The GEDCOM standard does not provide for the detailed fields used by the SourceWriter system. Because of this all sources exported from Legacy, and imported back into Legacy will be Basic Style Sources. In the outbound conversion to the GEDCOM the changes made make the linking of those sources to their original SourceWriter source impossible. When you then import that source it will become a new master source with associated source details where it is linked to individuals.
When you merge the imported person with the original Legacy cannot merge the now Basic Style Source with the original SourceWriter one so there will be a duplication with both the original SourceWriter style source and the imported Basic Style source linked to the individual. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 30/03/2011 11:19 AM, Connie Sheets wrote: > I broke my own rule about never doing anything that requires importing into > my main database, and while the merge went more smoothly than I anticipated, > I have an issue that I would like to prevent, if possible, on the next batch. > > I exported my database into RootsMagic, primarily to test their new(er) > Research Notes Summary report. Long story, but I entered a fair amount of > data into RM4 that I now want in Legacy. I selected 3 generations of > descendants of two couples (the families I'd added to/changed in RM4), > created a gedcom of those individuals, and imported into a new copy of my > Legacy db. I then used Manual Merge, although for some entries, I allowed > intellipass (or whatever its called) to do its thing for the people who met > the 6 identical criteria. > > I knew my sources would be mangled, but I did not anticipate that I would > have DUPLICATE sources. For events with sources in my original Legacy > database, I now have the same source attached twice to that event. (I had > not made any changes to these sources in RM4). I'm noticing it only with > Basic sources, but I think that's because I didn't re-import anyone with > SourceWriter sources. I suspect it's happening because the export from > RM/import to Legacy process puts the entire source (except source name and > details) in the Title field, while my original Legacy source may be spread > out between author, title, and publication fields. [The duplicate sources > have identical source names and details]. > > What I don't understand is why the Merge process didn't give me the option of > comparing the source on the left with the source on the right like it does > with notes, names, locations, dates, etc. Or does it do that and I somehow > overlooked it? > > Is there anything I can do to prevent this happening in the future? > > Hint, Hint: If Legacy would develop a Research Notes report option (source > detail text and comments in chronological order by person or family, rather > than buried in footnotes/endnotes), I wouldn't have to deal with this > silliness. > > Connie 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
