Ron Taylor wrote: > 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. >
Yes on this one I did re-use -- there were a lot of unflagged pedigree-collapse points. Yes, I did do page-by-page. > 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 Yes I still have both the PAF file and PAF. I'll still miss a few, but a few is a lot less than 15K. Thanks! > 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] > <mailto:[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
