On 2013/08/22 04:06, Ron Taylor wrote:
> There is one unusual way to make use of the User ID. Under Merge
> Options>Special Duplicate Searches>Find duplicates using only User ID Number
> the
> program provides a way to merge based on the contents of the User ID field.
> If
> a process were to populate User ID with the Family Search ID or some other
> field
> then the option mentioned above could detect those records that need to be
> merged. It should give similar results to "Find duplicates using only
> Ancestral
> File Numbers". This would be helpful when two databases are combined that
> already contain Family Search ID numbers but do not have the same Intellishare
> values because they are from researchers that have never collaborated before.
Nice idea, Ron. If you look at the Individual records, at the bottom of the
screen, you'll see a field labelled as Family Search Id. This gets filled in
automatically once you match it with FamilySearch. So, you're half-way towards
what you're suggesting :-)
All you actually need is:-
a) The option to use this field on the Merge Options screen, and
b) The actual merge process :-)
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Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg (g)
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