Thank you Cathy - that was the "aha" moment I was looking for. Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > It might be quicker to export John Doe to a new > file and edit him there to have the facts of just one of them - say John > Doe 1. > I think it's probably quicker to delete events rather than copy and paste > them. > Edit the John Doe in the main file to have the > other facts - he becomes John Doe 2. > Import John Doe 1 back to the main file and mark them as not duplicates. > > Cathy > > At 09:45 PM 28/03/2014, you wrote: > >Family story and lots of facts (events) have > >accumulated over the years for John Doe born in > >Germany and immigrated to the US, married with > >11 children. However, recent research shows that > >the information and events prior to 1852 are for > >a John Doe born in Germany who dropped out of > >sight; information and events after 1852 are for > >John Doe who came from an unknown place. > > > >Hence the need for doing an "anti-merge" - NOT > >an unmerge! Does anyone have a suggestion for an > >easy way of splitting the present list of events > >into two and assigning them and associated info to two different John > Does? > > > >Data entry dates are intermixed, so not a basis > >for anti-merge.Sources for name and birth date > >are intermixed and will have to be separated > >one-by-one. But, is there a way to split the > >events other than one-by-one copy/paste? > > > >Thanx in advance for any suggestions. > > > >John > >Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! > > > > > 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
