The Family Search ID Number will be a merge option in Legacy 8.0 Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 22 August 2013 03:54, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 :-) > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg (g) > > > > 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
