Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files

2009-11-10 Thread Colin Liddell
- Original Message - From: Dennis M. Kowallek To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:03 +1000, "Colin Liddell" wrote: QuestionDo I a: Click on Merge right

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files

2009-11-10 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:03 +1000, "Colin Liddell" wrote: >QuestionDo I a: Click on Merge right into Left or do I > b: Click Skip to next? >If a: Does Legacy create a second marriage or does that happen if I click >Skip to next? > >I have looked in the help fil

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files

2009-11-10 Thread Colin Liddell
- Original Message - From: Jenny M Benson To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files Colin Liddell wrote I am in the process of merging two files and have a number of persons who married twice. In the

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files

2009-11-10 Thread Jenny M Benson
Colin Liddell wrote I am in the process of merging two files and have a number of persons who married twice. In the Merging two Individuals Window I have as an example, John SMITH in the left hand pane and John SMITH on the right hand pane. John in the left is married to Mary Jones and they h

[LegacyUG] Merging Files

2009-11-09 Thread Colin Liddell
I am in the process of merging two files and have a number of persons who married twice. In the Merging two Individuals Window I have as an example, John SMITH in the left hand pane and John SMITH on the right hand pane. John in the left is married to Mary Jones and they have four children. In

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-23 Thread Valerie Laskowski
for you. Valerie _ From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Walter Johnston Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:39 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets I don't know why I have a thing a

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-23 Thread Walter Johnston
instead of tagging the incoming DB) but just as useful answer. Thanks very much. From: Valerie Laskowski To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 2:12:17 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets Use the "Find Dup

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-23 Thread Valerie Laskowski
k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Walter Johnston Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:21 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets Yes, but I do not see any way to use it on a specified subset that omits no one in the subs

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-23 Thread Walter Johnston
23, 2009 7:53:18 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets Are you using the Intellisearch feature at all? Valerie From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Walter Johnston Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 4

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-23 Thread Valerie Laskowski
Are you using the Intellisearch feature at all? Valerie _ From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Walter Johnston Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 4:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-23 Thread Walter Johnston
of potential matches. I guess Legacy just cannot do what I need it to do. From: Carl Cox To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:03:15 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets <> Legacy is great on thi

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-22 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
ure, so next time it comes up again. My titles are off, since my book is not with the laptop at the moment. Hope you can translate what I said. Rich in LA CA --- On Sat, 8/22/09, Carl Cox wrote: > From: Carl Cox > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets > To: LegacyU

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-22 Thread Carl Cox
<> Legacy is great on this type of merge. Just do a manual merge on a person of your choice, one that is in the center of the people. If the new ones are all connected, then Legacy will look around each merge and find spouses, children, and parents that need to be merged. It will also suggest m

[LegacyUG] Merging Only Designated Subsets

2009-08-22 Thread Walter Johnston
I have a large database to whcih, from time to time, I want to import and merge smaller databases. When I do this, I would like the merge feature to consider only potential merges with the newly added RINs. Certainly I can keep that group separate on import, by importing them with RINs starting

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging from Split Screen

2009-08-16 Thread MJ Harper
Yes, Heather, that helped quite a lot. I was able to get the job done. Now on to the rest of those partial family files :-). Thanks. Mary Jo Harper At 10:29 PM 8/15/2009, you wrote: It helps if you think of the drag and drop more as an import than a merge so it is asking if the per

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging from Split Screen

2009-08-16 Thread Carl Cox
<> I like to merge the same person, because the first thing you need to do once the drag and drop is done is integrate the two files. With the automatic merge functions in Legacy, you can drag and drop two families, and after you point Legacy to the first person Legacy finds the rest. The RIN

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging from Split Screen

2009-08-15 Thread Heather Stovold
I don't have a lot of time to do this response, and it has been a while since I've done drag+drop from a split file - so this is from memory. It helps if you think of the drag and drop more as an import than a merge so it is asking if the person (people) that you are dragging should keep the s

[LegacyUG] Merging from Split Screen

2009-08-15 Thread MJ Harper
Hello, I don't know much about Legacy, though I've used it on and off for many years.  And on and off for many years, I've developed file after file of partial information, partial families, etc., as I've discovered them.  I've messed up so many family files, and have restarted so many family fi

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-16 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
the process, import using 'starting with' RINs 11; as 5432 should become 105432, so you can check the accuracy. If your files are larger, (or smaller) use the tool 1('#of0's)1. Rich in LA CA --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Edward wrote: > From: Edward > Subject: RE: [

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-14 Thread John S. Adams
le that merges the two. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA -- From: "Veronica Manalvo" Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:49 AM To: Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts Hi everyone, I'm a relatively new user of Legacy Family Tree v7.0 and

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-14 Thread Mike Fry
Edward wrote: I have asked the same question (how to combine two *.fdb family trees into one) on 6-5-09 but had no answer. I have a friend in Poland who combined-merged two family trees into one but I think he is using a Polish version of family tree program. Have to ask him. I don't think s

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-14 Thread Edward
Tarchalski -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Dede Holden Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:53 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts Veronica, I have been working on the same thing for my

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-14 Thread Branko and Chris
lto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Dede Holden Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:53 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts Veronica, I have been working on the same thing for my husband, as we are having a family get together which will include the descendants of

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-14 Thread Dede Holden
Veronica, I have been working on the same thing for my husband, as we are having a family get together which will include the descendants of both sets of his grandparents.  I ended up printing two separate descendant charts, one for each set of grandparents.  I couldn't come up with a way to inclu

[LegacyUG] Merging Charts

2009-06-14 Thread Veronica Manalvo
Hi everyone, I'm a relatively new user of Legacy Family Tree v7.0 and I have a query in regards to charting. What I am trying to do essentially is create a standard descendant chart but with two groups of descendants merged on the one chart - that is, I am trying to get the descendants of b

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-27 Thread Melody B
I was going to post a suggestion on the Legacy site but it's not loading for me this morning. Since merging sources seems to be so problematic, especially basic to SourceWriter, I wish it were easier to view two sources side by side so that I could do the merging by hand more easily. On Tue, Mar

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-24 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Thanks Ron. I was able to merge 2 SW sources with your method. Richard On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM, ronald ferguson wrote: > > Richard, > > For me sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't! I can get it to work for > Source Writer styles by first double clicking, as though I was going to

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-24 Thread Jenny M Benson
Richard Van Wasshnova wrote When I click on ANY source that begins with asterisk then the "Combine" button the radio buttons all remain active (unchanged). When I click on ANY basic source then the "Combine" button the radio buttons all (except cancel) go inactive. I can confirm this. It do

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-24 Thread ronald ferguson
ergys/ _ > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:32:39 -0700 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy" > From: rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > When I click on

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-24 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
When I click on ANY source that begins with asterisk then the "Combine" button the radio buttons all remain active (unchanged). When I click on ANY basic source then the "Combine" button the radio buttons all (except cancel) go inactive. I guess I'm being punished. -- Richard Van Wasshnova http:

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-24 Thread Robert Carneal USA
We are doing something different I guess. I just tried it and it is working fine for me. It shouldn't make a difference, but are you combining a *basic* source (source you made without using the Sourcewriter) with a source you made using the Sourcewriter? Is that what you are saying? Robert

[LegacyUG] Merging Sources in the New Improved Legacy"

2009-03-24 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
When I click on a basic source in the souce list then click on the button "Combine Highlited Source with another in list" all the radio buttons on top right fade to inactive except the "Cancel" button. When I click on a Sourcewriter source then click on the button "Combine Highlited Source with ano

[LegacyUG] merging and restoring temporary backup questions

2009-03-19 Thread Dede Holden
I need help! I have just done a simple manual merge of two individuals. I did a backup, not to my flash drive, but just the temporary backup. I remember some recent conversation about this type vs. the zipped backups. Once I completed the merge, I printed an individual report to be sure all the

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-25 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
quot; To: Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter Brian, I for two, would also like to have the opportunity to merge the old and the new and face any dire consequences with a warning I am sure there are others that also would l

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-25 Thread Chick Lewis
Brian, I for two, would also like to have the opportunity to merge the old and the new and face any dire consequences with a warning I am sure there are others that also would like that choice... Thanks... ...Lew On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Arnold Sprague wrote: > Brian, >If I

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-25 Thread Arnold Sprague
Brian, If I read your reply correctly, the merge problem does not happen all the time. Perhaps, it only happens in isolated instances. If this is so, is it possible for us to BE ALLOWED to do merges WITH LEGACY FIRST INFORMING us that bad, very bad, things may happen *and* that

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-06 Thread Chick Lewis
Thank you, Brian. That's all I was asking for. Sorry if I caused any problem. Have a nice day... Lew On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Brian/Support wrote: > Lew, > > When I tested this and reported the problem with merging basic sources into > sourcewriter sources I found that the detail entri

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-06 Thread Brian/Support
Lew, When I tested this and reported the problem with merging basic sources into sourcewriter sources I found that the detail entries from the old style source were lost. The Basic source details were not copied to the sourcewriter template fields. Initially when you look at the source in th

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-06 Thread ronald ferguson
: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:40:17 -0800 > From: rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basi

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Chick Lewis
Thank you, Richard. I have not seen any announcement from Legacy that the "source conversion tool" is ready to be released but even if it is, I would still like to know what is wrong with the "combine" method and why it was taken away. Lew On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Richard Van Wasshnova

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Chick Lewis
e descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > - Original Message - From: "Wynthner" > To: > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter > > >> Perhaps, then again, perhaps not...

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Hi Lew, I'm with you. I also did several such merges under build 55 and although everything seemed to be satisfactory and definitely the quckest way to shrink my sources list I'd like to be sure. I have been told it is because the "Source conversion tool" is ready to be rolled out in the next buil

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
easier to go with another product that to sit around here and complain. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: "Wynthner" To: Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic So

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread JLB
I believe some-one wrote a few days ago that the Source Conversion tool is due in the next build, so perhaps removing what we had was a preliminary step? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Wynthner wrote: Perhaps, then again, perhaps not... But

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Wynthner
Perhaps, then again, perhaps not... But until a full explaination of just why the feature was pulled and the warning issued one is left to wonder. --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Elizabeth Richardson wrote: > From: Elizabeth Richardson > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Source

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
) Thompson - Original Message - From: "Chick Lewis" To: Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter I am not getting any error message, nor is there any evidence of damage that I can see, but Legacy must have removed

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Chick Lewis
; Cc: ; ; > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:47 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter > > >> Sorry to keep asking about this issue and I hate to be a pest, but I >> really need to know what, if any damage has been done to my file >> becaus

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: "Chick Lewis" To: Cc: ; ; Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:47 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter Sorry to keep asking about this issue and I hate to be a pest, but I really need to know wh

[LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Chick Lewis
Sorry to keep asking about this issue and I hate to be a pest, but I really need to know what, if any damage has been done to my file because I merged basic sources into sourcewriter before that feature was removed for some unknown reason in build 7.0.0.72. A response from Legacy would be greatly

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2009-01-01 Thread Chick Lewis
ere > getting from the list. > > Kirsten > > -Original Message- > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on > Behalf Of Chick Lewis > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:52 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [L

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-31 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Of Chick Lewis Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter Hi Kristen, Thank you for your comment, but I am confused. I noticed at the bottom of your message that an **Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-31 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
: "Chick Lewis" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter Hi Kristen, Thank you for your comment, but I am confused. I noticed at the bottom of your message that an **Original Message from k...@legacyfamilytree.com o

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-31 Thread Chick Lewis
k Lewis > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:31 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter > > > Maybe so, but it would be nice if Legacy would at least acknowledge > why the merge feature has been remove

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-31 Thread Kirsten Bowman
yfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter Maybe so, but it would be nice if Legacy would at least acknowledge why the merge feature has been removed and tell us the pitfalls of having done it that way. Legacy has been extremely silent on this question and has

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-31 Thread Chick Lewis
Maybe so, but it would be nice if Legacy would at least acknowledge why the merge feature has been removed and tell us the pitfalls of having done it that way. Legacy has been extremely silent on this question and has not answered a message I sent directly to support. If, as you say, the sourcewr

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-31 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Hi Lew, I too was very upset with Legacy after upgrading from build 55. I had done a half dozen merges of old syle to source writer which required only slight touch ups. By the time I got back to trying to do more (after build 55 was trashed) Legacy was protecting me from myself and not allowing.

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-29 Thread Arnold Sprague
g directly with the company seems a much better way to do it. > > Elizabeth > researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > - Original Message - From: "Chick Lewis" > To: > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:00 PM > Subject: [L

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-29 Thread Chick Lewis
mething you'd like to suggest, > communicating directly with the company seems a much better way to do it. > > Elizabeth > researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > - Original Message - From: "Chick Lewis" > To: > Sen

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-29 Thread Janis L Gilmore
Elizabeth > researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson > > - Original Message - > From: "Chick Lewis" > To: > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:00 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter > > >

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-29 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
er way to do it. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: "Chick Lewis" To: Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter I would like to hear from Lega

[LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter

2008-12-29 Thread Chick Lewis
I would like to hear from Legacy as to why this feature was removed (build 76, I think) It seems to work very well and I have had no problems converting sources from FTM16 into sourcewriter using this method. Apparently there are others also that liked this feature. I think Legacy should explain wh

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter

2008-12-23 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
her fixes that were > included in the later builds, so generally speaking it is better to update > than stay at build 55 indefinitely. > > Gary Templeman > > > - Original Message - From: "Richard Van Wasshnova" > > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter

2008-12-23 Thread Gary Templeman
Wasshnova" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter Hi Jenny, Thanks for the reply. Build 81 is same as 76. I couldn't find any recent threads on this topic in recent archives so sorry if I'm repeating.

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter

2008-12-23 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Hi Jenny, Thanks for the reply. Build 81 is same as 76. I couldn't find any recent threads on this topic in recent archives so sorry if I'm repeating. I would suggest to Legacy that a strong warning that the sources are not compatible should suffice. Were there any complants from users that damage

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter

2008-12-23 Thread Jenny M Benson
Richard Van Wasshnova wrote Now with build 76 I'm no longer permitted to merge old style to soucewriter. I hope this means the source conversion tool's release is imminent. If not I am very upset with Legacy for removing this option to merge. You are not alone, Richard! This topic came up ju

[LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter

2008-12-22 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
In the previous build (7.0.0.55) I did several merges of old style to soucewriter census sources. On the first merge I knew it obviously involved some risk but I had backup. I was pleasantly surprised at the results, multimedia attached properly and text comments in correct place. I couldn't imagin

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:37:53 -0400, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >True but it can lead to frustrations and wishes one had not done it . >;-) > >(I am a surgeon and have learned to think things out and learn as much as I >can "before" making the incision). But you don't have

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:15:39 -0400, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have 2 individuals who I have now determined are the same person even though the names of their wives are different (one is a wrong guess but I want to retain it as an "alt name" optio

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: IMHO, I reccomend merging the two 'ladies' into one, which lets you choose the other name as AKA. The no data is lost in error. Rich in LA CA --- Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Always make a back up first. When merging, you will get check marks next to the dif

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
IMHO, I reccomend merging the two 'ladies' into one, which lets you choose the other name as AKA. The no data is lost in error. Rich in LA CA --- Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Always make a back up first. > > When merging, you will get check marks next to the > different items on > bot

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread Denis Xenos
Go ahead merge the two husbands. You will have one husband with two wives. If you chose, merge the two wives and save the second one as alt name Denis On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 2 individuals who I have now determined are the same person

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread Susan Daily
Always make a back up first. When merging, you will get check marks next to the different items on both persons. You check which info you want merged into the main person. (Select the one who is most correct as the main person, I thnk it goes on the left.) Be sure to notice all the tabs in the mer

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging individuals

2008-07-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:15:39 -0400, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have 2 individuals who I have now determined are the same person even >though the names of their wives are different (one is a wrong guess but I >want to retain it as an "alt name" option). > >I would like to mer

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging two files

2008-06-16 Thread Melody B
gain by making new copies and re-doing the import/merge. > > Bob > > - Original Message - From: "Michele Lewis" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Legacy E-Mail List" > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:35 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging two files >

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging two files

2008-06-16 Thread Robert57P via Gmail
at it. You are working with copies. Legacy offers some backup assistance. And, worse case scenario, if you mess something up, you can start over again by making new copies and re-doing the import/merge. Bob - Original Message - From: "Michele Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging two files

2008-06-15 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Michele, "Can you tell me step by step the proper way to merge two files? The two files I want to merge are my family and my husband's family." You should take a look at the Help System - look up the index under "merging". You'll find "best practice" instructions there. Before doing an

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-05 Thread Colin Liddell
Thanks Elizabeth, I will have to have a close look at this and give it a try. Colin. - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Cunningham To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-05 Thread Colin Liddell
Thanks Heather, sounds clear to me. Colin. - Original Message - From: Heather Stovold To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages I also use my oldest child. In Legacy, you

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-04 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
, somone else mentioned that also. What is the reason for that, why pick a particular person? Colin. - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Cunningham To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-04 Thread Colin Liddell
AaahI understand. Thank you for that. Colin. - Original Message - From: Dede Holden To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages Colin, I used my oldest child as a

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-04 Thread Heather Stovold
I also use my oldest child. In Legacy, you can have many of the screens show, at all times, the relationship to a person in the database. Most people would choose themselves. Then most of the time, they can see at a glance how the person/people they are editing is related to them. That is why

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-04 Thread Dede Holden
ick a particular person? > > Colin. > - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Cunningham > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:05 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages > > > I have al

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-04 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Of Colin Liddell Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:44 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages Hi folks, Many years ago when I first started researching my family I kept the files of the different branches seperated as backup then was to floppy disc

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-04 Thread Colin Liddell
is the reason for that, why pick a particular person? Colin. - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Cunningham To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages I have all of mine in

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-03 Thread Colin Liddell
Colin. - Original Message - From: The Eccles Family To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:37 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages Hi Colin, I too, started out with separate files for my family based on my parents and my husb

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-03 Thread The Eccles Family
May 04, 2008 11:44 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages Hi folks, Many years ago when I first started researching my family I kept the files of the different branches seperated as backup then was to floppy disc which held 1.44Mb and eac

[LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages

2008-05-03 Thread Colin Liddell
Hi folks, Many years ago when I first started researching my family I kept the files of the different branches seperated as backup then was to floppy disc which held 1.44Mb and each branch would fit on one floppy. With today's technology, ie. Cds, DVDs and USB backup drives there is no problem

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-10 Thread ronald ferguson
_ > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:15:05 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem > > Right. I had figured that this must've been what had happene

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-10 Thread ronald ferguson
o.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:15:05 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [Legac

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-10 Thread MagnoliaSouth
Right. I had figured that this must've been what had happened. I would still name this one as a bug though, as it is remains a very undesired response. The assumption here being that if one is merging a source, it should include any citations to said source as well. To take it a step further, mergi

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread Cathy
Hi, On reflection and testing, what I said below isn't correct. If you combine sources that are both assigned to the same person, same event - then you'll get duplicated sources. Normally when you are combining sources they are not both assigned to the same people/same event as you've simply

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread ronald ferguson
rGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:15:11 +1100 > > For Ron. > > Have you any idea why this mail finished up in my inbox when all the > other Legacy mails go to their own box ? > > This does happen very occasi

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread Valerie Garton
& Wexford Guild of One-Name Studies No: 4825 for CULLODEN & HIGGINSON -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Sunday, 9 March 2008 9:12 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread ronald ferguson
rGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem > Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:06:29 -0700 > > Ron, > > Turns out I misspoke. Going back to the computer I did the editing on, I > actually had used Access and not OpenOffice. I did find this in

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread Gary Templeman
.mdb file. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:11 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem Hi Gary. There is an error in my last email in that I should have said "MDB&

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread ronald ferguson
ECTED] > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem > Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:11:38 + > > > Hi Gary. > > There is an error in my last email in that I should have said "MDB" format > and not "DOC". > > I

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-09 Thread ronald ferguson
milytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 21:12:49 -0800 > > My Legacy file was a conversion from a previous PAF file. I used OO to edit > and correct hundreds of notes that did not format properly when a gedcom > was originally imp

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-08 Thread Gary Templeman
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem At present I would only consider using Open Office for searching the Legacy database and not for making changes. In fact I am uncertain if one can write amendments back int

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-08 Thread ronald ferguson
://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:48:15 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: R

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem

2008-03-08 Thread GeoSci
I may have missed something - but if all you want to do is MERGE several sources - go to VIEW - MASTER LISTS - SOURCES. Pick the one you want to merge in to another and then click (at bottom) - combine source with another on list. Find the second source and highlight it and click the box again -

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