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 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 the right John is married Alice BROWN with two children. Now.I know that in both panes, John is the same person with two different families. 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 just did a little test to see what happened in this case. I dragged John Smith *and his spouse* from the second file to the first. Legacy added him as a new person. I then merged the 2 John Smiths and Legacy correctly assigned 2 spouses to the one John Smith. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files
- 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 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 the right John is married Alice BROWN with two children. Now.I know that in both panes, John is the same person with two different families. 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 just did a little test to see what happened in this case. I dragged John Smith *and his spouse* from the second file to the first. Legacy added him as a new person. I then merged the 2 John Smiths and Legacy correctly assigned 2 spouses to the one John Smith. -- Jenny M Benson Many thanks Jenny, your help is greatly appreciated, I was leaning towards that conclusion but was not 100% sure. Colin. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:03 +1000, Colin Liddell
cap...@optusnet.com.au 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 file and the manual and cannot find the answer to
this, no doubt it is there, I just cannot find it.{;-)
Why not just make a backup of your database and give it a try? You can
always restore from the backup if results are not what you expect.
--
Dennis Kowallek (LTools)
http://zippersoftware.com/ltools
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools
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Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files
- 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
cap...@optusnet.com.au 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 file and the manual and cannot find the answer to
this, no doubt it is there, I just cannot find it.{;-)
Why not just make a backup of your database and give it a try? You can
always restore from the backup if results are not what you expect.
--
Dennis Kowallek (LTools)
http://zippersoftware.com/ltools
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools
--
Thanks Dennis, Jenny Benson did just that and gave me the answer. I had it
drilled in to me when I was a kid growing up, if you did not know the
answer, ask, someone will know.
I am afraid old habits die hard.{:-)
Colin.
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