Sam A nice feature that I use is from the “Tools” section “Compare Two Files For Duplicates”. This allows you to view potential duplicates in your own file and your wife’s, and tag the ones that you would wish to merge. The simplest way (assuming that you are not using these tag numbers already) is to use the number “1” tag on one file and the number “2” tag on the other file. You then import the “wife’s” file into yours, find the tagged individuals and manually merge them. Most often when you merge one duplicate Legacy will automatically switch to duplicates mode and find other potential duplicates, usually your tagged persons. When you have finished merging, go to the names list, click on the “Search” box at the bottom of the list, choose the “Show All Tagged > Tag 1 Individuals”. The list should now show all these individuals with both tags “1” & “2”. Any individuals that only have only tag”1” still require to be merged with their tagged “2” duplicate. Les Williamson Bonnie Scotland
From: Sherry/Support Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2013 4:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MERGING 2 GEDCOMS Sam, Let's give you the correct terms for what you want to do so it'll be easier to find the instructions in the Help file.- You *import* one file into another and then *merge* the duplicates. If you look up "Import" and "Merge" in the Help index, you'll find great instructions for doing both of those processes. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Sam Franc <[email protected]> wrote: The instructions in the help file are very confusing. What I want to do is merge my wife's to mine to get one big file to look at. We have few common ancestors and I would like to see who they are. What is a simple way to merge them? I have them in a split screen but can find no menue to merge them together. Sam 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
