I use Roger's approach. The other key is to only export reasonably small extracts from the Legacy database. By doing it in small chunks, the merge process is more manageable.
Tom On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Roger Jarrett <[email protected]>wrote: > I also upload GEDCOMs to Ancestry and use the search facilities to locate > historical records which I attach to the individuals. In a separate text > file I make a note of the person I have modified. After finishing all my > searches I download the modified GEDCOM which I import into a new family > file. Using the text file I tag all the individuals I attached records to. I > then import these tagged persons into my main family tree and merge them in. > This save the hassle of ignoring all the duplicate records that would result > if I imported the GEDCOM directly into my main tree. > > Regards > Roger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Mann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 2:19 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Interchange Tree Data between Legacy and Ancestry.com > > 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<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<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<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.133/2612 - Release Date: 01/11/10 > 08:35:00 > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<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
