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From: Bud Dorr <>
Subject: [TMG-L:] Re: TMG-L: importing-merging records
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 12:56:53 -0400
References: <4339139042.20000603083630@parttimeincome.com>


I'm sure Lee or any of the others who have had a lot of experience in this can
tell you easily how to do import a GEDCOM, what I wanted to share is my own
experience. When I began, I was quite sure that I would import GEDCOMs and other
TMG data sets into my own data set and then perform whatever "fixes" were
necessary. Of course, this was after the data set to be imported was "cleaned
up." What I found was that it was much more interesting and rewarding to do the
work manually. Perhaps if I were doing a one name study and imported thousands
of additional names I would reconsider...but I am not. Anyway, when you actually
look at every piece of information and determine how you are going to enter it,
you really learn a lot about the new people and how they fit with your family.
So as yet, I've never imported a data set directly into my main data set.

Bud Dorr

Randy Robinson wrote:
>
> I'm still trying to figure out how to import GEDCOM files...
>
> If, for instance, a family member sends you a GEDCOM of a branch of
> your family and it contains a couple hundred people, many of which you
> already have (but don't know if the their data is exactly the same as
> yours) and many you don't have - How do YOU input the data?
>
> Do you print it out and enter it all manually checking each and
> every person?
> Do you import it and straighten out duplicates and changes manually?
> Or is there a technique for importing/merging that I don't know
> about that would handle this situation.
>
> Randy Robinson
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