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Now I hope that is clear – beats me :-) Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Pat Hickin Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 3:46 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Updating two family files Your arguments for maintaining only one major file are convincing. I think I broke mine into 2 separate files to make it easier keep track of the pictures. But I guess I don't need to change the way I do that. Incidentally in the Family File Information box, what precisely does the term "times linked" refer to? Pat On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: Syble, I have published on my website a tutorial detailing how to separate out the data required for a GEDCOM. You will find it at http://www.fergys.co.uk/Blogs/Y-DNA_Search.php Ron Ferguson http:/www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Syble Glasscock Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 1:15 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Updating two family files I keep two separate files with basics for each of my direct lines in both files, my reason is I have a website and lots of separate links for the maternal and the paternal lines. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sybleg/ I'm interested in what settings you used to get name, dates and places only for a ged com to upload for DNA purposes, also which output did you choose. Thanks, Syble On Saturday, March 1, 2014 2:33 PM, C.G. Ouimet <c.g.oui...@outlook.com> wrote: Much much simpler to maintain one big file (more than 120,000 in mine) and splitting off pieces for friends and family than maintaining two or more and occasionally having to combine and having to deal with duplicates ... C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Howard [mailto:wendy.how...@gmail.com] Sent: March 01, 2014 02:46 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Updating two family files 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
