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 merge these 2

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

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 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 both

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

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 option).

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 a backup