And another possibility would be to copy the Family Search ID into the AFN and use the existing logic that I mentioned. Ron Taylor
________________________________ From: Mike Fry <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers 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
