Thanks for the reminder about Access-I found it out by accident a while ago. Have you looked at the table structures? I am too much of a jack-leg Access user to even attempt to create a report that looks for records that are different from another database. Without complete documentation on the fdb database structure I would not touch one.
By the way, I saw the discussion about using Access, and you really don't have to do anything to open an fdb file other than change the file filter to "All files" in the Open File dialog box in Access. FDB files are Access 2000 Format, by the way. _____ From: Bill Wood [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Interchange Tree Data between Legacy and Ancestry.com Robert, I have exactly the same issue. One way to resolve the problem would be to use Microsoft Access (or any other database you are comfortable with) to compare the two GED files and quickly identify any differences. Depends upon how familiar you are with Access (or other database) See the other current thread where it has been established that the Legacy .fdb files are actually .mdb databases ( with the m replaced by an f) Once you know this you can easily read the mdb data and use ordinairy database functions to systematically compare the two ged files. Bill On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Robert Mann <[email protected]> wrote: I have used Legacy for nine years and routinely exchange data with other genealogists via GEDCOM. However, I have recently started using Ancestry.com to do broad-based searches through their records and I have found it to be very difficult to easily re-import information from an Ancestry.com tree to a Legacy tree. Does any one know any tricks--similar to Intellishare, for example--that make it easier to identify records that have changed between an on-line tree and one in Legacy? There is a feature in Legacy to "Upload to Ancestry Online Family Tree..." but I can't figure out how it differs from a regular GEDCOM upload. Furthermore, since there does not seem to be a corresponding "Import from Ancestry..." I don't know if it will help. The Legacy Help File is curiously thin on information about it. Perhaps an example might make my question clearer. I export a GEDCOM file from Legacy and upload it to Ancestry.com as a new online tree. I use Ancestry.com to locate historical sources and info on people in my online tree and attach that info. Then, I export the online tree back from Ancestry.com as a new GEDCOM file and I want to compare and merge it back to my original Legacy file. I have done this cycle once, and the return merge was a mess; it took a great deal of time and entailed manual examination of a large percentage of my records. The historical sources on Ancestry.com are very helpful, though I find the "user trees" virtually worthless, because they are rarely sourced. But, if I can't figure out how to make this process easier, it's going to severely limit how much I am going to be able to get out of it. Thanks for any help you can share. Robert Mann Sandy Springs, GA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
