Thanks, David. That's what I decided too!! I did start with a new Legacy file - a copy of my master file - renamed it and then tried to add the gedcom. This doubled the number of people in the file to some 11,000 odd so for some reason Legacy doesn't think identical people are the same at all. The Ancestry file was originally a gedcom uploaded from my master Legacy file (using the 7.5 version).
I find that Ancestry is so very good at finding sources and obscure baptisms etc. that it is easy to update my online file but it is tedious to duplicate the work on my home file. I was trying to merge the two but this doesn't seem to be an easy answer either. Elizabeth *-----------------------------------------------------------Elizabeth HatchellThe Croft Cottage, Cumberley Lane, Ludlow, SY8 3LJ01584 890664 07724 071368* On 19 March 2014 00:59, David Abernathy <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you have just made a big bucket of worms out of your Legacy data > file. > > I hope that you have a good backup of it before you did this merging. > > > > What ones need to do, in import this GEDCOM into a clean new file. Check > it out clean it up, by removing what you do not want and correcting what > you can. > > Filter out all of the strange stuff that you have run into. Then when > happy with this new data file, merge it into your working data file. > > > > Thanks, > > David C Abernathy > > Email disclaimers > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > > > *From:* Elizabeth Hatchell [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Importing Gedcom > > > > I am trying to merge my Legacy file with my Ancestry online file. I have > downloaded the gedcom from Ancestry, started a new family file and am > trying to import the gedcom. Can anyone explain how I can find out what > 'unrecognised items' actually are? One appears to be _MILTID and I simply > don't know what to do with it, or what it refers to. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > 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 > 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
