Ron ... Thanks for your reply and the numerous other responses.
I realize that I am not performing a merge but a mere drag and drop of an individual from one database into another. There is no merging impact since the individual is a child without family being dropped into another family where this child is missing. Note: This was to be a test. I have numerous drag-and-drops to do, mostly missing children. I guess it becomes a merge operation under different conditions. My setup is complete ... both databases are present on a split screen. I now drag and drop the individual from database [old] into the children's block of the other database [new] ... either on top of children that are already listed or in a blank space. Now Copy Between Family Files opens. This may be the critical screen. Top left Copy From lists the individual from database [old] that is being transferred. Beneath Copy To lists an unknown individual from database [new]. Which name goes into Copy To? I now click on Just The Individual Involved and then Start Copy. That's it. The split screens open and my individual has not been correctly transferred into the specified location in database [new]. Instead, the transferred individual shows up in database [new] as an unattached individual. It should haver shown up as a child in database [new] in the specified location where it was dropped. That is my problem. I hope I explained everything intelligibly. Richard / NORCAL ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Ferguson To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:24 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging of individuals from one database to another Richard, Unfortunately your email does not give us a real clue as to exactly what you are doing. It will help us enormously to help you if you spelt out for us, in baby steps, very precisely what you are doing. It only needs for a very simple mistake to be made for the process not to work. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: RHS Consulting Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging of individuals from one database to another I am a newbie to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe (and to this user group) with a problem about drag-and-drop merging of individuals from one database into another. I seem to be following the steps that are described, however, the dropped name does not appear in the desired database location. Instead, it appears in the database as an unattached individual. What am I doing wrong? Your help is appreciated. Regards, Richard / NORCAL 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 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
