Ron and others from outside the USA, Take a look at the following web site for information about what the SSDI is and how it is used here in the States. And, of course, at the bottom of the page, you can will find a link to a search engine of the SSDI which is free. http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lesson10.htm
Cathy-0 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging using Intellishare > Thanks, Mary. > > Although I have quite a few American residents on my site i have never got > round to really looking at their details, the bulk having being supplied > by > contacts in the States. > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________ > > Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > ____________________________________________________ > > > M. Brenzel wrote: >> Ron, >> >> SSDI is the Social Security Death Index. This is a US-only source of >> data. >> >> Mary >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging using Intellishare >> >> Angela, >> >> It might be because I have my head tied up in another problem that I >> don't understand, but what is ssdi? >> >> You might be able to minimise you problem by first copying the >> amended files from B ie. the ones which you have changed since >> abstracting B from A, using Search>Find>Detailed Search and on the >> first row: Individual; Modified Date; After; insert the date you >> split the files in the last box. Click "Create" and on the new screen >> Options>Advanced Tagging; select a convenient tag number and then >> "Everyone in Search List". Copy the tagged file into a new Legacy >> file and then merge with A >> >> Ron Ferguson >> _____________________________________________________ >> >> Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Joe Smith >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: 03 March 2010 15:25 >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging using Intellishare >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I have one family file with 15,000 people (file A). I created a new >> file (with all the same individuals) (file B) to do a special >> project but then forgot to return to my original file A. >> >> In the meantime I have imput about 700 new individuals into file B. >> >> I want to merge file B back into file A. I did this and then did >> intellishare and then did automerge. The automerge began running and >> it had 2,994,340 possible files to review. I let it run and it took >> in excess of 12 hours and then it returned to the files for me to go >> through to find all of the individuals that still need to be >> reviewed. (I saved the merge file and compared the file sizes. >> There were over 17,000 people that in the new file) >> >> Thinking this is nuts and would take all week. I undid the merge and >> started again with file A and B. Is there anyway to merge these >> files that wont take a huge amount of time? >> >> Yes, the files are the same other than adding the new individuals and >> adding some ssdi info to some of the existing files. The reason I >> want to revert to file A is that in file A I have extensively used >> the tags and do not want to lose them (months of work). In file B I >> deleted all of the tags to do my project. >> >> Any advice would be welcome, >> >> Thanks, >> Angela >> >> > > > > > > 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
