Thank you Cathy, I have noted the URL and will take a look. 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/ ____________________________________________________ Cathy-0 wrote: > 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
