To John Bibby I am working on a routine to help with duplicates in one database. For now, you could make a Copy of that database in a new folder. Then run the new Utility to Compare two databases, and put 50 on the left and 550 on the right and see if it says they are exactly the same. Then press the + + button to move both sides to the next person. At least you will see if they are exactly the same. You probably will not want to copy anyone since you already have everyone on the left. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: <BK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:19 AM Subject: [BK] How to identify duplicates? > Is there any way of identifying duplicate records e.g. on specified > fields? > > I think I may have several sequences of records that are identical > e.g. 400-450 and 600-650, but I don't know where each sequence > starts. > > I also have some triplicates! > > I have done a List printout. (Is there any way I can get this in a > Word file so I can edit it before printing?) > > I'd also like to check if e.g. records 50-60 are EXACTLY the same as > 550-560. > > Thanks for any advice! (Total files is about 5000 records) > > JOHN BIBBY > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

Hi John I can't find this "new Utility to Compare two databases" - is this in 6.4 or only in 6.5? JOHN On 16 October 2011 01:52, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> wrote: > To John Bibby > > I am working on a routine to help with duplicates in one database. > > For now, you could make a Copy of that database in a new folder. Then run > the new Utility to Compare two databases, and put > 50 on the left and 550 on the right and see if it says they are exactly the > same. Then press the + + button to move both sides to the next person. > > At least you will see if they are exactly the same. You probably will not > want to copy anyone since you already have everyone on the left. > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> > To: <BK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:19 AM > Subject: [BK] How to identify duplicates? > > > > Is there any way of identifying duplicate records e.g. on specified > > fields? > > > > I think I may have several sequences of records that are identical > > e.g. 400-450 and 600-650, but I don't know where each sequence > > starts. > > > > I also have some triplicates! > > > > I have done a List printout. (Is there any way I can get this in a > > Word file so I can edit it before printing?) > > > > I'd also like to check if e.g. records 50-60 are EXACTLY the same as > > 550-560. > > > > Thanks for any advice! (Total files is about 5000 records) > > > > JOHN BIBBY > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >