Would the "Compare Two Files for Duplicates" feature on the Tools menu work for this? I've never used it, but a quick test I just made looks promising.
John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:49 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Compairing Two Legacy Files > Ron, > > You need to take a look at GenMatcher from Legacy. > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Goodwin > To: [email protected] > Sent: 13 February 2010 13:18 > Subject: [LegacyUG] Compairing Two Legacy Files > > > 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
