If you're talking about merging people, I've noticed when merging two people together that Legacy will delete the events not selected. I had hoped with a merge that all events, even duplicates, would be merged into the one person. I've found that it's better to do a manual edit within the merge screen for both the left and right people.
In another program that I won't mention, it merges both the people together retaining all the information. That is what a merge should do. Make sure you backup everything before doing a merge or any other procedure that could result in a disaster. Legacy is good about prompting us for that. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: James Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merge Problems I've gone to the help file on this one. The process they outline is to import all data into one family file. I was merging from one into another. They make a statement that when merging the right into the left, that the right is deleted. This is fine when merging duplicates in a single file, but not at all good when pulling in from a separate file. I believe that is the cause of loosing data. Now I know, and won't make that mistake again. Even so, I don't believe software should allow me to mess up my source without so much as a warning. If it is not recommended to merge from one fine into another, then the software shouldn't allow me to do so or, at the very least, explain the dangers before proceeding. 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
