I am not sure that it is possible to do everything you ask because I do not see this as an either/or re the information each of you contributed to the file. There will probably be a lot of info that you both have. You will however be able to source all the info in his GEDCOM to him.
When you are importing the GEDCOM into a file there is the option to assign a Master Source to the data coming in from the GEDCOM. There are two options. You can assign the source once to each person as an unspecified or you can assign the source to each piece of data contained in the GEDCOM. Using the second option you can link your cousins data to each piece of info in his GEDCOM. After you have merged his file with yours the merged individuals will have his GEDCOM as sources for the data in his GEDCOM. Information without his source will be the info in your file that he did not have. 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 09/12/2011 1:10 PM, Jerry wrote: > Hi everyone. My cousin has given me a gedcom file on my dad's side of > the family which he has researched and it has quite a bit of information > I lacked. However, I also have information that he does not have and I > intend on merging the two files together. > > The question is this: I would like to give him credit for his research > (however, it would have been better to have the actual sources he used, > but I will just have reference his name because he did not cite the > specific sources). I also want to include my source information when I > combine the files. > > I do NOT want to populate every source field, just the ones that have > information. Is there an easy way to combine these files and include > his name for the things he contributed and my name and sources for the > things I contributed? > > Thanks! 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
