Thank you so much Chris .... I am worried about trying this but with backups, I should be alright. Cross my fingers. You have made the process clear (I think, ha ha) and I will let you know how it goes. Again thanks for your time.
Gail Morrow [email protected] On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Yes, you should be merging the multiple files into one. Apart from the > issue of making multiple backups you are also having to maintain > information on the same person, who is common between multiple parts of the > family, twice. And if you match my tree you will find out that there are > multiple people who are in multiple parts of the trees. > > The first thing to do is to take a full set of backups for all of the > trees, and then make NO changes to them until you are complete. Secondly, > decide which one of them is the MASTER and make a copy of it as the new > tree. > > You will then add each of the other trees to the new tree. In your case > the number of duplicated people should be minimal and you should be able to > run the standard merge function. For the duplicated people it should then > ask you to merge the records into one merged person. For each of those you > will need to decide which parts of each person you need to keep, if they > are different. > > After completing each merge you need to verify that it is good and take > another backup of the merged file, because you might need to step back and > rerun again. > > Finally, at the end check through to see if you have multiple trees in the > new model. Ideally you should not, unless you had them as independent trees > in the original files, but it is worth looking and then decide what do with > them - delete or find out whether they are a duplicate. > > Now you just have one tree to maintain and no duplicate people. > > Good luck. > > Regards > > Chris > > From my Motorola G6+ > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, 20:17 , <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Folks... I am hoping someone will have the patience to tell me if I >> should add all my different family files into just the one. >> If this is the best way to go and will some information and media >> overlap and cause difficulties. >> I have eight files eg. Husbands maternal and another paternal... same for >> my families. Takes time to backup each one. >> How to go about merging all files. >> >> Gail Morrow >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >> <#m_-1891572275040760071_m_-4529158810545265161_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ >> mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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