* Merging projects

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AshbyC
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Merging projects

Post by AshbyC » 05 Jan 2022 17:43

Hi - I've just confirmed a link between two individuals (siblings) and would like to merge the two trees (one has only ancestors, the other only descendents) - what is the easiest/safest way to do this please?

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Re: Merging projects

Post by jelv » 05 Jan 2022 19:02

John Elvin

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Re: Merging projects

Post by AshbyC » 06 Jan 2022 11:23

Hi, and thanks for the pointer ... right now the two trees are two individual projects so does file (rather than project) merging still apply? Sorry for being dense... :oops:

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Re: Merging projects

Post by jelv » 06 Jan 2022 11:27

Yes, have a good read of the help topics on file merging.
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Re: Merging projects

Post by tatewise » 06 Jan 2022 12:42

Yes, see the FHUG Knowledge Base Merge/Compare File advice.
In your case, it should be a relatively simple merge because only one Individual record is common to both Projects.
However, depending on how you use Source Citations, Repositories, Media, etc, there may need to be merging of other record types. A common mistake is to overlook the other record type tabs after merging the Individuals.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry

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Re: Merging projects

Post by AshbyC » 06 Jan 2022 14:52

Great, and thank you both. Much appreciated.

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