Rick, Here is what i did last night - it works for me - other people will probably have better ways
*For a single person* 1. Download full Ancestry GED file 2. Load GED file into Legacy - create a new fdb file called "Ancestry_Date". 3. View - Split Screen - Open other FDB file 4. Delete person from old file and using your mouse drag across the updated person from new file. This only drags the data across you then have to connect him into the tree *For a string or small tree of new people* 1. Download full Ancestry GED file 2. Load GED file into Legacy - create a new fdb file called "Ancestry_Date" 3. View - Split Screen - Open other FDB file 4. Delete last person in old tree ie Fred Smith 5. In new tree export Fred Smith and all ancestros into a ged or fdb file 6. Upload and connect Fred Smith into the old tree and all of his ancestors will fall in behind him There are probably smoother and better ways of doing this - I am still groping in the dark regarding what I can and cannot do with Legacy. Regards Bill On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Rick Merrill <1eagle...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > Robert, > > That sounds like a great idea to upload a GEDCOM to Ancestry.com to find > historical information. > So my questions is after you upload the GEDCOM how do you go about getting > these records attached > to your family tree? > > Rick Merrill > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Mann [mailto:roem...@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 2:19 p.m. > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Interchange Tree Data between Legacy and Ancestry.com > > 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<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> > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.133/2612 - Release Date: 01/11/10 > 08:35:00 > > > > 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<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
