When you have a merge pair displayed with differences look for a black box on the extreme left of the line with the differences. Clicking there will give you a menu of options on adding the right individual's information to the person on the left.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 15/07/2013 4:17 PM, Howard Cady wrote: > There is one suggestion that would help me with merging Family Files that > already has been programmed into Legacy for downloading information from > NewFamilySearch. I do not know if this suggestion is already submitted, or > would be of general interest. > When AutoMerge is used to assist with merging two family files Legacy > then displays a screen that shows two individuals that are likely to be > merged but have differences that disqualify them for AutoMerge. This screen > offers buttons to select information to be retained and, by difference, > information to discard. It would be useful to me if the discarded > information and its sources could be retained as an alternate event, such as > Alt.Birth. This could be done by providing an additional button next to the > discard button. Down loading of individual information from NewFamilySearch > already provides this alternative so the programming must exist in Legacy. > Legacy already provides a work around by the selection of edit your file > as a screen option in merging individuals, but this is inconvenient. Is > this a useful suggestion for others in the Users Group and should be > submitted to Legacy, or do I live with the work around? > Howard 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
