RE: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files
Ron, Thinking about it, the problem is not so minor - I wouldn't like it! Would you tell us whether the two files would still have the same RINs for the same Individuals please? Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: rdwe...@alphalink.com.au To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:24:07 +1000 Subject: Merging two files Hi, I wonder if somebody can assist me with my minor problem. I have two reasonably large data files (in excess of 17,000 individuals). My latest file that I am presently working on has about 400 persons less than an earlier file that is on a cd. (I had a computer crash, ending up losing some data entries) What I would like to do is compare the two files so that I can find the missing 400 entries. I know how to merge and use the split screen methods but would like to know what tool I can use to produce these entries. I don't want to use the earlier version as I have added heaps of info into the latest version. Regards Ron Weeks in Melbourne, Oz _ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files
Your task is quite easy if the second file was originally a Legacy copy of the first file meaning that both files have individuals in them with the same intellishare values. If this is not the case then the merge will not be as simple but will still work. 1) Merge the new file into the old file and allow the RINs to be re-numbered to a range above what is already in the old file. If the highest RIN in the old file is 17,540 then you might make the new file start with 20,000 or something higher. Also make the MRINs start with a high value as they are merged. 2) Execute the intellishare merge and any other merges to combine the records. Note as you work that the old file RIN numbers are from 1 to 17540 while the new records will be 20,000 and above. That makes it easy to identify which file each record is coming from. 3) After completing all merges, then look at the name list sorted by RIN to see those records which were in the new file because they will still be numbered above 20,000. You could search for them by RIN number as well and produce whatever printouts might prove useful. I recently helped a woman who had worked on several different copies of her file and lost track of which was the most recent. We dumped all the files into one database and merged the entire lot. Then, it was obvious by the RIN numbers which had been assigned during the merge which records had come from which contributing file. Happy merging. Hope this will help. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files
Having had similar problems in the past. Merging the two would help but may take weeks to finish the not matchers. It could be better to run 2 name lists and save them each to your 'word' type program, so you need not print anything, and compare them against each other to see which RINS are missing. There may be as many as 800 missing from one or the other. OR, print both, take pencil to each list and cross off matches. Hope this helps. Rich in LA CA Ask off-group if you need more help. --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Ron And June Weeks rdwe...@alphalink.com.au wrote: From: Ron And June Weeks rdwe...@alphalink.com.au Subject: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files To: Legacy User Group LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 3:24 PM Subject: Merging two files Hi, I wonder if somebody can assist me with my minor problem. I have two reasonably large data files (in excess of 17,000 individuals). My latest file that I am presently working on has about 400 persons less than an earlier file that is on a cd. (I had a computer crash, ending up losing some data entries) What I would like to do is compare the two files so that I can find the missing 400 entries. I know how to merge and use the split screen methods but would like to know what tool I can use to produce these entries. I don't want to use the earlier version as I have added heaps of info into the latest version. Regards Ron Weeks in Melbourne, Oz Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:18:01 +0100, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Thinking about it, the problem is not so minor - I wouldn't like it! Would you tell us whether the two files would still have the same RINs for the same Individuals please? Might an Intellishare merge work? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files
I think an Intellishare merge may well work, but suspect it may take ages. I was thinking that it may be faster to see which RINs are in each, then compare the two lists to find which are only in the original. This of course, would only work if the RINs have not been changed. I note that Ron says that unspecified changes have been made to the new file. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ From: kowal...@iglou.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Merging two files Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:23:43 -0400 On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:18:01 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: Thinking about it, the problem is not so minor - I wouldn't like it! Would you tell us whether the two files would still have the same RINs for the same Individuals please? Might an Intellishare merge work? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools _ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
