Steve, On the import Gedcom screen check Try to keep original ID numbers AND uncheck Fill all existing abandoned RINs/MRINs
Also make sure that the existing Legacy file doesn't have any RINs in the range you are importing or the RIN can't be kept. My first genealogy program was one called "Family History System" That was in DOS days. If it's a windows version of the same program, I thought it was no longer being developed. What does your version have that makes it your primary database rather than Legacy? Cathy Steve Hayes wrote: > > On 22 Aug 2015 at 6:41, Sherry/Support wrote: > >> >> We have an extensive article "File Import and Clean Up" in our >> Knowledge Base at >> http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00922 > > > I have a somewhat different problem with importing GEDCOM files which > is not > covered by that article. > > At the moment I first enter my genealogical information in my main > file in a > program called Family History System (FHS). > > I periodically export data from that file to my main file in Legacy. So I > might export RIN 13500 to RIN 13600. > > But if I import them directly into legacy, the RINs are scrambled, and > do not > correspond with those in the original program. > > My workaround for this is to first import them into PAF 4.0 (and do a > clean-up there) and then import directly into Legacy from PAF (ie with no > intermediate GEDCOM file). > > Apart from the fact that I'm using a PAF file instead of a Legacy > file, this > is in accordance with the advice given in the article. > > My concern, however, is this: PAF has now been discontinued, and though > copies may be floating around, fewer people will be using it, and one day > Legacy might abandon the option of direct import from PAF. > > Is there any way that Legacy GEDCOM import could be modified so that > it does > NOT scramble the RINs during the import process? > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
