This has been a ongoing issue with ALL family research programs. One needs to use ONLY one program to do ANY imputing. This will insure that you will not lose any data in your master file. All other uses are to be made from this master file and uploaded and or imported to another program. I have yet to find ANY export to a GEDCOM or any other file, that data will not be lost.
Since all programs, including Legacy, include data that is NOT covered by the GEDCOM spec's, then data is subject to be lost at that point. Then when ones travels backwards using the different exporters and importers then more data is subject to be lost. So, settle on how you are going to input your data and on which program, then do all of your exporting from that master file. I also refuse to do any merging from or to in any case. As you have found, the merging is always subject to errors. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: James Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Merge Problems This is what I did (over a weeks time): - Backed up family file - Exported GEDCOM for upload to Ancestry.com - Made updates on Ancestry.com - Downloaded GEDCOM from Ancestry.com - Imported into Legacy creating a new family file - Merged into new family file from the original My findings: - My original file (the merge FROM not the merge TO) is missing all kinds of people!? - My original file is missing all kinds of sources!? - My new file contains all the people, but they are not attached correctly. For example, I pick a father from the index, and look at the family page and it correctly shows wife and children. I click on one of the children and the family view is updated to show this person with only a mother!? I click the empty father space and it asks if I want to create a new person or attach to an existing one. I ran the file repair tool, and all it found was 6 image location problems. FWIW, there are people and source citations in the exported GEDCOM that are not longer in my original family file. The archives mention "many catastrophes" due to merging. Does that include the merge FROM file ??? 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
