If you added all the info from a book, then the RINs should have been assigned sequentially. Assuming that you did not "fill abandoned RINs" which are left when records are deleted...then all the book entries should be in a given range of RINs. Second assumption is that the data from the book was not entered at random but page by page. Prove that be finding the last entry that would have been made from the book and remember the RIN for it. All new information will have RINs above that. Hope that will help.
If the book data was only in the PAF file, do you still have it? That file could be imported again into a new Legacy file. Then import the new Legacy file made from the book and have a master source set for all the imported individuals. Run a complete merge. Any individuals with the new master source are those that came from the book entries. Those without the master source were not in the book. Ron Taylor On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 4:30 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> wrote: First look at your index of names with the sort by RIN number and from the end of the list.. see how far down you can go before you start hitting the point where they are in the book. Tag those and that should be the bulk of your additions. The remaining will have to be done as you suggested manually, comparing the book and going page by page. I'm sure other will have a few suggestions as well Jay On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:42 PM, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: Database/familyfile of ~15,000 persons and 5100 marriages. >ORIGINALLY created by keying in the contents of a genealogy >book. First done in PAF5, then ported to Legacy 7 and then >to 8. > >Everyone in the book ought to be in the db/ff. >Unfortunately, while documenting those people, I've added >people who should have been in the book but aren't >(siblings, children, parents). > >It's too late to tell me I should've thought of this sooner, >so we can skip that part of the class. > >I need a *quick* way to tag maybe 25% in the db/ff who >aren't in the book. > >I /can/ hypothetically sit here with the book in one hand >and page through it again finding and tagging those people. > I suspect the Galaxy will atrophy before I could finish >that because apparently I have to have the person in the >"primary" position to click a tag. 5 marriages took close to >2 hours. > >I considered the "tag family", but that'll end up tagging >everyone, including a sibling and descendants who aren't in >the book. > >I can find /some/ by the omission of the import source. That >won't help the ones added prior to moving it into Legacy. >Ideas welcomed here. > >Cheryl > > > > > > >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
