[LegacyUG] Download a tree from Ancestry or add a gedcom to legacy
Once you get two matching people in the pedigree view on both sides, you can drag and drop the "new" person on top of the "existing" person. It will then ask whether you want to include surrounding people. Once you have done that it should suggest doing an auto merge. This will probably work in family view as well, but I tend to live in pedigree view. As everyone else says, don't do this until you have verified the data. Don't include surrounding people you haven't verified. Tony 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] Download a tree from Ancestry or add a gedcom to legacy
On 22/04/2012 18:50, MJ SA wrote: > My cousin has a few different trees on ancestry, which is a great > idea, she is separating families. Normally I add the info to legacy > by cut, copy and paste. But there has to be an easier way, she added a > lot of names the past few weeks. Is there anyway to get her family > line on legacy? You will need to ask your cousin to download her tree to a GEDCOM file and you can load that into Legacy. I haven't ever had to do it myself, but the received wisdom is that you "clean up" the new file first and when you have just the people you want and the way you want them you merge them into your existing family file. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Download a tree from Ancestry or add a gedcom to legacy
I'm sure others who know more will respond. Do you have a subscription to ancestry? If you have her information on your ancestry tree, you can download your tree to a gedcome and create a new legacy tree to compare the files with. I don't know if there is any kind of auto compare button to eliminate duplicates since I haven't done it, but it sounds as though that's the recommended thing to do with Gedcoms. Open the files side by side and check the info before you put it into your file. I guess you would have to cut and paste from one file to the other - guessing at that. If you don't have your cousin's information on your own family trees, she has probably invited you to see them. You can do that without a subscription. Maybe she would download gedcoms and send them to you via email. I'll be interested in reading what others have to say since I, too, need to learn more about how to take the quickest route to merging two files. > > From: MJ SA >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 1:50 PM >Subject: [LegacyUG] Download a tree from Ancestry or add a gedcom to legacy > >My cousin has a few different trees on ancestry, which is a great >idea, she is separating families. Normally I add the info to legacy >by cut, copy and paste. But there has to be an easier way, she added a >lot of names the past few weeks. Is there anyway to get her family >line on legacy? > > > >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] Download a tree from Ancestry or add a gedcom to legacy
My cousin has a few different trees on ancestry, which is a great idea, she is separating families. Normally I add the info to legacy by cut, copy and paste. But there has to be an easier way, she added a lot of names the past few weeks. Is there anyway to get her family line on legacy? 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
