once, and the return merge was a mess; it took a > great deal of time and entailed manual examination of a large percentage of > my records. The historical sources on Ancestry.com are very helpful, though > I find the "user trees" virtually worthless, because they are rarely > sourced. But, if I can't figure out how to make this process easier, it's > going to severely limit how much I am going to be able to get out of it. > > Thanks for any help you can share. > > Robert Mann > Sandy Springs, GA > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
