That's all I can think of as well. 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/ ____________________________________________________ Bert van Kootwijk wrote: > Aliasses > > Bert > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RONALD SHAFFER" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday 13 March 2010 18:41 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Records > > > I should have been more clear. I am talking about the RIN. In the > Index list, I see two to four different lines with the same RIN. > Sometimes, it's just the married name line and the maiden name line. > I understand that. Sometimes, it seems to be four records that look > exactly alike. What would cause the record to show up 4 times in the > Index listing other than the married name/maiden name issue? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Ferguson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Records > > > Ronald, > > Firstly can we be absolutely clear what we are talking about. User > IDs are user chosen and can be found on the bottom left of the > Individual's Screen, or in the Index if you have selected them for > display using Index>Options>Customise Columns. These ID's can have > duplicates. > > The RINs are numbers which are specific to individuals and cannot > have duplicates, Legacy will simply not allow it. > > You say: "Obviously, if I try to delete the extra records, it will > delete all of them with the same ID number and then I won't have even > a correct record." In the light of the above application, it would > seem to me that you are actually referring to User IDs and not RINs, > and with the former you can change the name to whatever you like. > > Perhaps you would care to clarify to exactly what you are referring. > > 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: RONALD SHAFFER > To: [email protected] > Sent: 13 March 2010 15:27 > Subject: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Records > > > After importing records from a few different sources, I have > duplicate records with the same ID number. The instructions for > merging dulicate records don't seem to work in this situation. > Speciically, selected the records while holding down shift does not > select more than one record. I have successfully merged records with > different IDs. Obviously, if I try to delete the extra records, it > will delete all of them with the same ID number and then I won't have > even a correct record. Any ideas? > 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
