Debbie: Folly! What is gained by vacuuming thousands of unreviewed records from Ancestry into your database? How will you correct the data entry errors and inconsistencies? And will you omit the individual notes or simply plagarize?
At the very least, you should open the GEDCOM in a separate Legacy file and review/clean up what you see in the Master Lists prior to considering a merge. Otherwise you could easily end up with an unmitigated mess. If the people in that GEDCOM have any meaning for you, their records should deserve at least a brief review (roughly 1,000 hours in my estimation), or else why include them? Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Debbie Byers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 3:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging files I have a Legacy file with 18,176 people in it and also have an Ancestry.ca tree which has been having other users submit updated info etc. I have downloaded the GEDCOM file from Ancestry and now was wondering how the best way to tackle merging two files which could have 14,000 duplicate individuals in it. Your help is appreciated. Debbie 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
