Thank you everyone for your good explanations. Sam On 1/26/2013 3:17 PM, Carl Cox wrote: > > <<I am tryong to merge two Gedcoms. > The longer I work at it the farther apart I seem to get. > I am now at 4015 of 4331, 316 apart. > It started at 2600 of 2800, only 200 apart. > Am I doing something wrong? > I know you can't tell. > But it all seems very strange. > Sam>> > > Legacy's merge feature is one of the main reasons I am a fan. Before Legacy, > to merge two files (you should look at the GEDCOMs before you merge, and > clean up locations, names, sources - whatever - in the form of files, then > drag and drop) I would have the program find duplicates, then present them > to me. There was a specified number they found that did not change, but only > about half of the merged were found. I would look at each merge and see what > other family members needed merging, then write down the RIN numbers of the > pair. > > Legacy took care of that. Now, when I do a drag and drop on two files that > contain much of the same people, I will manually merge one couple. Legacy > looks around at all the relatives, and tells you how many more merges it has > found, so the number left to merge continues to grow until it runs out of > duplicates. As I did not search for duplicates, sometimes there are > unconnected individuals that can be found that way. Also I always scan the > name list to pick up the occasional duplicate that computers find difficult > to pick. So your experience is doing exactly right. > > Carl > > > > > 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 > > > >
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