Wow ! That is a lot of people. I have been doing research since '93 and only have 737 individuals, 248 families. Keyed in each one. I will admit a good portion is Swedish, hence the reason it is small. The parish records take awhile to obtain. I just did a Gedcom and it was 598 KB
Tim Rosenlof On 1/15/2012 1:54 PM, Ric Altman wrote: > Yes, a Gedcom. 141,000 persons. > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Ron Ferguson > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ric, > As far as I know you cannot import a Legacy fdb file into > Ancestry, only a GEDCOM, so are you saying that your GEDCOM is > 75MB? I’m afraid that I no longer use Ancestry, preferring FMP, > and whilst I have a couple or so very dated files in their Trees > Section I have not uploaded a file for years, so I’m somewhat out > of touch. > 75MB is pretty big for a Legacy Family file, so how many > individuals are in it? > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > *From:* Ric Altman <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 15, 2012 7:33 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] File size help > I would like to upload to Ancestry.com which has a 75 MB limit. > The file I uploaded months ago has 7,000 more persons but is 4 MB > smaller at 72 MB. I cleaned all the duplicates out of the 72 MB > file yet it is now 4 MB bigger. > > Ric > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Ron Ferguson > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Ric, > Why does it matter? There can be many reasons for the > behaviour which you have observed. For example you say that > they are *mostly* the same people, the fact is that the > remainder will make a difference, the file compression may be > slightly different. One may have more deleted records than > another etc. I very much doubt if you will ever find the > answer – as long as they work, why bother? > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > *From:* Ric Altman <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] File size help > I need some tips on reducing file size. I'm having a little > trouble. I have two large fdb files. They are mostly the same > people. One file has 5% more people than the other, but is 5% > smaller. Something is going on that I don't understand. I: > 1. Purge unlinked individuals > 2. Clean Master lists > 3. Check/Repair > 4. Compact family file > > There appear to be no pictures or multimedia but I'm not sure > I'm searching properly. > > Ric > > > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
