Jay, First, it is necessary to understand how the GEDCOM was used to insert the new picture attachments. If it was done with a text editor, that could be interesting. If the GEDCOM was loaded into some other genealogy program or even another Legacy database and then the pictures were attached, the updated file could again be exported to another GEDCOM and that GEDCOM imported into a new Legacy database.
If the only difference between the GEDCOM file and the Legacy file that created it are the new picture attachments, you should be able to then combine the data from the GEDCOM imported back into Legacy with the original Legacy file and execute an Intellishare Merge. Every record that has a new picture attached will bring up the original and the imported file for review before merging but the only difference should be the picture attached to the imported GEDCOM record. If that is the case you could quickly click through the 600 records allowing them to merge. If there are other fields that someone changed, those would obviously require more evaluation before merging. It may be possible to merge that in a few minutes if it meets the description I've given above. Ron Taylor On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 5:40 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> wrote: I have someone who graciously helped me out in linking over 600 image tombstones to the correct persons and added a Pic Caption and Pic Desc to over 800 persons They entered this info into a gedcom I created from my Legacy7.5 database. (I am still using ver 7.5 also) All I want to do is take the 800 or so persons that are linked to the 600 or so images and merge them back into my original file. Updating only the link, pic caption and pic descr. Anyone have any creative ideas to make that happen?? The standard merge process is so time consuming. (because of diff family sizes, some with , some without spouses, etc. ) I even have a txt file listing of the new filenames that are now linked up (there were already several hundred pic links to this same cemetery, so they have the identical IDBPPic in the BR table.) Otherwise, I guess my next weekend will be spent merging................................................................ Thanks in advance for any help Jay 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
