[LegacyUG] MERGING 2 GEDCOMS
The instructions in the help file are very confusing. What I want to do is merge my wife's to mine to get one big file to look at. We have few common ancestors and I would like to see who they are. What is a simple way to merge them? I have them in a split screen but can find no menue to merge them together. Sam 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
[LegacyUG] IMPORT GEDCOM?
Suddenly I can not import a new Gedcom. It just imports the Sources. That is all. It is frustrating as I have been using Legacy 7.5 for merging duplicate people the FTM will not. Sam Is there anything I can try? 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Merge
Thank you. I finally got to the tail. One thing happened at the end. A message came that said it could not find 2 numbers. I looked at the numbers. There were 4 numbers missing. Does that mean anything? Sam On 1/27/2013 6:34 AM, Ron Taylor wrote: Carl and Brian gave a very good explanation. You are essentially trying to get the head of the snake to reach the tail but for a time the snake keeps growing. One very important thing to notice is that when the merge process reaches those individuals which have been added to the stack, there will be additional information shown in the top blue bar of the merge window to indicate why those two people are being compared. When a merge is abandoned, those people added to the stack may not be automatically found as duplicates. That is a good reason to never abandon a merge in process but always finish it. There is one other minor flaw in the merge routine that users should avoid. Normally, if you close a merge the program will offer to continue it later and that works except in one case. If you close a merge when the very last set of possible duplicates is being displayed, you will not be able to return to the merge and finish that last one. For example, if it shows 147 of 147 and you click on close then later try to return to finish the merge, that last one will not be presented. I hope the programmers eventually fix this end-of-sequence logic error. Ron Taylor 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 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Early American Colonies - Location questions
You are nit picking. What difference does it make? I grew up there in the Manomet area. I won't worry about it. Sam On 1/27/2013 5:38 PM, Marg Strong wrote: Often the location given as Plymouth (County), Massachusetts, United States is not correct in Ancestry.com records. I've spent days trying to read the history and figure out what locations should be entered. The settlers were English primarily, but mostly self governing in those early days. Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. So how should that be entered? Simply the town name and Plymouth Colony? Or Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts since there are indications it was part of the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony? Should British Colony be used for the country field? Plymouth Colony was not formally divided into counties until June 2, 1685. After that it settles more easily into the county category, but I'm still not sure what to put in the country field. In 1686, the entire region was reorganized under a single government known as the Dominion of New England. So would the entry be: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England? Massachusetts became a state on February 6, 1788 and after that the location entries are easy. If anyone has figured out how to enter the locations in these early years, please help? I can't even seem to make educated guesses for these years. 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 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
[LegacyUG] Merge
I am tryong to merge two Gedcoms. The longer I work at it the farther apart I seem to get. I am now at 4015 of 4331, 316 apart. It started at 2600 of 2800, only 200 apart. Am I doing something wrong? I know you can't tell. But it all seems very strange. Sam 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Merge
Thank you everyone for your good explanations. Sam On 1/26/2013 3:17 PM, Carl Cox wrote: I am tryong to merge two Gedcoms. The longer I work at it the farther apart I seem to get. I am now at 4015 of 4331, 316 apart. It started at 2600 of 2800, only 200 apart. Am I doing something wrong? I know you can't tell. But it all seems very strange. Sam Legacy's merge feature is one of the main reasons I am a fan. Before Legacy, to merge two files (you should look at the GEDCOMs before you merge, and clean up locations, names, sources - whatever - in the form of files, then drag and drop) I would have the program find duplicates, then present them to me. There was a specified number they found that did not change, but only about half of the merged were found. I would look at each merge and see what other family members needed merging, then write down the RIN numbers of the pair. Legacy took care of that. Now, when I do a drag and drop on two files that contain much of the same people, I will manually merge one couple. Legacy looks around at all the relatives, and tells you how many more merges it has found, so the number left to merge continues to grow until it runs out of duplicates. As I did not search for duplicates, sometimes there are unconnected individuals that can be found that way. Also I always scan the name list to pick up the occasional duplicate that computers find difficult to pick. So your experience is doing exactly right. Carl 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 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom size
This does not work. I set the tag for 20 generations an I get my 35th and 40th GGP included. There must be something I am doing wrong. Or the method does nt w2ork. Sam On 1/16/2013 6:21 PM, R G Strong-genes wrote: Sam, Go to FileExport toGEDCOM then on the GEDCOM Export screen click on Record Selection and then on the next screen tick the second box All records with an individual tag of: and change the tag number to the one you chose and select the other records that you can check. -Original Message- From: Sam Franc Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom size OK, I tagged the people. But I can't find the place to export only the tagged people to gedcom Sam On 1/16/2013 2:28 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 16/01/2013 02:33, Sam Franc wrote: Is there any way to export to gedcom but limit the number of generations that are included? To say 15 or 20 generations. I would like to make a smaller file to send to someone. There are various options for selecting individuals/families/lines to be tagged and you can then choose to export to Gedcom only the tagged people. See Advanced Tagging in the Help files. 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom size
Jenny, Thanks, but I want all lines included. I just want to stop at the 20th generation for all of them. Sam On 1/16/2013 2:28 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 16/01/2013 02:33, Sam Franc wrote: Is there any way to export to gedcom but limit the number of generations that are included? To say 15 or 20 generations. I would like to make a smaller file to send to someone. There are various options for selecting individuals/families/lines to be tagged and you can then choose to export to Gedcom only the tagged people. See Advanced Tagging in the Help files. 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom size
OK, I tagged the people. But I can't find the place to export only the tagged people to gedcom Sam On 1/16/2013 2:28 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 16/01/2013 02:33, Sam Franc wrote: Is there any way to export to gedcom but limit the number of generations that are included? To say 15 or 20 generations. I would like to make a smaller file to send to someone. There are various options for selecting individuals/families/lines to be tagged and you can then choose to export to Gedcom only the tagged people. See Advanced Tagging in the Help files. 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
