This is a pet peeve of mine - evidently for no reason. I have avoided merges like the plague because of no option to save both notes. I'll look for that black box next time. I should have known that Legacy always does more than you expect, if you know how. Thank you Brian.
Roland Rhoades Maine Families Genealogist www.RolandRhoades.com [email protected] 2010: 30 Years as a Genealogist -----Original Message----- From: Brian/Support [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 5:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Suggestion for Merging of Family Files 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 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
