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| 456791 | 2006-05-22 05:32:00 | Am using Legacy for family tree. In "names" and "family view" there are several duplicate entries. How can I delete some of these without severing conection to all other entries of the same person? | Tick1 (6970) | ||
| 456792 | 2006-05-22 07:51:00 | According to my partner who is using Legacy at this time for her own family ... no. Once you delete someone, all connections involving that person will be severed. This can leave the remaining persons "floating" if the duplicate is a main identity, in other words linking to no-one. You have to make a choice depending on the amount of data (generations) entered for each duplicate. Go to Name List, enter the duplicate name, duplicates will appear in list form, here you need to either study the duplicates, or lucky dip ... good luck |
Myth (110) | ||
| 456793 | 2006-05-22 09:42:00 | Thanks Tazz, and partner. Presume that I leave duplicates as is. It seems a bit like that great new photo programme of Google, "Picasa" where trying to clean up duplicates can lead to deleting something in another part of programme. |
Tick1 (6970) | ||
| 456794 | 2006-05-22 10:11:00 | Haven't had to delete any duplicates in Legacy, but I know I had to do a merge of the same people in different places when using Family Tree or whatever it was called to square things up. So suggest you look for merge! Can't open it at the mo as I'm loading a video tape!! | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 456795 | 2006-05-22 11:07:00 | Go to Help,Help Topics and this comes up. How to Merge Duplicate Individuals All Rights Reserved To begin the process of merging duplicate individuals in your Family File: 1. Choose Merge / Find Duplicates from the Tools menu. A message appears to remind you that it is a good idea to have a backup copy of your family file before going through a merge. Legacy offers to automatically make a backup copy of your family file whenever you begin a merge but this file is only kept until you exit Legacy. If you want to keep a permanent backup, you should cancel the process and use the File / Backup Family File option. 2. From the Merge Options screen, select the criteria you want to use when searching for duplicates (or use the Defaults). (See Merge Options for more information.) 3. Click the Continue button. Legacy searches through the family file to find duplicate individuals according to the criteria you specified. The first two are displayed on the screen in the Merge Two Individuals window. 4. Compare the two individuals to see if you think they are the same person. You can view all of each person's information by selecting the different tabs along the top of the window. (See Merging Records for more information.) 5. If you decide the two individuals are the same person, click the Merge Right Individual into Left Individual button. The next two matches are then displayed. 6. Continue merging until no more pairs are displayed. Have fun!! |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 456796 | 2006-05-22 21:05:00 | Thanks for that, I don't think my partner realised about the merge. Will pass the info onto her :) | Myth (110) | ||
| 456797 | 2006-05-22 23:46:00 | Thanks Neil. Will try that. | Tick1 (6970) | ||
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