This is something that I do on a regular basis as I try to coordinate research with many extended family members. The only real way to know what you have that is different from the other database is to merge them together and then combine duplicates. This process will be much easier if both databases are copies of a single Legacy database because the records that were in the original file will have the same intellishare value and therefore can be merged using that method first. If they do not originate from the same database, then you will have to use regular merge techniques.
If you are not interested in the entire database of the other person, you could first extract only the data you want and merge just that portion with your file. I have merged a few files of over 50,000 individuals. It takes a long time, even months, to resolve all the duplicates. Most often, an import will consist of a few hundred individuals. Good preparation of the data to be imported will reduce the difficulty and time of merging. You will want to have capitalization, standardization, etc. the same as in your file to improve the chances of duplicates being identified and merged. In summary...it will be much better to have the computer assist in finding the duplicates than to try to spot them with your eyes and note them with a pencil. Finally, when you have finished the merge, you can send a copy of the combined file back to the other person to work and it now will have the intellishare values in place for future collaboration. Ron Taylor --- On Sat, 2/13/10, Ron Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ron Goodwin <[email protected]> Subject: [LegacyUG] Compairing Two Legacy Files To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 6:18 AM I have just received a Legacy file from another family member and I want to compare it to my own and add any names, events or sources that I don’t have in my own data base. We each have over 4000 names, so it would be a big job to do a split screen and go file by file. Now I know that I can do a merge, and then check for duplicates, but again that is a huge job. And unfortunately the numbering systems are difference too. What I hoping to be able to do is just get a list of names, events and sources that are different between to two data bases. Is there any way I can do this? Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Ron Ottawa, Canada 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
