Hi Pat, If I were you, I would consider why you are keeping two separate files, and do you need to keep doing that?
If you continue with your present setup (ie two separate files plus the combined one) the only way to keep it all current is to update two files with each new piece of information. Very tedious, and if you're anything like me one day you will forget to update the second file and then it's all out of sync. Why not just go forward with the new combined file? Then you will only have to enter data once, you will have only one set of master files (locations, sources, ...), and life would be much easier for you. And when you discover that your mother was related to your father in some obscure way (as many of us do!) you've already got everything in the one file ready to make that connection. You may have good reasons for keeping your two sides of the family separate, which is why I'm saying to think about it, not to just "do what I say". :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Pat Hickin said the following on 2/03/2014 8:08 a.m.: > For some years I have maintained two separate Legacy files, one for my > maternal side & one for my paternal side. > > I have just created a third file, which is a merger of the two files, > for uploading onto a dna website. > > Now I want to add some info about an individual and I want the new > info to be in both the paternal database and in the merged file. I > anticipate doing more of the same. > > What is the most efficient way to go about doing that (adding info to > both the merged file and, e.g., the paternal file? > > Pat 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
