I'm sure many, if not most of us, will have imported a GEDCOM and regretted
not "making it clean" before entering it into our master Legacy file. I
decided to compile a set of notes/instructions to ensure that all my future
downloads were "cleansed" in a full fashion. Here is a copy of my
notes/instructions sheet, and hope it is of some help.
I would welcome any feedback, criticism and suggestions to improve it.
Les Williamson
Bonnie Scotland
Importing Instructions
Tasks to carry out before importing files into Master Legacy file
Create a new file with meaningful name e.g. "Donor file" and import GEDCOM
into it.
* Remove Media Files (6. Locations 6.2)
* Remove superfluous Notes
* Enter Birth Dates (where missing - If the date is not
known I enter a "circa" date that should fall within 20 years, or an "about"
date that will fall within 5 years)
* Correct Place Names (also check for rogue entries e.g.
occupation, Servant)
* Remove Unknown parents (unless there are Siblings)
* Add Spouses to Husbands/Wives that are Unknown
* Correct any children with 2 or more sets of Parents
* Remove any "Unknown" marriages (this is most easily done
using the marriage list)
* Run Duplicate Search
* Run Potential Problems
* Carry out File Maintenance
* Make final corrections
* Carry out Final File Maintenance
* Run "Compare Two Files" & Tag Dups ("1" on Donor File &
"2" on Receiving File) If these tag numbers are in use, replace with
available numbers e.g. 8 & 9.
* Export file to Master File
* Do Manual Merge using Tagged "2" files on Left
Delete the Donor File
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