There are some excellent tips at
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsTrouble-Free.asp. While these steps
apply to GEDCOM transfers, there are some excellent ideas for avoiding many
of the pitfalls that happen when combining records.
Also take a look at http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsDragDrop.asp
(Copying Between Two Files) and
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsNGSMayJun99.asp (Find and Merge
Duplicate Records with Ease).
Jim Terry
Technical Support
Millennia Corporation
www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] 3 Families into 1
> Would someone tell me, in BABY steps, how to combine 3 different families
> with numerous cross marriages, into one file? I have a 4th but it is
> deadended not far back, so I can do that "by hand" after the other files
are
> straightened out.
>
> I am awaiting the 3.0 Deluxe and would like to have all in one before
then.
>
> For each person, I have listed his/her parents, even tho they were already
in
> the db as parents for another person. I now know this is incorrect but
want
> to know the best/easiest way to put it all to rights.
>
> Barb Austin
>
>
