Re: [LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

On 15/10/2015 09:20, Charlene C wrote: > I now have two copies of the database: the original I sent to him and the > revised one he sent back. I was originally thinking I could tag each event > as "need to verify," but you can only tag people or marriages. Tagging a > person doesn't work because I

[LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

(Using v 7.5) I was working on our family history and had a little under 800 people in the database. Then I got busy building our new house (as the general contractor) and my Dad offered to work on it. This was great because he was living in Maine (I'm in Texas) where most of the older folks are

Re: [LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

On 15 Oct 2015 at 3:20, Charlene C wrote: > Is it easier to just start a new file? I'm open to any suggestions on > methods of sorting through this mess. If you've still got your original file, make that the main database. Rename the other one to "Research", and start checking. You can give

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The recording of last night's webinar, "Colonial Immigration - The English Pioneers of Early America" by Beth Foulk is now available to view for free at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com . Imagine leaving everything you and your family has known for generations for an

[LegacyUG] Big problem

I believe I have a huge mess with a scrambled database and unsure how to resolve this. I have a 8 page list errors with as an example a woman b 1941 married to a man born in 1886 in Sweden and the marriage is 50 years before either were born. Earlier I had an error 380 and could not print a

Re: [LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:28 AM, R G Strong-genes wrote: > You did not specify what format of your database you gave him. > > Sorry if I wasn't clear. In my mind GEDCOM isn't a database in the same way that a .csv file isn't a spreadsheet. I sent him the Legacy files.

[LegacyUG] Re: Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

Now to further complicate matters Dad had sent me his revised data files. Then he upgraded to v8 and I didn't. Then he kept updating the database with legitimate data. He's snail mailed a data DVD to me. I don't plan to update Legacy at the moment, but obviously I'll need v8 to open his new

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

Charlene: You can have both version of Legacy installed on 1 PC. They can be open at the same time looking at different files. Good luck. Chap ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Charlene C wrote: > Now to further complicate

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

Charlene, Just to add to what Chap has said. You just need to install Legacy 8 to the defaults. It doesn't overwrite version 7 etc. It installs to the Program Files whereas earlier versions by default installed to C:\Legacy and if you changed it, you had to avoid the Program Files folder.

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Using Ancestry.com with legacy

Lynn, I don't attach anything to my Ancestry tree, I enter the data I find in Legacy only. Downloading an Ancestry gedcom and trying to merge that with your real Legacy database is a process almost guaranteed to give you headaches and a mess. It may be OK if you use very few Legacy features and

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Using Ancestry.com with legacy

James, Beware Ancestry hints. Yes they can be helpful but they need very careful checking. They're often referencing someone totally unconnected. Download actual documents and then attach them where appropriate in Legacy. There's no quick way, just more efficient ways. eg, if that's all you are

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Using Ancestry.com with legacy

Cathy, If you periodically upload a new Gedcom to replace an out of date tree, what happens to all your sources and any documents you attached to your tree? Or do you not keep any sources and documents with your tree? On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: >

RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Using Ancestry.com with legacy

Ditto Donald Quigley Escondido, CA Quigley Doyle Family Tree http: //www.donquigley.net From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 6:48 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Using Ancestry.com with legacy James,

[LegacyUG] Re: Using Ancestry.com with legacy

How are other people dealing with trying to update an Ancestry.com family file and Legacy.  I like the tips in Ancestry and would love to effortlessly attached the hints and the actual document to my Legacy files.   I am a bit new to this, some experience, so forgive the question if its been

RE: [LegacyUG] Big problem

Diane, These are the kinds of errors you see when you import a gedcom or directly download a chunk of tree from FamilySearch. You are inheriting other people’s mistakes. I would print the Check/Repair error log and just go down the list one at a time. These problems need to be fixed

RE: [LegacyUG] Big problem

I have only imported my own legacy gedcom into a new legacy file to fix Error 380. I have never imported anyone else’s gedcom into my file as I always analyze first. Everything in my file has been entered manually. Major problem as some of these people are Swedish and use the old naming

RE: [LegacyUG] Big problem

Diane, Interesting. Has your file ever been in another program? It is pretty hard to get Legacy to put a female into the husband’s spot. Send me an email at supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Attn: Michele. Make a backup of your file and attach the backup

Re: [LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

You did not specify what format of your database you gave him. If it was the Legacy database itself then you would want to use your original file as the main and the other one as the research. Then you would work on the research database and clean it up as to how you want places formatted and

RE: [LegacyUG] Big problem

I have only used Legacy and have for many years. I’m thinking the problem might have been in updates and perhaps it wasn’t finished but I try to be careful about this or File/File Maintence/Check Repair Right now I have compared the original file (had the 380 error when making descendant

Re: [LegacyUG] Big problem

Before u start making changes dump a gedcom of everything and multipe backups, so you have a way to get back to your current state. Depending on how new RIDs are assigned you might get a clue as to what was added last, so you can unlink last created and not screw up old links. SInce we are