My strongest recommendation to prevent data loss. Backup, Backup, Backup! Feel free to experiment, use the Sample file that comes with Legacy for this if you wish but never make a major change to your own data file without making a backup first. If you do mess up a change you can restore from the pre-change backup and start over. Also decide on a plan for keeping a set of backups not just the most recent. I keep one from the end of each month in case I find a problem that I did not detect at the time it happened. With the most recent copy of your file and a set of backups you can roll back to a point in time when things were OK then use an export of all the people with changes since that date (you can create a search list based on the modified date then export the people in the search list) from your recent file to import the changes into the restored copy.
Copies of backups should also be in more than one location, some on your hard drive for immediate access, some on media like CD/DVDs which can be used if your hard drive or computer fail and some in a remote location in case a disaster destroys your home. Remote locations include bank safety deposit boxes, a friend or relative and internet storage such as SkyDrive or Dropbox. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 07/08/2013 12:55 PM, Mike DeBusk wrote: > Randy, thank you. I will start by reading the protocol and then find out if I > can correct my stupid mistakes without destroying years of data entry. > > Sent from my iPhone Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
