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

2015-10-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
for sorting through a database mess On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:28 AM, R G Strong-genes <rgstrongge...@gmail.com> 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 spreadsh

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

2015-10-15 Thread Jenny M Benson
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

2015-10-15 Thread Charlene C
(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

2015-10-15 Thread Steve Hayes
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

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

2015-10-15 Thread Charlene C
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.

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

2015-10-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
gave him your database in GEDCOM format then use Steve's suggestion. -Original Message- From: Steve Hayes Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:47 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess On 15 Oct 2015 at 3:20